10x faster lifetime contrast facilitates access to new discoveries

25 March 2018 10x faster lifetime contrast facilitates access to new discoveries Explore molecular interaction at the speed of life with the SP8 FALCON from Leica Microsystems Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems announces the SP8 FALCON, the world’s first truly integrated lifetime contrast microscope. The SP8 FALCON can record lifetime contrast 10x faster than previous solutions.... Read more

Release of New LIGHTVISION Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging System for Visualizing Lymph and Blood Vessels to Support Treating Breast Cancer

Shimadzu Corporation has entered the medical near-infrared camera market with the release of our new LIGHTVISION near-infrared fluorescence imaging system. The new LIGHTVISION is designed to support breast cancer treatment through the visualization of lymph vessels and blood vessels based on the detection of near-infrared fluorescent light emitted from indocyanine green (ICG). Due to the... Read more

QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus gains endorsement for latent tuberculosis screening in immigration

Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, March 14, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that its QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus (QFT-Plus), the gold standard in accurate, cost-effective testing for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, has been endorsed for immigration medical screening by the International Panel Physicians Association (IPPA). IPPA is a not-for-profit... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases New Solutions for Accelerating, Innovating and Enhancing Productivity in the Fab and Lab at SEMICON China 2018

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases New Solutions for Accelerating, Innovating and Enhancing Productivity in the Fab and Lab at SEMICON China 2018 New products focus on advanced analytical capabilities for failure analysis and process control SHANGHAI, March 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — SEMICON China 2018 — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announces new products that... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Concatemer Sequencing

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has issued U.S. Patent No. 9,910,956 (the “956 Patent”), entitled “Sequencing using concatemers of copies of sense and antisense strands.” The 956 Patent was... Read more

KAUST – Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence (CoE) Inaugurated

State-of-the-art facility features the first imaging system of its kind in Saudi Arabia Wetzlar, Germany/Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus today. With the new center, KAUST and Leica Microsystems embark on a... Read more

QIAGEN and Natera partner to develop cutting-edge genetic testing assays for use on QIAGEN’s GeneReader NGS System

Hilden, Germany, and San Carlos, CA, March 12, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA), a world leader in providing Sample to Insight molecular solutions, and Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a leading developer of next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays that include non-invasive prenatal genetic testing and the analysis of circulating tumor DNA, today... Read more

Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo-Electron Microscope Announced as 2018 Edison Awards Finalist

Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo-Electron Microscope Announced as 2018 Edison Awards Finalist HILLSBORO, Ore., March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) has been named a finalist in the molecular analysis category for the 2018 Edison Awards. The Edison... Read more