Company Announcements In September, as part of an NIH-funded project, NanoCellect Biomedical began a collaboration with the University of California, San Diego, to develop single-cell applications based on its microchip-enabled WOLF Cell Sorter. Venneos raised €1 million ($1 million) in seed financing in September to develop a semiconductor chip–based imaging system for cell analysis. MaxCyte […]

Product Introductions Lovibond introduced the BD 6000 BOD measurement system, which enables automatic measurements at customizable intervals. Lovibond released the SD 310 Oxi oxygen meter, which replaces the SensoDirect Oxi200. It is designed for ease of use. In August, ILIUM Technology launched the Model 1021 Smart Flow-through Probe for real-time conductivity monitoring of any liquid […]

Company Announcements TESCAN USA announced a partnership with the Colorado School of Mines to create an electron beam analytical facility on the Golden, Colorado, campus. In September, TESCAN, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M University announced a nanotechnology collaboration agreement. ZEISS opened its new China headquarters building in the Shanghai Pilot Free […]

Company Announcements Bruker appointed John Ornell, retired CFO of Waters, to its Board in August. Bruker named Dr. René Lenggenhager as president of Bruker BioSpin, effective November 1. He previously served as general manager of Laboratory Weighing at Mettler-Toledo. Fluidigm announced in September the opening of Australia’s first Single-Cell Genomics Centre of Excellence, located at […]

Company Announcements Vapourtec named Gaia Science as a distributor for Singapore. D. Michael Parker, senior vice president, CFO, treasurer and secretary of Kewaunee Scientific, announced his plans to retire by year end. Wheaton added Labscoop as a distributor. Peak Scientific opened a new Indian office in New Delhi, which will serve as its headquarters for […]

The EU has named a seven-person Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) that will assist the European Commission (EC) with science-related policies and decisions. The panel replaces the position of the chief scientific advisor, the last of whom resigned in 2014. Allocated €6 million ($6 million) and its own staff, the SAM is designed to be an […]

As a result of budget shortfalls, the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology is requiring the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) labs to raise half of their funds through external sources and grants. The labs must also send the Ministry monthly updates on the progress of their research, and specify the aspects of […]

Importing biomaterials, such as mice and plants, will become easier for Chinese companies and research institutes next year. Having been implemented on a trial basis for two years in Beijing and Shanghai, reforms of the current rules will increase the competitiveness of the country’s bioindustry and facilitate greater international collaboration with partners. Currently, China must […]

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) October report on environmental issues in its member countries revealed that, in contrast to increasing levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, most member countries reduced their emissions between 2000 and 2012. But at 9.6 t of carbon dioxide per capita, they had higher 2013 emission rates than […]

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has announced the Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange (GENIE) project, in which several academic medical centers from the US and Europe will participate. Although cancer centers are collecting huge amounts of information on tumor genomes, much of the resulting analysis is not helpful in finding drugs to treat […]