Barnes-Jewish Hospital Installs the Industry’s First General Purpose Digital SPECT/CT

St. Louis, MO – May 5, 2016 – Doctors and researchers at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis may be able to better diagnose and monitor diseases at a functional level with GE Healthcare’s next-generation SPECT/CT system, Discovery NM/CT 670 CZT. The new SPECT/CT is the world’s first general purpose, ultra-high resolution SPECT/CT... Read more

Recent developments in the Raman microscope range at WITec

May 2016 The new alpha300 access (right) and the next generation of the alpha300 series (left). The German nanotechnology company WITec has announced the launch of the new alpha300 access micro-Raman system in conjunction with a thorough revision of the long-established alpha300 series. WITec’s line of microscopes for Raman spectroscopy and imaging, atomic force microscopy... Read more

RISE Correlative Microscopy Now Compatible with ZEISS SEM Systems

The award-winning WITec RISE microscopy mode for correlative Raman-SEM imaging is now compatible with the scanning electron microscope ZEISS MERLIN. The new hybrid system was jointly developed by the two German microscope manufacturers, bringing together a wealth of expertise in Raman spectroscopic imaging and advanced ultrastructural analysis. Customers benefit from both high-quality and sophisticated system... Read more

Controlled opening and closing

Cryo.s 8-channel hand-held decapper – eight individual motors and a microchip ensure precision opening and closing of tubes Greiner Bio-One, a technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, is showcasing the new Cryo.s 8-channel hand-held decapper at Analytica 2016 in Munich as a useful aid for handling Cryo.s biobanking tubes. Perfect solutions for cryogenic... Read more

Molecular Devices Launches High-Content Imaging System with New 3D Analysis Software

ImageXpress and MetaXpress High-Content Toolset Enables Breakthrough Three-Dimensional Assay Development and Screening Workflow for Cellular Research Sunnyvale, Calif. – April 19, 2016 – Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of its ImageXpress® Micro 4 High-Content Imaging System and revolutionary 3D image analysis capability in the latest version... Read more

Jet fuel, crude oil, diesel blends: Quality control with NIR spectroscopy

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) enables straightforward multiparameter analysis of critical parameters for monitoring the refining of hydrocarbons. NIRS is a nondestructive secondary analysis method, NIRS does not require any handling of chemicals whatsoever, and real-time measurements are performed at the push of a button. NIRS is the ideal method for a wide range of applications: Distillation... Read more

GE Healthcare expands European capabilities to support accelerated biomanufacturing

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and PASCHING, AUSTRIA – 12 April 2016 – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business today announced that its European manufacturing and distribution site for sterile liquids has expanded its capabilities to include production of large volumes of buffers, process liquids and cell culture media, and launched a rapid production service for prototype... Read more

Greiner Bio-One: Strategic Change in the Diagnostics Field

Kremsmünster/Rainbach/Frickenhausen, April 4, 2016 – Greiner Bio-One, a leading international medical technology company and part of Greiner Holding AG, will in future limit its activities in the diagnostics field to the production and distribution of existing products. Greiner Bio-One Diagnostics GmbH, which is based in Rainbach im Mühlkreis, develops molecular analysis methods that enable bacteria... Read more

JEOL Founders Recognized with Pittcon Heritage Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Patricia Corkum, Marketing Manager978-536-2273 • pcorkum@jeol.com • www.jeolusa.com March 24, 2016 Peabody, MA — JEOL is honored to announce that the company founders were recognized for their scientific vision and pioneering leadership at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. President and CEO of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Carsten Reinhardt, presented the Pittcon Heritage Award... Read more