In a recent DECODED research profile, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), details how IDT scientists Kristin Beltz and Dr Scott Rose are collaborating with Dr Brian Taylor’s research team at Battelle (Aberdeen, MD, USA) to design and validate a RT-qPCR assay that can detect the Ebola virus in the field. The IDT PrimeTime® Ebola qPCR Assay detects Zaire ebolavirus, the species involved in the 2013–2015 West African Ebola outbreak. Initial sensitivity...
Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a Pittcon 2016 Conferee Networking Session host. If you have an idea for a Conferee Networking Session, we want to hear from you.
Submit your idea to us by August 31, 2015. These 90-minute sessions provide a unique networking opportunity for attendees with similar interests to meet and resolve problems, discuss new techniques, or brainstorm new ideas in an informal setting. Wondering what the benefits are of hosting a Conferee Networking session? Increase awareness of a specific topic or issue. Find solutions to a problem or brainstorm for new ideas...
WHEATON® announced that it will begin offering an innovative, breakthrough technology that allows for the manufacture of plastic exterior components with complete interior coverage of pure glass.
“This breakthrough will allow us to provide products that have the best of both worlds: the lightweight, break resistant properties of plastic with the barrier qualities and inert inner surface of pure glass,” said Wayne Brinster, president and CEO of WHEATON®. “For 126 years Wheaton has been an innovator in glass as well as plastic for laboratories. Customers look to us to solve their needs and this technology will allow us to develop purpose built products that blend the features of both glass and plastic into a single innovative solution....
Astronauts could one day tune in to the morning?s space weather report to see whether they should take that trip to Mars, thanks to research led by Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Looking forward, if humankind is to regularly engage in space tourism, asteroid mining or manned trips to other worlds, then travellers will be exposed to the elements once they leave the safety of Earth?s protective magnetic field. New research published in the journal Nature Communications this month has revealed for the first time that magnetic waves travelling across the Sun?s surface can accelerate solar winds. With wind speeds varying between...
Specialised Imaging reports on how the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV is using an optimised version of its SIM Framing Camera to make ultra fast UV measurements of the mechanism of plasma being used to modify the electrical properties of polymer films.
The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV (INP Greifswald) is the largest non-university research institute conducting basic research into and investigating the applications of low temperature plasmas. In addition to the application-oriented basic research, the INP promotes the development of plasma-supported processes and products. The Institute conducts research and development from idea to prototype. Using an...
The chemistry teaching laboratories at the University of Cardiff were using expensive bespoke water condensers to trap the exhaust gases of rotary evaporator vacuum pumps.
Several were needed for their new teaching laboratory, so they decided to look at alternatives. They settled on the Findenser super air condenser, which requires no running water to operate. As a result, it is estimated that the labs will reduce their water usage by ~ 3,000 litres of water per day. This will reduce water purchase and disposal costs AND help the University of Cardiff meet its overall target of a 3% reduction in water usage per annum. The Chief Technician commented...
The research iGEM team of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany presents their newly developed 'Microarray Xeroxing' technique to the Jury in Boston.
With this technique, just a few drops of blood are enough to detect many different diseases simultaneously, quickly, and cheaply. The 19 students received financial support for their project from German microplate reader manufacturer BMG LABTECH. This year, 280 teams from all around the world take part in the competition which is organized by non-profit organization iGEM (international genetically engineered machine)...
Learn about the next generation of microarrays in one of the best attended workshops of the conference
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has made its European Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference workshop freely available to view online. The presentation, entitled “The Next Generation of Microarrays: Identifying a Broader Range of Genetic Syndromes Using Exon–Focussed Array Designs”, took place at the ESHG conference in Glasgow, UK on 8th June 2015. OGT also launched its CytoSure™ Constitutional v3 Arrays at...
uBiome, the leading microbial genomics company, seeks smokers, ex-smokers, and non-smokers to take part in a free ground-breaking study investigating the effects of tobacco smoking on the mouth’s microbial make-up.
Although tobacco use in the United States is in slow decline, almost one in five adults is a smoker. While a great deal has been learned over the past fifty years about smoking’s serious health implications, it has only recently become feasible to investigate its impact on the oral microbiome. Biotech startup uBiome is giving smokers, ex-smokers, and non-smokers the chance to contribute to important research while also receiving their individual data showing...
Bibby Scientific announced today that it has formed a partnership with Aske Stephenson, a pioneering alcoholic beverage manufacturer, who will be using benchtop laboratory instruments from Bibby such as the Stuart® RE300 Rotary Evaporator to produce innovative pre-bottled cocktails.
Aske Stephenson specialises in developing hand-produced cocktails that are designed to introduce consumers to new and unusual flavour combinations, using a scientific approach that pushes taste boundaries. Bibby Scientific’s Stuart Rotary Evaporators are extremely reliable, safe and user-friendly instruments that are used widely in chemistry laboratories in universities and pharmaceutical companies. The Rotary Evaporators can also...
NHS Fife has selected Fast-track diagnostics Respiratory 21 assay for the identification of respiratory viruses in its laboratories.
The assay will assist NHS Fife in delivering fast and accurate diagnoses to hundreds of patients. Fast-track diagnostics develops and manufactures more than 60 different assays in 32 and 64 reaction kit sizes, detecting more than 150 different pathogens. With its multiplexed approach, Fast-track diagnostics kits enable the simple, rapid detection of most of the clinically relevant pathogens present in a sample. The kits are a cost-effective way of delivering a comprehensive diagnostic service and...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard®3a AFM and ForceRobot systems by the Messersmith Research Group at UC Berkeley to study biologically inspired polymer adhesives.
Dr. Phillip Messersmith is the Class of 1941 Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. His research group is interested in understanding structure-processing- property relationships of materials in biological systems, and in using this information to inform the design, synthesis and application of biologically inspired synthetic materials used in a...
University of Leicester and CNRS researchers observe how nanoparticles grow when exposed to helium
A team of researchers from the University of Leicester and France’s G2ELab-CNRS in Grenoble have for the first time observed the growth of free nanoparticles in helium gas in a process similar to the decaffeination of coffee, providing new insights into the structure of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have a very large surface area compared with their volume and are often able to react very quickly. This makes them useful as catalysts in chemical reactions and...
AMSBIO announces that Belgian researchers** have cited use of BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent to introduce Tau seeds into HEK293 cells.
BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent is a unique lipid formulation that allows direct translocation of proteins into living cells. Neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementias, are characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) composed of intracellular hyperphosphorylated Tau aggregates. Predominantly expressed in neurons, Tau is a microtubule (MT)-binding protein that stabilizes and promotes the assembly...
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its SEM-SCA system to study textiles and fibres, non-destructively, at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
The full paper describing the work has been published by the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.). The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA delivers novel and highly innovative research that advances basic and applied knowledge in materials. This is achieved through interactions with the external community, and educational outreach and industrial collaborations. This is illustrated by a paper joint-authored by...
“How Optical Single-Molecule Detection in Solids Led to Super-Resolution Nanoscopy in Cells and Beyond”
Dr. Moerner’s lecture will focus on his research in physical chemistry and chemical physics of single molecules, single-molecule biophysics, super-resolution imaging and tracking in cells, and trapping of single molecules in solution...
University of Leicester students are fundraising for their entry into the international iGEM competition
A team of student biological scientists at the University of Leicester are developing a proposal for a genetically modified bacterium that will help give longer life to muscle tissue. The second-year students are taking part in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), in which they are required to modify bacteria to fulfil a useful task. They will be conducting experiments in the School of Biological Sciences labs...
AMSBIO announces that Belgian researchers have cited use of BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent to introduce Tau seeds into HEK293 cells.
BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent is a unique lipid formulation that allows direct translocation of proteins into living cells. Neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementias, are characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) composed of intracellular hyperphosphorylated Tau aggregates. Predominantly expressed in neurons, Tau is a microtubule (MT)-binding protein that stabilizes and promotes the...
Glass Solutions hand-blown precision glassware is key to the continued success of Yorkshire-based LabPlant UK’s laboratory scale spray dryers.
Simon Rowe, sales/purchasing and exports manager, explained: “Spray dryers are popular research tools in industries such as pharmaceuticals, and flavors and fragrances, as well as academia, enabling the conversion of liquids into powders for further analysis. These systems are bespoke items, adapted to individual customers’ requirements, and high quality glassware is a vital part of the unit, whether that’s chambers, collection bottles or cyclones.” “It is important that the glass components of...
Exeter Analytical reports on how its Model 440 CHN Microanalyser is being used to precisely determine the percentage Carbon (C) and Nitrogen (N) in soil samples.
Understanding the health of your soil is vital to ensure good yields of crops grown in it. Two elements that are vital to plant growth are Carbon and Nitrogen, especially in their proportion to each other. Carbon, in the form of species such as carbohydrates, is important because of its energy content, whereas Nitrogen is essential for growth. Methods for determining the carbon and nitrogen content of soil samples have...
The Technology Partnership plc (TTP), a leading UK-based research and product development company, has made major advances in the use of elastography, a medical imaging technique that maps the elastic properties of soft tissue to provide vital diagnostic information during surgery.
The new breakthrough could be used for surgical processes such as treating abnormal heart rhythms caused by atrial fibrillation, killing or removing cancerous or damaged tissue, or simply navigating around the body during an operation. Surgeons currently work with ‘blind’ instruments, so cannot see into lesions and have to rely on their skills to avoid damaging nearby organs when performing processes such as resection or ablation...
Today, molecular genetics Ag Biotech company KeyGene and biomedical big data solutions company GENALICE, jointly mark the significant mutual benefits of their first two years of partnerships, running GENALICE MAP in full production as their preferred tool for primary Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis.
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KeyGene supports its customers and partners with cutting edge breeding technologies and plant trait platforms. For many important agronomical crops, KeyGene has elucidated their highly complex genomes. With its in-house MultiVariome Analysis Platform for the processing of high volume resequencing data, and...
In a recent DECODED research profile, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), details how IDT scientists Kristin Beltz and Dr Scott Rose are collaborating with Dr Brian Taylor’s research team at Battelle (Aberdeen, MD, USA) to design and validate a RT-qPCR assay that can detect the Ebola virus in the field. The IDT PrimeTime® Ebola qPCR Assay detects Zaire ebolavirus, the species involved in the 2013–2015 West African Ebola outbreak. Initial sensitivity...
Submit your idea to us by August 31, 2015. These 90-minute sessions provide a unique networking opportunity for attendees with similar interests to meet and resolve problems, discuss new techniques, or brainstorm new ideas in an informal setting. Wondering what the benefits are of hosting a Conferee Networking session? Increase awareness of a specific topic or issue. Find solutions to a problem or brainstorm for new ideas...
“This breakthrough will allow us to provide products that have the best of both worlds: the lightweight, break resistant properties of plastic with the barrier qualities and inert inner surface of pure glass,” said Wayne Brinster, president and CEO of WHEATON®. “For 126 years Wheaton has been an innovator in glass as well as plastic for laboratories. Customers look to us to solve their needs and this technology will allow us to develop purpose built products that blend the features of both glass and plastic into a single innovative solution....
Looking forward, if humankind is to regularly engage in space tourism, asteroid mining or manned trips to other worlds, then travellers will be exposed to the elements once they leave the safety of Earth?s protective magnetic field. New research published in the journal Nature Communications this month has revealed for the first time that magnetic waves travelling across the Sun?s surface can accelerate solar winds. With wind speeds varying between...
The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV (INP Greifswald) is the largest non-university research institute conducting basic research into and investigating the applications of low temperature plasmas. In addition to the application-oriented basic research, the INP promotes the development of plasma-supported processes and products. The Institute conducts research and development from idea to prototype. Using an...
Several were needed for their new teaching laboratory, so they decided to look at alternatives. They settled on the Findenser super air condenser, which requires no running water to operate. As a result, it is estimated that the labs will reduce their water usage by ~ 3,000 litres of water per day. This will reduce water purchase and disposal costs AND help the University of Cardiff meet its overall target of a 3% reduction in water usage per annum. The Chief Technician commented...
With this technique, just a few drops of blood are enough to detect many different diseases simultaneously, quickly, and cheaply. The 19 students received financial support for their project from German microplate reader manufacturer BMG LABTECH. This year, 280 teams from all around the world take part in the competition which is organized by non-profit organization iGEM (international genetically engineered machine)...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has made its European Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference workshop freely available to view online. The presentation, entitled “The Next Generation of Microarrays: Identifying a Broader Range of Genetic Syndromes Using Exon–Focussed Array Designs”, took place at the ESHG conference in Glasgow, UK on 8th June 2015. OGT also launched its CytoSure™ Constitutional v3 Arrays at...
Although tobacco use in the United States is in slow decline, almost one in five adults is a smoker. While a great deal has been learned over the past fifty years about smoking’s serious health implications, it has only recently become feasible to investigate its impact on the oral microbiome. Biotech startup uBiome is giving smokers, ex-smokers, and non-smokers the chance to contribute to important research while also receiving their individual data showing...
Aske Stephenson specialises in developing hand-produced cocktails that are designed to introduce consumers to new and unusual flavour combinations, using a scientific approach that pushes taste boundaries. Bibby Scientific’s Stuart Rotary Evaporators are extremely reliable, safe and user-friendly instruments that are used widely in chemistry laboratories in universities and pharmaceutical companies. The Rotary Evaporators can also...
The assay will assist NHS Fife in delivering fast and accurate diagnoses to hundreds of patients. Fast-track diagnostics develops and manufactures more than 60 different assays in 32 and 64 reaction kit sizes, detecting more than 150 different pathogens. With its multiplexed approach, Fast-track diagnostics kits enable the simple, rapid detection of most of the clinically relevant pathogens present in a sample. The kits are a cost-effective way of delivering a comprehensive diagnostic service and...
Dr. Phillip Messersmith is the Class of 1941 Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. His research group is interested in understanding structure-processing- property relationships of materials in biological systems, and in using this information to inform the design, synthesis and application of biologically inspired synthetic materials used in a...
A team of researchers from the University of Leicester and France’s G2ELab-CNRS in Grenoble have for the first time observed the growth of free nanoparticles in helium gas in a process similar to the decaffeination of coffee, providing new insights into the structure of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have a very large surface area compared with their volume and are often able to react very quickly. This makes them useful as catalysts in chemical reactions and...
BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent is a unique lipid formulation that allows direct translocation of proteins into living cells. Neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementias, are characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) composed of intracellular hyperphosphorylated Tau aggregates. Predominantly expressed in neurons, Tau is a microtubule (MT)-binding protein that stabilizes and promotes the assembly...
The full paper describing the work has been published by the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.). The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA delivers novel and highly innovative research that advances basic and applied knowledge in materials. This is achieved through interactions with the external community, and educational outreach and industrial collaborations. This is illustrated by a paper joint-authored by...
Dr. Moerner’s lecture will focus on his research in physical chemistry and chemical physics of single molecules, single-molecule biophysics, super-resolution imaging and tracking in cells, and trapping of single molecules in solution...
BioPORTER Protein Delivery Reagent is a unique lipid formulation that allows direct translocation of proteins into living cells. Neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal dementias, are characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) composed of intracellular hyperphosphorylated Tau aggregates. Predominantly expressed in neurons, Tau is a microtubule (MT)-binding protein that stabilizes and promotes the...
Simon Rowe, sales/purchasing and exports manager, explained: “Spray dryers are popular research tools in industries such as pharmaceuticals, and flavors and fragrances, as well as academia, enabling the conversion of liquids into powders for further analysis. These systems are bespoke items, adapted to individual customers’ requirements, and high quality glassware is a vital part of the unit, whether that’s chambers, collection bottles or cyclones.” “It is important that the glass components of...
Understanding the health of your soil is vital to ensure good yields of crops grown in it. Two elements that are vital to plant growth are Carbon and Nitrogen, especially in their proportion to each other. Carbon, in the form of species such as carbohydrates, is important because of its energy content, whereas Nitrogen is essential for growth. Methods for determining the carbon and nitrogen content of soil samples have...
The new breakthrough could be used for surgical processes such as treating abnormal heart rhythms caused by atrial fibrillation, killing or removing cancerous or damaged tissue, or simply navigating around the body during an operation. Surgeons currently work with ‘blind’ instruments, so cannot see into lesions and have to rely on their skills to avoid damaging nearby organs when performing processes such as resection or ablation...
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