The University of Birmingham has won funding for a powerful new piece of technology called a spectrometer which will allow scientists to better gain insights into the molecular basis of human health – including the progression of cancer and infectious diseases. The spectrometer, which will operate at a strength around 500,000 times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field, will be...
The only modular isolator to offer built in Bioquell Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor technology for rapid bio-decontamination, reduced risk and major cost benefits. One of the leading global experts in reducing the risk of bio-contamination in the Life Science market – highlighted the suitability of its state-of-the-art Bioquell Qube aseptic workstation for the rapidly emerging CAR-T and gene and cell therapy sector. The isolator, which can be customised to suit the individual needs of cell therapy...
Protagen AG has announced the start of a collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to utilize Protagen’s SeroTag® technology to investigate the immuno-profiling of prostate cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors and therapeutic vaccines. Cancer immunotherapies can be very powerful and provide novel opportunities for the treatment of cancer....
Measuring grip strength – a clinical test that is both cheap and easy to perform – could be an important way to identify people who are at high risk for a wide range of diseases. New research, led by the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences and published in the BMJ, found that lower grip strength was strongly associated with a wide range of poorer health outcomes, including...
The latest imaging technologies, which are instrumental to revealing structural and functional information for biological, material and geosciences research, were showcased at a global research event. The University of Portsmouth, in collaboration with Zeiss, hosted a ‘Correlative Microscopy Workshop’. This workshop consisted of scientific talks in the morning and instrument demos in the afternoon, covering biological, materials and geosciences topics....
Antibodies Used to Support Research into the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. HBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, has announced the release of a range of anti-vedolizumab antibodies. Vedolizumab (Entyvio) is a monoclonal antibody that is used to treat ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) and Crohn’s disease...
Dolomite Bio, a leading provider of high throughput single cell technology, and Partek Incorporated, a recognized leader in the development of powerful genomic data analysis tools – today announced a collaboration to combine Partek’s single cell data analysis capabilities with Dolomite Bio’s microfluidic droplet-based single cell technology. Single cell data analysis enables researchers to gain useful insights into the diversity and state of single cells in a particular sample...
A new case study from Autoscribe Informatics discusses the useof the Matrix LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) in the Cereal, Milling and Baking Science Laboratory at Allied Technical Centre (ATC). It illustrates how a flexible, configurable LIMS can be adapted by the users themselves to meet changing requirements....
The UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF), UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), alongside support from Innovate UK, have invested in UCL spinout company Glialign Ltd, which is developing a novel cell therapy for peripheral nerve repair....
Test will expand the range of diagnostic options available to guide treatment of Plasmodium vivax. PATH and United Kingdom-based test developer Mologic have entered an agreement to advance a new rapid diagnostic test to support treatment and elimination of Plasmodium vivax, or relapsing, malaria....
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Luisa Mestroni's research laboratory which specializes in the study of genetics of cardiac muscle diseases. They use the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to help the characterization of cardiomyopathies......
Postnova Analytics announce in a joint collaboration with the Department of Biosciences at the University of Helsinki (Finland), that Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) was successfully employed for the purification of halophilic (extreme) viruses. Viruses come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, of particular current interest to researchers are viruses that live in extreme conditions such as high...
Porvair Sciences has collaborated with Persomics Inc. to develop and supply ANSI/SLAS format Arrays as an OEM product for their ImagineArray™ platform. On the Persomics ImagineArray™ platform, traditional microplate wells are replaced with contact-printed spots on a slide which is mounted into an SLAS/ANSI format frame. Each spot is a...
PhoreMost, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, today announced it has signed a collaborative agreement with Plexxikon Inc., the small molecule structure-guided R&D centre of Daiichi Sankyo. Under the agreement, PhoreMost will apply its next-generation phenotypic screening platform, SITESEEKER®, towards...
Research sheds light on initial phase of infectious disease and potential for prevention of pneumococcal septicaemia. Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by the University of Leicester has shown....
NovAliX, a trusted provider of expert chemistry and biophysics services with cutting-edge screening techniques, will broaden the range of clients to access the bio-derived structurally diverse fragments of the Natural Fragment Library. Thanks to the Natural Fragment Library, the entire supply chain for the molecular fragments from Pierre Fabre plant library is kept under control - from fully traceable plant sourcing, to production and...
Market leaders in temperature-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, report on how Astra Zeneca monitor changes in humidity and their effects on the development of new APIs. The work is being led by Dr James McCabe, Associate Principal Scientist based at the Macclesfield laboratories of Astra Zeneca....
First Personal Genomics Product Will Focus on 59 Genes Identified by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) as Highly Penetrant. PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Helix, a personal genomics company, to develop and commercialize exome sequencing-based tests...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2018 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, May 16th with Graduating from Spreadsheets to a True LIMS. This webcast is ideal for laboratories who are currently using paper logbooks or simple spreadsheets to perform sample management...
Sartorius Stedim Biotechand 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....
Rigorous testing and data analysis from independent consultant, PDS Sandbox LLC offers conclusive proof that Watson-Marlow’s Quantum 600 peristaltic pump demonstrates an: “…excellent level of precision across a full range of pressures...
Choosing a new LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) or upgrading an existing one can be quite a challenge. A recent webinar from Autoscribe Informatics entitled ‘Key Questions To Ask When Choosing Your Next LIMS’ can now be viewed...
The University of Birmingham has won funding for a powerful new piece of technology called a spectrometer which will allow scientists to better gain insights into the molecular basis of human health – including the progression of cancer and infectious diseases. The spectrometer, which will operate at a strength around 500,000 times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field, will be...
The only modular isolator to offer built in Bioquell Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor technology for rapid bio-decontamination, reduced risk and major cost benefits. One of the leading global experts in reducing the risk of bio-contamination in the Life Science market – highlighted the suitability of its state-of-the-art Bioquell Qube aseptic workstation for the rapidly emerging CAR-T and gene and cell therapy sector. The isolator, which can be customised to suit the individual needs of cell therapy...
Protagen AG has announced the start of a collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to utilize Protagen’s SeroTag® technology to investigate the immuno-profiling of prostate cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors and therapeutic vaccines. Cancer immunotherapies can be very powerful and provide novel opportunities for the treatment of cancer....
Measuring grip strength – a clinical test that is both cheap and easy to perform – could be an important way to identify people who are at high risk for a wide range of diseases. New research, led by the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences and published in the BMJ, found that lower grip strength was strongly associated with a wide range of poorer health outcomes, including...
Antibodies Used to Support Research into the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. 
Dolomite Bio, a leading provider of high throughput single cell technology, and Partek Incorporated, a recognized leader in the development of powerful genomic data analysis tools – today announced a collaboration to combine Partek’s single cell data analysis capabilities with Dolomite Bio’s microfluidic droplet-based single cell technology. Single cell data analysis enables researchers to gain useful insights into the diversity and state of single cells in a particular sample...
A new case study from Autoscribe Informatics discusses the use
The UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF), UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), alongside support from Innovate UK, have invested in UCL spinout company Glialign Ltd, which is developing a novel cell therapy for peripheral nerve repair....
Test will expand the range of diagnostic options available to guide treatment of Plasmodium vivax. 
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Luisa Mestroni's research laboratory which specializes in the study of genetics of cardiac muscle diseases. They use the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to help the characterization of cardiomyopathies......
Postnova Analytics announce in a joint collaboration with the Department of Biosciences at the University of Helsinki (Finland), that Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) was successfully employed for the purification of halophilic (extreme) viruses. Viruses come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, of particular current interest to researchers are viruses that live in extreme conditions such as high...
Porvair Sciences has collaborated with Persomics Inc. to develop and supply ANSI/SLAS format Arrays as an OEM product for their ImagineArray™ platform. On the Persomics ImagineArray™ platform, traditional microplate wells are replaced with contact-printed spots on a slide which is mounted into an SLAS/ANSI format frame. Each spot is a...
PhoreMost, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, today announced it has signed a collaborative agreement with Plexxikon Inc., the small molecule structure-guided R&D centre of Daiichi Sankyo. Under the agreement, PhoreMost will apply its next-generation phenotypic screening platform, SITESEEKER®, towards...
Research sheds light on initial phase of infectious disease and potential for prevention of pneumococcal septicaemia. Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by the University of Leicester has shown....
NovAliX, a trusted provider of expert chemistry and biophysics services with cutting-edge screening techniques, will broaden the range of clients to access the bio-derived structurally diverse fragments of the Natural Fragment Library. Thanks to the Natural Fragment Library, the entire supply chain for the molecular fragments from Pierre Fabre plant library is kept under control - from fully traceable plant sourcing, to production and...
Market leaders in temperature-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, report on how Astra Zeneca monitor changes in humidity and their effects on the development of new APIs. The work is being led by Dr James McCabe, Associate Principal Scientist based at the Macclesfield laboratories of Astra Zeneca....
First Personal Genomics Product Will Focus on 59 Genes Identified by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) as Highly Penetrant. PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Helix, a personal genomics company, to develop and commercialize exome sequencing-based tests...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2018 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, May 16th with Graduating from Spreadsheets to a True LIMS. This webcast is ideal for laboratories who are currently using paper logbooks or simple spreadsheets to perform sample management...
Sartorius Stedim Biotechand 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....
Rigorous testing and data analysis 
Choosing a new LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) or upgrading an existing one can be quite a challenge. A recent webinar from Autoscribe Informatics entitled ‘Key Questions To Ask When Choosing Your Next LIMS’ can now be viewed...