October 23, 2018 PR/Corporate

IDEX Reports Record Third Quarter Results; Q3 Sales up 8 Percent Overall and 9 Percent Organically; Q3 Reported EPS Was $1.37 with Adjusted EPS of $1.41

October 23, 2018 LAKE FOREST, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 23, 2018– IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) today announced its financial results for the three month period ended September 30, 2018. Third Quarter 2018 Highlights Orders were up 7 percent overall and 8 percent organically Sales were up 8 percent overall and 9 percent organically Reported operating margin was 23.3 percent... Read more

October 22, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Quanterix Announces Collaboration With Oncogenesis to Develop Cervical Screening Test

OCTOBER 22, 2018 Quanterix’ technology to be used in multiplex diagnostic test for cervical disease detection Lexington, Mass. – October 22, 2018 — Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ:QTRX), a company digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health, today announced a collaboration agreement with OncoGenesis, a molecular protein-based cervical screening company, to develop a quantitative, protein... Read more

October 22, 2018 PR/Corporate

MKS Instruments Unveils a New Approach to Pressure Measurement at the AVS International Symposium

Demonstration Highlights Compact, Photonics-Based Pressure Standard developed under a CRADA with NIST ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improved productivity, has partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a new primary pressure measurement... Read more

October 22, 2018 PR/Corporate

Harvard Bioscience Names Kam Unninayar as Chief Financial Officer

Oct 22,2018 Seasoned Financial Executive With More Than a Decade in Global Life Science Instrumentation, Will Begin on November 26 HOLLISTON, Mass., Oct. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: HBIO) (the “Company”), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science, appointed Kam Unninayar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 26, 2018. Ms. Unninayar... Read more

October 22, 2018 Atomic Spectroscopy

SPECTROLAB Metal Analyzer Showcased at New AMETEK Bangalore Technology Solutions Centre

Friday, October 19, 2018 Bangalore, India – The SPECTROLAB high-precision metal analyzer from SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH, a global leader in the field of optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, is among the state-of-the-art instruments selected by AMETEK, Inc., to showcase at its newly opened Technology Solutions Centre in Whitefield, Bangalore, India. The SPECTROLAB stationary analyzer is... Read more

October 22, 2018 PR/Corporate

BioTek President/CEO Briar Alpert Honored with UVM Achievement Award

October 22, 2018 BioTek is pleased to congratulate its President and CEO, Briar Alpert, for receiving the 2018 Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Vermont (UVM) Alumni Association. The award recognizes alumni demonstrating outstanding commitment to Vermont, the University, and the local community. “Briar is enthusiastically committed to supporting success throughout Vermont, and I... Read more

October 22, 2018 Licensing, IP, and Legal

NML transfers to ISO17034 accreditation for reference material production

22 OCT 2018 Tags:  Measurement, National Measurement Institute LGC is pleased to announce that the UK’s National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC has successfully completed the transition from ISO Guide 34 to ISO 17034:2016 accreditation after assessment by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The NML develops internationally-recognised measurement standards that are used as benchmarks in analytical laboratories. Our... Read more

October 22, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Announcement of Participation in AMED Project “Research and development of core technologies for gene and cell therapy”

2018/10/22 Kusatsu/Shiga, Japan — October 22, 2018 – Takara Bio Inc. announces that it is participating in “Research and development of core technologies for gene and cell therapy” (Project) undertaken by Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED: https://www.amed.go.jp/en/index.html) since FY2018, under which Takara Bio will work on the development for large-scale production technologies of... Read more

October 22, 2018 Chromatography PR/Corporate

Professor Milton L. Lee, Axcend Corp. Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Receives the Prestigious 2018 Csaba Horváth Memorial Award

The Csaba Horváth Memorial Award is presented annually by the Connecticut Separation Science Council (CSSC) to a top separation scientist, someone whose work “exemplifies and will continue to provide for the advancement of separation science in the future.”   PROVO, Utah and ORANGE, Conn., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Axcend Corporation today announced that its Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Milton L.... Read more

October 22, 2018 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

NRGene and Kayagene, LLC Collaborate to Improve Cannabis Breeding and Seed Production

Revealing the complete genome makeup of multiple varieties resolves the genetic basis of key traits Ness Ziona, Israel, and Salinas, Calif. (Oct 22, 2018)– Kayagene, an innovative cannabis breeding company, and NRGene, the leading agricultural genomics company, are collaborating on research to enhance Kayagene’s breeding capabilities  to develop improved cannabis varieties and more robust seed production. The non-exclusive... Read more