PERKINELMER EXPANDS LINE OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETERS
September 16, 2008
New Clarus® 560 S Combines a Robust GC with High-End MS for Value and Performance WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, a global leader in application-focused measurement and analysis solutions, today announced an expansion of the company’s gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) product line with the introduction of the Clarus® 560 S GC/MS. It is designed specifically for [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Launches Breakthrough Genome-Editing Tools
September 16, 2008
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today launched its CompoZr(TM) platform of zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) reagents. The CompoZr ZFN platform of reagents is expected to provide researchers with the ability to target and precisely manipulate the genome of living cells, resulting in cell lines or whole organisms with defined gene deletions, insertions, [...]
NEW PROTEIN FOLDING APPLICATION NOTE USES WYATT TECHNOLOGY’S DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING TECHNIQUE
September 15, 2008
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (September 15, 2008) – Wyatt Technology, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization products, announces the publication of a new, free-of-charge application note demonstrating the capability of its DynaPro dynamic light scattering instrument to monitor the dissociation of an oligomeric protein and unfolding of monomers simultaneously using chaotropic agents. The analysis of [...]
GE Security to Provide Next-Gen Chemical-Biological Identifier to First Responders
September 15, 2008
StreetLab Mobile Assists First Responders in Assessing and Reacting to Potentially Hazardous Substances in Seconds BRADENTON, Fla.--GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE:GE - News), today announced its recently introduced StreetLab Mobile device will soon be capable of identifying biological as well as chemical substances. The biological identification upgrade will be available [...]
Invitrogen, Biocare to Market FDA Approved Breast Cancer Test
September 15, 2008
HER2 CISH Gene Amplification Test Now Available CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation, (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of immunohistochemistry reagents, multiplex stains, and automated platforms for the anatomic pathology market, for the new SPOT-Light® HER2 [...]
deltaDOT launches a one hour baculovirus titer system: deltaTITER
September 15, 2008
Accurate baculovirus quantification in less than an hour London, UK, 15th September 2008… deltaDOT Ltd, a developer of highly innovative enabling technologies and products for bioscience research, has announced the launch of deltaTITER, a novel one hour baculovirus titration system. deltaTITER enables researchers to accurately quantify the amount of baculovirus in a sample in just [...]
Varian, Inc. Board of Directors Makes Officer Changes
September 15, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) today announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Sean M. Wirtjes, Vice President and Controller, to a new position, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, effective September 15, 2008. Wirtjes assumes the Treasurer position from G. Edward McClammy, who continues as the Company's Senior Vice [...]
September 15, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15 -- GE Healthcare and Varian, Inc. announced today that they will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. Under the agreement, initial development and integration will be a joint effort between the two companies. Once development is complete, Varian will offer customers a [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Ships First Product with InforSense Virtual Machine Inside
September 15, 2008
InforSense Workflows and Analytics Used to Deliver Automated Protein Annotation for Proteome Discoverer London, UK and Cambridge, MA, September 15, 2008 – InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next-generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has begun shipping its Proteome Discoverer [...]
Chlorine and Iron TNTplus™ Chemistries Two NEW parameters for Hach’s complete laboratory solution
September 15, 2008
Loveland, Colorado, September, 2008 — Hach introduces chlorine and iron testing parameters for its total laboratory analysis system featuring TNTplus chemistries, methods and DR2800/5000 Series Spectrophotometers. Ideal for drinking water and industrial water facilities, both chlorine and iron TNTplus parameters are USEPA equivalent and can be used for reporting. Chlorine TNTplus allows users to sequentially [...]
