Researchers from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences have uncovered a new form of a virus that infects bacteria. An international team based in Austria has unearthed a previously unknown type of virus in samples of human bodily fluids. The researchers were looking for viruses that infect bacteria – known as bacteriophages – with an emphasis on those that attack the Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterium found in the human gut....

Sygnature Discovery has added in-house high-throughput screening (HTS) to its range of drug discovery services. This is backed up by its new Leadfinder compound library. HTS allows many thousands of molecules to be tested for activity in a short period of time, providing a rapid way of identifying starting points for drug discovery programmes. Sygnature’s new HTS system combines Titian Mosaic sample management technology with an automation platform....

Lab Innovations celebrated its 8th edition on 30 & 31 October 2019, trumping all records for the event. Attracting 3,860 attendees - an impressive 24% increase on the previous year - this makes it the largest Lab Innovations to date. Over 160 exhibitors displayed a diverse and innovative product offering to visitors from more sectors than ever before, emphasising the event’s place as the UK’s largest annual trade exhibition dedicated to the entire laboratory industry....

Thermo Scientific Anionic Pesticides Explorer delivers high-throughput detection, identification and quantification of anionic polar pesticides in compliance with the latest EU regulations. A new, validated ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS) analytical workflow is designed to enable food testing laboratories to overcome the challenges associated with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis of polar anionic pesticides...

A new type of microscopy is helping to unlock the secrets of the zebrafish’s heart – which could also teach us more about how human hearts form, grow and heal. In a new paper published recently in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh describe how they have developed a new method to capture 3D video images of the growing hearts of zebrafish embryos for the first time....

Environmental impact is becoming a significant factor in the selection of suppliers even in preclinical imaging. The introduction of liquid helium free, high-end MRI systems by MR Solutions substantially reduces the environmental impact when compared to competitor units. The key factor is dispensing with the liquid helium bath which cools the magnet down in traditional systems to minus 269°C when it becomes superconducting and boosts the power of the magnet....

Mesa Laboratories, Inc., a diversified supplier of quality control instruments and consumables to highly regulated markets has announced the acquisition of Gyros Protein Technologies Holding AB. GPT is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and is a leading provider of Immunoassay and Peptide Synthesis solutions that accelerate the discovery, development and manufacturing of biotherapeutics...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance the early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases through the discovery and validation of novel biomarkers by non-invasive breath sampling....

The free must-attend event for science professionals with a full conference and workshop schedule, over 60 industry-leading exhibitors of scientific equipment, scientific celebrity keynote speakers and many fun-fuelled activities to enjoy throughout the day. The conference is being held in collaboration with the Science Council. The Professional Development Zone provides delegates an opportunity gain CPD by attending and engaging with the professional bodies from the full range of science-based disciplines....

ZEISS and Kyoto University are intensifying their cooperation and have signed a new strategic research agreement. As part of the agreement, the partners are opening the ZEISS iCeMS Innovation Core – a collaborative laboratory at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS). As such, the contract aims to further solidify the long-standing partnership between the two institutions...

To mark the recent launch of Edinburgh Instruments new RM5 Raman Microscope, the company has today announced its partnership with Bio-Rad and its KnowItAll Raman Spectral Identification Partner Program. The partnership enables Edinburgh Instruments to give its customers access to the largest Raman Spectral Database and Raman Identification Software....

INTEGRA Biosciences is dedicated to developing innovative solutions to everyday pipetting challenges, and offers an array of options to simplify and enhance 384 well pipetting, from multichannel manual pipettes to pipetting robots. 384 well microplate formats are becoming increasingly popular for a wide range of applications, allowing scientists to use less of their precious samples and expensive reagents, and helping to bring down the overall cost of research or routine screening...

Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for microscopy, reports on how amateur arachnologist Jeremy Poole uses the Deben Back-Scattered Electron Detector to image Britain’s spiders. There are approximately 700 species of spider in Britain, these can be divided into 34 families and categorised further into separate genera...

Aston University and Waters Corporation has announced the completed installation of the world’s first Waters™ SELECT SERIES™ Cyclic™ IMS (ion mobility spectrometry) mass spectrometer within the University’s School of Health and Life Sciences, where the instrument will support research into the biology of human diseases, the discovery of new therapeutics and advances in biotechnology....

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Tufts Launchpad | BioLabs developed by Tufts University to be Boston’s premier fully equipped, co-working and shared lab space for biotech start-ups. Under the terms of the sponsorship, scientists working in biotech and life science companies located at Tufts Launchpad | BioLabs will have access to a G:BOX mini multi-application imaging system....

For once we can’t blame Brexit! There is a world shortage of Helium, the shortage of Helium is a natural phenomenon. Helium forms below the earth’s surface, formed from the slow radioactive alpha decay that occurs in rocks. Helium is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas and is the first of the noble gas group on the periodic table of the elements. After Hydrogen, Helium has the second lowest atomic number # 2, it has the lowest boiling point of all the elements....

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, along with Check-Points Health B.V., announce that FDA 510(k) clearance was obtained for a molecular screening test for antibiotic-resistant carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) on the fully-automated BD MAX™ System. Together with the BD Phoenix™ CPO Detect Panels, BD provides solutions for screening and infection management to support clinical microbiology laboratories...

A new case study has been published by Autoscribe Informatics which shows how the Culligan Analytical Lab in Illinois, USA has made significant improvements in laboratory efficiency by using the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System). Culligan Water provides innovative water treatment solutions to domestic, commercial and industrial markets. Laboratory testing to provide an accurate analysis of a customer’s water quality....

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced that Saeed Hassanpour, Ph.D., has received the 2019 Agilent Early Career Professor Award (AECPA). Dr. Hassanpour is a member at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) and an associate professor in the Departments of Biomedical Data Science and Epidemiology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, with an adjunct appointment in Computer Science.