Universal Detection Technology Receives Purchase Order for Its Anthrax Detection Equipment From the City of Calgary, Canada Police Service

Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT) (FRANKFURT: PO8), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, reported today that it has received a purchase order for its anthrax detection equipment from the city of Calgary, Canada Police Service. The [...]

GE to Combine Video Surveillance and Radiation Detection to Enhance Nuclear Threat Detection in Public Settings

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has been awarded $4.2 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop an integrated imaging system that combines state-of-the-art video surveillance technology with breakthrough radiation detection capabilities. This new system would provide law enforcement and security [...]

Faced with Global Acetonitrile Shortage, Analytical Labs Turn to ACQUITY UPLC to Reduce Acetonitrile Use by at least 70 Percent

MILFORD, Mass., Dec. 16 -- With the analytical industry experiencing its most severe acetonitrile shortage in history, pharmaceutical, food, environmental and chemical industries are all searching for solutions to maintain their mission critical laboratory productivity. Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT - News), working with its key customers, today estimated that replacing traditional high performance LC (HPLC) [...]

PerkinElmer Announces Latest Expansion of Alphascreen® Surefire® Cellular Pathway Analysis Tools

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the release of 11 new AlphaScreen® SureFire® assay kits for the rapid detection of full-length kinase activation in cell lysates. The new kits launched at the 48th annual meeting of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) [...]

Fluidigm and Stemgent Awarded One of CIRM’s First Grants to the Biotech Industry

California’s Stem Cell Agency Invests in Cell Culture Integrated Fluidic Circuit System SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--California’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, has awarded Fluidigm Corporation and Stemgent, Inc. a grant to develop a cell culture chip (C2C) and support system that will help researchers accelerate stem cell research in California. [...]

Cellular Dynamics International Appoints New Commercial, Operations and Financial Leadership

MADISON, Wis., December 16, 2008 – Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) announced today the appointment of three new executives to lead the company in its rapid growth and goal of industrializing stem cell technologies: Chris Kendrick-Parker, Chief Commercial Officer; Emile Nuwaysir, Chief Operating Officer; and David S. Snyder, Chief Financial Officer. Kendrick-Parker brings more than 20 [...]

Dionex Introduces the Integral On-line IC/HPLC Analyzers for Process Applications

Dionex adds to its nearly 25-year history in process analysis with the introduction of the new Integral™ on‑line process analyzer platform. This new product line offers sampling and sample preparation modules, optional industrial enclosures, and the latest Dionex Reagent-Free™ ion chromatography (RFIC™) or HPLC technologies integrated into an on‑line IC or HPLC process analysis solution. [...]

PerkinElmer Expands AlphaLISA® “No Wash” Immunoassay Kits, Adding Assays for Research in Inflammation, Cancer and Metabolic Disorders

Today atthe 48th annual meeting of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has expanded its leading AlphaLISA® “No Wash” assay line. The rapidly growing portfolio - now comprising 27 kits – includes kits [...]

Datacolor Brings Wireless Communication to Color Measurement Solutions with Introduction of “Check II” Portable Sphere Spectrophotometer

Color Standards and Measurements Can be Uploaded / Downloaded Anywhere with Use of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Technology LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--Datacolor, a global leader in digital color management technology, today announced it is introducing a new line of portable sphere spectrophotometers with Wifi and Bluetooth capabilities to allow users to share color standards and measurements everywhere they [...]

QIAGEN Welcomes 3,000th Employee in 20th year of U.S. Operations

VALENCIA, Calif. and GERMANTOWN, Md., Dec 15, 2008 -- QIAGEN, which has its global headquarters in the Netherlands and United States offices in five locations, brought on board its 3,000th employee this month. Company officers hailed this growth as a symbol of the biotech company's continued strong performance and outlook, and pledged to sustain its [...]

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