October 2, 2018 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

MilliporeSigma Announces $3,000 Grand Prize Winner of Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation

News Release October 2, 2018 Your Contact: Karen Tiano +1 978 495 0093 Four graduate student chemists awarded for innovation in synthetic organic chemistry Tim Gatzenmeier, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, selected for grand prize Burlington, Massachusetts, October 2, 2018 — MilliporeSigma recognized four graduate students for their research and innovations in synthetic organic chemistry as part of... Read more

October 2, 2018 Lab Equipment Lab Top-10 Product Launch

SpeedVac Vacuum Concentrators Now Offer Preset and Custom-Made Programs for Optimal Application Flexibility

The Thermo Scientific Savant SpeedVac systems achieve fast, one-click solvent evaporation WALTHAM, Mass. – (October 2, 2018) – Chemists, chromatographers and molecular biologists can now benefit from the first-ever line of vacuum concentrators offering a library of pre-programmed protocols, while also allowing users to create custom programs, for fast and reliable evaporation of a broad range... Read more

October 2, 2018 PR/Corporate

Bio-Techne Scientist Presented With the CASSS CE Pharm Award

OCTOBER 02, 2018 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne is proud to announce that one of its Principal Scientists, Jiaqi Wu, Ph.D., was presented with the CE Pharm Award at this year’s CE Pharm meeting, September 9-12, 2018, for his contributions to the capillary electrophoresis (CE) field. Each year since 2006, the CASSS organization has identified an individual... Read more

October 1, 2018 Forensics & Security Mass Spectrometry PR/Corporate

FLIR Systems Receives Award Totaling $28.7M for the Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) from the United States Army

WILSONVILLE, Ore. – October 1, 2018 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today it has received an award from the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) in support of the Multi-Phase Chemical Agent Detector (MPCAD) program. The Other Transaction Authority Agreement (OTA) is... Read more

October 1, 2018 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

Miltenyi Biotec acquires microscopy specialist LaVision BioTec

BERGISCH GLADBACH, BIELEFELD, Oct 12, 2018 – Miltenyi Biotec strengthens its portfolios for cell analysis and preclinical imaging by acquiring premium expertise in microscopy. BERGISCH GLADBACH, BIELEFELD, Oct 12, 2018 – Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, a global provider of products and services for advancing biomedical research and cellular therapy, announced today that it has acquired the high-end microscopy specialist... Read more

October 1, 2018 Lab Equipment Product Launch

New vacuum pump IKA VACSTAR control

/// Fully automatic vacuum with an emission condenser The VACSTAR dry 4-chamber membrane vacuum pump is powerful, resistant to chemicals and low-maintenance. If 1:1 solutions are your objective, VACSTAR control is the ideal system with its integrated vacuum controller and removable display. With its 22 l/min at a minimum of 2 mbar, VACSTAR has an excellent suction... Read more

September 28, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Licensing, IP, and Legal

QIAGEN receives FDA approval to expand use of EGFR test in lung cancer

Approval allows use of therascreen® EGFR RGQ PCR Kit as a companion diagnostic for Pfizer’s VIZIMPRO® (dacomitinib) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, September 28, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a PMA Supplement... Read more

September 28, 2018 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Illumina Announces Conversion Period for 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 and 0.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 28, 2018– Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) (“Illumina” or the “Company”) today notified holders of its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) and its 0.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes” and, together with the 2019 Notes, the “Notes”) that the Notes will become convertible into Illumina common stock at the option... Read more

September 28, 2018 Lab Equipment Product Launch

New Variable-Speed Console Drives for All Labs

9/28/2018 Vernon Hills, Ill.— The new Masterflex L/S Variable-Speed Console Drives bring simplicity to the laboratory. With its modern look and small footprint, this peristatic pump sits neatly on a bench or in a fume hood providing simple operation with single-turn speed control. With a flow range of 0.42 to 2900 mL/min, it is ideal for general... Read more