Promega UK, the Life Sciences Company, based on the University of Southampton Science Park in Hampshire, has announced the winners of its first Helix Sustainability award. Helix is an onsite RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) laboratory storage system used to support scientists with their life sciences research fighting diseases such as Cancer and Alzheimer’s....

After months in development flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec have provided a prototype electrochemical reactor to Dr Thomas Wirth, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cardiff University, for evaluation. The latest prototype offers a range of exciting features that will be implemented in the production versions including temperature control and operation...

AMSBIO has introduced new CRISPR / Cas9 editing kits for gene knock-out, gene knock-in and gene mutation applications. The latest tool in genome science – CRISPR/Cas9 is a simple and efficient genome editing tool which allows for specific genome disruption and replacement resulting in high specificity and low cell toxicity.

Immunotherapy is the use of a patient's own immune system to treat disease and is one of the most promising new therapies in the fight against cancer. Cancer cells invade the body's immune system, but they are similar to normal, healthy cells and can hide from the immune system and spread. In cancer immunotherapy or immuno-oncology, a patient's immune system is ‘activated' to fight cancer...

With years of experience in the pharmaceutical and life science sector, Creative Diagnostics launches NanoHollows, which contain cavity enclosed by a non-porous nanoshell. NanoHollows have great potential applications in biological sensing, biomedical imaging and photothermal therapy due to their unique localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) feature...

Shimadzu’s state-of-the-art technology and expertise in gas sampling has enabled it to develop a bespoke Nexis GC-2030 for Celtic Recycling in Newport, Gwent, allowing the company to introduce GC screening of reclaimed and recycled SF6 gas, a service that no other company in the UK is currently able to offer. At the same time, the new system increased the laboratory’s capacity for the analysis...

Micronic launches a new recapping solution to accelerate sample storage workflows, the Micronic Screw Cap Recapper CS700. Designed to improve efficiency, the Micronic Screw Cap Recapper can be used as a stand-alone instrument or be simply integrated into a fully automated laboratory environment. This makes the screw cap recapper ideal for high throughput workflows and...

AMSBIO has announced an exosome isolation, manufacturing and characterization service to enable R&D groups to accelerate their discovery and development activities. Exosomes are small membrane vesicles with a size ranging from 40 to 100 nm. They are known to serve as functional mediators in cell interaction leading to cancer metastasis and have also been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases....

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the Nano Imaging Lab of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute uses JPK’s versatile NanoWizard® 4 AFM system. Dr Monica Schönenberger has developed a flexible, professional service unit for atomic force microscopy. As a member of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)...

Dolomite Microfluidics, part of the Blacktrace Group, is delighted to launch its new Pickering emulsion stabilizer Fluoro-Phase, a fluorinated continuous phase that has been specially formulated to stabilize aqueous droplets in microfluidic systems. Unlike most emulsion stabilizing oils, which use molecular surfactants, Fluoro‑Phase relies on functionalized silica nanoparticles that support highly...

Torrey Pines Scientific announces its EchoTherm™ Model IC50, Peltier driven, Chilling/Heating Dry Bath with exact sample temperature control. The unit is supplied with a temperature probe to insert directly into the sample or into the sample block. The probe senses the sample temperature or sample block temperature directly and sends that information to the unit to...

A consistent and reproducible model for drug development, toxicity testing and disease modelling applications. Axol Bioscience, the human cell culture specialist, provide highly validated primary cells and iPSC-derived cells together with optimised media and growth supplements, launch their Human iPSC-derived Atrial Cardiomyocytes for the discovery and development of novel treatments and...