COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) introduces the iMLayer AERO automatic sprayer for MALDI-MS imaging. The iMLayer AERO sprayer simplifies the pretreatment of samples and enables users to easily obtain images with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. Traditional manual sample pretreatments, such as air brush matrix application, rely on the skill of the operator, […]

Specialist analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International Ltd has launched the world’s first range of thermal desorption (TD) instruments that are safety-certified to run on three gases: helium, nitrogen and hydrogen. All manufacturers’ TD instruments can run on helium and nitrogen, but it’s well known that the most popular, helium, is a rapidly-dwindling, non-renewable resource, becoming […]

Capital Partners to Expand Commercial Activities and Accelerate Product Development CHADDS FORD, Pa. — MOBILion Systems Inc., a pioneer in fast, efficient, highresolution instrumentation for biomarker discovery, diagnostics and biotherapeutic drug characterization, today announced the close of a $60 million Series C financing round. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners with the remaining funds contributed by existing investors […]

New MBT Lipid Xtract™ Kit (RUO)* expands MALDI Biotyper® microbial analysis capabilities to lipids fingerprinting and to rapid colistin-resistance testing** Enhanced workflows include MBT FAST™ Shuttle IVD and MBT Mycobacteria Kit (RUO)** MALDI Biotyper® Reference Libraries expansion to cover more than 4,000 species New IR Biotyper® 3.1 software connects MALDI Biotyper® microbial species identification with IR Biotyper® strain-typing results for hospital […]

BURLINGTON, Mass.— Viken Detection, pioneer of x-ray imaging, chemical detection and environmental analytical solutions, today announced the official release of the FOXHOUND-HNA™. Featuring tri-mode functionality and design, Viken’s handheld narcotics analyzer is optimized for drug interdiction and tailored for wide use in law enforcement operations. FOXHOUND-HNA provides users with critical information, able to determine if […]

Snapdragon Chemistry and Shimadzu Corporation have agreed to enter a strategic collaboration to jointly support pharmaceutical and chemical industries by providing advanced solutions for improved efficiency in chemical synthesis. COLUMBIA, Md. — Snapdragon Chemistry and Shimadzu Corporation have agreed to enter a strategic collaboration to jointly support pharmaceutical and chemical industries by providing advanced solutions for […]

Center will develop new technologies and reproducible analytical techniques to support rapid, cost-effective clinical research into applications for metabolomics in precision medicine SAN JOSE, Calif. and DAVIS, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, (NYSE: TMO) the world leader in serving science, and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) West Coast Metabolomics Center today announced The […]

LCMS-8060NX Triple Quadrupole Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Shimadzu has released the LC/MS/MS Method Package for Modified Nucleosides.*1 Using this method package, biomarker candidates (two kinds of modified nucleosides) that show a correlation to increase severity of COVID-19 symptoms can be measured in six minutes*2. This method package is used in conjunction with a modified nucleoside analysis […]

Project Explores LC-MS Data Analytics Methods to Rapidly Characterize Complex Biomolecules NEWS SUMMARY: Waters expands collaboration with Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR into new areas meant to accelerate bioprocessing and bioinformatics research. Projects include developing analytical workflows for nucleic acid therapeutic products and bioinformatics research to deliver robust and accurate identification for a variety of biomolecules. […]

908 Devices (NASDAQ:MASS), a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop mass spec devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, today announced two data analysis partnerships to integrate with the REBEL™, the first at-line fresh and spent cell media analyzer for bioprocess labs. With the integration of leading data exploratory tool Sartorius’ SIMCA™ and Securecell’s Lucullus Process Information Management System (PIMS), users […]