October 23, 2018 6-Channel Head Automates Capping and Decapping to Reduce Hands-On Time and Hassles Franklin, Mass. (October 23, 2018) – Hamilton Storage announces the availability of a 6-channel head to cap and decap large format tubes such as the Nunc™ Low Profile 5.0 mL Externally-Threaded Universal Tubes. Many researchers prefer the large format tube geometry... Read more
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MilliporeSigma’s flow cytometry portfolio for $75 million, consisting of approximately $69.9 million to be paid under a Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement and approximately $5.1 million in committed inventory purchases. The deal... Read more
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — XOS has announced the worldwide release of Petra Series Autosampler, an automatic sampler with sample tracking and continuous sample loading. The autosampler is an add-on feature to the Petra MAX and Petra 4294 analyzers launched by XOS in 2017. Visit xos.com/PetraAS to learn more about Petra Series Autosampler. Michael Palmer, Vice President of... Read more
New systems include features recently launched with the award-winning 650T and 655T models October 16, 2018 SAN JOSE, CA Labcyte Inc. today launched the Echo® 650 and 655 Liquid Handlers, which employ the unique capabilities of acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology with 2.5 nanoliter transfers. The 650 and 655 microplate-based systems include features to improve usability that were first... Read more
– Acquisition expands Bruker’s Microbiology & Diagnostics business with profitable Molecular Diagnostics portfolio and substantial innovation pipeline – Novel Fluorocycler™ XT thermal cycler with high multiplexing real-time PCR capabilities enables proprietary, new Liquid Array™ assay format for affordable syndromic panels – Expanded FluoroType™ MTBDR 2.0 Liquid Array assay provides highly differentiated tuberculosis (TB) detection and... Read more
BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that is has completed the acquisition of an 80% majority interest in Hain Lifescience GmbH, based in Nehren, Germany. Hain is an infectious disease specialist with a broad range of molecular diagnostics (MDx) solutions for the detection of microbial and viral pathogens, as... Read more
October 16, 2018 BioTek has released a Peltier Cooling Module for the Cytation™ Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Readers. The compact module keeps internal temperature rise to less than one degree over ambient, regardless of fluctuations from external and internal factors. The module helps maintain and optimize stability for more consistent data in assays run at ambient temperature. The module also... Read more
Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, October 15, 2018– QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the European rollout of its next-generation QIAstat-Dx panel for one-step, fully integrated molecular analysis of gastrointestinal (GI) syndromes. The multiplex gastrointestinal panel, which QIAGEN has upgraded to now include comprehensive viral coverage detects the 24 most common viral,... Read more
Hilden, Germany, and Saluggia, Italy, September 17, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and DiaSorin (FTSE Italy Mid Cap: DIA) today announced the introduction of an automated, CE-marked workflow for QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Blood Collection Tubes (QFT-Plus BCT) and a novel DiaSorin LIAISON Test on widely used immunodiagnostic instruments from... Read more
Hilden, Germany, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 17, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to commercialize two new fully integrated systems for automation of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing. These next-generation systems are specifically designed to help clinical molecular diagnostic laboratories process... Read more