The Eppendorf refrigerated Centrifuge 5910 Ri has been certified with an “ACT®” Environmental Impact Factor Label by the “My Green Lab®” non-profit organization. By emphasizing Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) around manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life, the ACT label makes it easier for labs to choose more sustainable products. ACT-labeled products are independently audited by the Sustainability Management & Strategy Collaborative...
Markes International has launched a new addition to its award-winning automated sample preparation platform, Centri®, at Pittcon 2023. The company unveiled the Centri 90 on its Booth #2519. Centri 90 is an automated sample preparation, extraction, and concentration platform for the GC–MS analysis of VOCs /SVOCs in solids, liquids and gases. Centri-90 delivers outstanding sensitivity and enhanced productivity for routine headspace, SPME and SPME Arrow applications...
INTEGRA Biosciences is delighted to announce that it has acquired Miroculus, a biotechnology specialist focused on developing hands-off automation solutions for next generation sequencing (NGS) protocols. This will allow INTEGRA to expand its product range for library preparation, offering significant time savings to academic, research and diagnostics laboratories using NGS and, ultimately, accelerating discovery in this dynamic field...
The magnetic fields generated by a variety of everyday sources – including power networks, electrical devices and even the earth’s core – do not usually interfere with day-to-day life. However, the performance of extremely high precision technologies – such as scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) – can be negatively impacted by even the most minute magnetic disturbances, preventing the equipment from being used to its full potential...
Gilson has recently streamlined its range of PIPETMAN® Classic, PIPETMAN® Neo, and PIPETMAN® G into a single product line called PIPETMAN® to make lab life easier for scientists. The PIPETMAN® range offers a larger range of single and multichannel models giving more flexibility of choice than before. The product line provides accuracy, precision, durability and robustness with the added benefit of reduced pipetting forces...
AMSBIO has interviewed two extraordinary women in the 3D Cell Culture and Organoid field; Dr Hynda Kleinman, one of the co-inventors of Matrigel, and Dr Meritxell Huch, a director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) to mark International Women’s Day on the 8th March, and World Organoid Research Day on 22nd March 2023...
Tecan is pleased to announce the launch of the Resolvex A200 Omics and Resolvex A200 24, the next generation of Resolvex A200 positive pressure processors. The Resolvex A200 is an industry-proven, standalone system for automated positive pressure sample preparation, and the latest additions to the portfolio build on this success. These instruments boast unique capabilities to address unmet workflow needs and improve the flexibility and efficiency of the sample preparation process...
Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics start-up, has been chosen as the first winner of the recently launched INTEGRA supports start-ups competition, receiving 30 EVOLVE manual pipettes to help the company further develop its novel technology and translate the method to the clinic. Nanopath’s vision is to disrupt traditional testing methodologies for women in outpatient settings, employing a novel diagnostics platform that avoids the amplification steps used in PCR, enabling rapid testing closer to the point of care...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the release of an on-deck thermal cycler (ODTC) that integrates with the Agilent Bravo NGS automated liquid handling platform. The optional ODTC accessory enables the Bravo platform to provide thermal cycling as part of an automated workflow for next-generation sequencing (NGS), end-point PCR, and cell-based applications...
Ziath has launched a new version of their popular DP5 Network application that enables tube barcode readers and scanners to be remote controlled from your smart phone or tablet via a Wi-Fi connection. Powered by the very latest software tools - DP5 Mobile brings you unmatched speed and accuracy when decoding barcoded tube racks combined with a new user interface optimised for mobile devices...
The HK Series Differential Viscometer from TESTA Analytical offers labs using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC/SEC) the opportunity to upgrade their system performance with a new best-in-class detector. Traditionally GPC/SEC viscometers have been based upon measurement of differential pressure across a capillary network. Using a next generation HK Series Differential Viscometer, GPC/SEC system users can now dramatically reduce their experimental noise level and increase sensitivity by more than an order of magnitude...
iotaSciences, a spin-out from Oxford University in the field of single-cell handling solutions announce product development completion for its newly built single cell picker instrumentation isoPick™. isoPick™ represents a powerful addition to iotaSciences´ existing product portfolio for single-cell handling solutions based on its proprietary fluid-shaping technology. The product portfolio comprises instruments for automatic isolation, feeding and harvesting of cells...
The globally active Eppendorf Group has divested its micro manipulation product portfolio to Calibre Scientific GmbH in Hamburg, Germany. Calibre Scientific GmbH is part of the U.S.-based global life sciences company Calibre Scientific, Inc. With this sale, Eppendorf is focusing even more strongly on its core business areas of Liquid Handling, Consumables and Separation & Instrumentation, as well as Bioprocess...
Edinburgh Instruments is delighted to announce the release of its new benchtop FTIR Spectrometer, the IR5, designed and manufactured at their global headquarters in Scotland. The IR5 is the first Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer of the Edinburgh Instruments brand, renowned for its expertise in instrumentation for Raman, fluorescence, and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopies...
ZEISS introduces the ZEISS Xradia 630 Versa X-ray microscope (XRM) for academic and industrial research. The newest addition to the ZEISS Xradia Versa family breaks resolution performance barriers, delivers an intuitive user experience, and accelerates productivity for all with easy, guided workflows and higher throughput. With the ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox (ART) 3.0, the platform also leverages game-changing artificial intelligence (AI) for reconstruction...
ProColl are now able to offer their bovine and recombinant human collagen product ranges at a significantly lower price than ever seen before. Innovative manufacturing processes now allow ProColl to bring to market single figure prices per gram for native bovine collagen, where market prices are typically more than £2,000 per gram, opening up new applications in markets where structured collagen has been price prohibitive...
Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announce that its first NovaSeq X Plus system was recently delivered to the Broad Institute. Alex Aravanis, PhD, chief technology officer of Illumina, made the announcement in a presentation at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference in Hollywood, Florida. Aravanis also announced much anticipated updates on Illumina's innovation roadmap including Illumina Complete Long Reads, the company's long-read sequencing technology...
Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden are using INTEGRA Biosciences’ PIPETBOY pro pipette controllers with integrated LED lighting to study the physiological function of mast cells and their role in allergic reactions. Their ultimate aim is to develop novel vaccines and therapies to prevent and treat common allergies. The incidence of atopic allergies – such as hay fever and asthma – has dramatically increased in the past 50 years, with up to 30 percent of people in some western countries experiencing severe symptoms...
LTE Scientific are delighted to announce the launch of its latest line, the Touchclave-V series of laboratory autoclaves. The Touchclave-V series offer a cost-effective solution capable of processing most laboratory applications. Designed with simplicity in mind the Touchclave-V range come in 2 standard sizes of 50 and 80-litre capacities. The range consists of 3 models with each offering more expediency allowing for a greater range of applications to be processed...
Asynt are proud to confirm that age 16+ learners attending Thomas Rotherham College (South Yorkshire, UK) Sixth Form College are using the CondenSyn waterless air condenser and Distillation Adapter in their lessons after recent updates in the science department. Luke Hanson, Lead Science Technician at the college, shared the college’s excitement at this change: ”We are proud to be one of the first pioneering sixth form colleges in the country to adopt the use of the CondenSyn in our teaching...
InDevR, Inc., a provider of best-in-class analytical technologies for vaccines and biotherapeutics, announced that it has raised $9 million in series B financing. Adjuvant Capital has invested $4 million, and bioMérieux – a worldwide leader in in vitro diagnostics and microbiological quality control solutions for the food and pharmaceutical industries – $5 million. Together, these investments will support InDevR’s commercial expansion and ongoing development of new reagent kits for its VaxArray® platform...
Particle Works, a leading provider of game-changing microfluidic nanoparticle synthesis platforms, is collaborating with NanoVation Therapeutics UK to reduce the time and costs associated with the screening of new lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations for use in drug delivery applications. Through this partnership, Oxfordshire-based NanoVation will benefit from Particle Works' Automated Library Synthesis (ALiS) System, which accelerates LNP formulation development while increasing throughput and precision...