Fisher Scientific Announces Strategic Alliance with Pennsylvania Bio
April 14, 2008
Companies Join With Mission to Improve Access to Leading Science Instrumentation and Build Stronger Biosciences Community PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Fisher Scientific, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., today announced an alliance with Pennsylvania Bio, the statewide association representing Pennsylvania's bioscience community. This alliance will support the product and supply chain service needs of Pennsylvania bioscience companies and [...]
Extrel CMS Announces ATEX Approval for Process Mass Spectrometer
April 13, 2008
The MAX300-IGX Industrial Mass Spectrometer is suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres PITTSBURGH, April 13 -- Extrel CMS announces ATEX approval for process mass spectrometer. The MAX300-IGX Industrial Mass Spectrometer is suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. The Extrel MAX300-IGX Process Mass Spectrometer has obtained ATEX approval for installations in Zone 1 areas. [...]
Bio-Rad Introduces Two Absorbance Microplate Readers
April 11, 2008
HERCULES, Calif., April 11, 2008 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the introduction of two microplate readers, the Bio-Rad iMark™ Absorbance Microplate Reader and the Bio-Rad xMark™ Absorbance Microplate Spectrophotometer as well as the Microplate Manager 6™ (MPM6) [...]
The First Automated Synthesis Tool That Requires No Training: EasyMax™ 102
April 11, 2008
Mettler Toledo introduces EasyMax™ 102, the new generation automated lab reactor system for the synthesis lab and the synthetic organic chemist. EasyMax™ 102 replaces the traditional oil bath and ice bath, and improves the quality of your experiments. EasyMax™ 102 operates with an easy-to-use touchpad and heats and cools without a cryostat. Fast and precise [...]
New 50 ìl disposable tip for Tecan liquid handling platforms
April 11, 2008
Tecan has introduced the 50 ìl volume size to its family of high quality, conductive disposable tips, complementing the existing size range of 10, 200 and 1,000 ìl. The disposable tips have been custom-developed for Tecan’s automated liquid handling workstations, enhancing performance and minimizing cross-contamination in a broad range of genomics, forensics and ELISA-based applications. [...]
April 11, 2008
FOSS has opened a new sales subsidiary in India. The new company is called FOSS India and is headquartered in Mumbai with branch offices in Bangalore, Coimbatore, Delhi and Hyderabad. The company currently employs 15 staff. Mr Anurag Bhatnagar has been appointed as Managing Director. He has extensive experience from the grain industry and was [...]
Datum Instruments, a New Member of JEOL Group
April 10, 2008
JEOL Ltd. (Yoshiyasu Harada, President) and JEOL Datum, Ltd. (Yasunobu Suenaga, President) established a new company, Datum Instruments, dedicated to servicing JEOL’s mass market products (environmental equipment/metrology and inspection equipment). Objective JEOL’s mid term management plan, Action 60, announced in 2007 (for 2007 to 2009), proposed to “strengthen sales and service of mass market products” [...]
Amnis Announces Release of Powerful New Image Data Analysis Software
April 10, 2008
SEATTLE, April 10 -- Amnis Corporation announced today a major new release of its IDEAS(R) statistical image analysis software. IDEAS version 3.0 incorporates greatly expanded analytical capabilities while maintaining an emphasis on ease of use. IDEAS 3.0 provides the user with dozens of new image feature calculations and improves existing features to strengthen morphological data [...]
New MicroRNA Analysis Tools From Applied Biosystems Advance Cancer Research
April 9, 2008
TaqMan(R) Reagents Speed Workflows and Enable Analysis of Trace Amounts of RNA in Cell and Tumor Samples FOSTER CITY, Calif.--Research related to a class of non-coding small RNA molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) is one of the fastest-growing areas in biomedical research. These molecules have been found to regulate gene expression and have also been implicated [...]
Proteome Sciences Licenses its Patented TMT® Technology to Thermo Fisher Scientific
April 9, 2008
COBHAM, England (April 9, 2008) - Proteome Sciences plc has entered into an exclusive license agreement for its TMT® isobaric tandem mass tag technology with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE: TMO). Under the terms of the license, Proteome Sciences will manufacture its patented TMT® reagents exclusively for Thermo Fisher Scientific, which will market and sell [...]
