Miele Professional, a leading provider of industry laboratory technology, has announced the launch of its entry level laboratory glasswasher, the ExploreLine. Particularly suitable for smaller laboratories like those found in schools, universities and medium sized businesses, the ExploreLine removes the need for manual cleaning of glassware and equipment. ExploreLine provides laboratories with a number of significant benefits over handwashing including...
OHAUS Corporation, a leading provider of laboratory equipment is excited to announce the launch of its latest innovation - the new and improved Frontier™ 5706P Multi Centrifuge (FC5706P). Setting a new benchmark in laboratory separation with new features designed to improve usability, durability, and efficiency, the FC5706P offers enhanced performance, with a compact and space-saving design...
A well-established EMBL partner, Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung (BIS), is providing €7 million to continue the successful development of the EMBL Imaging Centre (IC). Since its inception, the highly committed staff have positioned the EMBL IC as an internationally leading institution for cutting-edge imaging technologies. This is already the second round of funding by BIS, enabling EMBL to maintain and recruit additional highly qualified staff members...
Alpha Laboratories Ltd has been acquired by Diploma PLC, a FTSE 100 UK-listed group specialising in value-added technical products and services across Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. Diploma adds value by providing essential products and solutions through a decentralised, customer-orientated approach within each of its end markets...
The rise of clean technologies is demanding faster, more specialised lab innovation. In the attached article, Dr Raymond Wong, Technical Manager at Shimadzu, outlines how manufacturers are stepping up as key innovation partners, helping researchers meet today’s complex challenges with custom-built analytical systems...
The new generation of Safe-Lock Tubes is finally also biobased. "Eppendorf Safe-Lock Tubes BioBased" are made from 100 % renewable biobased feedstock of second generation (recycled e.g. from food oil wastes and residues; based on Mass-Balance-Approach). Thus, these tubes in the sizes 0.5 mL, 1.5 mL and 2.0 mL, better known in the laboratory world as “Eppi®”, are made of certified polypropylene based on renewable, used raw materials...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), an entity of the Department of Health, together with South Africa’s Department of Science Innovation and Technology, have announced the official opening of a dedicated training facility for advanced molecular science and laboratory management to further enhance essential scientific skills in-country, supporting future pandemic preparedness and local health system resilience...
FreezerPro from Azenta Life Sciences is a powerful web-based sample management inventory system that includes user-friendly tools for labelling, tracking, and managing samples. In an era where the integrity and traceability of biological samples are more critical than ever, FreezerPro offers researchers a fast, intuitive system that can be simply configured to manage sample data and physical storage locations with ease...
The UK’s largest gathering for laboratory professionals returns to the NEC, Birmingham, on 29 and 30 October 2025, bringing together thousands from across the scientific community. Lab Innovations 2025 will highlight sustainability initiatives, the latest in lab technology and a renewed focus on collaboration, with more than 200 suppliers exhibiting to an audience of researchers, technicians and science professionals...
Molecular Devices, LLC., a leading high-performance life science solutions provider, announce the launch of SpectraMax® iD5e and SpectraMax® iD3s Multi-Mode Microplate Readers. Honoring a legacy of product line reliability and strength, the SpectraMax Multi-Mode Microplate Readers have been transformed with next-generation innovation to improve research capabilities and provide unparalleled flexibility for a wide range of assays and applications...
An entrepreneur who founded one of the UK’s leading biotechnology companies has launched a new venture that aims to transform laboratory data management. Ryan Cawood, who founded OXGENE, has raised £750,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II, through fund manager Mercia Ventures, for his latest business, Lab Thread...
An immunohistochemistry and cellular pathology laboratory, in one of the UK’s busiest hospitals, is now benefitting from the unique Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) offering from Veolia. The lab, which operates 24/7 and delivers thousands of test results daily, required a new water treatment system but lacked the capital to purchase it outright. However, through the innovative and flexible approach of WaaS, the upgrade took place, and the facility is utilising industry-leading technology and specialist expertise...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, has announced the launch of four new Droplet Digital™ PCR (ddPCR™) platforms. The newly introduced instruments include Bio-Rad’s QX Continuum™ ddPCR system along with the QX700™ series of ddPCR platforms acquired as part of the company’s recently completed acquisition of digital PCR developer Stilla Technologies...
Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its new EchoTherm™ HPLC Column Oven Model CO20. The temperature range is from room temperature to 90.0°C readable and settable to 0.1°C. The PID temperature control software regulates temperatures to ±0.1°C. Temperature accuracy and stability are ±0.1ºC with a stable temperature indicator lamp on the front panel...
Takara Bio Europe is pleased to announce it has entered into a distribution agreement with MACHEREY-NAGEL (MN), a leading global provider of analytical and bioanalytical products. Under this agreement, Takara Bio Europe will distribute MN’s Bioanalysis portfolio in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemburg, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched the AAW™ Automated Assay Workstation, a solution powered by Opentrons, a leader in lab automation and accessible robotics. The workstation automates routine laboratory experiments previously performed manually, reducing hands-on time and ensuring consistency in results across diverse experimental settings...
Linkam Scientific Instruments is showcasing a range of microscopy stages and instrumentation at this year’s M&M conference, including its core stages, new products, and its cryogenic temperature portfolio. Linkam’s showcase at M&M 2025 includes the new IHS1700 stage, an infrared heating system developed alongside researchers at the University of Huddersfield, UK, which has a temperature range of room temperature to 1700 °C and uses infrared heating to achieve a maximum 2000 °C/min...
Entry level flow chemistry system continues to deliver. Launched in 2012, Vapourtec’s E-Series system, a flow chemistry platform optimized for ease of use, continues to push back boundaries when it comes introducing flow chemistry to hundreds of chemists around the world as well as playing a key role in an ever-growing number of research breakthroughs...
Manufacturers are constantly seeking faster, more effective methods of producing parts. But to achieve the best quality final products, it’s crucial not to rush the technical cleanliness process. Here, Salomé Larmier, electron microscopy specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains why technical cleanliness is critical and how to achieve it using microscopy techniques...
Biotium, a leading innovator in life science reagents, is proud to support the advancement of super-resolution imaging with the release of their MiniMab™ single-domain antibody (SdAb) series. The MiniMab™ SdAb series, like Nanobodies®, are high-affinity recombinant alpaca VHHs against Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP), Synaptotagmin 1 (SYT1) and Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1 (VGLUT1)...
Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for molecular design, has announced it has secured a strategic financing package with Shawbrook, a specialist UK bank that provides finance to established UK businesses on high growth trajectories. This multi-million-pound deal will enable Optibrium to continue to build its offering to global pharmaceutical and biotech teams, further increasing the speed and efficiency of their drug discovery timelines...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Oncomine™ Dx Express Test on the Ion Torrent™ Genexus™ Dx Integrated Sequencer as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assay for use as a companion diagnostic (CDx) for Dizal’s ZEGFROVY® (sunvozertinib) and in tumor profiling. This approval brings rapid next-generation sequencing (NGS) to decentralized clinical settings closer to where patients receive care...
Miele Professional, a leading provider of industry laboratory technology, has announced the launch of its entry level laboratory glasswasher, the ExploreLine. Particularly suitable for smaller laboratories like those found in schools, universities and medium sized businesses, the ExploreLine removes the need for manual cleaning of glassware and equipment. ExploreLine provides laboratories with a number of significant benefits over handwashing including...
OHAUS Corporation, a leading provider of laboratory equipment is excited to announce the launch of its latest innovation - the new and improved Frontier™ 5706P Multi Centrifuge (FC5706P). Setting a new benchmark in laboratory separation with new features designed to improve usability, durability, and efficiency, the FC5706P offers enhanced performance, with a compact and space-saving design...
A well-established EMBL partner, Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung (BIS), is providing €7 million to continue the successful development of the EMBL Imaging Centre (IC). Since its inception, the highly committed staff have positioned the EMBL IC as an internationally leading institution for cutting-edge imaging technologies. This is already the second round of funding by BIS, enabling EMBL to maintain and recruit additional highly qualified staff members...
Alpha Laboratories Ltd has been acquired by Diploma PLC, a FTSE 100 UK-listed group specialising in value-added technical products and services across Life Sciences, Seals, and Controls. Diploma adds value by providing essential products and solutions through a decentralised, customer-orientated approach within each of its end markets...
The rise of clean technologies is demanding faster, more specialised lab innovation. In the attached article, Dr Raymond Wong, Technical Manager at Shimadzu, outlines how manufacturers are stepping up as key innovation partners, helping researchers meet today’s complex challenges with custom-built analytical systems...
The new generation of Safe-Lock Tubes is finally also biobased. "Eppendorf Safe-Lock Tubes BioBased" are made from 100 % renewable biobased feedstock of second generation (recycled e.g. from food oil wastes and residues; based on Mass-Balance-Approach). Thus, these tubes in the sizes 0.5 mL, 1.5 mL and 2.0 mL, better known in the laboratory world as “Eppi®”, are made of certified polypropylene based on renewable, used raw materials...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), an entity of the Department of Health, together with South Africa’s Department of Science Innovation and Technology, have announced the official opening of a dedicated training facility for advanced molecular science and laboratory management to further enhance essential scientific skills in-country, supporting future pandemic preparedness and local health system resilience...
FreezerPro from Azenta Life Sciences is a powerful web-based sample management inventory system that includes user-friendly tools for labelling, tracking, and managing samples. In an era where the integrity and traceability of biological samples are more critical than ever, FreezerPro offers researchers a fast, intuitive system that can be simply configured to manage sample data and physical storage locations with ease...
The UK’s largest gathering for laboratory professionals returns to the NEC, Birmingham, on 29 and 30 October 2025, bringing together thousands from across the scientific community. Lab Innovations 2025 will highlight sustainability initiatives, the latest in lab technology and a renewed focus on collaboration, with more than 200 suppliers exhibiting to an audience of researchers, technicians and science professionals...
Molecular Devices, LLC., a leading high-performance life science solutions provider, announce the launch of SpectraMax® iD5e and SpectraMax® iD3s Multi-Mode Microplate Readers. Honoring a legacy of product line reliability and strength, the SpectraMax Multi-Mode Microplate Readers have been transformed with next-generation innovation to improve research capabilities and provide unparalleled flexibility for a wide range of assays and applications...
An entrepreneur who founded one of the UK’s leading biotechnology companies has launched a new venture that aims to transform laboratory data management. Ryan Cawood, who founded OXGENE, has raised £750,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II, through fund manager Mercia Ventures, for his latest business, Lab Thread...
An immunohistochemistry and cellular pathology laboratory, in one of the UK’s busiest hospitals, is now benefitting from the unique Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) offering from Veolia. The lab, which operates 24/7 and delivers thousands of test results daily, required a new water treatment system but lacked the capital to purchase it outright. However, through the innovative and flexible approach of WaaS, the upgrade took place, and the facility is utilising industry-leading technology and specialist expertise...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, has announced the launch of four new Droplet Digital™ PCR (ddPCR™) platforms. The newly introduced instruments include Bio-Rad’s QX Continuum™ ddPCR system along with the QX700™ series of ddPCR platforms acquired as part of the company’s recently completed acquisition of digital PCR developer Stilla Technologies...
Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its new EchoTherm™ HPLC Column Oven Model CO20. The temperature range is from room temperature to 90.0°C readable and settable to 0.1°C. The PID temperature control software regulates temperatures to ±0.1°C. Temperature accuracy and stability are ±0.1ºC with a stable temperature indicator lamp on the front panel...
Takara Bio Europe is pleased to announce it has entered into a distribution agreement with MACHEREY-NAGEL (MN), a leading global provider of analytical and bioanalytical products. Under this agreement, Takara Bio Europe will distribute MN’s Bioanalysis portfolio in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemburg, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched the AAW™ Automated Assay Workstation, a solution powered by Opentrons, a leader in lab automation and accessible robotics. The workstation automates routine laboratory experiments previously performed manually, reducing hands-on time and ensuring consistency in results across diverse experimental settings...
Linkam Scientific Instruments is showcasing a range of microscopy stages and instrumentation at this year’s M&M conference, including its core stages, new products, and its cryogenic temperature portfolio. Linkam’s showcase at M&M 2025 includes the new IHS1700 stage, an infrared heating system developed alongside researchers at the University of Huddersfield, UK, which has a temperature range of room temperature to 1700 °C and uses infrared heating to achieve a maximum 2000 °C/min...
Entry level flow chemistry system continues to deliver. Launched in 2012, Vapourtec’s E-Series system, a flow chemistry platform optimized for ease of use, continues to push back boundaries when it comes introducing flow chemistry to hundreds of chemists around the world as well as playing a key role in an ever-growing number of research breakthroughs...
Manufacturers are constantly seeking faster, more effective methods of producing parts. But to achieve the best quality final products, it’s crucial not to rush the technical cleanliness process. Here, Salomé Larmier, electron microscopy specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains why technical cleanliness is critical and how to achieve it using microscopy techniques...
Biotium, a leading innovator in life science reagents, is proud to support the advancement of super-resolution imaging with the release of their MiniMab™ single-domain antibody (SdAb) series. The MiniMab™ SdAb series, like Nanobodies®, are high-affinity recombinant alpaca VHHs against Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP), Synaptotagmin 1 (SYT1) and Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1 (VGLUT1)...
Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for molecular design, has announced it has secured a strategic financing package with Shawbrook, a specialist UK bank that provides finance to established UK businesses on high growth trajectories. This multi-million-pound deal will enable Optibrium to continue to build its offering to global pharmaceutical and biotech teams, further increasing the speed and efficiency of their drug discovery timelines...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Oncomine™ Dx Express Test on the Ion Torrent™ Genexus™ Dx Integrated Sequencer as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assay for use as a companion diagnostic (CDx) for Dizal’s ZEGFROVY® (sunvozertinib) and in tumor profiling. This approval brings rapid next-generation sequencing (NGS) to decentralized clinical settings closer to where patients receive care...