The Smart RHEO 5000 by CEAST Evolution in Rheology

Pianezza (Torino), Italy - October 10, 2008 - CEAST proudly announces the launch of the new Smart RHEO 5000, the third in its series of Smart RHEO bench-top capillary rheometers, a line developed for both QC labs and R&D teams alike, and aimed to meet the needs of those looking for a compact yet powerful [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Wins LIMS Contract from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (October 10, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science announced today that the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has awarded the company a contract for its Nautilus LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) for use in the medical school’s spinal cord injury research. During the project, scientists [...]

Invitrogen Launches Countess(TM)

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the introduction of a new benchtop instrument, Countess(TM) automated cell counter, which offers a new method of automated cell counting to replace manual cell counting using a glass hemocytometer. "This instrument was designed with the scientists' workflows in [...]

Finesse Solutions Launches TruBio 3.4 Bioreactor Control Software

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 10 -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life science process applications, announced the release of version 3.4 of its TruBio bioreactor control software. TruBio 3.4 software can automate bioreactors across a wide variety of applications, ranging from 1L bench top R&D glass [...]

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine LIMS Contract

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (October 10, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science announced today that the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has awarded the company a contract for its Nautilus LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) for use in the medical school’s spinal cord injury research. During the project, scientists [...]

Invitrogen Announces Completion of Detailed Integration Plans Relating to Applied Biosystems Combination

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that the company has completed a significant milestone in the integration planning for the Applied Biosystems combination. The company has finalized the synergy targets by identifying specific actions and timing to achieve the synergies for all functions within the new company. "The synergy work we've had underway for the last [...]

Malvern launches the Zetasizer µV – just 2 microlitres required for biomolecule characterization using light scattering

9 October 2008: Malvern, UK: Malvern’s new Zetasizer µV is an advanced light scattering system specifically intended for the characterization of proteins and other biomolecules. This latest addition to Malvern’s highly successful Zetasizer family, is designed and optimised for maximum sensitivity and minimum sample volume. The Zetasizer µV is a dedicated system that supports improved [...]

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Appoints Turku Centre for Biotechnology of University of Turku as Certified Service Provider for Gene Expression Microarrays

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that the Turku Centre for Biotechnology of University of Turku and Abo Akademi University has achieved Certified Service Provider status for Agilent gene expression microarrays. The Centre achieved Agilent-certified status after completing training and passing a rigorous series of assessments that include: -- demonstrating proficiency in analyzing Agilent's 60-mer [...]

Multi-National Oil and Gas Company Chooses Accelrys to Increase Efficiency in Catalyst Discovery and Optimization

SAN DIEGO--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL - News), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, today announced that one of the largest multi-national oil and gas companies has chosen Accelrys to develop an integrated solution which would enable this company’s catalyst research scientists to both accelerate catalysis research and discovery and to improve [...]

Illumina Launches mRNA-Seq on the Genome Analyzer

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the broad availability of mRNA-Seq, a new product for full-length, complementary DNA (cDNA) sequencing on the Genome Analyzer. In contrast to tiling and exon arrays, researchers can use mRNA-Seq to obtain a more in-depth, comprehensive view of the transcriptome, revealing aspects previously unseen using array-based or expression sequence tag (EST) [...]

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