Teknova—a leading manufacturer of cell culture media and supplements, purification buffers, and molecular biology reagents—has expanded the production capacity for its range of viral transport media. This strategy enables the company to not only continue supplying these important products in periods of high demand, but also to offer the best pricing available for products of this type....
Sygnature Discovery, a world-leading integrated drug discovery and non-clinical solutions provider, has begun expanding into new state of the art laboratories at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park, Cheshire, adding Chemistry and Biology expertise to its DMPK and Translational Oncology teams already present on the site....
Tecan has launched the Frida Reader™ for the Fluent® Automation Workstation, offering researchers the ability to quantify nucleic acids without sample loss. This unique solution performs UV absorbance-based quantification and purity assessment in a hanging drop, avoiding the consumption of rare and precious samples following nucleic acid purification (NAP)...
Cherwell Laboratories, specialist supplier of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, is proud to announce that it is celebrating 50 years since its founding by Lawrence Whittard in February 1971, the same year and month that the UK went decimal. To mark the Company’s significant milestone, Cherwell will be running a series of activities throughout its Golden Anniversary year...
Addressing the need for increased flexibility, speed and accuracy in research applications throughout academic and industry laboratories, a new gas chromatography (GC) high-resolution mass spectrometer (MS) with unrivalled mass resolving power, sensitivity and wide dynamic range offers researchers the capability to achieve new depths of analysis and drive scientific understanding....
The acquisition will combine the complementary innovative technology offerings of the HORIBA Medical segment with MedTest Dx technology, Clinitox, and Pointe Scientific’s R&D and manufacturing capabilities, with particular expertise in FDA 510K and CLIA clearances, to address the multidisciplinary requirements of IVD (in-vitro diagnostics) testing customers...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has further expanded its offering of Class II Biological Safety Cabinets (BSCs) with the addition of an advanced system, designed to meet the sample and user protection requirements of bioprocessing, clinical diagnostic and biopharmaceutical laboratories. Featuring the latest sophisticated technology, the new Thermo Scientific Herasafe 2025 BSC offers superior levels...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit intended for the qualitative detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum or plasma. The kit, which marks Agilent’s entrance into SARS-CoV-2 testing in the US...
INTEGRA Biosciences AG – based in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, New Hampshire – has released its 2020 annual report, with sales rising 73% compared to the previous year for this manufacturer of laboratory equipment and pipettes. This is the tenth straight year of sales growth for this hidden champion from the Chur Rhine Valley....
Malvern Panalytical, a leading analytical instruments and services supplier, launches a new version of its Aeris compact X-ray diffractometer (XRD). Aeris is a small-footprint system with a big heart, and even bigger ambitions. This new version contains capabilities previously only seen in much larger systems, powering exciting leaps forward in scientific progress....
Proteomics, clinical peptides and biopharmaceutical research laboratories performing high throughput, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), or liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis can now benefit from novel capillary chromatography columns and nano- and capillary emitters, specifically designed for highly sensitive top-down, middle-down analysis....
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the Bio-Plex Pro Human IgG SARS-CoV-2 N/RBD/S1/S2 4-Plex Panel, for research use only (RUO). The Qualitative Multiplex Immunoassay Panel Provides Precise, Specific, and Sensitive Detection of IgG Antibodies Against Four SARS-CoV-2 Antigens...
Capitainer has announced that Sweden’s Västerbotten Region will be the first region to use Capitainer's home sampling kit, qDBS, for antibody testing for COVID-19. Adults will be able to order the kit online via the national online health portal 1177 in collaboration with Direkttest.se. People over the age of 16 in Västerbotten Region will be able to test for antibodies against COVID-19 at home...
An international consortium, led by scientists in Scotland, have devised a Coronavirus Toolkit which gives researchers from across the world open access to materials, including antibodies and genetic tools, which can be easily and immediately ordered via an online portal – to further research into COVID-19. The toolkit was designed and validated by scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research...
Veolia Water Technologies UK’s (VWT UK) innovative PURELAB® Quest unit has been selected to provide a complete purified water solution for a newly refurbished laboratory at University College London (UCL). The compact unit, which delivers all required types of purified water, was chosen to help maximise the available workspace. Located on the main UCL campus, the Anatomy Building has been undergoing phased updates to much of its interior, including several separate lab areas...
With the ever-increasing demand for COVID-19 testing, laboratories are placed under immense pressure for rapid and reliable analysis. Gilson's portable Connected smart devices can create a fully traceable and reliable lab environment from wherever you are, bringing confidence to manual pipetting within your COVID workflow and preserving the integrity of your sample....
PerkinElmer Changes COVID-19 Rapid Testing Landscape with Highly Sensitive Point of Care Antigen Test for Mass Screening. PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced the launch of the PerkinElmer® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen in nasal (NS) or nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens. The lateral flow immunoassay test can be used to screen or to aid in diagnoses of COVID-19 in asymptomatic or symptomatic individuals....
Formerly Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, Antylia Scientific (An-til-e-a) will continue to build on our platform of unique products and expert customer support by expanding the company’s organic product research and development capabilities and acquiring complementary products and companies.
CTK Bio Canada (the “Company”) has developed a new bioplastic resin designed to biodegrade by both industrial and home composting, as well as in unmanaged environments like soil and seawater, in order to reduce microplastic pollution. The Company is now undertaking detailed experimental trials with academic partners to further enhance and validate its technology ahead of anticipated commercial rollout in 2022, meanwhile a provisional patent has been filed....
Bioprocess researchers undertaking high-density mammalian, bacterial or microbial cell culture separations can now benefit from a next-generation single-use, sterilized, closed-system BioProcess Container (BPC) designed to offer a highly efficient alternative for harvesting by centrifugation. Developed specifically for use with the Thermo Scientific Sorvall BIOS 16 Centrifuge, the single-use, sterilized, closed-system Thermo Scientific CentriPAK BPC enables...
Analytik Jena has published a new e-book for water and wastewater analysis. It demonstrates efficient methods and solutions for a wide range of selected routine and special applications. The e-book focuses on some central areas of water and wastewater analysis: In addition to the analysis of TOC/TNb and AOX, elemental analysis, and UV/Vis spectroscopy, the e-book also highlights molecular biological detection solutions....
Would you like to brighten up your lab? To celebrate four decades of success, INTEGRA is giving you the opportunity to win one of 100 PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controllers. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is fill out a short questionnaire to help us understand your pipetting needs. The competition is open to everyone and the deadline for entries is the 31st of May 2021, with the winners announced shortly afterwards....