Warnex’s Bioanalytical Services Division Acquires Two State-of-the-Art TSQ Vantage Mass Spectrometers

LAVAL, QUEBEC, Oct 16, 2008 -- Warnex Inc. (CA:WNX: news, chart, profile) announced today that its Bioanalytical Services division has acquired two state-of-the-art TSQ Vantage mass spectrometers from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. "We are pleased to be the first CRO in Canada to acquire the new TSQ Vantage system," said Mark Busgang, President and CEO [...]

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure to Test AS&E’s SmartCheck(TM) Personnel Screening System at Sydney International Airport

BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI - News) (AS&E®), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today that it has been selected by Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Department of Infrastructure) to pilot test the SmartCheck™ Personnel Screening System at Sydney International Airport. AS&E’s SmartCheck provides optimum security [...]

m2p-labs sets a new standard in micro bioreactors with the Flowerplate

Flowerplate Cells will love it(pressebox) Aachen, 09.10.2008 - m2p-labs GmbH launches it's new micro bioreactor platform, the Flowerplate, at the Biotechnica fair in Hannover (7.-9. October 2008). With this development m2plabs sets a new standard in micro bioreactors. The Flowerplate was selected from a multitude of different microreactor geometries in an intensive research project in [...]

Novel Mass Spectrometry-based Assay Reveals Degradation and Low Levels of Bioactive B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Patients with Heart Failure

TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 16 -- A team of researchers from Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc. has reported on a novel quantitative mass spectrometry immunoassay for the detection of bioactive B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), in an article published online on Oct. 14 in the journal of Circulation: Heart Failure. In collaboration with colleagues from Scios Inc. in Fremont, [...]

Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., First Licensee under Applied Biosystems’ Real-Time PCR Probe Licensing Program

Largest custom DNA supplier now licensed to sell dual-labeled probes and primer-probe mixes for use in real-time PCR research applications. CORALVILLE, IA – October 16, 2008, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., (IDT) announced today that it has obtained from Applied Biosystems Inc., of Foster City, CA (ABI), a license to sell dual-labeled probes for use in [...]

Smiths Detection Wins $26.7 Million TSA Order for Additional Advanced Checkpoint X-Ray Systems

Next-Generation System Provides Advanced Screening Options for Explosives Detection PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces a $26.7 million follow-on order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for additional Advanced Threat Identification X-Ray (aTiX) systems which will be deployed at airports across the United States. This third TSA order follows an initial contract for $21 million [...]

Exiqon A/S Announces U.S. Subsidiary Name Change From Oncotech, Inc. to Exiqon Diagnostics, Inc.

COPENHAGEN, October 16 -- Exiqon today announces the adoption of the name Exiqon Diagnostics for its U.S. subsidiary to signal the company's commitment to expanding its business to a broad offering in molecular and cellular-based diagnostics that guide treatment decisions in oncology. Exiqon is pleased to announce the adoption of a new name for their [...]

Bibby Scientific – the new home of three famous lab equipment brands

Bibby Scientific – the new home of three famous lab equipment brands World-leading Jenway®, Stuart® and Techne® products are now manufactured and distributed by Bibby Scientific Limited, following Nova Capital’s earlier acquisition of Barloworld Scientific. As one of four new companies established by Nova from the former Barloworld business, Bibby Scientific focuses on the design, [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Welcomes Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to the RNAi Partnership Program

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL), a leading life science company and member of The RNAi Consortium (TRC), proudly welcomes the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to the RNAi Partnership Program (https://sigma-aldrich.com/rpp). The RNAi Partnership Program provides new members with access to cutting-edge products in Sigma-Aldrich's functional genomics portfolio, including shRNA libraries developed by [...]

Goodrich selects TeraView technology for use in airborne chemical agent detection in defense and homeland security applications

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 15 October 2008 – TeraView, (www.teraview.com ) the pioneer and leader in terahertz solutions and technology for the pharmaceutical and defense industries, has been chosen by Goodrich to supply its proprietary continuous wave (cw) terahertz technology platform for Goodrich’s chemical agent detection system. Additionally, TeraView and Goodrich have entered into an agreement [...]

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