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Bruker secures major orders for its new SP9900+ 3D Optical Microscope

Bruker announced today that it has already received more than $7 million in orders for its new Bruker SP9900+ high-throughput high density interconnect (HDI) substrate metrology system, and has begun shipping the product in volume.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces 3 Dec 2012

14 new human monoclonal antibodies introduced by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is expanding their flow cytometry portfolio with the addition of 14 new human monoclonal antibodies from Trillium Diagnostics LLC.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Nov 2012

Microscope system designed to acquire very low-light bioluminescence images introduced in North America by Olympus America

A benchtop commercial microscope system designed to acquire very low-light bioluminescence images has now been introduced in North America by Olympus America. The LV200 stand-alone microscope system is already being used to capture images of living cells and tissues by researchers in Europe and Japan.

From Evident Corporation 29 Nov 2012

Roche’s cobas 4800 HPV Test receives CE mark

Roche today announces an expanded CE mark indication for the cobas 4800 HPV Test. The newly expanded indication for the cobas® 4800 HPV Test as a primary screen means Pap cytology is no longer required as a co- or pre-test in countries that accept a CE mark.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 27 Nov 2012

Bruker combines nanoscale AFM zoom capabilities with high-throughput 3D optical microscopy

Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting the release of the unique NanoLens Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) accessory for ContourGT 3D optical microscopes.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces 26 Nov 2012

Bruker releases new line of IRIS TERS Probes

Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting the release of a new line of IRIS TERS Probes. By enabling Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS), the new IRIS TERS probe tips provide users a complete path to non-destructive, label-free chemical detection at the nanoscale.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces 26 Nov 2012

Fujirebio, Thermo Fisher sign license agreement for broad availability of PCT testing

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed a long-term license agreement with Fujirebio Inc. to make its biomarker assay Procalcitonin (PCT) available on the Lumipulse family of laboratory instruments, using the chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) technology.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 21 Nov 2012

Biomolecular imaging: an interview with Professor Roger Reddel

The reason Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) exists is to find ways to treat or prevent childhood disease. Our research programs are focussed on the areas of cancer cell growth, nerve cell signalling, embryology and gene therapy. These four programs have a shared aim of translating novel findings into new treatments for the benefit of families everywhere.

19 Nov 2012

Thermo Fisher announces opening of new facility in Suzhou, China

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the official opening of its new facility in Suzhou, China, for the manufacturing of life sciences consumables and equipment. The facility expands the company's global manufacturing footprint and establishes local production capabilities to meet increased customer demand in China and other Asia-Pacific markets.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 16 Nov 2012

Cool cut specimen clamp from Thermo Scientific maintains block temperature for better quality sections

The Thermo Scientific Cool Cut specimen clamp maintains block temperature for more consistent, better quality sections.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 15 Nov 2012

New instrument for OINDP characterization from Malvern Instruments to be showcased at DDL23

Malvern Panalytical will showcase the new Morphologi G3-ID particle characterization system at Drug Delivery to the Lungs 23, which takes place from 5 – 7 Dec 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From Malvern Panalytical 6 Nov 2012

Thermo Fisher launches Sorvall LYNX superspeed centrifuge series

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific Sorvall LYNX superspeed centrifuge series, delivering productivity, safety and reliability to maximize everyday centrifuge use in shared laboratory settings.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 31 Oct 2012

The App That's Transforming Blood Banking

An interview with Celia Tombalankian, discussing the benefits of automation in blood banking and the development of a new blood banking app.

From Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 29 Oct 2012

Range of biopharma solutions from Malvern Instruments extended by distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors

Materials characterization company Malvern Panalytical. (Malvern Panalytical, UK) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern Panalytical offers to the biopharmaceutical sector.

From Malvern Panalytical 29 Oct 2012

Stability of the novel recombinant human albumins Albucult® and Recombumin® demonstrated by light scattering techniques

In a recently published article, researchers from Novozymes Biopharma (Nottingham, UK) and Malvern Panalytical (Malvern Panalytical, UK) describe collaborative work using light scattering techniques to demonstrate the short- and long-term stability of the novel recombinant human albumins Albucult® and Recombumin®.

From Malvern Panalytical 25 Oct 2012

Exploring the New Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Offering from Olympus

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Peter Gariepy, to find out about the new Contract Manufacturing Offering (CMO) from Olympus Life Science Solutions.

From Evident Corporation 25 Oct 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces MYECL Imager instrument

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific MYECL Imager, an easy-to-use imaging instrument that delivers one-touch image capture and analysis of protein and nucleic acid gels and Western blots.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 17 Oct 2012

Bruker launches robust ContourGT-I 3D Optical Microscope

Bruker announced the launch today of the ContourGT-I 3D Optical Microscope to enhance R&D productivity and maximize manufacturing throughput for industrial applications. The ContourGT-I has been optimized to accelerate and simplify measurement setup and feature-tracking and is the world's first bench top profiling system to incorporate Bruker's proprietary tip/tilt head design, along with fully automated functionality, including turret, lenses, and illumination.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces 15 Oct 2012

Cellectricon settles patent infringement litigation with Fluxion

Cellectricon AB and Fluxion Biosciences today announced that they have settled the patent infringement litigation that Cellectricon commenced against Fluxion in 2009.

From Fluxion Biosciences 15 Oct 2012

ProteoWizard Toolkit interprets multi-platform mass spectrometry data

The world's leading mass spectrometer manufacturers have agreed to license technology that enabled University of Southern California (USC) researchers to develop software that, for the first time, allows scientists to easily use and share research data collected across proprietary platforms.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 10 Oct 2012