June 27, 2008
With three newly defined Strategic Business Units, a new Managing Director and an expanded product portfolio, the Life Science Division of Leica Microsystems is reinforcing its world market position in the life sciences. Dr. Stefan Traeger, the newly appointed Managing Director of Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH (Wetzlar and Mannheim), announced that in future the Life [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Elects New Director
June 27, 2008
WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO - News), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has elected William G. Parrett to its board of directors, bringing the company’s total number of directors to 11. Mr. Parrett has also been appointed to the board’s Audit Committee. Mr. Parrett enjoyed a 40-year career at [...]
Millipore Unveils Expanded Drug Discovery Development Facility in St. Charles, Missouri
June 27, 2008
Expansion includes new labs, offices and will house 60 new employees BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today unveiled a major expansion of its St. Charles, Missouri facility – headquarters for its Drug Discovery Business Unit. The $3.4 million expansion will enable Millipore [...]
June 26, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO--Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with Basel-based Bucher Biotec AG. Bucher will handle sales and service in Switzerland of Fluxion’s BioFlux™ research tools for live cell image analysis in drug discovery. Bucher Biotec AG is a privately held Swiss distributor company representing major U.S., European and Japanese manufacturers of scientific instruments [...]
Rigaku Introduces the RAPID™ II – Curved Detector X-ray Diffraction (XRD) System
June 26, 2008
The Woodlands, TX - June 26, 2008. Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced the introduction of a new, compact, fully integrated high-resolution X-ray diffraction system, the Rigaku RAPID II. The latest member of the RAPID family of large area curved imaging plate (IP) detectors, the RAPID II combines every component needed for a high-performance X-ray diffraction [...]
June 26, 2008
ISO 9001:2000 Certification, Global Distributor Expansion, Enhanced Web Site Deliver Superior Customer Experience WARRINGTON, PA--(June 26, 2008) - Tiger Optics, a leading manufacturer of laser-based trace gas analyzers, today announced a series of achievements that signal its commitment to excellence and leadership in molecular gas analysis. These achievements include obtaining the International Organization for Standardization [...]
June 25, 2008
Bruker’s Innovative TRACERturboSD Offers Unprecedented Specificity and Speed KENNEWICK, Wash.--Bruker AXS today announced a technology breakthrough with the introduction of the new TRACERturboSD (TM), the world’s first handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrument that uses a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) for dramatically improved speed, sensitivity and resolution. Bruker's industry-leading proprietary XFlash™ SDD, previously available only in [...]
QIAGEN Introduces Novel Tools for miRNA Analysis
June 25, 2008
KJ VENLO, GERMANY--Jun 25, 2008 -- Company expands portfolio by adding four new sample and assay solutions for this rapidly emerging area of molecular research Venlo, The Netherlands - June 25, 2008 - QIAGEN (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of four new research products for the processing and analysis of [...]
Cell Biosciences Announces New Leadership
June 25, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 25 -- Cell Biosciences, Inc., a provider of ultrasensitive protein detection and characterization systems to life science researchers, today announced three important additions to its management team. Tim Harkness was named President and Chief Executive Officer. From 1998 through 2007, Mr. Harkness was the Chief Financial Officer for Molecular Devices Corporation [...]
June 25, 2008
MUNICH, Germany--The Advalytix product team of Olympus is launching a certification program for flow cytometry facilities who have demonstrated > 90% success rate of placing single cells into the reaction sites on Advalytix’ 1µl AmpliGrid PCR slides. Among the first to achieve certification are flow cytometry facilities located at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, [...]
