Phenomenex Publishes Comprehensive Food Testing Guide Featuring More Than 150 Applications

Torrance, CA (February 8, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the publication of a new food testing guide to help the industry meet increasing demands for quality and safety testing and adhere to the guidelines of the Food Safety Modernization Act... Read more

Neogen develops superior chromogenic media for Salmonella

CONTACT: Joanne McPeake, Neogen Europe Ltd., +44 (0) 1292 525 600 AYR, Scotland, 18 January, 2017 — Neogen’s Lab M has developed a unique chromogenic media that offers a superior ability to simultaneously detect numerous strains of Salmonella of concern to the food and animal feed industries, while inhibiting or minimizing other organisms. This new... Read more

Roka Bioscience Announces Transition of CEO Role from Paul Thomas to Mary Duseau

WARREN, N.J., Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens today announced the appointment of Mary Duseau as President and CEO.  Ms. Duseau succeeds Paul Thomas, the Company’s President and CEO since 2009, who will assume the... Read more

More Than 115 Presentations and Posters Feature PacBio SMRT Sequencing to Decipher Complex Plant and Animal Genomes at Annual PAG Conference

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced that its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology will be featured in at least 57 podium presentations and 60 posters at the International Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) XXV Conference  taking place January 14-18 in San Diego, California.  From specialty beverage... Read more

Danaher Completes Acquisition Of Cepheid

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher”) announced that today it completed its acquisition of Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD). Copper Merger Sub, Inc. (“Copper”), a California corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher, has merged into Cepheid and, as a result, Cepheid has become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher.... Read more

New, reliable and affordable method for glyphosate analysis presented

Metrohm is pleased to present an application for the straightforward determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA in drinking water by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. With a detection limit of approximately 1 µg/L, the method is sensitive enough to comply with limit values in the US, Canada, Australia, and others.... Read more

Danaher To Present At Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Daniel L. Comas, will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference in Dana Point, California on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 9:20 a.m. PT. The audio will be simultaneously webcast and the presentation will be archived... Read more

Thermometric titration – the better method to determine total sodium in foodstuffs

A commonly used method for quantifying sodium in foodstuffs is to determine the counterion chloride using argentometric titration, the concentration of which can be used to deduce the sodium concentration from the 1:1 stoichiometry of sodium chloride. This method involves errors because sodium is not only present with chloride as the counterion. A new method... Read more