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Phenomenex used ASMS 2026 to launch Endrix Long Life LC, a reversed-phase HPLC column line built around new, proprietary column hardware designed to keep columns performing longer in the kind of samples that usually cut their life short. The aim is direct: more instrument uptime, higher throughput, and a better return on the column budget by reducing how often columns need replacing.

Pipettes are workhorses in the lab, enabling liquid handling workflows for many types of applications. Despite its utility, manual pipetting can introduce challenges for the lab and unintended consequences for users. This is particularly valid for today’s applications which often include repetitive pipetting and the need for high levels of accuracy and precision during sensitive, multiplexed, high-throughput protocols.

Waters used the 74th ASMS Conference in San Diego to launch two new mass spectrometers and to put a wider structural, spatial, and biologics portfolio on the exhibition floor. The headliners were the Cyclic IMS P20, aimed at structural and spatial omics, and the Xevo MRT P10, built for high-throughput multiomics and bioanalysis. Both arrive as Waters signals a renewed interest in the proteomics and large-molecule space. The timing reads as a statement of intent.

The three instruments are the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Tribrid Apex Mass Spectrometer, the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Excedion Mass Spectrometer, and the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris GC S Mass Spectrometer. Supporting them is an expanded software stack, including Proteoform Studio, Proteome Discoverer 3.4, and BioPharma Finder 5.5, plus capabilities from the recent acquisitions of MSAID and Proteinaceous.

At ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington, D.C., Bruker's Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics division is presenting an expanded portfolio across microbial identification, sepsis diagnostics, molecular testing, and next-generation sequencing. The breadth is real, but so is the spread in product readiness. For buyers, the useful exercise is sorting the showcase into what ships today, what is research use only, and what remains a development project.

North Brunswick, NJ — Distek, Inc. has expanded its bioprocessing portfolio with the launch of BIOne Core Software, a cloud-based historian platform purpose-built for BIOne Bioprocess Controllers. Operating on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, the software centralizes data management for both microbial and mammalian workflows while eliminating the need for extensive on-premise IT infrastructure.

Connecting a precision balance to a lab's informatics stack has traditionally required a dedicated software layer: installed, validated, and maintained on its own schedule. That middleware layer extends the qualification scope of any system change that touches weighing data and introduces a single point of failure between the instrument and the LIMS.

For later-stage development, regulated bioanalysis, and high-throughput QA/QC workflows, Thermo Fisher also showcased the following instrumentation: Leveraging recent software acquisitions (MSAID and Proteinaceous), Thermo Fisher has updated its core informatics suites to expedite spectral interpretation: To complement the updated instrumentation lines, Thermo Fisher introduced specialized liquid chromatography hardware and preparation kits: A high-resolution gas chromatography-mass...

Marlborough, MA (June 1, 2026) – At the ASMS conference, SCIEX (a Danaher company) announced the launch of its 5th-generation nominal mass instrument: the novus V55 system. Designed specifically for high-throughput, results-driven testing facilities, this next-generation triple quadrupole mass spectrometer delivers exceptional sensitivity and accelerated data output within a significantly smaller and more energy-efficient footprint compared to the legacy SCIEX 5500+ system.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 22, 2026 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has officially launched the Agilent 9500 Triple Quadrupole ICP-MS. Designed as a bridge for single-quadrupole ICP-MS laboratories looking to upgrade to MS/MS technology, the new system aims to eliminate the operational complexity and steep learning curves traditionally associated with triple-quadrupole instruments.