To advance their acclaimed oncology research, researchers at the Erasmus MC and Medical Delta in the Netherlands, have acquired a VECTor5OI/CT – the world’s only preclinical in-vivo imaging system with integrated morphological, functional and nuclear and optical molecular imaging capabilities.
Using a single animal scan and a single anesthesia session, this unique system can acquire high-resolution CT, high-definition PET and SPECT, high-energy theranostic as well as bioluminescence and fluorescence images. The integration of these multimodal-imaging capabilities leads to improved data quality and reduces the use of animal models.
ZEISS plans to build a new shared innovation hub on the north campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2018; the €30 million hub will cover 12,000 square meters. With the ZEISS Innovation Hub, the global technology leader in optics and optoelectronics is making a sustainable investment in Germany as a place for innovation.....
Technology originally developed to detect gravitational waves is being used to generate tissue engineered bone graft for future use in orthopaedic medicine, scientists report in a new paper.
The latest development in a technique known as ‘nanokicking’ has allowed scientists from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, the West of Scotland and Galway to grow three-dimensional samples of mineralised bone in the laboratory for the first time....
Funding will be used to develop the Company’s Alphamer technology to target antibacterial resistance
Centauri Therapeutics Ltd (Centauri), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, has announced that it has been awarded up to £945,000 under Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) programme....
Chemistry live: Using a scanning tunneling microscope, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able for the very first time to witness in detail the activity of catalysts during an electro-chemical reaction.
The measurements show how the surface structure of the catalysts influences their activity. The new analysis method can now be used to improve catalysts for the electrochemical industry. No energy transition without catalysts...
First Standard Configuration Analyzer to Offer Ultraviolet and Infrared Lasers with Avalanche Photodiode Detectors
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has opened up the possibilities for cancer researchers with the launch of the first flow cytometer to offer excitation sources across the visible spectrum in a standard configuration.....
Porvair Sciences reports that the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India is using its Krystal 384 black microplate to produce a standard drug testing assay for Plasmodium vivax infection.
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....
Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, the West of Scotland and Galway have grown three-dimensional samples of mineralised bone from human mesenchymal stem cells for the first time without typical osteoinductive media.
The research, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, is the latest advance in a technique known as ‘Nanokicking’, and is an essential first step in the potential culture of cellularised bone grafts. The technique - developed by a team including Matthew Dalby, Professor of Cell Engineering at the University of Glasgow, and....
The further development of a promising Chikungunya vaccine candidate by Themis Bioscience is now supported with 3 Mio.GBP by the United Kingdom's innovation agency, Innovate UK.
Themis, the Vienna-based specialist for vaccine development, will use these funds to identify and validate a correlate of protection for its prophylactic Chikungunya vaccination candidate. Currently the candidate is tested in three parallel phase II clinical trials, including one that is performed in an endemic area for Chikungunya....
Median Technologies have announced that it will lead a scientific and medical round table to discuss the application of its next generation imaging platform iBiopsy® for NASH.
The round table panel will include four world-renowned key opinion leaders: Dr. Richard Jones, MD, MRCP, Vice President, General Medicine, Princeton, NJ, USA. Dr. Jones is a GMC registered UK Physician specializing in internal medicine, clinical pharmacology and cardiology....
Genevac reports that its Rocket Synergy centrifugal evaporator is being adopted by laboratories looking to replace multiple rotary evaporators, from benchtop to production capacity, saving them valuable bench space and improving productivity.
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination.....
Global High-Performance Liquid Chromatography market is projected to grow from US$4.462 billion in 2017 to US$5.672 billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 4.91% over the forecast period.
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is a technique which helps in separating and identifying of components in a mixture. Ongoing research and development is contributing to expanding application of HPLC applications in medical, research, and manufacturing sector....
30 percent growth and innovation products wins Manchester company BVCA award
Having the right technology at the right time has made Elucigene Diagnostics a world leading developer and distributor of prenatal, rare disease and infertility genetics diagnostics. The Manchester-based company has been selected as the winner of the Venture-backed Management Team 2017 award for the Northwest....
Nikon Instruments announces winners of seventh annual competition that reveals details about an unseen microscopic world
Nikon Instruments Inc. have unveiled the winners of the seventh annual Nikon Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition, awarding First Place to Daniel von Wangenheim from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria for his time lapse video following the root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana...
Entire library of 56,000 samples transferred in under 3 days
BioAscent Discovery Limited has taken delivery of Medivir AB’s compound collection of around 56,000 samples, to manage on an outsourced basis. To ensure business continuity during this transfer process, the complete collection was transferred within three working days....
Leading industrial biotechnology company Ingenza has acquired a high performance benchtop bioreactor system to enable faster development of new fermentation processes.
The Sartorius ambr® 250 modular system combines automated operation and monitoring with small-scale, single-use fermentation vessels, offering potential benefits across the business. This compact instrument is designed to fit seamlessly into laboratory fermentation workflows, helping to accelerate development timelines....
Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test that can take just seconds to confirm whether someone has used cocaine.
This new breakthrough, published in Clinical Chemistry, comes as a result of the first large scale study of cocaine users and could pave the way for the detection of a range of other Class A substances.The research was carried out with partners from the Netherlands Forensic Institute and Intelligent Fingerprinting....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports how Dr Hilde Roex from the University College Leuven & Limburg leads second year undergraduates through an organic chemistry laboratory to show them the value of NMR spectroscopy.
The students use the Magritek Spinsolve Proton benchtop NMR spectrometer. The University College Leuven Limburg, UCLL, is a multi-campus group in the region of Limburg and Flemish Brabant. Dr Hilde Roex is the co-ordinator of the second year organic chemistry laboratory course of the Chemistry Program....
Flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec have been engaged in a successful collaboration with Cambridge-based New Path Molecular Research Ltd (NPM) over the past year, focusing on the development of new reactor technology and methods for peptide synthesis.
The collaboration has focused on the development of continuous flow technologies to reduce wastage and implement in-process controls in solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Benefits delivered so far by the partnership include the real-time, in-process monitoring of coupling efficiency....
Asynt reports that it has supplied Redbrick Molecular Ltd with a wide range of synthetic organic chemistry equipment for its new environmentally responsible laboratory.
Owned by an expandable group of leading UK universities, Redbrick Molecular has unparalleled access to intellectual property generated by these partners allowing them to produce novel strategic building blocks and organic fragments that are attractive to industrial medicinal chemists....
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have discovered a process to trigger the death of cancer cells that could be more effective than current methods.
The new method of killing cancer cells – called Caspase Independent Cell Death (CICD), and published today in Nature Cell Biology, led to the complete eradication of tumours in experimental models. A short video explaining the process with visual footage of the cells in action is available....
Porvair Sciences reports that the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India is using its Krystal 384 black microplate to produce a standard drug testing assay for Plasmodium vivax infection.
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....
Using a single animal scan and a single anesthesia session, this unique system can acquire high-resolution CT, high-definition PET and SPECT, high-energy theranostic as well as bioluminescence and fluorescence images. The integration of these multimodal-imaging capabilities leads to improved data quality and reduces the use of animal models.
Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2018; the €30 million hub will cover 12,000 square meters. With the ZEISS Innovation Hub, the global technology leader in optics and optoelectronics is making a sustainable investment in Germany as a place for innovation.....
The latest development in a technique known as ‘nanokicking’ has allowed scientists from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, the West of Scotland and Galway to grow three-dimensional samples of mineralised bone in the laboratory for the first time....
Centauri Therapeutics Ltd (Centauri), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, has announced that it has been awarded up to £945,000 under Innovate UK’s Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) programme....
The measurements show how the surface structure of the catalysts influences their activity. The new analysis method can now be used to improve catalysts for the electrochemical industry. No energy transition without catalysts...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has opened up the possibilities for cancer researchers with the launch of the first flow cytometer to offer excitation sources across the visible spectrum in a standard configuration.....
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....
Themis, the Vienna-based specialist for vaccine development, will use these funds to identify and validate a correlate of protection for its prophylactic Chikungunya vaccination candidate. Currently the candidate is tested in three parallel phase II clinical trials, including one that is performed in an endemic area for Chikungunya....
The round table panel will include four world-renowned key opinion leaders: Dr. Richard Jones, MD, MRCP, Vice President, General Medicine, Princeton, NJ, USA. Dr. Jones is a GMC registered UK Physician specializing in internal medicine, clinical pharmacology and cardiology....
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination.....
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is a technique which helps in separating and identifying of components in a mixture. Ongoing research and development is contributing to expanding application of HPLC applications in medical, research, and manufacturing sector....
Having the right technology at the right time has made Elucigene Diagnostics a world leading developer and distributor of prenatal, rare disease and infertility genetics diagnostics. The Manchester-based company has been selected as the winner of the Venture-backed Management Team 2017 award for the Northwest....
Nikon Instruments Inc. have unveiled the winners of the seventh annual Nikon Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition, awarding First Place to Daniel von Wangenheim from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria for his time lapse video following the root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana...
BioAscent Discovery Limited has taken delivery of Medivir AB’s compound collection of around 56,000 samples, to manage on an outsourced basis. To ensure business continuity during this transfer process, the complete collection was transferred within three working days....
This new breakthrough, published in Clinical Chemistry, comes as a result of the first large scale study of cocaine users and could pave the way for the detection of a range of other Class A substances.The research was carried out with partners from the Netherlands Forensic Institute and Intelligent Fingerprinting....
The students use the Magritek Spinsolve Proton benchtop NMR spectrometer. The University College Leuven Limburg, UCLL, is a multi-campus group in the region of Limburg and Flemish Brabant. Dr Hilde Roex is the co-ordinator of the second year organic chemistry laboratory course of the Chemistry Program....
The collaboration has focused on the development of continuous flow technologies to reduce wastage and implement in-process controls in solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Benefits delivered so far by the partnership include the real-time, in-process monitoring of coupling efficiency....
Owned by an expandable group of leading UK universities, Redbrick Molecular has unparalleled access to intellectual property generated by these partners allowing them to produce novel strategic building blocks and organic fragments that are attractive to industrial medicinal chemists....
The new method of killing cancer cells – called Caspase Independent Cell Death (CICD), and published today in Nature Cell Biology, led to the complete eradication of tumours in experimental models. A short video explaining the process with visual footage of the cells in action is available....
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....