Support of Microsoft Windows Vista for Atlas Chromatography Data System

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (September, 30, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announced that its award-winning Atlas Chromatography Data System(TM) (CDS) now supports the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Thermo Scientific Atlas version 8.2 provides LC and GC instrument control, digital data acquisition, chromatography data processing and reporting all in a familiar, [...]

GeneGo Is Awarded NCI Grant for Development of Systems Biology Database and Tools for Nutrition in Cancer in Collaboration with the FDA

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 30 -- GeneGo Inc., a leading provider of databases, tools and services in systems biology, announced today that they were awarded with a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the development of a platform for understanding the influence of nutrients on cancerogenesis and cancer prevention. GeneGo [...]

New Optima™ eXPert™ Ultracentrifuge Software Adds Security and Audit Trail Features

FULLERTON, Calif. (September 30, 2008) – Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces an advanced version of its eXPert software for the Optima L-XP Series Ultracentrifuges. The new Optima eXPert software delivers important capabilities for academic, biopharmaceutical and bioprocessing users in protein, virus and vaccine development. New security and audit trail features support users working with 21 CFR [...]

Luminex and BD Sign Agreement to Create Diagnostic Tests for Cancer

Collaboration Will Target New Tools to Enhance Early Cancer Detection and Intervention AUSTIN, Texas & FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), a worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, and global medical technology company BD (NYSE: BDX), through its BD Diagnostics-TriPath platform, today announced the signing of a development and supply agreement. Under the terms of the [...]

Exporting products to the EU? Import the PANalytical X-ray advantage first!

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy has emerged as an optimal solution for the screening of toxic heavy metals regulated by the EU Directives RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment). To help customers who export goods to the EU meet increasingly complex environmental regulations, PANalytical delivers the advantage of 60 years [...]

GE Healthcare acquires MicroCal broadening capabilities in biomedical and pharmaceutical research

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has acquired MicroCal LLC, a provider of innovative instruments for the study of molecular interactions in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science research. The acquisition of MicroCal will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offering of technologies for the rapidly growing areas of protein [...]

Osmetech and QIAGEN Sign Development and Supply Agreement for QIAplex-Based Respiratory Viral Molecular Test

Osmetech plc ('Osmetech') (LSE:OMH), the international molecular diagnostics business, today announced that it has signed an agreement with QIAGEN (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) pursuant to which Osmetech will adapt a QIAplex-based respiratory viral test for use on Osmetech's recently launched eSensor XT-8 molecular diagnostics system. Under the terms of the agreement, QIAGEN will [...]

Applied Biosystems Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Real-time PCR Instrument for Use with New Flu Test from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument for use with the new CDC Human Influenza Virus Real-time RT-PCR Detection and Characterization Panel (rRT-PCR Flu Panel) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]

Riverside Partners Sells MicroCal to GE Healthcare

BOSTON, Sept. 30 -- Riverside Partners, based in Boston, MA, is pleased to announce the sale of its portfolio company, MicroCal, to GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). MicroCal, based in Northampton, MA, develops and manufactures microcalorimeters that provide detailed information on the structure, function and binding properties of a wide [...]

454 Life Sciences and GenomeQuest Team Up to Provide Next-Generation Sequence Search and Analysis Services

454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and GenomeQuest, Inc. announced a co-marketing agreement whereby GenomeQuest will offer its recently launched On-Demand Informatics Service to users of the 454 Genome Sequencer FLX System. GenomeQuest's high-throughput annotation and data management tools enable rapid characterization of all sequences generated by the Genome Sequencer FLX System. The combination of [...]

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