Renowned separations science expert Milos Novotny, PhD, has joined Protein Discovery's scientific advisory board. Protein Discovery will call upon Professor Novotny's deep knowledge of electrophoretic and chromatographic separations as the company continues to develop and commercialize sample preparation systems for mass spectrometry. "Protein Discovery has commercialized electrophoretic sample preparation in a unique and immediately useful [...]

Sep 24 2008, 9:07 PM EST QIAGEN and Chinese Academy of Sciences Form Collaboration for Development of New Molecular Food Safety Tests Shanghai, September 25, 2008 --- QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced a collaboration to develop new molecular testing solutions to improve the safety of [...]

BioTek Instruments, Inc., introduces lease and purchase options from North Star Leasing Company for BioTek’s microplate instrumentation. Through this program, U.S. customers may lease and even purchase BioTek’s microplate technologies through one of several convenient monthly payment programs. Financing is available for up to 60 months, with flexibility for early payoff with no penalty. North [...]

454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., Coralville, USA announced today they have entered into an exclusive co-promotional agreement wherein IDT will design, synthesize, and purify the fusion primers required for certain 454 Sequencing applications. These applications include ultra-deep amplicon sequencing for detection of low-frequency mutations in disease associated genes, and [...]

FROM INTERPHEX, BOOTH #215 -- Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, today announced that it has launched TruScan(TM) 1.2 at INTERPHEX in Montreal, Canada. TruScan 1.2 enables companies to develop new libraries of materials, typically referred to as "methods," from any location and share them via network management [...]

Synamatix today announced its partnership with GeneWorks for the provision of sequencing and bioinformatics research support to key customers within Asia and Australia. The two companies will provide genome institutes in Asia with an extensive and comprehensive range of sequencing and bioinformatics solutions to support and enhance research. Kuala Lumpur (PRWEB) September 24, 2008 -- [...]

Madison, WI. (September 24, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announces the availability of a new and improved version of its popular, interactive Web-based tool, updated to provide even more product and accessory solutions to UV-Visible customers. The intuitive Web selector guide, available at www.thermo.com/selectuv, allows current and prospective [...]

New instrument offers expanded analytical inputs and multiple analog outputs to serve OEMs, systems integrators and analytical end users IRVINE, Calif., September 24, 2008 – To meet the need for multiple liquid measurements and lower costs per measurement loop required by industrial OEMs and other analytical customers, Emerson Process Management has announced the Rosemount Analytical [...]

PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers have demonstrated a new instrument that makes it possible to detect and quantify multiple different clinically important proteins in a single tumor sample using conventional staining. Currently, pathologists usually need a separate tissue slice for each protein they want to examine, making it impossible to see how molecules interact within individual cells. [...]

Bridgewater, NJ. September 23, 2008. LabVantage announced today that it has been awarded a five-year Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 Contract with the United States (U.S.) General Services Administration (GSA) to sell its SAPPHIRE Laboratory Information Management Suite (LIMS) and related services to eligible U.S. federal agencies and their subordinate entities. The GSA Schedule leverages [...]