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....
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for microscopy, reports on how University of Ghent have used the Deben CT5000 to study the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of four different depositional limestones. Sourced from the Paris Basin these limestones are often used as building material in France and Belgium. The University’s work was performed using HECTOR µCT partnered with...
The collaboration provides StarDrop™ users with easy access to ICSYNTHlight, an entry-level version of InfoChem’s computer-aided synthesis design (CASD) software to generate synthesis pathways for a target molecule. By stimulating new and unbiased ideas, researchers can explore alternative or novel synthetic routes with the potential to save time and reduce costs...
“The world of microwave synthesis”is a website addressed to experienced microwave chemists as well as chemists who are new to the field of microwave synthesis. Visitors to the website benefit from highly useful tools, such as an application database including more than 1000 chemical reactions which have been successfully performed in Anton Paar synthesis reactors....
Researchers at TauRx Therapeutics are using the automation capabilities of the Syrris Atlas HD reactor systems to simplify and accelerate process development for its product pipeline. Based at the company’s primary research facilities at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, the Syrris equipment is an integral part of the quality by design (QBD) process optimization workflow....
Evotec AG and The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership announce the formation of a new strategic public-private partnership to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. By joining forces, Evotec and GARDP will leverage their capabilities and networks to address drug-resistant bacterial infections. This includes bringing together GARDP's clinical expertise and...
Interactive Software is working with UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre to connect UK Biobanks and help them achieve their aim of assisting researchers by simplifying the sourcing of biological samples. The centralised tissue directory will also help raise the profile of Biobanks and ensure donated samples are visible and used for the purpose for which they were collected....
The Chromatographic Society and Separation Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry are pleased to announce “Emerging Separations Technologies 2019”. This one day meeting will be held at RSC Burlington House, London, UK where a full symposium program will be run alongside a vendor exhibition, opportunity to network and lunch provided by the excellent Burlington House team. The agenda will cover a range of highly pertinent topics...
Project to focus on data-driven cell conversions to produce cell therapies with potential application in wound healing, and oncology immunotherapy. Cell Mogrify Ltd, a UK company aiming to transform the future development of cell therapies, today announced that it has been awarded $555,000 USD (£420,000 GBP) funding from Innovate UK,the UK’s innovation agency, through the investment accelerator for innovation in precision medicine....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series with 'A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right LIMS'. This webcast is targeted at laboratories who are planning to implement a new LIMS, either for the first time or as a replacement for an existing system. Where do you start and what evaluation factors are most important?....
The University of Manchester, and Owlstone Medical,a global diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announce the award of an Asthma UK/Innovate UK grant for theimprovement of asthma diagnosis. Under a joint Asthma UK and Innovate UK funding initiative, which seeks to broker research collaborations between academia and UK industry to develop new tools that can...
The Videometerlab4 Multispectral Imaging System from Analytik now makes it possible to scan crop samples for Fusarium infection in under 10 seconds. The analytical methodology employed does not require traditional time-consuming sample preparation and eliminates the need for chemicals and costly consumables. Fusarium is a fungal disease which commonly affects wheat, barley, oats, triticale and grasses as seeds, seedlings and adult plants. The range of symptoms caused by...
Both companies are playing a key role in making scientific research reproducible and more transparent. Ripeta is developing a "credit report" for scientific publications to assess and help improve the transparency needed to effectively communicate research, while Gigantum is an emerging innovator in the area of data science platforms, supporting large-scale, data-oriented scientific research. Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science, said: "Reproducibility of research is one of the critical topics of modern times....
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the official opening of its Customer Solution Center in Delhi, India. In collaboration with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the new Food Safety Customer Solution Center will focus on meeting and exceeding the demands of scientists in food and beverage laboratories by developing critical workflows and integrated solutions that help build food safety capacity in India....
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, has announced its G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager is being utilised by scientists at a major London university to speed up analysis of proteins, DNA and cells associated with breast and a range of other cancer types. Scientists at the university are using a G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager to rapidly detect changes in DNA and protein expressed in human breast and other cancer tissues...
The new spin-out has been founded to commercialise TTP’s proprietary Vortex-Actuated Cell Sorting (VACS) technology, and fast-track development of a first commercial product, Highway 1™. TTP has invested £1.7m ($2.2m) in the spin-out, in addition to over £2m development funding to date. Highway 1 will be unveiled at CYTO, the 34th Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, in Vancouver, 22-26 June 2019....
GoodCat Analytical, LLC (GCA Laboratories) is based in Naples, FL, and is the first cannabis testing laboratory accredited by A2LA in the state. “I can’t say enough about each of our staff members efforts to develop and validate each analytical method,” said Jimmy Dodsworth, Chief Science Officer at GoodCat Analytical. “The level of quality for these internally developed tests is amazing considering we started from scratch.”...
USP<645> describes conductivity as key parameter for measuring the purity of ultrapure water and water for injection. Compliance with USP<645> is key for manufacturers from the pharmaceutical industry. However, following the three stage test procedure defined by the standard can be a challenge, particularly if the testing is performed manually. A dedicated Metrohm system provides a fully automated solution to this challenge reducing the risk of error while increasing productivity....
Testa Analytical Solutions e.K reports on how a BI-200SM light scattering goniometer system with autocorrelator has helped researchers at a prestigious government laboratory to solve the enigma of why aqueous molybdenum solutions are blue. A spokesperson from the Department of Physics at the government laboratory said "Molybdenum and oxygen can combine to form a wide variety of structures, and some...
Cannabis farmers in the United States may have a serious chemical problem to contend with–pesticides. Right now, there aren't any federal regulations on pesticide use in cannabis farming, and laws and use can vary widely by state. Some groups are calling for explicit restriction and regulation of pesticides used by commercial growing operations. Marijuana still isn't fully legal at the federal level, and it's possible pesticide regulations won't be added until these laws are amended....
SP Scientific’s Genevac Series 3 HT Centrifugal Evaporator is widely proven to provide highly effective drying of samples previously stored in Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO). Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an important polar aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and non-polar compounds and is miscible in a broad range of organic solvents as well as water. Because of these properties it is widely used as a universal sample storage solvent. However...
Myeloid immune cells kill cancer cells by eating them but cancer cells prevent this from happening by giving out a 'do not eat me' signal. Led by immunologists Ton Schumacher (Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode) and Ferenc Scheeren (Leiden University Medical Center), researchers from various research institutes have discovered a new method to inhibit the 'don’t eat me' signal, and have therefore found a new target for immunotherapy...