Axilum Robotics, specializing in the development of medical robots and Rogue Resolutions, a provider of integrated neuroscience solutions, today announced the installation of a robotized system for image-guided Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in the Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYC-UGR), Spain.
The Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYCUGR) is a centre for psychological excellence research. It is composed by a pleiade of research teams devoted to the study of all aspects of Psychology, encompassing Clinical and Health Psychology, Human Development, Applied Psychology, Higher Cognitive functions and social interactions. The centre is Home to the Functional Magnetic Resonance Unit of...
Presenting a faster and more efficient alternative to electron microscopy, digital light microscopy has been advancing investigations into the mechanical properties of bone, as explored in a new application note from Olympus.
Unravelling the mechanical properties of bone with micro-indentation testing has significance in both health and disease. At the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Dr. Björn Busse and his research group have advanced their micro-indentation testing technique using an Olympus industrial inspection digital light microscope, as an alternative to electron microscopy. The cutting edge research is described in a new application...
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust report ease of use
Beckman Coulter recently commissioned independent system performance trials of the new DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System* and results show that the system is easy to operate with technicians fully operational on the system following just 20 minutes training. Following a trial undertaken at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, UK, Duncan Whittaker, Laboratory Manager Virology,stated “Training staff to use the DxN VERIS...
Metrohm USA and the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy have recently formed a mutually beneficial partnership.
The alliance will bring state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and software to the School to be used by students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. The presence of Metrohm at the School of Pharmacy will foster collaboration between Metrohm scientists and the renowned research and education leaders at the School. Collaborative work is already under way in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Hoag, Professor of Pharmaceutical...
Detailed hematology guide available for free download
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces the publication of its new guide, “Anemia and hemoglobin testing” [1]. Available to download for free from ekfdiagnostics.com, the in-depth hematology guide provides a review of the symptoms and causes of anemia, through to methods for testing hemoglobin and hematocrit, as well as factors that may influence these measurements. Anemia is the most common...
NanoHybrids Inc., a nanotechnology and molecular imaging company, recently received $225,000 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a new breakthrough immunohistochemistry (IHC) technology.
The project builds on NanoHybrids expertise producing high quality gold nanoparticles that enable innovative approaches to imaging. With this Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, NanoHybrids will develop a new photoacoustic microscopy platform to quantitatively assess biomarker distribution in biopsied and histological human samples.
GeNeuro SA, a pioneer of new therapies for neurology and autoimmune disorders, announced today that it has initiated its planned Phase IIb study “CHANGE-MS” (Clinical trial assessing the HERV-W Env ANtagonist GNbAC1 for Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis) with its lead antibody GNbAC1 in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).
The study plans to enroll 260 patients in 68 clinical centers in the European Union and Eastern Europe. Preliminary results are expected by the end of 2017. Simultaneous with the start of Phase IIb, development partner Servier has exercised its equity investment option, as part of an agreement signed in November 2014, to become a minority shareholder in GeNeuro by purchasing shares from existing shareholder Eclosion2...
SMi Group Reports: Its 8th annual conference on Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials will be held in London on the 18th - 19th April 2016.
In recent years, the use of adaptive design methods has become very popular due to its flexibility for identifying clinical benefits of the testing drug. Adaptive designs offer the potential to reduce timelines and patient exposure while maximising the probability for successful outcomes. However, along with these benefits come challenges: additional complexity, needs for advanced statistical models and increased operational demands.
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, has supplied various tensile stages for use in X-ray computerised tomography (CT) analysis to the CT Scanner Facility at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Dr Anton du Plessis is Manager of the CT Scanner Facility at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The Facility acts as a CT Scan Service provider with the aim to provide a high quality 3D imaging and analysis service, with fast turnaround times. The unit serves clients from both academia and industry from all over South Africa as well as many from overseas. Dr du Plessis talks about the choice of stages and how they are being...
Integrins help cells communicate with and adapt to their environment.
Also cancer cells depend on their properties to survive and spread throughout the body. Now scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully developed a small, highly active molecule that binds to a specific integrin which operates in many types of cancer. In the future it may allow patient-specific diagnoses and subsequent targeted treatment of tumor cells. Integrins are among the most important links...
Brookfield Engineering, the world standard for viscosity measurement and control, offers its Practical Course on Viscosity Measurements.
This popular course is designed to help Brookfield Viscometer users comprehend the functionality of their instrument, solve the mysteries of fluid behavior and Rheology, and create successful and repeatable viscosity test methods for use in both R&D and QA/QC environments. Consistent measurement is vital in the success of any product and understanding viscosity is a key part to maintaining quality control. The course is offered at...
Genomics’ Proprietary Statistical Analysis Tools and Integrated Multi-Phenotype Database to be used to Support Research and Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Genomics plc, a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that Vertex Pharmaceuticals will use Genomics’ integrated database and state-of-the-art analysis tools to inform its drug research and development. These tools aim to provide confidence in the rationale for targeting Vertex’s pathways...
‘The results of this study provide reassurance that specialists treating patients with a heart attack can open more than one narrowed artery without increasing the total amount of heart damage.’ Dr Gerry McCann, NIHR Career Development Fellow, University of Leicester & Leicester’s Hospitals
A new study has examined the effects on the heart of treating multiple narrowed arteries - rather than just one – at the time of a heart attack. Specialist heart doctors increasingly treat patients with large heart attacks urgently with a procedure under local anaesthetic. The blocked blood vessel (artery), which causes the heart attack is opened by inserting a small metal scaffold (stent) at the blockage to hold the artery open...
An internationally renowned gene therapy research team has won a $200,000 CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.
The contest was designed to explore innovative research solutions involving flow cytometry. The winning team, headed up by Dr Martin Pulé, is from UCL Cancer Institute at University College London, UK. Their submission focused on capitalizing on the power of multi-parameter flow cytometry to expand understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer at the single cell level. The CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer measures up to...
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy solutions, and AIST-NT, manufacturer of advanced SPM systems designed specifically for integration with optical spectroscopy, deployed their joint solution at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the US, in collaboration with the Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany. The resulting Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) data was recently published in an article entitled...
Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidics innovation, has launched the groundbreaking µEncapsulator 1 System, the only microfluidic product specifically designed to meet the needs of research biologists.
This user-friendly, high throughput system offers simple, straightforward encapsulation of single cells, DNA and/or functionalised beads in high precision, identically-sized picolitre droplets. The launch of the µEncapsulator 1 System is set to benefit scientists working on an array of applications, including characterisation of natively paired T cell receptors, isolation of monoclonal antibody coding sequences from blood samples...
Researchers at The Institute of Petroleum Engineering at TU Clausthal in Germany are being supported by Malvern Instruments in new work to understand and optimize the performance of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) fluids.
The polymeric solutions used for EOR exemplify the fluids used in a range of drilling applications to maximize oil extraction while at the same time safeguarding geological formations. Details of the work have recently been presented in a new webinar which is available for download/viewing. EOR involves injecting a solution into the porous rock surrounding a well and can boost the amount of oil extracted by up to 20%...
Fedor Jelezko and Jörg Wrachtrup are the winners of the prestigious ZEISS Research Award in 2016.
They have been honored for their outstanding work on quantum technology with optically addressable spins in diamond. The award will be presented within the framework of the ZEISS Symposium that will take place for the first time on 23 June 2016 in the ZEISS Forum in Oberkochen. During this event international experts will conduct discussions and identify trends and requirements in the fields of optics and photonics that are being strongly influenced and changed by the...
Syrris, a world leader in flow product innovation, has been a driving force in enhancing R&D chemistry productivity ever since the company’s foundation 14 years ago.
This achievement is amply recognised by the wealth of impressive publications describing novel flow chemistry applications developed using Syrris reactors. Today, scientists have access to hundreds of flow chemistry papers citing groundbreaking applications established on modular reactors from Syrris, including the Ley group’s Accelerating Spirocyclic Polyketide Synthesis using Flow Chemistry1. The group, based at the University...
India’s largest employment sector focuses on enhancing consumer safety
Seward Ltd., manufacturer of the original Stomacher® laboratory paddle blenders and accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analysis, announces that its Technical Director, Stuart Ray, has recently presented as an invited speaker at a prestigious food safety conference. The 10th National Food Safety and Quality Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi, focused on ‘Integrating Global...
Vulcathene chemical drainage has been installed extensively throughout new science laboratories, which have been developed from a 1930’s art deco style building at the University of Lincoln.
The new 5,500 square metre Joseph Banks Laboratories houses the University’s Schools of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Pharmacy. The facility has been designed to offer research, teaching and social space in a single, connected learning landscape. Providing state-of-the-art facilities, Joseph Banks Laboratories will conduct research into molecular biology, tissue biology, bioacoustics and DNA analysis, chemistry and pharmacology...
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, talks about how the Laboratory for In-situ Microscopy & Analysis in the Department of Engineering, University of Oxford is applying various Microtest tensile stages to characterise materials at different temperatures and under varying loading conditions.
Dr Kalin Dragnevski heads up the Laboratory for In-situ Microscopy & Analysis, LIMA, a contract service and research facility housed in the Department of Engineering at the University of Oxford. Founded in 2012, LIMA is unique in that it comprises over £1m, state of the art characterisation equipment allowing simultaneous investigation of the structure-property-composition relationship in materials systems at different length scales...
The Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYCUGR) is a centre for psychological excellence research. It is composed by a pleiade of research teams devoted to the study of all aspects of Psychology, encompassing Clinical and Health Psychology, Human Development, Applied Psychology, Higher Cognitive functions and social interactions. The centre is Home to the Functional Magnetic Resonance Unit of...
Unravelling the mechanical properties of bone with micro-indentation testing has significance in both health and disease. At the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Dr. Björn Busse and his research group have advanced their micro-indentation testing technique using an 
Beckman Coulter recently commissioned independent system performance trials of the new DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System* and results show that the system is easy to operate with technicians fully operational on the system following just 20 minutes training. 
The alliance will bring state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and software to the School to be used by students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. The presence of Metrohm at the School of Pharmacy will foster collaboration between Metrohm scientists and the renowned research and education leaders at the School. Collaborative work is already under way in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Hoag, Professor of Pharmaceutical...
EKF Diagnostics
The study plans to enroll 260 patients in 68 clinical centers in the European Union and Eastern Europe. Preliminary results are expected by the end of 2017. 
Dr Anton du Plessis is Manager of the 
Also cancer cells depend on their properties to survive and spread throughout the body. Now scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully developed a small, highly active molecule that binds to a specific integrin which operates in many types of cancer. In the future it may allow patient-specific diagnoses and subsequent targeted treatment of tumor cells. 
This popular course is designed to help Brookfield Viscometer users comprehend the functionality of their instrument, solve the mysteries of fluid behavior and Rheology, and create successful and repeatable viscosity test methods for use in both R&D and QA/QC environments. Consistent measurement is vital in the success of any product and understanding viscosity is a key part to maintaining quality control. The course is offered at...
Genomics plc, a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that Vertex Pharmaceuticals will use Genomics’ integrated database and state-of-the-art analysis tools to inform its drug research and development. These tools aim to provide confidence in the rationale for targeting Vertex’s pathways...
A new study has examined the effects on the heart of treating multiple narrowed arteries - rather than just one – at the time of a heart attack. Specialist heart doctors increasingly treat patients with large heart attacks urgently with a procedure under local anaesthetic. The blocked blood vessel (artery), which causes the heart attack is opened by inserting a small metal scaffold (stent) at the blockage to hold the artery open...
The contest was designed to explore innovative research solutions involving flow cytometry. The winning team, headed up by Dr Martin Pulé, is from UCL Cancer Institute at University College London, UK. Their submission focused on capitalizing on the power of multi-parameter flow cytometry to expand understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer at the single cell level. The CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer measures up to...
HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy solutions, and AIST-NT, manufacturer of advanced SPM systems designed specifically for integration with optical spectroscopy, deployed their joint solution at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the US, in collaboration with the Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany. The resulting Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) data was recently published in an article entitled...
This user-friendly, high throughput system offers simple, straightforward encapsulation of single cells, DNA and/or functionalised beads in high precision, identically-sized picolitre droplets. The launch of the µEncapsulator 1 System is set to benefit scientists working on an array of applications, including characterisation of natively paired T cell receptors, isolation of monoclonal antibody coding sequences from blood samples...
The polymeric solutions used for EOR exemplify the fluids used in a range of drilling applications to maximize oil extraction while at the same time safeguarding geological formations. Details of the work have recently been presented in a new webinar which is available for download/viewing
They have been honored for their outstanding work on quantum technology with optically addressable spins in diamond. The award will be presented within the framework of the ZEISS Symposium that will take place for the first time on 23 June 2016 in the ZEISS Forum in Oberkochen. During this event international experts will conduct discussions and identify trends and requirements in the fields of optics and photonics that are being strongly influenced and changed by the...
This achievement is amply recognised by the wealth of impressive publications describing novel flow chemistry applications developed using Syrris reactors. 
Seward Ltd
The new 5,500 square metre Joseph Banks Laboratories houses the University’s Schools of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Pharmacy. The facility has been designed to offer research, teaching and social space in a single, connected learning landscape. Providing state-of-the-art facilities, Joseph Banks Laboratories will conduct research into molecular biology, tissue biology, bioacoustics and DNA analysis, chemistry and pharmacology...
Dr Kalin Dragnevski heads up the