High purity water experts Veolia Water Technologies has completed installation of laboratory water purification systems at the National Institute for Health Research’s National Biosample Centre in Milton Keynes.
The £24m Centre, which is managed by UK Biocentre on behalf of the University of Oxford and the NIHR, has the capacity to store up to 20 million biological samples and provides laboratory facilities for research into treatments for conditions such as dementia and diabetes. The NBC facility has several laboratories, each requiring two grades of water: Type II water for general laboratory applications such as; media preparation and buffer solutions, and ultrapure Type I+ water for critical processes...
The proportion of cancers diagnosed as a result of emergency presentation at hospital has decreased.
At the same time, the proportion of cancers diagnosed through urgent GP referral with a suspicion of cancer (known as the two week wait) has increased. Presented at the second day of the PHE Conference 2015, these results are taken from the updated Routes to Diagnosis data, covering patients diagnosed with cancer from 2006 to 2013, with 2011-2013 being published for the first time. These new preliminary figures show the proportion of patients diagnosed...
Asynt reports on how chromatography specialists - Reach Separations Ltd. are benefiting from the installation of an onsite nitrogen generator at their laboratories in Nottingham, UK.
Reach Separations specialises in chiral chromatography for the analysis and purification of small molecules. Using state-of-the-art HPLC and SFC instrumentation, Reach Separations offer screening, method development and purification for chiral and achiral molecules across the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and fine chemical sectors. To further enhance the speed and efficiency of their contract research service, Reach Separations recently invested in an Asynt nitrogen generator to replace their use of...
"Analytical Challenges And Solutions For Difficult Pharmaceutical Molecules"
NOVEMBER 10TH & 11TH 2015 AT GSK WARE HERTS
The Chromatographic Society is an internationally connected organisation and UK registered scientific charity devoted to the promotion and dissemination of knowledge on all aspects of chromatography and related separation techniques.
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As we are sure you aware, solid glass limited volume vials are usually more expensive than what you or your customers would like to pay for.
This isn’t a new problem. As a matter of fact, in the late-70’s when Jerry Finneran was working for another company, in the plastics department, he was trying to think of ways to reduce the cost of such a vial. He suggested that using a plastic vial, since plastic is less expensive than glass, and bonding a glass insert inside it, which would maintain the glass surface being in contact with samples that the lab techs required, would reduce the cost of the vial....
Read MoreMANTECH pH measurement system helps streamline soil analysisSep 28, 2015
A MANTECH AssayPlus™ system with an Automax™ 122 sampler is helping scientists at NRM Laboratories in Swaffham, Norfolk, carry out specialist soil analyses.
As Section Head Rob Thurley explained: “Our analyses involve measurement of pH and elements such as phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, providing an indication of the type and amount of fertiliser required to optimise the condition of agricultural land. Previously, pH was measured using a hand-held pH meter, recording the data manually. This required a dedicated member of staff and was very time consuming. Automation streamlines the process, allowing more samples to be processed in less time.”
Read MoreDr Patricia Tavormina Named Winner of First IDT ISO 14001 Sustainability AwardSep 24, 2015
Biodiversity research on methane sinks and global warming earns $14,001 in oligo credit
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in custom oligonucleotide synthesis, awarded the inaugural IDT ISO 14001 Sustainability Award to Dr Patricia Tavormina of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. Dr Tavormina's research focuses on naturally occurring methane-oxidizing bacteria, (MOB), and the role they play in limiting greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming. IDT introduced...
Chromatography is a versatile analytical technique used to separate a mixture into its individual components.
New international cGMP & cGDP certification for pharmaceutical excipients, growing food safety concerns, increased importance of chromatography tests in drug approvals, and incessant new product launches are major factors driving this market. In addition, the chromatography instruments market has witnessed various technological advancements to meet the needs of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies; food and beverage, chemical...
A copper-lined incubator has been installed in the University of Liverpool’s Biological Sciences Department to help reduce the spread of bacteria associated with life science laboratory contamination.
Copper is a powerful antimicrobial with rapid, broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria and viruses, including MRSA, E.coli and norovirus. It shares this benefit with a range of copper alloys – such as brasses and bronzes – forming a family of materials collectively called ‘antimicrobial copper’. John Jerger of Triple Red UK, who supplied and installed the NuAire incubator, explains: ‘Bacterial contamination was a particular concern for this client, so we supplied...
Phenomenex, Inc. and the Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced a collaboration to co-market automated solid phase extraction (SPE) sample preparation solutions.
The two companies will jointly market Phenomenex Strata™ and Strata-X SPE sorbents adapted to Tecan’s Freedom EVO® series of robotics workstations. The solution is especially geared to high-throughput customers in pharmaceutical research, clinical and food testing environments using mass spectrometry detection methods. As part of the global agreement, Tecan will provide the instruments and automation support, and Phenomenex will provide the extraction...
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, and Redx Pharma plc, today announce a research collaboration to progress Redx’s novel pan-RAF inhibitor program, for out-licensing in oncology indications including colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK.
Redx’s pan-RAF inhibitor program has identified next generation novel small molecule inhibitors of RAF kinases as potential treatments for colorectal and other potential cancers. These next generation pan-RAF inhibitors have been designed to overcome resistance mechanisms seen with first generation RAF inhibitors in colorectal cancer. As part of the collaboration, Horizon will deploy its proprietary gene editing, cell line and drug discovery...
CAMECA Delivers Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) To US Naval Research Laboratory for Advanced Materials Development
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
MedCity and Design Council have today launched a competition to win a ten-week accelerator coaching course for medtech entrepreneurs to develop effective, usable and commercially successful health technologies that can support older people or those with debilitating medical conditions to lead more independent lives.
The MedTechSouthEast programme, supported by AXA PPP healthcare, gives south-east based individuals and teams with a technology at proof of concept stage a chance to compete for one of ten places on the intensive coaching course, which will be led by design experts and medical technology industry leaders. The ten finalists will also be automatically entered into the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016, an initiative that aims to recognise...
University of Leicester Professor says having bacteria named after him is an honour
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
Correct assay plate selection is vital for successful research, whether you are performing absorbance, fluorescence or luminescence assays.
Porvair Sciences offers a wide range of assay plates which are recognized as industry-leading tools for Pharma drug discovery and screening. A new guide, contained within an updated assay plates mini catalogue, has been produced by Porvair to provide information and guidance on how to choose the correct assay plate for your research. By carefully selecting the correct plate type for your assay, it is possible to significantly improve results. By following the simple instructions set out in the...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, announce the posting of a new educational video on following chemical reactions in real time on the bench using the Magritek Spinsolve NMR spectrometer.
Given by CEO Dr Andrew Coy, this lecture is one of a series of webinars organised by software provider Mestrelab on the growth in benchtop NMR solutions. Mestrelab Research produces a software program called Mnova which is widely used by organic chemists to analyse NMR spectra. Magritek customers often use MNova to carry out their NMR data processing and analysis. Mestrelab organised a series of webinars on benchtop NMR and invited...
New IDT Webinar: ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will be hosting a webinar to help researchers get the most out of gene expression studies that analyze large numbers of samples. Entitled ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’, the webinar will be presented by Dr Mikael Kubista, founder and CEO of the TATAA Biocenter and head of the Department of Gene Expression at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The webinar will be...
At the recent 20th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), researchers from Cardiff University, UK in conjunction with Haydale Ltd. presented the results from an in-depth study entitled ‘Developing Component-Scale Hierarchical Composites Using Nanocarbons’.
The phenomenal properties reported for nanocarbons such as carbon nanotubes and graphene’s have generated much interest for their use in composite materials. Theoretical predictions demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in strength, stiffness and multi-functionality of materials. Despite many promising results the issues of repeatability and scale-up have yet to be adequately addressed, with manufacture limited to small lab-scale samples...
A new technical poster produced by Genevac, in conjunction with the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research (Horsham, UK), examines the application of eXalt™ evaporative crystallisation technology to drug discovery projects.
eXalt™ is a proprietary Genevac technology designed to control evaporation using restricting baffles. Using this technology multiple solvents can be screened in parallel to identify optimum crystallisation conditions for amorphous materials. In the pharmaceutical industry, physical form can pose a significant challenge for small molecule drug discovery projects transitioning between the optimisation and characterisation phases. A crystalline form...
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Global Flow Cytometry Market, finds the market earned revenues of $2.50 billion in 2014 and estimates this to reach $3.52 billion in 2018 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.9 percent.
For complimentary access to more information on this research, please visit:Revenues from reagents for clinical applications will be greater than the profits from research-use-only reagents. This is because the demand for in vitro diagnostic kits is high for several clinical applications, such as the analysis of leukemia and lymphoma, enumeration of stem cells, diagnosis of HIVinfection and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as quality control...
The £24m Centre, which is managed by UK Biocentre on behalf of the University of Oxford and the NIHR, has the capacity to store up to 20 million biological samples and provides laboratory facilities for research into treatments for conditions such as dementia and diabetes. The NBC facility has several laboratories, each requiring two grades of water: Type II water for general laboratory applications such as; media preparation and buffer solutions, and ultrapure Type I+ water for critical processes...
At the same time, the proportion of cancers diagnosed through urgent GP referral with a suspicion of cancer (known as the two week wait) has increased. Presented at the second day of the PHE Conference 2015, these results are taken from the updated Routes to Diagnosis data, covering patients diagnosed with cancer from 2006 to 2013, with 2011-2013 being published for the first time. These new preliminary figures show the proportion of patients diagnosed...
Reach Separations specialises in chiral chromatography for the analysis and purification of small molecules. Using state-of-the-art HPLC and SFC instrumentation, Reach Separations offer screening, method development and purification for chiral and achiral molecules across the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and fine chemical sectors. To further enhance the speed and efficiency of their contract research service, Reach Separations recently invested in an Asynt nitrogen generator to replace their use of...
That’s why we are sharing our #passionforscience with you. Join the global #passionforscience community: Take pictures, participate in our contest, vote for your favorite images and be among the winners of attractive prizes. Share your pictures and videos with your friends on social platforms and add your take to the longest #passionforscience video ever. Visit www.passionforscience.com and get our free #passionforscience app.
This isn’t a new problem. As a matter of fact, in the late-70’s when Jerry Finneran was working for another company, in the plastics department, he was trying to think of ways to reduce the cost of such a vial. He suggested that using a plastic vial, since plastic is less expensive than glass, and bonding a glass insert inside it, which would maintain the glass surface being in contact with samples that the lab techs required, would reduce the cost of the vial....
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in custom oligonucleotide synthesis, awarded the inaugural IDT ISO 14001 Sustainability Award to Dr Patricia Tavormina of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. Dr Tavormina's research focuses on naturally occurring methane-oxidizing bacteria, (MOB), and the role they play in limiting greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming. IDT introduced...
New international cGMP & cGDP certification for pharmaceutical excipients, growing food safety concerns, increased importance of chromatography tests in drug approvals, and incessant new product launches are major factors driving this market. In addition, the chromatography instruments market has witnessed various technological advancements to meet the needs of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies; food and beverage, chemical...
Copper is a powerful antimicrobial with rapid, broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria and viruses, including MRSA, E.coli and norovirus. It shares this benefit with a range of copper alloys – such as brasses and bronzes – forming a family of materials collectively called ‘antimicrobial copper’. John Jerger of Triple Red UK, who supplied and installed the NuAire incubator, explains: ‘Bacterial contamination was a particular concern for this client, so we supplied...
The two companies will jointly market Phenomenex Strata™ and Strata-X SPE sorbents adapted to Tecan’s Freedom EVO® series of robotics workstations. The solution is especially geared to high-throughput customers in pharmaceutical research, clinical and food testing environments using mass spectrometry detection methods. As part of the global agreement, Tecan will provide the instruments and automation support, and Phenomenex will provide the extraction...
Redx’s pan-RAF inhibitor program has identified next generation novel small molecule inhibitors of RAF kinases as potential treatments for colorectal and other potential cancers. These next generation pan-RAF inhibitors have been designed to overcome resistance mechanisms seen with first generation RAF inhibitors in colorectal cancer. As part of the collaboration, Horizon will deploy its proprietary gene editing, cell line and drug discovery...
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
The MedTechSouthEast programme, supported by AXA PPP healthcare, gives south-east based individuals and teams with a technology at proof of concept stage a chance to compete for one of ten places on the intensive coaching course, which will be led by design experts and medical technology industry leaders. The ten finalists will also be automatically entered into the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016, an initiative that aims to recognise...
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
Porvair Sciences offers a wide range of assay plates which are recognized as industry-leading tools for Pharma drug discovery and screening.
Given by CEO Dr Andrew Coy, this lecture is one of a series of webinars organised by software provider Mestrelab on the growth in benchtop NMR solutions. Mestrelab Research produces a software program called Mnova which is widely used by organic chemists to analyse NMR spectra. Magritek customers often use MNova to carry out their NMR data processing and analysis. Mestrelab organised a series of webinars on benchtop NMR and invited...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will be hosting a webinar to help researchers get the most out of gene expression studies that analyze large numbers of samples. Entitled ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’, the webinar will be presented by Dr Mikael Kubista, founder and CEO of the TATAA Biocenter and head of the Department of Gene Expression at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The webinar will be...
The phenomenal properties reported for nanocarbons such as carbon nanotubes and graphene’s have generated much interest for their use in composite materials. Theoretical predictions demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in strength, stiffness and multi-functionality of materials. Despite many promising results the issues of repeatability and scale-up have yet to be adequately addressed, with manufacture limited to small lab-scale samples...
eXalt™ is a proprietary Genevac technology designed to control evaporation using restricting baffles. Using this technology multiple solvents can be screened in parallel to identify optimum crystallisation conditions for amorphous materials. In the pharmaceutical industry, physical form can pose a significant challenge for small molecule drug discovery projects transitioning between the optimisation and characterisation phases. A crystalline form...
For complimentary access to more information on this research, please visit:Revenues from reagents for clinical applications will be greater than the profits from research-use-only reagents. This is because the demand for in vitro diagnostic kits is high for several clinical applications, such as the analysis of leukemia and lymphoma, enumeration of stem cells, diagnosis of HIVinfection and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as quality control...