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Collaboration to improve drug-discovery efficiency

Agilent Technologies Europe | Added: 17 Oct 2007

Agilent Technologies and BioTrove have signed an agreement to co-market the Agilent 6410 triple qua…

Lako Tool acquired by Testing Machines

Testing Machines | Added: 17 Oct 2007

Testing Machines (TMI), a manufacturer of testing instrumentation, has acquired Lako Tool, a manufa…

ICR is now a Science Council licensed body

ICR (Institute of Clinical Research) | Added: 16 Oct 2007

Institute of Clinical Research will be able to grant chartered scientist status, which will help it…

Nanion technology nominated for presidential award

Nanion Technologies | Added: 12 Oct 2007

With the Deutscher Zukunftspreis, awarded once a year, the German federal president honours outstan…

Thermo buys NanoDrop Technologies

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Molecular Spectroscopy) | Added: 12 Oct 2007

The acquisition will strengthen Thermo Fisher's portfolio of UV-Vis spectrophotometry instruments f…

Nobel win for stem cell pioneer Martin Evans

BBSRC | Added: 11 Oct 2007

The UK National Stem Cell Network (UKNSCN), on behalf of the country's stem cell research community…

New president for Gambica

Gambica | Added: 11 Oct 2007

Gambica, the association for instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology, has ap…

Dolomite appoints Australia distributor

Dolomite Microfluidics | Added: 9 Oct 2007

Dolomite, the microfluidic application centre, has appointed John Morris Scientific in Australia as…

Lumi4 complexes are incorporated in Cisbio assays

Cisbio International | Added: 5 Oct 2007

Cisbio and Lumiphore Announce Partnership for New Product and Technology Development Incorporating …

Haptogen bought by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Haptogen | Added: 5 Oct 2007

Haptogen was founded in 2002 as a spin-out of the University of Aberdeen, and its facilities are lo…

Leica sells former Vision BioSystems in Sweden

Leica Microsytems | Added: 5 Oct 2007

Leica Microsystems has signed a purchase contract for the rights to sell products for the former Vi…

Partner programme extends reach of lab informatics

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Informatics) | Added: 3 Oct 2007

Designed to support the expansion of Thermo Scientific Informatics activity via its partners around…

High precision optics for space observation

Optical Surfaces | Added: 3 Oct 2007

Optical Surfaces says it is today a recognised leader in the design and production of high precisio…

XStream signs Blue Ridge X-Ray distributor deal

XStream Systems | Added: 2 Oct 2007

The XT250 system is based on EDXRD (Energy Dispersive X-Ray Diffraction), and can authenticate a dr…

Improving cancer survival through imaging

Michelson Diagnostics | Added: 1 Oct 2007

Michelson Diagnostics awarded £325k grant from the UK Technology Strategy Board to support developm…

New combined HQ for Olympus UK

Olympus Medical | Added: 26 Sep 2007

Olympus UK is combining its consumer and scientific operations into one headquarters in Watford wit…

Analytical services now GMP-compliant

Exeter Analytical | Added: 24 Sep 2007

Warwick Analytical Services offers elemental analysis (ICP, CHNS, halogen analysis), optical rotati…

Michaela Gack is Young Cell Signaler of 2007

Merck | Added: 21 Sep 2007

Millipore makes award at the Fourth Annual Cell Signaling Symposium, held 30 August - 2 September 2…

Automate high throughput stem cell differentiation

Hamilton Great Britain | Added: 21 Sep 2007

Plasticell and Hamilton strike deal to automate Plasticell's combinatorial cell culture technology …

Grant to develop innovative tamper-proof closure

Camlab | Added: 21 Sep 2007

Double tamper proof closure provides security for transport and storage for sample collection appli…