IBO has selected Thermo Scientific’s LTQ Velos ion trap LC/MS as the best new product at this year’s ASMS meeting. While the exterior design of the new instrument is essentially identical to other LTQ models, Thermo has made some considerable advances in the mass analyzer and other internal components. At the core of the LTQ […]
Yellow Springs, OH 6/10/09—YSI has acquired Design Analysis Associates (DAA), which designs and markets equipment that measures, records and telemeters hydrological data. Terms were not disclosed. “Because we share many of the same customers in the water monitoring market, this acquisition is extremely synergistic,” said Rick Omlor, YSI CEO and president. The Fletcher family, which […]
A report prepared by RTI International describes the success of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC) in advancing technology development and assisting industry. Launched in 2002, the NCMC was charged with providing technology for combinatorial and high-throughput experimentation for organic polymers, disseminating research and establishing a scientific forum. Structured […]
Company Announcements In March, Merck KgaA appointed Christina Shasserre, general manger of the Laboratory Business, as global head of Bioscience. She is based at EMD Chemicals’ Bioscience site in San Diego, California, where all of EMD’s core US Bioscience capabilities will be consolidated by year end. For the fiscal year ended March 31, Biotechnology-related Business […]
Company Announcements Exiqon’s Research Product sales grew 43% in 2008. Exiqon expects the business to be cash flow positive by the end of 2009. Norgen Biotek signed an OEM manufacturing and supply agreement to supply Exiqon with RNA purification kits. Stemgent will market certain research reagents for inducible stem cell technology based on TET Systems’ […]
As part of its latest budget, the Australian government has announced a four-year, AUD 5.7 billion ($4.41 billion) investment in R&D. The Education Investment Fund (EIF) will receive AUD 3 billion for university research and infrastructure. In the EIF’s first two rounds, 31 projects costing AUD 934 have been accepted. Round two of funding includes […]
Company Announcements Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) and Optra Systems are developing software to visualize and analyze data from high-resolution scanners. In March, OGT acquired Sense Proteomic, which uses its protein array platform to identify autoantibody signatures for biomarker discovery. Gentel will use Eprogen’s ProteoSep protein fractionation technique to create whole-proteome microarrays from individual cell lines […]
France’s new nanotechnology program, Nano-INNOV, will receive €70 million ($98 million) in funding, including €46 million to support the construction of a research center in Saclay science park. Construction, which will begin by year end, is expected to be expedited because the new lab will be built using the design of existing labs. Nano-INNOV will […]
Medicare has proposed not to pay for tests to determine the proper dose of wafarin for a patient due to insufficient evidence of their effectiveness compared to current methods. The genetic tests costs $50–$500. However, Medicare stated it would pay for the tests in clinical trials. The public may comment on the proposal for one […]
For the third consecutive month, the markets closed in positive territory, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ climbed 4.1%, 5.3% and 3.3%, respectively. Despite the major US stock indexes trading within a narrow range for most of May, investors turned bullish during the final two trading days of the month due […]
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