January 30, 2019 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Acquires Labcyte to Expand Laboratory Automation Business

(INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – January 30, 2019) – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced its acquisition of Labcyte, a privately held, acoustic liquid handling company based in San Jose, California. Labcyte is best known for its Echo® acoustic droplet ejection technology, which uses sound waves to transfer tiny amounts of liquid with unequalled speed and accuracy. This technology—the centerpiece... Read more

January 30, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Equipment Lab Top-10 PAI Top-10

Press Release: Correct Routine Testing of Lab Balances – Avoid Surprises at Your Next Calibration

Why is routine testing of laboratory balances so important? Over time the performance of weighing equipment can change due to environmental changes, wear and tear, or non-apparent damage. More and more laboratories are realizing that it’s both less expensive and more efficient if users routinely check laboratory balances, rather than discovering problems later on when... Read more

January 29, 2019 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Product Launch

New Ion-Exchange Columns and Consumables Bring Flexibility, Reproducibility and Resolution to mAb Analysis

MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced a new cation exchange column line with specialized consumables to simplify and improve the characterization and monitoring of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics. The new BioResolve™ SCX mAb Columns and Vanguard™ FIT Cartridge technologies, together with a suite of complementary consumables, enable mAb charge-variant analyses as required by the... Read more

January 29, 2019 Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

Bruker Launches New High-Speed AFM System for Life Science Microscopy Applications

JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 Combines Innovative AFM Capabilities for Correlative Microscopy BERLIN, Jan. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker today announced the release of the JPK NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed 2 advanced AFM system, which combines highest speed and highest resolution AFM with advanced bio-imaging features. Developed in close collaboration with their expanded worldwide user base, the... Read more

January 28, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Sell its Anatomical Pathology Business

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Anatomical Pathology business to PHC Holdings Corporation, a global innovator in healthcare solutions, for approximately $1.14 billion in cash. The Anatomical Pathology business is a... Read more

January 28, 2019 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Boards of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany, Newly Elected

Darmstadt, Germany, January 28, 2019 – At the Partners’ Meeting of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany (EM), last weekend the Merck family partners elected their representatives to the Family Board and Board of Partners in a regularly scheduled election held every five years. The incumbent chairmen of these two boards were re-elected: Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp (70), Chairman... Read more

January 24, 2019 Acad, Gov/Utilities Bio/Pharma/CRO Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10

Shimadzu announces a New Research Facility to drive innovation further as part of the Shimadzu Technology Research Laboratory expansion.

Shimadzu Corporation has announced plans to build the SHIMADZU Future Collaboratory at the Technology Research Laboratory in Keihanna Science City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan to expand the program of innovation at Shimadzu Corporation. The new laboratory will further drive research and development by focusing on several core themes including artificial intelligence (AI), innovative biotechnology, brain-science and... Read more

January 22, 2019 Bio/Pharma/CRO Chromatography Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Waters Expands Accessibility to High Resolution MS Data with the First SmartMS-Enabled LC-MS Biopharma System

As the Number of Analytical Monitoring Tests for Biopharmaceuticals Skyrockets, Waters Builds Intelligence into a Fit-for-Purpose System January 22, 2019 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the BioAccord™ System, a purposefully designed liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) solution that will expand access to high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry capabilities to more scientists.... Read more

January 22, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Ultra-High-Power X-ray System Improves Inspection of Large, Dense Food Products and Packages

Ultra-High-Power X-ray System Improves Inspection of Large, Dense Food Products and Packages The Thermo Scientific Xpert Heavy Duty system delivers 900W of X-ray power for high penetration of large cases, bags and trays MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The latest X-ray inspection system from Thermo Fisher Scientific offers the highest X-ray power available, enabling... Read more

January 18, 2019 Atomic Spectroscopy Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Bruker Launches the G6 LEONARDOTM for Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen (ONH) Analysis by Inert Gas Fusion

DELHI, India – January 18, 2019 – At IFEX 2019, Bruker announces today the launch of the new G6 LEONARDOTM, an economic and robust inert gas fusion (IGF) analyzer for oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen (ONH) concentration measurements in inorganic samples. The G6 LEONARDO extends Bruker’s line of high-precision, compact and easy-to-maintain analyzers by introducing its well-proven SampleCareTM into IGF-analysis for... Read more