December 17, 2015 Bio/Pharma/CRO Product Launch

BeiGene selects GE’s FlexFactory™ biomanufacturing platform for pilot cGMP production facility in China

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and BEIJING, CHINA – 16 December 2015 – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and BeiGene, Ltd. today announced that BeiGene has selected GE’s FlexFactory™ biomanufacturing platform for its first current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) biomanufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.  Currently under construction, the facility is expected to be operational by 2017.... Read more

December 14, 2015 Microscopy Product Launch

Nikon Instruments Inc. Unveils Two New Inverted Microscopes at American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting

MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikon Instruments Inc. today released two new inverted microscope ECLIPSE models for routine laboratory work and basic research. Featuring enhanced functionality, improved workflow, a newly developed emboss contrast technique and a compact design, the new Research Microscope ECLIPSE Ts2R and Routine Microscope ECLIPSE Ts2 set a new... Read more

November 12, 2015 Product Launch

OHSU, GE Healthcare team up to explore new frontiers in health care innovation

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Health & Science University and GE Healthcare have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop collaborative research programs in cardiovascular medicine, imaging and big data research. The research programs are aimed at bringing together OHSU’s clinical expertise with GE Healthcare’s technology prowess to answer fundamental questions in biology and medicine.  ... Read more

November 4, 2015 Microscopy Product Launch

NEW Versatile High Throughput SEM from JEOL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Patricia Corkum, Marketing Manager978-536-2273 • pcorkum@jeol.com • www.jeolusa.com Portland, OR – November 4, 2015 — JEOL’s new JSM-IT100 is the latest addition to its InTouchScope Series of Scanning Electron Microscopes. Representing 50 years of industry leadership with advances in SEM, the IT100 is a simple-to-use versatile, research-grade SEM with a compact ergonomic design.... Read more

October 14, 2015 Licensing, IP, and Legal Product Launch

New Predatory Cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Manipulatoridae fam.n.) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar Amber

We describe a new extinct lineage Manipulatoridae (new family) of cockroaches from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber of Myanmar. Manipulator modificaputis gen. et sp. n. is a morphologically unique extinct cockroach that represents the first (of a total of 29 known worldwide) cockroach family reported exclusively from the Myanmar amber. Read more

October 6, 2015 Microscopy Product Launch

Get the big picture from a small, compact, and versatile Benchtop SEM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Patricia Corkum, Marketing Manager978-536-2273 • pcorkum@jeol.com • www.jeolusa.com Introducing the JCM-6000PLUS NeoScope from JEOL JEOL USA, Peabody, MA (October 6, 2015) — JEOL’s benchtop SEM makes it possible to bring basic high resolution imaging and analysis features of a full-sized Scanning Electron Microscope into the lab. It fits into both small spaces and... Read more

September 30, 2015 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Pacific Biosciences Launches New Sequencing Platform Based on Its SMRT Technology

Sequel™ System Offers Significantly Higher Throughput, Reducing Project Costs and TimelinesMENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (NASDAQ:PACB) a pioneer and leader in long-read sequencing using its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Technology, today announced it has launched a new nucleic acid sequencing platform. The Sequel™ System provides higher... Read more

September 3, 2015 Microscopy Product Launch

JEOL Introduces New Best-in-Class Field Emission SEM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Patricia Corkum, Marketing Manager978-536-2273 • pcorkum@jeol.com • www.jeolusa.com September 1, 2015, Peabody, MA — JEOL USA has introduced a new entry-level, high-performance Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, demonstrated for the first time at M&M 2015 in Portland, Oregon. The new JSM-7200F is a best-in-class FE SEM with ultrahigh spatial resolution of 1.6nm at... Read more

August 31, 2015 Cell Analysis Tools Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Molecular Devices Introduces ImageXpress Micro Confocal High-Content Imaging System

ImageXpress Micro Confocal High-Content Imaging System expands the boundaries of researchConfocal technology at the speed of widefield imaging Sunnyvale, California, September 1, 2015.  Molecular Devices today announced the launch of the new ImageXpress® Micro Confocal High-Content Imaging System. This transformative system fits a broad range of automated cell-based imaging applications, especially emerging assays that use... Read more

August 18, 2015 Chromatography Product Launch

JASCO releases the new SF-4000 Series SFC Systems

Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Solutions JASCO is proud to announce the New SF-4000 Series Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Systems. The SF-4000 series of reliable SFC systems will give you increased productivity in both chiral and achiral chromatography, from simple analytical separations for routine analysis and method development through to preparative systems at scales using from 1cm to... Read more