MediSieve wins 1st runner up at prestigious Boston Biotech Week start up competition. Medical device company, MediSieve, received accolades for their ground breaking work during the Biotech Week held in Boston in September 2018. MediSieve won first runner up for Best Business Plan at the Xcelerate Startup Pitch Competition hosted by Xcelerate Insight and EBD Group. The pitch competition is designed to give early stage companies exposure to possible investors and partners...
Join us for the day on 4 December 2018 at Schauenburg Analytics, Offenbach am Main, Germany, for a free-to-attend workshop, and learn about the recent advances in VOC and SVOC sampling and analysis for GC–MS. You’ll also have an opportunity to have a look around the laboratory and get hands-on with the instrumentation. What you'll learn...
A collaboration between Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) and a leading American training institute is helping to deliver first-class learning experiences for the bioprocessing sector. The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) in North Carolina, USA is now equipped with WMFTG’s Quantum pump technology: thereby offering users and trainees access to the latest in pump innovation in bioprocessing...
Creative Medical Research is working with a medical device manufacturer to find Lab Managers, Lab Technicians and Pathologists to take part in 60 minute face-to-face interviews in London and Manchester. The research relates to a new blood analysis device for lab settings and the interviews are required as part of the regulatory approval process. Not only will your involvement help the client move towards approval, it will also give you an opportunity to influence the final design of the device, ensuring it is fit for purposes and optimised from the user’s perspective....
Science communication refers to the process of effectively relaying the facts and findings from scientific studies to other scientists, non-experts and the general public. This helps people understand broader implications of scientific studies for society. Here, Maya Raghunandan, freelancer for online platform for freelance scientists Kolabtree and molecular biologist, explains how scientists can help with effective science communication.....
Raremark, the leading patient-data platform in rare disease, has raised £3m in funding from investors, led by AlbionVC and Ananda Ventures, with participation from Oltre Venture and from existing major investor the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund. The funding will be used to develop Raremark’s patient-engagement and data-analysis technology, helping biopharmaceutical companies to identify, engage and learn from patients, accelerating the development of new treatments....
Again and again consumers are confronted with scandals in the foodstuff industry. The latest case is the Fipronil egg scandal in the laying hen farming in the Netherlands and in Lower Saxony (Germany). What actually do foodstuff producers and marketers do to avoid such cases? A lot, if you believe the rising costs in the area of modern foodstuff analysis. So during the last decades, always newer and more sophisticated processes will be and were developed with the most sensitive detection thresholds (ELISA, PCR or the mycotoxin analysis) for quality control...
Thermo Fisher and Symphogen to develop new workflows to characterize and monitor the quality of mixed antibody products. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Symphogen, a clinical-stage antibody oncology-focused company, have entered into a two-year collaborative partnership to deliver validated, platform workflows for simplified characterization and quality monitoring of complex therapeutic proteins.....
Ferring Accesses Evotec's Integrated Small Molecule Discovery and Development Platform to Progress New Molecules from Concept to Potential Drug Candidates. Evotec is Eligible for Undiscovered Research Funding and Milestones. Evotec AG and Ferring Pharmaceuticals ("Ferring") has announced a strategic research alliance to discover and develop new small molecule therapies to treat patients living with fertility and gynaecological conditions...
Postnova Analytics has published an application study that describes a new method for quantification of liposome encapsulated drug using Centrifugal Field-Flow Fractionation (CF3). Nanoparticles including liposomes are increasingly used for delivery of drug molecules. During formulation of a liposome around a drug particle, a relatively large amount of free drug may remain unencapsulated and therefore not available for drug delivery via the liposomal carrier...
Cresset, innovative provider of software and contract research services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce that Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute(CRUK MI), has licensed Flare for fresh insights into structure-based drug design. “Putting easy-to use and visually driven structure-based design software in the hands of our medicinal chemists will empower them to deliver the next generation of cancer therapeutics more efficiently,” says Professor Caroline Springer
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that a collaboration for a prospective study in Brazil aiming to validate the Fetal Medicine Foundation’s (FMF’s) algorithm for pre-term preeclampsia. The FMF algorithm, which is based on a European population, will now be applied to a study group representative of the Brazilian population....
As the global population keeps rising, the demand for food increases. To meet this ever growing demand, scientists are searching for new, efficient and innovative ways to properly feed people around the world. Researchers are challenged to find immediate solutions, as well as the long-term reimagining of the global food supply. The scientists at JUST are creating a long term solution by building a highly advanced food system on the basis...
The German scientist Johannes Kohl, Ph.D. has won the 2018 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his work on neural mechanisms underlying parental care. Johannes Kohl carried out his research in the laboratory of Catherine Dulac at Harvard University. His work has revealed how a small population of genetically defined neurons controls the motor, motivational, hormonal, and social aspects of parental behavior in...
A senior researcher at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded around £1.5million in funding in a single week for public health related research projects, as part of her innovative work with microbes and industrial waste streams. Dr Christine Edwards, from RGU’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, has spent the past year on a sabbatical dedicated to advancing a number of projects in line with her focus on cyanobacterial research....
Collaboration unites a worldwide leader in the clinical diagnostics industry with one of the nation’s top research and healthcare institutions to ideate solutions that will address today’s healthcare challenges. Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in the clinical diagnostics industry, is embarking on an innovation collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine to explore co-innovation initiatives with the goal of developing and commercializing novel solutions that address challenges in healthcare....
The Metrohm jubilee year 2018 culminates with a highlight: The three winners of the global competition for the Metrohm Young Chemist Award have been nominated and invited to visit Metrohm International Headquarters in Switzerland. Metrohm has always valued the spirit of innovation and believes in the value of novel research performed by young scientists. Throughout this year, young chemist all over the world had the chance to apply with their research and compete for the Metrohm Young Chemist Award in their home countries...
Funding will be used to improve efficiency of induced pluripotent stem cell production. ROSLINCT, a leading cell and gene therapy contract manufacturing organisation, has announced it is to receive a £1.2 million investment to collaborate with REPROCELL Europe Ltd (REPROCELL), a UK-based stem cell company, on a project which will develop a faster, more cost-effective method of producing clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The investment comes from Innovate UK’s Medicines Manufacturing Round 2 competition...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Penn State University have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance multidisciplinary teaching and research in biotechnology. This long-term relationship will support the education and preparation of the next generation of biotechnology leaders. Part of Sartorius’ investment will be to enhance the Fermentation Facility that will play a significant role in Penn State’s Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology (CoEIB). Sartorius will provide state-of-the-art fermentation technologies, and a central laboratory...
The health and balance of the gut microbiota is important in the progression of a bacterial infection, according to new research. A new study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Nature Communications, found that disease-causing bacteria were taking signals from the host’s gut microbiota in order to spread and progress the infection. Using Citrobacter, a bacterium that infects mice and is a model for the human pathogen, E. coli, researchers were able to see that the bacteria were using signals produced from the microbiota to trigger the disease...
eXmoor pharma and MeiraGTx are delighted to announce an extension to their strategic collaboration. eXmoor is providing process development services from its Commercialisation Laboratories at Future Space, Bristol. Two streams of work have focused on development of the MeiraGTx adherent and suspension cell process platforms and have demonstrated yield improvement as well as scale up towards commercial supply. This collaboration is the next step in the relationship following eXmoor’s assistance....
A scientific breakthrough has revealed a new way that bacteria evolves, thought to be at least 1,000 times more efficient than any currently known mechanism. The insights will help scientists to better understand how superbugs can rapidly evolve and become increasingly antibiotic resistant. The research, led by the University of Glasgow and the National University of Singapore...
MediSieve wins 1st runner up at prestigious Boston Biotech Week start up competition. Medical device company, MediSieve, received accolades for their ground breaking work during the Biotech Week held in Boston in September 2018. MediSieve won first runner up for Best Business Plan at the Xcelerate Startup Pitch Competition hosted by Xcelerate Insight and EBD Group. The pitch competition is designed to give early stage companies exposure to possible investors and partners...
Join us for the day on 4 December 2018 at Schauenburg Analytics, Offenbach am Main, Germany, for a free-to-attend workshop, and learn about the recent advances in VOC and SVOC sampling and analysis for GC–MS. You’ll also have an opportunity to have a look around the laboratory and get hands-on with the instrumentation. What you'll learn...
A collaboration between Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) and a leading American training institute is helping to deliver first-class learning experiences for the bioprocessing sector. The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) in North Carolina, USA is now equipped with WMFTG’s Quantum pump technology: thereby offering users and trainees access to the latest in pump innovation in bioprocessing...
Creative Medical Research is working with a medical device manufacturer to find Lab Managers, Lab Technicians and Pathologists to take part in 60 minute face-to-face interviews in London and Manchester. The research relates to a new blood analysis device for lab settings and the interviews are required as part of the regulatory approval process. Not only will your involvement help the client move towards approval, it will also give you an opportunity to influence the final design of the device, ensuring it is fit for purposes and optimised from the user’s perspective....
Science communication refers to the process of effectively relaying the facts and findings from scientific studies to other scientists, non-experts and the general public. This helps people understand broader implications of scientific studies for society. Here, Maya Raghunandan, freelancer for online platform for freelance scientists Kolabtree and molecular biologist, explains how scientists can help with effective science communication.....
Raremark, the leading patient-data platform in rare disease, has raised £3m in funding from investors, led by AlbionVC and Ananda Ventures, with participation from Oltre Venture and from existing major investor the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund. The funding will be used to develop Raremark’s patient-engagement and data-analysis technology, helping biopharmaceutical companies to identify, engage and learn from patients, accelerating the development of new treatments....
Again and again consumers are confronted with scandals in the foodstuff industry. The latest case is the Fipronil egg scandal in the laying hen farming in the Netherlands and in Lower Saxony (Germany). What actually do foodstuff producers and marketers do to avoid such cases? A lot, if you believe the rising costs in the area of modern foodstuff analysis. So during the last decades, always newer and more sophisticated processes will be and were developed with the most sensitive detection thresholds (ELISA, PCR or the mycotoxin analysis) for quality control...
Thermo Fisher and Symphogen to develop new workflows to characterize and monitor the quality of mixed antibody products. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Symphogen, a clinical-stage antibody oncology-focused company, have entered into a two-year collaborative partnership to deliver validated, platform workflows for simplified characterization and quality monitoring of complex therapeutic proteins.....
Ferring Accesses Evotec's Integrated Small Molecule Discovery and Development Platform to Progress New Molecules from Concept to Potential Drug Candidates. Evotec is Eligible for Undiscovered Research Funding and Milestones. Evotec AG and Ferring Pharmaceuticals ("Ferring") has announced a strategic research alliance to discover and develop new small molecule therapies to treat patients living with fertility and gynaecological conditions...
Postnova Analytics has published an application study that describes a new method for quantification of liposome encapsulated drug using Centrifugal Field-Flow Fractionation (CF3). Nanoparticles including liposomes are increasingly used for delivery of drug molecules. During formulation of a liposome around a drug particle, a relatively large amount of free drug may remain unencapsulated and therefore not available for drug delivery via the liposomal carrier...
Cresset, innovative provider of software and contract research services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce that Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute(CRUK MI), has licensed Flare for fresh insights into structure-based drug design. “Putting easy-to use and visually driven structure-based design software in the hands of our medicinal chemists will empower them to deliver the next generation of cancer therapeutics more efficiently,” says Professor Caroline Springer
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that a collaboration for a prospective study in Brazil aiming to validate the Fetal Medicine Foundation’s (FMF’s) algorithm for pre-term preeclampsia. The FMF algorithm, which is based on a European population, will now be applied to a study group representative of the Brazilian population....
As the global population keeps rising, the demand for food increases. To meet this ever growing demand, scientists are searching for new, efficient and innovative ways to properly feed people around the world. Researchers are challenged to find immediate solutions, as well as the long-term reimagining of the global food supply. 
The German scientist Johannes Kohl, Ph.D. has won the 2018 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his work on neural mechanisms underlying parental care. Johannes Kohl carried out his research in the laboratory of Catherine Dulac at Harvard University. His work has revealed how a small population of genetically defined neurons controls the motor, motivational, hormonal, and social aspects of parental behavior in...
A senior researcher at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been awarded around £1.5million in funding in a single week for public health related research projects, as part of her innovative work with microbes and industrial waste streams. Dr Christine Edwards, from RGU’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, has spent the past year on a sabbatical dedicated to advancing a number of projects in line with her focus on cyanobacterial research....
Collaboration unites a worldwide leader in the clinical diagnostics industry with one of the nation’s top research and healthcare institutions to ideate solutions that will address today’s healthcare challenges. 
The Metrohm jubilee year 2018 culminates with a highlight: The three winners of the global competition for the Metrohm Young Chemist Award have been nominated and invited to visit Metrohm International Headquarters in Switzerland. Metrohm has always valued the spirit of innovation and believes in the value of novel research performed by young scientists. Throughout this year, young chemist all over the world had the chance to apply with their research and compete for the Metrohm Young Chemist Award in their home countries...
Funding will be used to improve efficiency of induced pluripotent stem cell production. ROSLINCT, a leading cell and gene therapy contract manufacturing organisation, has announced it is to receive a £1.2 million investment to collaborate with REPROCELL Europe Ltd (REPROCELL), a UK-based stem cell company, on a project which will develop a faster, more cost-effective method of producing clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The investment comes from Innovate UK’s Medicines Manufacturing Round 2 competition...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Penn State University have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance multidisciplinary teaching and research in biotechnology. This long-term relationship will support the education and preparation of the next generation of biotechnology leaders. Part of Sartorius’ investment will be to enhance the Fermentation Facility that will play a significant role in Penn State’s Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology (CoEIB). Sartorius will provide state-of-the-art fermentation technologies, and a central laboratory...
The health and balance of the gut microbiota is important in the progression of a bacterial infection, according to new research. A new study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Nature Communications, found that disease-causing bacteria were taking signals from the host’s gut microbiota in order to spread and progress the infection. Using Citrobacter, a bacterium that infects mice and is a model for the human pathogen, E. coli, researchers were able to see that the bacteria were using signals produced from the microbiota to trigger the disease...
eXmoor pharma and MeiraGTx are delighted to announce an extension to their strategic collaboration. eXmoor is providing process development services from its Commercialisation Laboratories at Future Space, Bristol. Two streams of work have focused on development of the MeiraGTx adherent and suspension cell process platforms and have demonstrated yield improvement as well as scale up towards commercial supply. This collaboration is the next step in the relationship following eXmoor’s assistance....
A scientific breakthrough has revealed a new way that bacteria evolves, thought to be at least 1,000 times more efficient than any currently known mechanism. The insights will help scientists to better understand how superbugs can rapidly evolve and become increasingly antibiotic resistant. The research, led by the University of Glasgow and the National University of Singapore...