August 13, 2008
Next-Generation Desk Top Explosives Trace Detector IONSCAN 500DT Achieves TSA Lab and Field Certification Qualifying it for Purchase and Deployment PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has officially certified Smiths Detection IONSCAN 500DT after successful completion of the TSA's Certification Plan [...]
Geospiza Releases FinchLab Version 3.2
August 13, 2008
Customers and Partners Enthusiastically Embrace Next Gen Data Analysis Capabilities SEATTLE--Geospiza, Inc. today announced the release of FinchLab Version 3.2, the new version of the company’s acclaimed genetic analysis workflow and data management system. This new version of FinchLab provides powerful new analytic capabilities, including secondary analysis for Next Generation Sequencing. FinchLab provides the only [...]
Affymetrix Technology Helps Advance Schizophrenia Research
August 13, 2008
Three International Studies Use Affymetrix SNP Arrays to Discover Copy Number Variations Linked to Mental Disorder SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) announced today that researchers around the world have used the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Arrays 5.0 and 6.0 to uncover important links between copy number variations (CNVs) and schizophrenia. Researchers from the [...]
Roche’s xCELLigence System: First Cell Analyzer System Installed at AgenoLab in Stuttgart
August 13, 2008
On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company worldwide [...]
Electronic Sensor Technology Receives Order for Six zNoses from Beijing R&D
August 13, 2008
NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announces the receipt of an additional order for 6 units of zNose® instruments from its distributor in China. The instruments will be used by China for security applications. Electronic Sensor Technology has approximately 80 instruments in China, most [...]
QRSCIENCES ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH GE SECURITY FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION PRODUCTS
August 13, 2008
QRSciences Holdings Limited, (“QRSciences”) (ASX:QRS) (QRSNY:PK) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, QRSciences Security Pty Ltd, has entered into a Distribution Agreement with General Electric Security (GE Security) for its trace detection products. The Distribution Agreement complements the technology licensing agreement that QRSciences entered into with GE Security in May of 2006 and further [...]
Tecan Rallies Its Expertise and Equipment for the Chinese Earthquake Efforts
August 13, 2008
DURHAM, N.C.--Tecan, a global leader in laboratory automation and detection, has donated a Freedom EVO® 150 to help process forensic samples for human identification in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan Province. The earthquake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, caused major devastation in the Province, with more than 87,000 [...]
RainDance Technologies Appoints Olex Vice President, System Development
August 13, 2008
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 13 -- RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the appointment of Michael B. Olex as Vice President, System Development, effective immediately. "As RainDance introduces its exciting RainStorm(TM) droplet-based technology to market, Mr. Olex will play a key leadership role in designing, [...]
Roche´s xCELLigence System: First Cell Analyzer System Installed at AgenoLab in Stuttgart
August 13, 2008
PENZBERG, Germany--On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company [...]
Promega and Leica Microsystems Sign Agreement to Develop Fluorescent Ligands
August 13, 2008
Enabling Live Cell Imaging at the Sub 100 nm Range MADISON, WISCONSIN (August 13, 2008) Promega Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Leica Microsystems to enable fluorescent imaging of proteins in live cells. Under the terms of the agreement, Promega will develop fluorescent ligands for its HaloTag fusion proteins, that will be [...]
