Titian Software LTD, the global leader in life sciences sample management software, and the life science company Evotec have signed a 3-year agreement to expand their collaboration around Titian Software’s Mosaic Sample Management Platform. Mosaic forms part of Evotec’s plans to expand and harmonise sample management throughout the organisation, underpinning its expanding services...
AMSBIO announce a new range of pre-made Nano-Lantern lentivirus products that utilize a proprietary lentiviral vector system to enable highly sensitive and precise in vivo luminescence imaging. This cutting-edge Nano-Lantern lentivirus technology, which consists of an enhanced Renilla-Luciferase connected to an Orange Fluorescent protein (OFP), represents a significant improvement over previous methods and is poised to revolutionize many in vivo imaging applications...
Torrey Pines Scientific announces its EchoTherm™ RIC40 Peltier-driven, compact Chilling/Heating Dry Baths with temperatures settable from 0.0ºC to 100.0ºC. They are designed for use with Robotic Systems. They are controlled via the RS232 I/O port on each RIC40 unit. The RIC40 measures 4.9” (125 mm) long by 3.3” (82 mm) wide by 3.9” (99mm) tall without a sample block. Offered as accessories are mounting brackets for Tecan decks and the broad variety of precision-made aluminum sample blocks...
Revvity has announced that its Revvity Signals Software business has entered into a strategic relationship with Scitara – a leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for the scientific industry. Together, the companies will transform the way R&D teams work across the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries with technology that accelerates digital transformation in the lab environment...
Absolute Biotech, a new company uniting multiple antibody-centric brands into a single organization specializing in antibody reagents, kits and services announces the reintroduction of SCICONS™ dsRNA antibodies. Originally developed in 1990, SCICONS antibodies have become the gold standard in double-stranded RNA detection, with hundreds of peer-reviewed citations characterizing their use in a diverse range of applications...
New ready-to-ship xGen™ NGS solution will enable researchers to combat challenging diseases of today and prepare for the next pathogen of tomorrow. To meet customer demand for a multiplexed, multiple respiratory disease target panel that provides comprehensive genome coverage, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is revealing a new next generation sequencing (NGS) solution, the xGen Respiratory Virus Amplicon Panel...
The automation of laboratories used to be considered very costly and not very flexible, because the workflows are very complex and amounts of data are constantly increasing. Yet, as chemical and pharmaceutical industry product lifecycles become shorter and shorter, the need for digitalization has become urgent. In this article, Christof Franzke, Senior Technical Consultant Key Accounts at COPA-DATA, the industrial software specialist, explains the vital role of the zenon platform in the roll-out of modularization and digitalization in laboratories...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, August 9, with Why We Love LIMS: ATL Customers Tell Their LIMS Success Stories. Feedback from webcast attendees has always been very positive when we invite ATL LIMS clients to share their views on how a LIMS has become an essential component of their laboratory operations...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is providing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research organizations and QC laboratories in the industrial and food and beverage sectors with a new liquid chromatography (LC) detector for simple routine isocratic analysis. The Thermo Scientific Vanquish Refractive Index Detector enables detection of substances that lack UV chromophores and is powered by proven technology...
Scientists and engineers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)are working with colleagues at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space to deliver a small satellite calibration facility. The new facility is being designed, manufactured and tested at NPL’s Teddington site in south-west London and will be located at Harwell Campus. It will draw on expertise from NPL’s STAR-cc-OGSE facility, which provides innovative solutions for calibrating scientific instruments on satellites before their launch into space...
Merck has announced the expansion of its facility in Lenexa, Kansas, USA adding 9,100 sq m2 of lab space and production capability to manufacture cell culture media. Lenexa, Kansas, USA facility becomes company’s largest dry powder cell culture media facility and Center of Excellence in North America. The company’s strategic investments to expand capacity with the new dry powder media manufacturing lines in existing production facilities in the Lenexa, Kansas...
A £5 million award from the UK Space Agency will allow Northumbria University to take forward world-leading research to build a new satellite communications system, setting the scene for Northumbria to launch the UK’s first university-led multi-satellite space mission. The funding announcement made today allow the University to move forward with its prototype work on this new laser-based system, which has the potential to transform the satellite communications industry...
Eremid® Genomic Services, LLC (“Eremid”) announces a significant expansion of its in-house sequencing capabilities with the installation of PacBio’s latest HiFi sequencing platform, the Revio. This powerful new sequencing system is the newest addition to Eremid’s suite of high-end genomics tools, and affirms the Company’s commitment to supporting larger scale and more diverse genomics projects following a $3M venture capital investment...
Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, in collaboration with Nashville Biosciences, LLC, a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has announced the five founding members of the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD). The multiyear agreement aims to accelerate development of therapeutics through large-scale genomics and the establishment of a preeminent clinical genomic resource...
Market leader in temperature and environmental-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, presented its cryo-correlative systems – the CMS196 and the CryoGenium plunger – at this year’s Microscopy and Microanalysis conference (M&M). Linkam showcased a range of temperature-controlled stages at this year’s M&M, with a focus on its cryo-correlative portfolio, and hosted live tutorials on system operation and performance...
Tecan proudly unveils Phase Separator™, an innovative liquid separation technology that promises to save time and improve accuracy in laboratory workflows. With specific applications in liquid biopsy and biobanking, its benefits will be felt in genomics, proteomics and across multiple disease areas, from oncology and neurodegenerative disease to metabolic disorders. Phase Separator is a unique pipetting capability of the new Air Flexible Channel Arm™ (Air FCA) on Tecan’s flagship liquid handling platform, the Fluent® Automation Workstation..
Waters launched its new PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits to provide biopharma scientists with a comprehensive, automatable solution for rapid sample preparation for peptide mapping. By reducing missed cleavages and autolysis peaks, which can complicate data processing, the kits bolster digestion performance and provide exquisite baselines free from noise. The launch of PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits completes Waters’ end-to-end solution for peptide mapping...
Edwards launch a compact and lightweight dry scroll pump. The new mXDS3 with a pumping speed 3m3h-1 builds on the established Edwards nXDS scroll pump experience and extends the current small dry pump range from 3 up to 120m3h-1. The mXDS3 offers a dry alternative to traditional oil-sealed rotary vane pumps. With no oil to check, replace or dispose of these scroll pumps offer an environmentally friendly option; typically, with lower power requirements compared to similar capacity pumps...
Award-winning analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ExtraTECH Analytical Solutions to globally sell ExtraTECH’s newly developed and patented vacuum-assisted caps for headspace microextraction. The caps ingeniously extend the applicability of headspace, SPME and SPME Arrow sample extractions by allowing analytes to be extracted under vacuum conditions with milder heating and agitation than is required using current non-vacuum methods....
Despite recommendations from the European Society for Medical Oncology and the EU Beating Cancer Plan, uptake of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in lung cancer remains slow and inequitable across Europe. In the first report of its kind, experts highlight action needed to correct disparity in access to a gold-standard diagnostic technology that could benefit tens of thousands of lung cancer patients across Europe every year...
Eremid® Genomic Services, LLC (“Eremid”), a leading-edge genomics CRO, has announced that it has secured an additional $3.0M investment from venture capital firm Coddle Creek Capital (“CCC”) following its acquisition in 2022. CCC’s Fund 2 will support Eremid's continued growth and the expansion of its clinical genomics capabilities, reinforcing its position as a high-end, scientifically-driven genomics partner in the growing biotech hub at the North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC...
Biotech Fluidics AB reports that it is supplying key microfluidic and degassing components to BioNavis Oy (Tampere, Finland) for its range of Multi-Parametric Surface Plasmon Resonance (MP-SPR) instruments. Surface Plasmon Resonance is the ‘go to’ technique for the measurement of molecular interactions in fluidics including serum, saliva, and organic solvents. SPR technology beneficially allows evaluation of affinity and kinetics of molecular binding reactions without the burdens of labelling as the technique is label-free...
Titian Software LTD, the global leader in life sciences sample management software, and the life science company Evotec have signed a 3-year agreement to expand their collaboration around Titian Software’s Mosaic Sample Management Platform. Mosaic forms part of Evotec’s plans to expand and harmonise sample management throughout the organisation, underpinning its expanding services...
AMSBIO announce a new range of pre-made Nano-Lantern lentivirus products that utilize a proprietary lentiviral vector system to enable highly sensitive and precise in vivo luminescence imaging. This cutting-edge Nano-Lantern lentivirus technology, which consists of an enhanced Renilla-Luciferase connected to an Orange Fluorescent protein (OFP), represents a significant improvement over previous methods and is poised to revolutionize many in vivo imaging applications...
Torrey Pines Scientific announces its EchoTherm™ RIC40 Peltier-driven, compact Chilling/Heating Dry Baths with temperatures settable from 0.0ºC to 100.0ºC. They are designed for use with Robotic Systems. They are controlled via the RS232 I/O port on each RIC40 unit. The RIC40 measures 4.9” (125 mm) long by 3.3” (82 mm) wide by 3.9” (99mm) tall without a sample block. Offered as accessories are mounting brackets for Tecan decks and the broad variety of precision-made aluminum sample blocks...
Revvity has announced that its Revvity Signals Software business has entered into a strategic relationship with Scitara – a leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for the scientific industry. Together, the companies will transform the way R&D teams work across the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries with technology that accelerates digital transformation in the lab environment...
Absolute Biotech, a new company uniting multiple antibody-centric brands into a single organization specializing in antibody reagents, kits and services announces the reintroduction of SCICONS™ dsRNA antibodies. Originally developed in 1990, SCICONS antibodies have become the gold standard in double-stranded RNA detection, with hundreds of peer-reviewed citations characterizing their use in a diverse range of applications...
New ready-to-ship xGen™ NGS solution will enable researchers to combat challenging diseases of today and prepare for the next pathogen of tomorrow. To meet customer demand for a multiplexed, multiple respiratory disease target panel that provides comprehensive genome coverage, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is revealing a new next generation sequencing (NGS) solution, the xGen Respiratory Virus Amplicon Panel...
The automation of laboratories used to be considered very costly and not very flexible, because the workflows are very complex and amounts of data are constantly increasing. Yet, as chemical and pharmaceutical industry product lifecycles become shorter and shorter, the need for digitalization has become urgent. In this article, Christof Franzke, Senior Technical Consultant Key Accounts at COPA-DATA, the industrial software specialist, explains the vital role of the zenon platform in the roll-out of modularization and digitalization in laboratories...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, August 9, with Why We Love LIMS: ATL Customers Tell Their LIMS Success Stories. Feedback from webcast attendees has always been very positive when we invite ATL LIMS clients to share their views on how a LIMS has become an essential component of their laboratory operations...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is providing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research organizations and QC laboratories in the industrial and food and beverage sectors with a new liquid chromatography (LC) detector for simple routine isocratic analysis. The Thermo Scientific Vanquish Refractive Index Detector enables detection of substances that lack UV chromophores and is powered by proven technology...
Scientists and engineers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)are working with colleagues at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space to deliver a small satellite calibration facility. The new facility is being designed, manufactured and tested at NPL’s Teddington site in south-west London and will be located at Harwell Campus. It will draw on expertise from NPL’s STAR-cc-OGSE facility, which provides innovative solutions for calibrating scientific instruments on satellites before their launch into space...
Merck has announced the expansion of its facility in Lenexa, Kansas, USA adding 9,100 sq m2 of lab space and production capability to manufacture cell culture media. Lenexa, Kansas, USA facility becomes company’s largest dry powder cell culture media facility and Center of Excellence in North America. The company’s strategic investments to expand capacity with the new dry powder media manufacturing lines in existing production facilities in the Lenexa, Kansas...
A £5 million award from the UK Space Agency will allow Northumbria University to take forward world-leading research to build a new satellite communications system, setting the scene for Northumbria to launch the UK’s first university-led multi-satellite space mission. The funding announcement made today allow the University to move forward with its prototype work on this new laser-based system, which has the potential to transform the satellite communications industry...
Eremid® Genomic Services, LLC (“Eremid”) announces a significant expansion of its in-house sequencing capabilities with the installation of PacBio’s latest HiFi sequencing platform, the Revio. This powerful new sequencing system is the newest addition to Eremid’s suite of high-end genomics tools, and affirms the Company’s commitment to supporting larger scale and more diverse genomics projects following a $3M venture capital investment...
Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, in collaboration with Nashville Biosciences, LLC, a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has announced the five founding members of the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD). The multiyear agreement aims to accelerate development of therapeutics through large-scale genomics and the establishment of a preeminent clinical genomic resource...
Market leader in temperature and environmental-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, presented its cryo-correlative systems – the CMS196 and the CryoGenium plunger – at this year’s Microscopy and Microanalysis conference (M&M). Linkam showcased a range of temperature-controlled stages at this year’s M&M, with a focus on its cryo-correlative portfolio, and hosted live tutorials on system operation and performance...
Tecan proudly unveils Phase Separator™, an innovative liquid separation technology that promises to save time and improve accuracy in laboratory workflows. With specific applications in liquid biopsy and biobanking, its benefits will be felt in genomics, proteomics and across multiple disease areas, from oncology and neurodegenerative disease to metabolic disorders. Phase Separator is a unique pipetting capability of the new Air Flexible Channel Arm™ (Air FCA) on Tecan’s flagship liquid handling platform, the Fluent® Automation Workstation..
Waters launched its new PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits to provide biopharma scientists with a comprehensive, automatable solution for rapid sample preparation for peptide mapping. By reducing missed cleavages and autolysis peaks, which can complicate data processing, the kits bolster digestion performance and provide exquisite baselines free from noise. The launch of PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits completes Waters’ end-to-end solution for peptide mapping...
Edwards launch a compact and lightweight dry scroll pump. The new mXDS3 with a pumping speed 3m3h-1 builds on the established Edwards nXDS scroll pump experience and extends the current small dry pump range from 3 up to 120m3h-1. The mXDS3 offers a dry alternative to traditional oil-sealed rotary vane pumps. With no oil to check, replace or dispose of these scroll pumps offer an environmentally friendly option; typically, with lower power requirements compared to similar capacity pumps...
Award-winning analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ExtraTECH Analytical Solutions to globally sell ExtraTECH’s newly developed and patented vacuum-assisted caps for headspace microextraction. The caps ingeniously extend the applicability of headspace, SPME and SPME Arrow sample extractions by allowing analytes to be extracted under vacuum conditions with milder heating and agitation than is required using current non-vacuum methods....
Despite recommendations from the European Society for Medical Oncology and the EU Beating Cancer Plan, uptake of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in lung cancer remains slow and inequitable across Europe. In the first report of its kind, experts highlight action needed to correct disparity in access to a gold-standard diagnostic technology that could benefit tens of thousands of lung cancer patients across Europe every year...
Eremid® Genomic Services, LLC (“Eremid”), a leading-edge genomics CRO, has announced that it has secured an additional $3.0M investment from venture capital firm Coddle Creek Capital (“CCC”) following its acquisition in 2022. CCC’s Fund 2 will support Eremid's continued growth and the expansion of its clinical genomics capabilities, reinforcing its position as a high-end, scientifically-driven genomics partner in the growing biotech hub at the North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC...
Biotech Fluidics AB reports that it is supplying key microfluidic and degassing components to BioNavis Oy (Tampere, Finland) for its range of Multi-Parametric Surface Plasmon Resonance (MP-SPR) instruments. Surface Plasmon Resonance is the ‘go to’ technique for the measurement of molecular interactions in fluidics including serum, saliva, and organic solvents. SPR technology beneficially allows evaluation of affinity and kinetics of molecular binding reactions without the burdens of labelling as the technique is label-free...