May 8, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

Bruker Acquires Emerging Light Sheet Microscopy Company Luxendo

BILLERICA, Mass., May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker today announced that it has acquired Luxendo, a privately held spin-off of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) that develops and manufactures proprietary light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instruments. Luxendo’s proprietary single plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) technique significantly reduces sampling times over conventional laser scanning confocal microscopes, while reducing phototoxicity... Read more

May 4, 2017 Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

New Licensing Program Facilitates Adoption of Tandem Mass Tag Technology

Research service providers and their customers are now set to benefit from a new licensing program specifically designed to facilitate and optimize the use of the Thermo Scientific™ Tandem Mass Tag™ protein identification and quantitation technology. The Thermo Fisher Scientific licensing program enables service providers to leverage the power of Thermo Scientific™ TMT™ technology to... Read more

May 4, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal PR/Corporate

Agilent Technologies Receives Multiple Awards at Scientific Conference in China

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today, announced that it received three awards at the Annual Conference of China Scientific Instruments (ACCSI 2017) in Nanjing, China. Agilent received the following awards: Green Product of the Year, Most Popular Scientific Instrument, and Most Influential Foreign Manufacturer. This year’s ACCSI conference brought... Read more

May 4, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Illumina to Webcast Live Presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Health Care Conference

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it will webcast the company’s presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Health Care Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 18, 2017. The live webcast is scheduled to begin at 10:40 AM PT and will feature a brief overview of the company by Marc Stapley, Executive Vice President... Read more

May 3, 2017 Cell Analysis Tools Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Automating Blood Cell Washing Applications to Boost Laboratory Performance

A new automated, high-performance cell washer has been specifically designed to enable precise, thorough, reproducible and rapid blood cell washing of up to 24 tubes in a three-minute run. Fully automated, the Thermo Scientific CW3 Cell Washer has been uniquely engineered to combine the benefits of efficient performance with user-friendly design and safe operation. Users... Read more

May 1, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

PerkinElmer Completes Sale of Medical Imaging Business to Varex Imaging

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the company has completed the sale of its Medical Imaging business to Varex Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX). PerkinElmer announced its intent to sell its Medical Imaging business, a supplier of flat panel X-ray detectors that... Read more

April 27, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Bruker Corporation to Present at the 42nd Annual Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference

BILLERICA, Mass., April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today it will present at the 42nd annual Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference at The InterContinental Hotel, 510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. Frank Laukien, Chairman, President & CEO will participate in a “fireside chat” Q&A session on behalf of the company on Thursday, May... Read more

April 25, 2017 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

MilliporeSigma Collaborates with LabCentral to Foster Biotech Startups

News Release April 25, 2017 Your Contact: Karen Tiano  +1 978 495 0093 Billerica, Massachusetts, April 25, 2017 — MilliporeSigma announced today that the company will sponsor the Startup Program at LabCentral, a biotechnology incubator, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is a private, non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurs and innovative life-sciences startups with lab space and... Read more