Thermo Scientific Mass Spectrometers Drive Proteomics Breakthroughs Reported in Nature and Nature MethodsFeb 21, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Thermo Scientific mass spectrometers continue to power breakthroughs in proteomics research as evidenced by recent publications in the prestigious journals Nature and Nature Methods. The unique capabilities of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer systems played pivotal roles in 13 high-impact articles published in just over a month, from October 2 through November 6, 2011...
Read MoreGrowing Freeman Technology establishes new US subsidiaryFeb 21, 2012Building on a decade of successful business in North America, powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology is pleased to announce that in January 2012 the company formally established a US subsidiary, Freeman Technology Inc. This new organisation will take on responsibility for sales, service and applications support for the ever growing number of FT4 Powder Rheometer users in the US, and will work with prospective customers across all industrial markets...
Read MoreFirst Single Camera, Multi-Parametric Cardiac Imaging System Uses Photometrics Evolve EMCCD CameraFeb 21, 2012Photometrics’ high-performance Evolve 128 EMCCD camera was used in the first single camera, multi-parameter cardiac imaging system. Oxford University and University of Michigan researchers employed the system to measure the electrophysiological function of adult human stem cell-derived heart tissue...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments and Postnova Analytics co-operate to deliver combined solution for characterizing challenging particulate systemsFeb 21, 2012Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) and Postnova Analytics (Landsberg/Lech, Germany) have announced that they are co-operating to deliver the combined FFF (Field-Flow Fractionation) and DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering) solutions that today provide critical insight when characterizing a number of challenging particulate systems. Such systems include complex, aggregated, surface-coated and heterogeneous particles, as well as larger polymers, and aggregated, cross-linked, nano-particles and fibrillated proteins...
Read MoreChemistry Automation and Compound Management Announced as ELA Conference StreamFeb 15, 2012Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, is delighted to announce that Compound Management will return for a second year as one of the eight highly topical conference streams. New for this year, compound management will be combined with chemistry automation, which has been highlighted as an important focus in automation. With participation from some of the industry's leading experts, Chemistry Automation and Compound Management will feature a combination of keynote presentations from Rose Gonzales, Director of Compound Management and Distribution, Pfizer and Clive Green, Associate Director of Compound Management, AstraZeneca...
Read MoreDolomite and Gigagen Collaborate to Develop Novel Droplet Merging TechnologyFeb 15, 2012Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic systems and devices, is pleased to announce its collaboration with GigaGen Inc. (San Francisco, CA) in the development of a novel Droplet Merger Chip for massively parallel single cell genetic analysis...
Read MoreAnalytik Jena and SOTAX announce cooperation in dissolution Feb 15, 2012Starting now, the spectrophotometers of Analytik Jena's SPECORD® PLUS series will be complementing the product range of the Swiss company SOTAX, a leading solutions provider in the pharmaceutical industry. With this mutually beneficial cooperation, Analytik Jena AG is taking the chance to embrace new opportunities and new market potential in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. For SOTAX AG, the partnership with the Jena-based high tech company is an opportunity to strengthen its position as a leading dissolution systems provider...
Read MoreBig contract lab in Germany uses automated thermometric titration to determine TAN and TBN in oils and lubricantsFeb 15, 2012OEL CHECK GmbH in Brannenburg (Germany) is a big contract lab specializing in the analysis of oils and lubricants. They use thermometric titration on Metrohm’s 859 Titrotherm to determine TAN and TBN. OEL CHECK GmbH and Metrohm are currently working together to have thermometric titration standardized by DIN and ASTM...
Read MoreBioTek Continues International Growth with Launch of BioTek FranceFeb 14, 2012BioTek Instruments, Inc., is proud to announce the opening of their newest subsidiary, BioTek France SAS as of 1 January 2012. The new office is located at 50, Avenue d'Alsace, Colmar, France. Dirk Frese, European Managing Director and President of BioTek France, noted, "This office is a clear signal to our growing customer base, within France and throughout Europe, that BioTek is growing faster than the market. We are reinforcing our local presence by increasing our investment, when many other companies are driving cost saving strategies."...
Read MoreFluidigm & AH diagnostics Sign Scandinavian Distribution DealFeb 14, 2012Fluidigm Corporation has appointed AH diagnostics as its exclusive distributor in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), effective February 1, 2012. AH diagnostics will offer Fluidigm's complete portfolio of BioMarkTM HD, EP1TM, and Access ArrayTM Systems, the complete line up of Dynamic ArrayTM, Digital ArrayTM and Access Array IFCs for real-time PCR, digital PCR, single-cell gene expression, sample preparation for next-generation sequencing, and SNP genotyping; plus Fluidigm's new DELTAgeneTM and SNPtypeTM assays...
Read MoreTecan and Artel partner to produce unique, fully integrated QC Kit for Freedom EVO workstationsFeb 14, 2012Tecan has partnered with Artel - the worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance - to offer the QC Kit, a fully integrated performance verification solution for its Freedom EVO liquid handling workstations. The QC Kit incorporates Artel's proprietary Ratiometric PhotometryTM technology within the Freedom EVO system, enabling collection of precision and accuracy performance data regarding the volumes delivered by every channel of a liquid handling arm, with results fully traceable to international standards... Read MoreSPRIworks HT from Beckman Coulter Automates Sample Preparation for Next-generation Sequencing, Debuts at SLAS 2012Feb 14, 2012Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches SPRIworks HT*, a high-throughput solution for fragment library preparation on Illumina next-generation sequencers, at SLAS 2012, The system allows researchers to process libraries with greater speed and sample reproducibility and decreases processing costs. SPRIworks HT utilizes built-in SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization)-based per-well size selection...
Read MoreAnalytik announces the UK & Irish release of ASD's FieldSpec 4 portable spectroradiometer lineportable spectroradiometer lineFeb 13, 2012Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce the release of the FieldSpec 4 line of portable, full-range spectroradiometers from ASD Inc., the global leader in portable high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions. With this launch, ASD is continuing its tradition of setting industry standards for ground truthing and remote sensing measurement technologies...
Read MoreGeorgia Tech Chooses TAPFeb 13, 2012TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications today announced it is installing an advanced micro bioreactor system (ambrTM) system at The Georgia Institute of Technology, a leading US research university. The ambr system, which closely replicates the characteristics of bioreactors at micro scale, will be used by scientists in Georgia Tech's new Stem Cell Engineering Center to determine optimal conditions for culturing mouse and human pluripotent stem cell lines...
Read MoreIntegrated DNA Technologies Acquires 1st BASE Oligonucleotide Business in SingaporeFeb 13, 2012Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has acquired the oligonucleotide business of Singapore's top supplier in the field, 1st BASE Pte. Ltd (1st BASE). Already the world leader in custom nucleic acid synthesis, IDT will now offer locally-manufactured oligos to researchers in Singapore and throughout the region from the company's first synthesis facility in Asia...
Read MoreOGT to Exhibit and Present at Molecular Medicine Tri-Con 2012Feb 13, 2012Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, will be exhibiting and presenting its biomarker discovery service at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Con in San Francisco, California (19th-23rd February 2012). The conference, organized by the Cambridge Healthtech Institute, will include an OGT presentation entitled "Integrated Biomarker Discovery: Multi-Method Approach to Enable Early Biomarker Success"...
Read MoreBiochrom WPA Spectrophotometers now available with PC controlFeb 10, 2012For the first time, WPA users have the opportunity to control their spectrophotometer from a Windows PC. Resolution software is available in four different suites that enable users to meet individual application requirements. Resolution delivers maximum instrument control providing straightforward data analysis and incorporates a familiar Microsoft® Office look, compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Read MoreBrukerFeb 10, 2012Bruker Chemical & Applied Markets division (CAM), US: During the recent China International Food Safety and Quality (CIFSQ) 2011 conference in Beijing, media were engaged in a briefing at the Bruker facilities. Bruker's continued and rapid growth in China is reflected in the expansion programs for Beijing's Application Laboratories and Customer Service Centers. Earlier in 2011 the Shanghai Application Laboratory facilities were formerly opened, with a 50% expansion program underway at the Beijing facility plus an additional service and sales office planned for Guangzhou...
Read MoreNew Bioreactor for Stem Cell Derived Hollow Organ GenerationFeb 9, 2012Harvard Apparatus in conjunction with Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, [Macciarini, P. et al. Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway, Lancet, 372, 2023-2030, (2008)] has developed the InBreath Whole Organ Bioreactor*. The InBreath is one of the world's first commercially available bioreactors for tubular organ regeneration. Designed for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine research applications using trachea, esophagus, intestines, blood vessels or virtually any hollow organ...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Increases Immunoassay Specificity and AccuracyFeb 9, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, employs strict approval criteria for all of its Thermo Scientific Nunc immunoassay plates. For such sensitive assays, it is imperative that the immunoassay plates used are coated in an effective way to ensure highly specific binding. The NuncTM plate surfaces are release treated using a binding assay that uses immunoglobulin G (IgG), or other appropriate biomolecules. As a result, you can be confident in the accuracy and reliability of downstream data...
Read MoreIDT further optimizes ZEN probes for qPCRFeb 9, 2012Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has expanded its ZENTM double-quencher probe portfolio to offer a new range of quencher/dye combinations. The probes are now available with a choice of five fluorescent dyes, FAM, HEX, TET, MAX or JOE, providing additional experimental flexibility. Part of the PrimeTime® qPCR range, ZENTM double-quenched probes generate less background while...
Read MoreSistemic to work with TiGenix on landmark EUR 5.9 million, FP7 European project aiming at developing an innovative rheumatoid arthritis cell therapy treatment productFeb 9, 2012Sistemic is delighted to announce that its proprietary technology (SistemQCTM) has been chosen to form a key part of the research and production process for a landmark multinational collaborative project led by TiGenix, Belgium and including partners from Spain, France, the Netherlands as well as the UK and Belgium. The project, REGENER-AR, will bring the first stem cell therapy product for rheumatoid arthritis, Cx611, through final research and clinical development...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Thermo Scientific mass spectrometers continue to power breakthroughs in proteomics research as evidenced by recent publications in the prestigious journals Nature and Nature Methods. The unique capabilities of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer systems played pivotal roles in 13 high-impact articles published in just over a month, from October 2 through November 6, 2011...
Building on a decade of successful business in North America, powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology is pleased to announce that in January 2012 the company formally established a US subsidiary, Freeman Technology Inc. This new organisation will take on responsibility for sales, service and applications support for the ever growing number of FT4 Powder Rheometer users in the US, and will work with prospective customers across all industrial markets...
Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) and Postnova Analytics (Landsberg/Lech, Germany) have announced that they are co-operating to deliver the combined FFF (Field-Flow Fractionation) and DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering) solutions that today provide critical insight when characterizing a number of challenging particulate systems. Such systems include complex, aggregated, surface-coated and heterogeneous particles, as well as larger polymers, and aggregated, cross-linked, nano-particles and fibrillated proteins...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, is delighted to announce that Compound Management will return for a second year as one of the eight highly topical conference streams. New for this year, compound management will be combined with chemistry automation, which has been highlighted as an important focus in automation. With participation from some of the industry's leading experts, Chemistry Automation and Compound Management will feature a combination of keynote presentations from Rose Gonzales, Director of Compound Management and Distribution, Pfizer and Clive Green, Associate Director of Compound Management, AstraZeneca...
Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic systems and devices, is pleased to announce its collaboration with GigaGen Inc. (San Francisco, CA) in the development of a novel Droplet Merger Chip for massively parallel single cell genetic analysis...
Starting now, the spectrophotometers of Analytik Jena's SPECORD® PLUS series will be complementing the product range of the Swiss company SOTAX, a leading solutions provider in the pharmaceutical industry. With this mutually beneficial cooperation, Analytik Jena AG is taking the chance to embrace new opportunities and new market potential in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. For SOTAX AG, the partnership with the Jena-based high tech company is an opportunity to strengthen its position as a leading dissolution systems provider...
OEL CHECK GmbH in Brannenburg (Germany) is a big contract lab specializing in the analysis of oils and lubricants. They use thermometric titration on Metrohm’s 859 Titrotherm to determine TAN and TBN. OEL CHECK GmbH and Metrohm are currently working together to have thermometric titration standardized by DIN and ASTM...
BioTek Instruments, Inc., is proud to announce the opening of their newest subsidiary, BioTek France SAS as of 1 January 2012. The new office is located at 50, Avenue d'Alsace, Colmar, France. Dirk Frese, European Managing Director and President of BioTek France, noted, "This office is a clear signal to our growing customer base, within France and throughout Europe, that BioTek is growing faster than the market. We are reinforcing our local presence by increasing our investment, when many other companies are driving cost saving strategies."...
Fluidigm Corporation has appointed AH diagnostics as its exclusive distributor in Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland), effective February 1, 2012. AH diagnostics will offer Fluidigm's complete portfolio of BioMarkTM HD, EP1TM, and Access ArrayTM Systems, the complete line up of Dynamic ArrayTM, Digital ArrayTM and Access Array IFCs for real-time PCR, digital PCR, single-cell gene expression, sample preparation for next-generation sequencing, and SNP genotyping; plus Fluidigm's new DELTAgeneTM and SNPtypeTM assays...
Tecan has partnered with Artel - the worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance - to offer the QC Kit, a fully integrated performance verification solution for its Freedom EVO liquid handling workstations. The QC Kit incorporates Artel's proprietary Ratiometric PhotometryTM technology within the Freedom EVO system, enabling collection of precision and accuracy performance data regarding the volumes delivered by every channel of a liquid handling arm, with results fully traceable to international standards...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches SPRIworks HT*, a high-throughput solution for fragment library preparation on Illumina next-generation sequencers, at SLAS 2012, The system allows researchers to process libraries with greater speed and sample reproducibility and decreases processing costs. SPRIworks HT utilizes built-in SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization)-based per-well size selection...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce the release of the FieldSpec 4 line of portable, full-range spectroradiometers from ASD Inc., the global leader in portable high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions. With this launch, ASD is continuing its tradition of setting industry standards for ground truthing and remote sensing measurement technologies...
TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications today announced it is installing an advanced micro bioreactor system (ambrTM) system at The Georgia Institute of Technology, a leading US research university. The ambr system, which closely replicates the characteristics of bioreactors at micro scale, will be used by scientists in Georgia Tech's new Stem Cell Engineering Center to determine optimal conditions for culturing mouse and human pluripotent stem cell lines...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has acquired the oligonucleotide business of Singapore's top supplier in the field, 1st BASE Pte. Ltd (1st BASE). Already the world leader in custom nucleic acid synthesis, IDT will now offer locally-manufactured oligos to researchers in Singapore and throughout the region from the company's first synthesis facility in Asia...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, will be exhibiting and presenting its biomarker discovery service at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Con in San Francisco, California (19th-23rd February 2012). The conference, organized by the Cambridge Healthtech Institute, will include an OGT presentation entitled "Integrated Biomarker Discovery: Multi-Method Approach to Enable Early Biomarker Success"...
For the first time, WPA users have the opportunity to control their spectrophotometer from a Windows PC. Resolution software is available in four different suites that enable users to meet individual application requirements. Resolution delivers maximum instrument control providing straightforward data analysis and incorporates a familiar Microsoft® Office look, compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.
Bruker Chemical & Applied Markets division (CAM), US: During the recent China International Food Safety and Quality (CIFSQ) 2011 conference in Beijing, media were engaged in a briefing at the Bruker facilities. Bruker's continued and rapid growth in China is reflected in the expansion programs for Beijing's Application Laboratories and Customer Service Centers. Earlier in 2011 the Shanghai Application Laboratory facilities were formerly opened, with a 50% expansion program underway at the Beijing facility plus an additional service and sales office planned for Guangzhou...
Harvard Apparatus in conjunction with Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, [Macciarini, P. et al. Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway, Lancet, 372, 2023-2030, (2008)] has developed the InBreath Whole Organ Bioreactor*. The InBreath is one of the world's first commercially available bioreactors for tubular organ regeneration. Designed for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine research applications using trachea, esophagus, intestines, blood vessels or virtually any hollow organ...
Sistemic is delighted to announce that its proprietary technology (SistemQCTM) has been chosen to form a key part of the research and production process for a landmark multinational collaborative project led by TiGenix, Belgium and including partners from Spain, France, the Netherlands as well as the UK and Belgium. The project, REGENER-AR, will bring the first stem cell therapy product for rheumatoid arthritis, Cx611, through final research and clinical development...