The difference that technology has had on compound management and the benefits it brought to the lab in terms of efficiencies and resource savings are immense. In a new educational paper - sample management guru - Neil Benn (CEO of Ziath) shares his views on the beneficial impact that new mobile digital technology and artificial intelligence innovations are likely to have on tracking and tracing samples in compound management facilities...
Refractive Index detectors are widely used for the analysis of molecules with weak or no UV absorption. TESTA Analytical’s Differential Refractive Index (DRI) Kit for HPLC can be adapted to almost any HPLC system to create a high performance instrument that separates and delivers sensitive detection of ‘RI active’ materials including alcohols, sugars, sacharides, fatty acids and polymers...
Bruker launches a new NMR Olive Oil-Profiling 1.0™ solution for authenticity verification and quality control of olive oil, which is one of the most adulterated food products worldwide. This further expands Bruker’s food analysis solutions portfolio and will be offered on two nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) platforms, the established NMR FoodScreener™ 400 MHz platform, and also on the cryogen-free Fourier 80 benchtop system...
Waters Corporation has introduced new software and analytical columns to aid biomolecule drug discovery and development. The new Waters™ Intact Mass app on waters_connect™ allows scientists using the BioAccord™ LC-MS System to confirm the mass of biomolecules and impurities made by synthetic or recombinant processes nearly twice as fast as other commercially available options...
Porvair Sciences low profile microplates offer the highly efficient use of stacking space that is essential to achieving efficient automation workflows. Designed to deliver a sample volume of 0.5ml / well in a plate height of just 27mm, these low-profile 96-well microplates are ideal for a wide range of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare storage applications...
Is there a risk at your workplace of chemicals unexpectedly entering the air? Or even a risk of fire? The release of toxic airborne chemicals and substances can be an immediate danger to health. When environments turn toxic, a fast and safe escape is crucial. Dräger PARAT® Escape Hoods are designed to be easily donned, protecting you from toxic industrial and fire-related gases, vapours, and particles for at least 15 minutes during escape...
The surge in demand brought about by COVID-19 is pushing medical and non-medical laboratories to their limits, the head of a laboratory supplies company has said, with concerns that clinical laboratories have been favoured due to the pandemic. The Starlab Group, a European supplier of laboratory products with a UK division, conducted a survey of more than 200 laboratory employees from the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy and France...
Operators of all model 410 Flame Photometers can retrofit a digital interface/lineariser module and benefit from Sherwood’s 410 BlueNotes software package, illustrating Sherwood Scientific's ‘update and automate' policy for instruments up to thirty years old. The current 410 Industrial and 410C models are supplied with the interface module already fitted...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK has announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with the appointment of senior drug discovery experts Dr Chas Bountra OBE, Dr Richard Eglen, Steve Rees OBE, Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart, and Dr Ian Waddell. The SAB will help the organisation continue to deliver reliable, cutting-edge content to the life science and drug discovery communities, driving collaboration and knowledge exchange between academic and biopharma industry thought-leaders...
FOx BIOSYSTEMS, a company on the mission to revolutionize life science and pharmacological research with innovative real-time, analysis products and the Biosensors research group at KU Leuven, focused on developing innovative bio-molecular detection concepts and miniaturized analysis systems, announced a novel, label-free assay that can characterize the polyclonal antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 directly in patient blood...
Illumina, Inc. has announced the launch of TruSight™ Oncology (TSO) Comprehensive (EU), a single test that assesses multiple tumor genes and biomarkers to reveal the specific molecular profile of a patient's cancer. With its global launch first taking place in Europe, the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit will help inform precision medicine decisions for cancer patients across the continent...
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating the flexibility of Matrix Gemini LIMS at Lab Innovations South, a one-day conference for laboratory professionals in the South-East of the UK. Attendees will be able to see multiple systems including LIMS for pharmaceutical manufacturing, biobank management, drug stability studies, and general QC flows. Uniquely, all these systems use the same software. No code is added or changed...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot is helping the Arbovirus Testing Lab at the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories in Concord, USA, to streamline sample pooling for West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis virus testing. Laboratory supervisor Denise Bolton explained: “We adopted pooled testing in summer 2020, initially constructing the sample pools manually....
AMSBIO has introduced further essential tools for SARS-CoV-2 researchers to help decipher the COVID-19 B.1.1.529 variant. New to the AMSBIO range are recombinant proteins, easy-to-perform assay kits, Omicron pseudotyped lentiviruses and spike neutralizing antibodies for use in functional assays to block SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ACE2 binding...
Gibco cell culture at 60. As part of our anniversary celebrations, we’re revisiting pivotal moments from the past 60 years of cell culture. From the first time a budding scientist looked down the microscope, to one young professional’s career-defining conversation, our round-up of industry leaders, product designers and cell culturists have spoken and shared their stories and poignant snapshots....
Whitby based company Natures Laboratory has just received a major funding award worth over 180K from Innovate UK to develop new ways in which propolis – a natural antibiotic produced by bees – can be used to help meet the worldwide crisis in antibiotic resistance. WHO (World Health Organisation) put antibiotic resistance in its top ten global public health threats. The harsh reality is that the drugs don’t work anymore. We are now facing infections where no antibiotics can help...
Infectious disease diagnostics company Genetic Signatures has joined the BioHub Birmingham® as the launchpad for a planned further expansion into Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The BioHub is the first physical footprint within the UK and Europe for Genetic Signatures, which already provides the EasyScreen™ range of testing kits to countries in Europe and provides clinical diagnostics to the NHS for respiratory and gastro-intestinal diseases, and sexually transmitted infections...
Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instruments, has introduced the new Coral Cryo workflow solution. The workflow solution enables researchers to increase their success rate in cryo-electron tomography experiments through high precision confocal 3D targeting. Coral Cryo is ready to deploy and supports reproducibility by reducing and optimizing the number of workflow steps, while also minimizing the time required for training....
PEAK Scientific, the world leader in the manufacture & support of laboratory grade gas generators, has recently expanded the manufacturing facilities at their Glasgow headquarters. The manufacturing facility has increased from 8,500 square foot to just under, 12,500 square foot which will allow PEAK Scientific to increase their production, increase local employment opportunities and meet increased demands, both now and into the future...
Edinburgh Instruments is delighted to announce the introduction of a new upgrade for its photoluminescence spectrometers, designed and manufactured at their global headquarters in Scotland. The MicroPL upgrade enables the study of spectral or time-resolved photoluminescence of samples in the microscopic scale by converting an Edinburgh Instruments photoluminescence (PL) spectrometer into a combined spectrometer and microscope system...
Genomic sequencing service provider Macrogen Europe has announced an expanded offering for its single cell sequencing services. The expanded service gives clients an enormous array of options for input material, DNA library preparation and analysis. It provides scientists with highly in-depth transcriptomic data that is invaluable in areas such as immunology and oncology research...
Microtrac’s new STABINO ZETA is an analyzer which provides fast, precise, and reproducible zeta potential measurements in a range of 0.3 nm to 300 µm, with a concentration range of up to 40% by volume. The powerful measuring technology with its high resolution and data point density allows for simultaneous determination of 5 parameters within a few seconds: zeta potential, streaming potential, conductivity, pH value, and temperature...
The difference that technology has had on compound management and the benefits it brought to the lab in terms of efficiencies and resource savings are immense. In a new educational paper - sample management guru - Neil Benn (CEO of Ziath) shares his views on the beneficial impact that new mobile digital technology and artificial intelligence innovations are likely to have on tracking and tracing samples in compound management facilities.
Refractive Index detectors are widely used for the analysis of molecules with weak or no UV absorption. TESTA Analytical’s Differential Refractive Index (DRI) Kit for HPLC can be adapted to almost any HPLC system to create a high performance instrument that separates and delivers sensitive detection of ‘RI active’ materials including alcohols, sugars, sacharides, fatty acids and polymers...
Bruker launches a new NMR Olive Oil-Profiling 1.0™ solution for authenticity verification and quality control of olive oil, which is one of the most adulterated food products worldwide. This further expands Bruker’s food analysis solutions portfolio and will be offered on two nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) platforms, the established NMR FoodScreener™ 400 MHz platform, and also on the cryogen-free Fourier 80 benchtop system...
Waters Corporation has introduced new software and analytical columns to aid biomolecule drug discovery and development. The new Waters™ Intact Mass app on waters_connect™ allows scientists using the BioAccord™ LC-MS System to confirm the mass of biomolecules and impurities made by synthetic or recombinant processes nearly twice as fast as other commercially available options...
Porvair Sciences low profile microplates offer the highly efficient use of stacking space that is essential to achieving efficient automation workflows. Designed to deliver a sample volume of 0.5ml / well in a plate height of just 27mm, these low-profile 96-well microplates are ideal for a wide range of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare storage applications...
Is there a risk at your workplace of chemicals unexpectedly entering the air? Or even a risk of fire? The release of toxic airborne chemicals and substances can be an immediate danger to health. When environments turn toxic, a fast and safe escape is crucial. Dräger PARAT® Escape Hoods are designed to be easily donned, protecting you from toxic industrial and fire-related gases, vapours, and particles for at least 15 minutes during escape...
The surge in demand brought about by COVID-19 is pushing medical and non-medical laboratories to their limits, the head of a laboratory supplies company has said, with concerns that clinical laboratories have been favoured due to the pandemic. The Starlab Group, a European supplier of laboratory products with a UK division, conducted a survey of more than 200 laboratory employees from the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy and France...
Operators of all model 410 Flame Photometers can retrofit a digital interface/lineariser module and benefit from Sherwood’s 410 BlueNotes software package, illustrating Sherwood Scientific's ‘update and automate' policy for instruments up to thirty years old. The current 410 Industrial and 410C models are supplied with the interface module already fitted...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK has announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with the appointment of senior drug discovery experts Dr Chas Bountra OBE, Dr Richard Eglen, Steve Rees OBE, Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart, and Dr Ian Waddell. The SAB will help the organisation continue to deliver reliable, cutting-edge content to the life science and drug discovery communities, driving collaboration and knowledge exchange between academic and biopharma industry thought-leaders...
FOx BIOSYSTEMS, a company on the mission to revolutionize life science and pharmacological research with innovative real-time, analysis products and the Biosensors research group at KU Leuven, focused on developing innovative bio-molecular detection concepts and miniaturized analysis systems, announced a novel, label-free assay that can characterize the polyclonal antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 directly in patient blood...
Illumina, Inc. has announced the launch of TruSight™ Oncology (TSO) Comprehensive (EU), a single test that assesses multiple tumor genes and biomarkers to reveal the specific molecular profile of a patient's cancer. With its global launch first taking place in Europe, the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit will help inform precision medicine decisions for cancer patients across the continent...
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating the flexibility of Matrix Gemini LIMS at Lab Innovations South, a one-day conference for laboratory professionals in the South-East of the UK. Attendees will be able to see multiple systems including LIMS for pharmaceutical manufacturing, biobank management, drug stability studies, and general QC flows. Uniquely, all these systems use the same software. No code is added or changed...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot is helping the Arbovirus Testing Lab at the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories in Concord, USA, to streamline sample pooling for West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis virus testing. Laboratory supervisor Denise Bolton explained: “We adopted pooled testing in summer 2020, initially constructing the sample pools manually....
AMSBIO has introduced further essential tools for SARS-CoV-2 researchers to help decipher the COVID-19 B.1.1.529 variant. New to the AMSBIO range are recombinant proteins, easy-to-perform assay kits, Omicron pseudotyped lentiviruses and spike neutralizing antibodies for use in functional assays to block SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ACE2 binding...
Gibco cell culture at 60. As part of our anniversary celebrations, we’re revisiting pivotal moments from the past 60 years of cell culture. From the first time a budding scientist looked down the microscope, to one young professional’s career-defining conversation, our round-up of industry leaders, product designers and cell culturists have spoken and shared their stories and poignant snapshots....
Whitby based company Natures Laboratory has just received a major funding award worth over 180K from Innovate UK to develop new ways in which propolis – a natural antibiotic produced by bees – can be used to help meet the worldwide crisis in antibiotic resistance. WHO (World Health Organisation) put antibiotic resistance in its top ten global public health threats. The harsh reality is that the drugs don’t work anymore. We are now facing infections where no antibiotics can help...
Infectious disease diagnostics company Genetic Signatures has joined the BioHub Birmingham® as the launchpad for a planned further expansion into Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The BioHub is the first physical footprint within the UK and Europe for Genetic Signatures, which already provides the EasyScreen™ range of testing kits to countries in Europe and provides clinical diagnostics to the NHS for respiratory and gastro-intestinal diseases, and sexually transmitted infections...
Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instruments, has introduced the new Coral Cryo workflow solution. The workflow solution enables researchers to increase their success rate in cryo-electron tomography experiments through high precision confocal 3D targeting. Coral Cryo is ready to deploy and supports reproducibility by reducing and optimizing the number of workflow steps, while also minimizing the time required for training....
PEAK Scientific, the world leader in the manufacture & support of laboratory grade gas generators, has recently expanded the manufacturing facilities at their Glasgow headquarters. The manufacturing facility has increased from 8,500 square foot to just under, 12,500 square foot which will allow PEAK Scientific to increase their production, increase local employment opportunities and meet increased demands, both now and into the future...
Edinburgh Instruments is delighted to announce the introduction of a new upgrade for its photoluminescence spectrometers, designed and manufactured at their global headquarters in Scotland. The MicroPL upgrade enables the study of spectral or time-resolved photoluminescence of samples in the microscopic scale by converting an Edinburgh Instruments photoluminescence (PL) spectrometer into a combined spectrometer and microscope system...
Genomic sequencing service provider Macrogen Europe has announced an expanded offering for its single cell sequencing services. The expanded service gives clients an enormous array of options for input material, DNA library preparation and analysis. It provides scientists with highly in-depth transcriptomic data that is invaluable in areas such as immunology and oncology research...
Microtrac’s new STABINO ZETA is an analyzer which provides fast, precise, and reproducible zeta potential measurements in a range of 0.3 nm to 300 µm, with a concentration range of up to 40% by volume. The powerful measuring technology with its high resolution and data point density allows for simultaneous determination of 5 parameters within a few seconds: zeta potential, streaming potential, conductivity, pH value, and temperature...