REPROCELL will provide custom drug discovery assays using live human tissues to improve the prediction of drug safety and efficacy. The collaboration is part of Medicines Discovery Catapult’s Virtual R&D network, which aims to support UK SMEs develop and execute their drug discovery projects with industrial rigour...
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, has announced the opening of its European laboratory in Munich, Germany. The laboratory focuses on material characterization services for fine powders and solid materials. The facility and business will be managed by Dr. Torben Sick who received his doctoral degree in chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, Germany...
The NanoScanOP 400 provides the fastest step and settle time of any objective positioner available. Incorporating capacitive feedback sensors, it also has market leading positioning accuracy and resolution. Compatible with most microscopes and objective lenses, the system has settings optimized for different objective sizes, weights and performance requirements....
The event gathered over 400 attendees, including A2LA assessors, accredited organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss the state of the accreditation industry and to engage in professional development related to conformity assessment. During the conference, attendees enjoyed schedules full of technical sessions, with time in between to engage and connect with one another....
At the 60th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), Bruker announced a breakthrough in ultra-high field (UHF) high-resolution NMR spectroscopy applied to structural biology and the study of functional intrinsically disordered proteins....
MR Solutions is a world leader in preclinical imaging solutions involving MRI, PET, SPECT, and CT. This year’s award was for their ground breaking PET technology. The advanced PET scanner can be used as standalone unit, clipped on the front of any MR Solutions MRI or CT scanner for sequential imaging or inserted inside the bore of the magnet on an MRI scanner for simultaneous imaging....
An Exhibition Like No Other in Europe. The Microscience Microscopy Congress is the largest in Europe. It brings together more than 90 companies who never fail to impress with the quantity and quality of equipment that they have on show....
The proven ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is a fully integrated high-end imaging system with various incubation and detection options. It combines the easy-to-use automation of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope. To get better data from three-dimensional samples, it is now possible to add ZEISS LSM 900 with Airyscan 2 for confocal imaging...
Wavelength calibration sources from Ocean Optics offer convenience and reliability. Ocean Optics, the applied spectral knowledge company, has released a new line of spectrometer wavelength calibration sources for convenient, reliable spectrometer calibration. The (-2) model series of calibration sources spans UV to NIR wavelengths, allowing users to maximize spectrometer performance and maintain the integrity of their results...
The new SlimLine range from Miele provides maximum capacity with a minimal footprint and is set to make daily laboratory tasks easier and safer. The freestanding SlimLine glassware washers not only have a width of just 650mm – which is 250mm narrower than existing Miele lab washers with similar capacity – they are designed with ease-of-use in mind, offering a wealth of features and benefits to help labs in all sectors run efficiently....
Flow Sciences Inc., Leland, NC and Isotech Design, Montreal (Quebec) Canada announce the formation of a strategic business alliance. This will promote the sales of one another’s products in North America and internationally to provide non-sterile and sterile solutions to pharma, biopharma, nanotechnology, pharmacy, and other industries....
Testa Analytical Solutions e.K reports that its BI-XDC X-Ray Disc Centrifuge is enabling scientists to make accurate, high resolution particle size distribution measurements, from nanometres to tens of micrometres, without time consuming calibration or absorption correction. Based on the principle of photosedimentation, the BI-XDC measures the size of particles according to the time the particle takes to sediment in...
Postnova Analytics Inc. reports how its Electrical Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) and Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) modules have been used to determine the physicochemical and biophysical attributes of monoclonal antibodies. EAF4 technology uniquely combines the principle of Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation in just one system....
Win 1 of 100 PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controllers from our limited summer color collection! This innovative pipette controller is now available in the latest seasonal colors – Pink Sunrise, Agave and Ocean Dream – as selected by our customers. To enter the prize drawing, all you have to do is fill out a short questionnaire that will help us to better understand your pipetting needs...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Genovis, a leading provider of enzyme products for biological drug development, begin a collaborative research project to develop advanced end-to-end workflows for the preparation, characterization and monitoring of novel and complex biotherapeutics using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)....
Every lab is unique in what processes and procedures take place – some requiring a more sterile working environment than others, there may even be air locks for staff to pass through, extracting, cleansing and renewing the air, a system in operation where high risk conditions are the norm....
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Glasgow, have announced a new advance in our understanding of how bacteria in our gut can provide positive health benefits. The breakthrough findings, published....
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), manufacturer of world-leading instrumentation for detecting trace-level organic compounds, has had its business success recognised by two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Markes has received the prestigious awards in the ‘Innovation’ and ‘International Trade’ categories, on the back of the ground-breaking valving technology incorporated in all of its thermal desorption instruments, as well its continued achievement in growing overseas trade...
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (Fujifilm), a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with experience in the development and manufacture of recombinant biopharmaceuticals and gene therapies, has announced the reduction of cell line development timelines with its Apollo X™ Advanced Mammalian Expression System....
Wildcat Laboratory Solutions reports on their recent installation of a custom designed Biological Safety Cabinet at Eligo Bioscience - a biotech start-up in Paris, France. Erica Lieberman - Head of Discovery and Automation at Eligo Biosciences commented “We needed to put our liquid-handling robot inside a biological safety cabinet so that it could be used for high-throughput screening of drug candidates against pathogenic bacterial strains....
LifeArc, the medical research charity, and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Foundation has announced that recruitment is open for their Technology Transfer Fellowship 2019-2020. The LifeArc-AUTM Fellows Programme is a one-year training fellowship that trains promising life scientists to become the next generation of highly skilled technology transfer specialists....
Greyhound Chromatography offers a comprehensive selection of top quality capillary columns from leading Manufacturers: Macherey Nagel, Greyhound and SGE. This month we are offering 30% off the Greyhound and SGE range. Greyhound Chromatography is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of the highest quality chromatography columns, consumables and certified reference standards available today...