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Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 and a plate of live fish!

Featured news, News / 11 January 2012 / kdm communications limited

Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 multimode microplate reader has enabled scientists in the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU), USA, to develop a high throughput system for reporter-based drug screening assays in living zebrafish disease models1. Dr Jeff Mumm, Assistant Professor at GHSU, explained: “Quantitative microplate reader systems have revolutionized the pace of drug discovery, enabling the development of reporter­-based in vitro and in silico assays that allow high throughput screening (HTS). However, biological validation has become a bottleneck in the drug discovery process, due to a lack of HTS-compatible in vivo assay platforms. Quantifying reporter levels in living zebrafish provides a versatile means of alleviating this road block.”

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Tecan launches Infinite® M1000 PRO with AlphaScreen® and AlphaLISA® technology

Featured news, News / 6 December 2011 / kdm communications limited

The Infinite M1000 PRO is Tecan’s latest generation high-end multimode microplate reader, packed with application­focused functions and technical innovations to offer exceptional speed and sensitivity for academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical research, including a module designed specifically for AlphaScreen and AlphaLISA technologies.

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Sunrise™ in Mongolia

Featured news, News / 22 November 2011 / kdm communications limited

An amazing collaboration between staff from Tecan, Children’s Hospital Boston, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has resulted in the donation of a Tecan Sunrise™ microplate reader to Mongolian medical researchers, assisting their studies of vitamin D levels in the general population.

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4th Tecan Symposium enjoys Chinese success

Featured news, News / 17 November 2011 / kdm communications limited

Tecan recently hosted the fourth annual Tecan Symposium, welcoming leading genomics, proteomics and biobanking experts from around the globe to discuss this year’s topic; Translational Medicine: From bench to bedside and back. Held outside of Europe for the first time, the 2011 Tecan Symposium was in Shanghai, China, reflecting Tecan’s strong commitment to the Asian market and the growing importance of China as a major center for genomics and clinical research.

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PMP™ supports Swiss BioQuant’s dedication to excellence

Featured news, News / 25 October 2011 / kdm communications

Tecan’s Pressure Monitored Pipetting (PMP™) option for Freedom EVO® workstations is providing Swiss BioQuant with real-time quality control to help to ensure reliable sample preparation. Christoph Siethoff, President and CEO of Swiss BioQuant, said: “We deal with difficult matrices every day, and pipetting of both plasma and urine samples can be challenging as clogging of pipette tips is a common problem.”

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Tecan and Attana extend distribution agreement

Featured news, News / 12 October 2011 / kdm communications

Tecan and Attana AB have announced an extended distribution agreement under which Tecan will distribute Attana’s label-free biosensor instruments and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) assay technology in Europe.

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Tecan takes annual scientific symposium to Shanghai

Featured news, News / 6 October 2011 / kdm communications

Tecan is a leading global provider of advanced laboratory automation solutions across a wide range of sectors and, to reflect the Company’s international position, this year’s Tecan Symposium will be held in Shanghai, China, from the 2nd to 4th of November.

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Tecan’s new MCA 384 Disposable Tips offer enhanced pipetting flexibility

Featured news, News / 27 September 2011 / kdm communications limited

Tecan has launched a new generation of high quality MCA 384 Disposable Tips designed to optimize the performance and reliability of the versatile MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA) 384 pipetting option on Freedom EVO® workstations. The all new range of MCA 384 Disposable Tips has been extended to include a 15 μl tip size alongside the existing 50 μl and 125 μl sizes, providing high quality, reliable pipetting across a broad volume range.

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Tecan’s Cavro® Omni Robot opens up new applications for modern circular dichroism

Featured news, News / 15 September 2011 / kdm communications limited

Tecan’s Cavro® Omni Robot has been incorporated into Applied Photophysics’ new protein discovery solution, the Chirascan™-plus CD Spectrometer.

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Tecan brings HP Direct Digital Titration to drug discovery biologists

Featured news, News / 1 September 2011 / kdm communications limited

Tecan today announces the commercial availability of the new HP D300 Digital Dispenser, a simple, standalone instrument for the pharmaceutical sector, which uses HP Direct Digital Dispensing technology to rapidly deliver picoliter to microliter volumes of drug compounds.

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Tecan’s MCA 384 adapter plate concept provides ultimate flexibility

Featured news, News / 16 August 2011 / kdm communications

The flexibility offered by Tecan’s MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA) 384 and Freedom EVO® liquid handling platform is vital to researchers in the Biology Department at the University of Konstanz, Germany, helping them to develop novel molecular tools for the investigation of cellular processes.

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Tecan launches Tecan Award 2011

Featured news, News / 29 June 2011 / kdm communications limited

Tecan is excited to announce that entries are now open for the 2011 Tecan Award. The Tecan Award is designed to celebrate the innovation and ingenuity of Tecan’s loyal customers, bringing together some of the most impressive and imaginative uses for the Company’s detection instruments.

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