COLUMBIA, Md., May 8, 2008 — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments released the Prominence nano, a high-performance liquid chromatograph that supports high-precision gradient analysis by providing advanced flow-rate precision in the nano flow-rate range. Prominence nano delivers exact flow rates via two LC-20ADnano pumps that are independently controlled by feedback from integrated high-precision nano flow sensors. The [...]

MELVILLE, N.Y., May 7 -- Nikon Instruments, Inc. (https://www.nikoninstruments.com) is pleased to announce that it has begun direct sales and technical support for Nikon's BioScience Microscopes, Confocal Systems and Digital Imaging products, along with Industrial products including Industrial Microscopes, Measuring and Vision Systems, in the Southern California and Rocky Mountain territories. These regions were previously [...]

ST. LOUIS, May 7 -- Sigma-Aldrich(TM) (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) and the second phase of The RNAi Consortium (TRC2) have commenced functional validation of the Consortium's collection of approximately 160,000 previously-cloned lentiviral-based shRNA vector constructs. Currently, more than 5,000 clones have been tested in the functional validation process. Validated clones covering more than 700 genes [...]

SEATTLE, May 7 -- Amnis Corporation and Gene Company, Ltd. announced today the completion of an agreement under which Gene Company will sell and service the Amnis ImageStream(R) system in China. Effective immediately, the scientific research communities in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou now have access to this important cell analysis technology. "We are [...]

Dow Nucleic Acids Medicines Business Assets Acquired SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced the expansion of its nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Boulder, Colo. Agilent’s Nucleic Acids Solutions Division is adding large-scale nucleic acid synthesis, purification and drying capacity that will come on stream by the end [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 7 Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI - News) announced that its Board of Directors today appointed James T. Glover as a new director. Glover is the seventh member of Varian, Inc.'s board of directors, and was appointed for a term expiring at the annual meeting of the Company's stockholders in 2009. Glover [...]

EAST HILLS, N.Y. & WEST CHESTER, Pa.--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL - News) and VWR International, LLC, today announced that they have renewed their Master Distributor Supply Agreement. With this agreement, VWR will continue to sell and promote Pall's filtration technologies to VWR customers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and throughout Europe. Laboratories are [...]

Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems HOLLISTON, Mass. — Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) (DGS) today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear(R), a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems will offer the [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. & BELTSVILLE, Md.--In research demonstrating that RNA previously thought to have no biological relevance may be of use for therapeutic and diagnostic targets, Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN - News), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioServe, the leading provider of clinically annotated tissue samples and provider of [...]

The RImax(TM) Gel Permeation / Size Exclusion Chromatography (GPC/SEC) system from Viscotek is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool for the conventional characterisation of natural and synthetic polymers, copolymers, proteins, nanoparticles and other macromolecules. Combining the market leading GPCmax(TM) fully integrated pump, autosampler and degasser module, Model 3580 Refractive Index (RI) detector and OmniSEC GPC/SEC software [...]