Brooks Automation Announces the Acquisition of Cool Lab, LLC

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Nov. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired Cool Lab, LLC, a subsidiary of BioCision, LLC.  Cool Lab provides a range of innovative, patented, and/or patent-pending applications for sample cooling and freezing, controlled rate freezing, portable cryogenic transport and archival storage solutions for customers’ temperature... Read more

Molecular Devices Wins Patent Case In Europe

–Patent No. 1802752 “Parellel Patch Clamp System” Upheld in European Patent Office- Sunnyvale, California – October 7, 2016.   Molecular Devices, LLC, a company committed to providing innovative analytical solutions for protein and cell biology, announced today that its European Patent No. 1802752 titled “Parallel Patch Clamp System” was upheld by the European Patent Office in... Read more

Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader Launched to International Space Station via NanoRacks, LLC

NanoRacks, LLC is installing a new, reconfigured Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e multi-mode microplate reader on the International Space Station to perform experiments in microgravity. SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JULY 19, 2016 Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of the SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader to the International Space... Read more

GE Healthcare launches next generation Biacore(TM) molecular interaction analysis platform

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK – 13 June 2016 – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business today launched the first of a next generation of BiacoreTM systems harnessing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) technology. Biacore 8K marks the start of a new generation of Biacore systems maintaining the high data quality expected from Biacore at high throughput. New... Read more

Molecular Devices Launches New Hybridoma Media Products

XP Media and CloneMedia enable researchers to get to high-value clones faster with a complete hybridoma media solution for cell line development Sunnyvale, Calif. – May 24, 2016 – Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of XP Media and CloneMedia for mouse hybridoma generation, a complete solution that... Read more

Molecular Devices Introduces EarlyTox Cell Viability Assay Kits

Sunnyvale, California, July 15, 2015. Molecular Devices today announced the launch of six EarlyTox™ cell viability assay kits, a new family of fluorescence-based reagents optimized for microplate readers to assess cell viability, cell proliferation, and apoptosis events in mammalian cells. Cell viability assays are critical to a broad spectrum of research areas ranging from understanding... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Introduces New Solutions for Comprehensive and Efficient Targeted Sequencing and Multiplexing of Samples

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced the introduction of several new solutions for targeted sequencing applications.The company has introduced a new workflow that combines Roche NimbleGen’s SeqCap EZ enrichment technology with large DNA fragments (up to... Read more

Shaping the Scientists of Tomorrow

“Shaping the technology of tomorrow” is the maxim of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas San Antonio, but shaping the scientists and engineers of the future is the mission of the college’s interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC). A unique learning center that integrates technology with fun to captivate the interest of young... Read more

Harvard to Collaborate with JEOL on High Resolution, 3D Brain Imaging

April 26, 2007 (Peabody, Mass.) — JEOL USA announced today that researchers at Harvard University’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have selected JEOL as a partner in a collaborative effort to map the brain using high resolution SEM images. Harvard biologist Professor Jeff Lichtman, post-doctorate Narayanan (Bobby) Kasthuri, and University of Southern California Research... Read more