Bruker Corporation, an American manufacturer of scientific instruments, to acquire PMOD Technologies, a highly respected provider of research-use-only software for preclinical and molecular imaging. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Dr. Wulf I. Jung, President of Bruker's Preclinical Imaging Division, stated: "With the PMOD acquisition, Bruker is broadening its support for translational research with outstanding imaging tools, from highest-performance preclinical MRI, PET/SPECT and microCT systems to state-of-the-art software. Preclinical PET/MR is a fast-growing market, and the expertise of the PMOD team will further strengthen our quantitative molecular imaging solutions."