Shimadzu, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of analytical instruments, introduces the LCMS-2050, a new single quadrupole LCMS detector that not only impresses with its compact size, but also with its durability and ease of use. “Although compact, the design and capabilities of the new single-quadrupole LCMS will change the productivity of any analytical laboratory,” says Nils Garnebode, Senior Manager Marketing Europe, Shimadzu Europa....
ExcellGene SA, privately held and founded 2001, offers services in research, development and manufacturing for the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company announces its role in the recently approved consortium funding through the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global partnership of public, private, philanthropic and civil society organisations founded to develop vaccines against future epidemics...
Biotium, a leading supplier and inventor of fluorescent cellular probes for life science research, announces the release of new ExoBrite™ Antibody Conjugates. These antibodies were curated specifically for optimal detection of exosome markers CD9, CD63, and CD81 in isolated exosomes or exosome extracts with little to no background. ExoBrite™ Antibody Conjugates are available in formulations for both flow cytometry and western blotting...
The only UK-based manufacturer of World Health Organisation accredited vaccine fridges, Dulas Limited, has secured a funding package from HSBC UK to ramp up the development of its solar powered vaccine refrigeration units. The funding will allow the Welsh firm to meet extra demand from UN agencies and NGOs supporting low-income countries that remain in the early stages of Covid-19 vaccination programmes.
Working with flow cells, shear stress, adhesion assays? The ibidi pump system can help. The ibidi pump system, combined with ibidi polymer channel slides, provides defined shear stress over long term cell culture periods. All available direct from Thistle Scientific. The Ibidi Pump System is ideal for simulation of various physiological conditions in blood vessels - a pump system for the cultivation of, e.g. endothelial, cells under flow. Compatible with ibidi heating and incubation systems as well as a range of channel slides...
Incorporating an energy efficient drive mechanism – the compact DrySyn Vortex overhead stirrer system from Asynt delivers effective overhead stirring to three round bottom flasks (100 mL to 500 mL) in parallel with stirring from 50 to 500 rpm. Suitable for reaction temperatures up to 200°C, the DrySyn Vortex is the perfect process development tool to efficiently, and safely, drive three stirrer shafts with one overhead stirrer. The compact footprint of the DrySyn Vortex is designed to operate on a single standard hotplate...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, showcase their innovative diagnostic technologies, assays and a complement of solutions for researchers developing new diagnostics during the 74th American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2022), held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago...
FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a world leader in the development and manufacture of serum-free and chemically defined cell culture media for bioproduction and cell therapy manufacturing, has announced the completion of its Armstrong Cell Culture Center of Excellence. More than doubling the R&D facility’s footprint, the new state-of-the-art center enables the Company to expand its capabilities in cutting-edge discovery research, bioproduction, cell and gene therapy, Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and cytogenetics...
Porvair Sciences has developed a 2 ml 96-well microplate whose design is optimised for labs processing cannabis samples for analysis of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD). Sample processing is the second step in testing cannabis strains. This is carried out after collecting leaf, bud, and flower samples from cannabis plants, ready for accurate determination of the THC/CBD ratio by HPLC...
PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced it has entered into an agreement with the intention to divest its Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses to New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm, for total consideration of $2.45 billion in cash, $2.30 billion of which will be received at the closing and $150 million of which will be payable contingent on the exit valuation New Mountain Capital receives on a sale or other capital events related to the business...
It’s competition time at INTEGRA Biosciences, and the company is giving away the world’s most affordable and portable 96 channel pipette! The innovative MINI 96 electronic pipette is designed to help busy labs fill 96 and 384 plates faster and more precisely than traditional handheld pipettes, accelerating the efficiency of liquid handling protocols. With this instrument, users can enjoy accurate and reproducible pipetting of entire or partial plates, while minimizing the strain of repetitive tasks...
InnovaPrep Concentrating Pipette Select Automated Bio-Concentrator used for the International Space Station! The Concentrating Pipette Select uses dead-end filtration with single-use Concentrating Pipette tips to capture microorganisms from fluid samples. A patented process called Wet Foam Elution is then used to recover the microorganisms into sample volumes that closely match the input volumes of modern molecular methods such as qPCR in minutes...
Based on decades of experience in the chromatography field, TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K. has designed a Differential Refractive Index (DRI) detector kit adaptable to fulfil the specific demands of different HPLC system manufacturers. Despite their limited sensitivity, compared to other detectors such as UV or MS, the ability of DRI detectors to detect any analyte...
Paragraf® announces Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst grant award to develop the first proof of concept graphene-based diagnostic test to immediately identify patients who need an antibiotic treatment. The test will be the first in a pipeline of affordable, portable, easy-to-use, graphene-based IVD products, which will at least match the performance of the most advanced hospital laboratory, but at the point of care...
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, has launched two human monkeypox virus synthetic DNA controls. Positive controls provide quality control measures for the development, verification, and ongoing validation of both next-generation sequencing (NGS) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays...
Paragraf, the first company in the world to deliver a scalable approach to graphene electronic device manufacturing, announces a plan to develop a new generation of graphene-based, in-vitro diagnostic products that will give results within a few minutes. The test will be the first in a pipeline of affordable, portable, easy-to-use, graphene-based IVD products, which will at least match the performance of the most advanced hospital laboratory, but at the point of care....
Porvair Sciences has introduced a 96-well deep well microplate designed for labs using magnetic beads for nucleic acid purification, clean up and protein purifications. The 96-well magnetic bead separation plate has a reinforced base that can be routinely centrifuged at up to 6,000x g enabling faster magnetic bead separation protocols and improved sample quality. Manufactured in a class 10,000 cleanroom facility from ultra-pure grade polypropylene, the magnetic bead separation plate contains the lowest possible level of leachable...
VectorBuilder Inc. – a leading provider of gene delivery solutions – has announced its plan to invest $30 million to build an ‘AAV Superbank’ for the research and drug discovery community. The company will develop a comprehensive collection of novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids capable of targeting all the major tissues of therapeutic relevance, and deposit their sequences in the Superbank along with detailed biodistribution data. This bank will be made public, allowing free non-profit research use and license-based for-profit use...
Cresset, innovative provider of outstanding software for molecule discovery and design, announces the release of Flare V6, their comprehensive ligand-based and structure-based design platform. This release of Flare delivers new and improved science and features to computational and medicinal chemists, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of molecule design...
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CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-chip Company (OOC) that designs and manufactures single-and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), has announced the opening of new laboratory facilities at Cambridge Science Park, dedicated to its contract research services. The Company’s laboratory space has been doubled in response to the increasing market demand for OOC services as the technology gains traction within drug discovery and development programmes...
TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces the installation of the AMBER X focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) at the Institute for Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS) in Germany. The AMBER X offers a unique combination of plasma FIB with ultra-high resolution (UHR) field emission SEM for multiscale materials characterization. FAPS is using the FIB-SEM for research that will help to improve products used in a wide variety of industries...