Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a reliable method for determining levels of dithiocarbamate fungicides (DTCs) with high precision using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

The complex extraction and identification of DTCs is performed on various food samples after a thorough method validation. Application Note 10333, Analysis of Dithocarbamate Pesticides by GC-MS, compares DTC levels in various food samples to matrix-matched calibration standards. SIM mode analysis provides high selectivity with easy-to-integrate chromatograms. The analysis uses a Thermo Scientific™ TRACE GC Ultra™ gas chromatograph equipped with a Thermo Scientific™ TriPlus™ RSH liquid autosampler coupled to a Thermo Scientific™ ITQ™ 900 ion trap mass spectrometer...

CleveXel and Dynamix to develop a dual mechanism SYK/JAK small molecule inhibitor to clinical proof-of-concept

Clevexel Pharma, a pharmaceutical company specialized in investing in the development of new molecules between proof-of-concept in animal and proof-of-concept in humans announces today they have entered into a partnering agreement with Dynamix Pharmaceuticals, a venture-backed Israeli biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel, targeted, small-molecule drugs for cancer and autoimmune disorders...

Specialised Imaging reports on how its SIM-D8 ultra high-speed framing camera is being used by Sorlox Corporation (Irvine, CA, USA) to look at the behaviour of plasma generated by a compact Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF) system.

Sorlox Corporation is a pioneer in the development of compact pulsed-plasma devices for use as highly efficient, environmentally friendly power production or for medical isotope production. Using Deuterium as its fuel source - the Sorlox Nautilus Compressor employs an electric field to generate a hot plasma.  Using a magnetic field,  the Nautilus system compresses the plasma to a high energy state, facilitating fusion and releasing heat that can be used for power generation...

Synexus has formed a partnership with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to establish a clinical research facility at Hexham General Hospital, in North East England.

Synexus, a world leader in the engagement of patients and the running of clinical trials at its own dedicated research centres, has formed a partnership with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to establish a clinical research facility at Hexham General Hospital, in North East England. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and top performing NHS foundation trusts in the country and is now the first NHS hospital and community health services provider to forge such a unique clinical trials partnership – with the potential to improve treatment for thousands of patients across the NHS...

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their innovative CMS196 cryo stage for the study of mammalian cells at the London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK.

For mammalian cells to remain in a healthy state, they require constant renewal of their components. The process of disposing of old components is known as 'autophagy', which stems from the Greek words auto "self" and phagein "eat". This process involves the formation of a double-membrane structure called an autophagosome, which engulfs old or dysfunctional organelles and then fuses with lysosomes, where they are broken down to recycle the constituent molecules....

The partnership will develop new molecules for the treatment of brain diseases

Vect-Horus, a French company specialized in the development of vector molecules for the central nervous system, announces today it has signed a scientific collaboration agreement with Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a fast growing international player in Molecular Nuclear Medicine (MNM). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. This agreement is part of Vect-Horus’ strategy to....

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova and IMEM-CNR have used the FLS920 photoluminescence spectrometer from Edinburgh Instruments to measure the photoluminescence (PL) spectral properties.

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova and IMEM-CNR, Parma in Italy have used the FLS920 photoluminescence spectrometer from Edinburgh Instruments to measure the photoluminescence (PL) spectral properties, quantum efficiencies and lifetimes of novel CdTe semiconductor quantum disks, synthesized from disk-shaped Cu2Te nanocrystals. Fluorescent nanocrystals are currently being applied in lasers or displays, and offer exciting prospects for future photonics such as quantum emitters. The nanocrystal shape plays an important role in these applications...

Genia Geo, based in Montevideo, Uruguay, has chosen Tecan’s HID EVOlution™ system as part of its comprehensive forensic identification services for governments around the world.

This one-stop solution encompasses everything from designing and building laboratories to training crime scene investigators and judges, and revolves around Tecan and Life Technologies’ fully validated, walkaway set­up for robust genetic identification. Dr Carlos Azambuja, President of Genia Geo, explained: “Genia Geo was set up to provide government entities, such as Ministries of the Interior or of Justice, with everything necessary to implement a national system for DNA-based forensic identification...

BMG LABTECH and InvivoSciences announced today a strategic collaboration to market the time-dependent fluorescent assessment of engineered 3D heart tissues using advanced microplate reader technologies.

BMG Labtech, Inc. - the Microplate Reader Company - and InvivoSciences, Inc. - a leader in stem cell tissue engineering providing a novel solution in first-in-class drug discovery - announced today a strategic collaboration to market the time-dependent fluorescent assessment of engineered 3D heart tissues using advanced microplate reader technologies. Employing an automated system, 3D heart tissues are fabricated with cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells....

eduPERT is an open community created by GÉANT, the high-speed research and education network, to help scientists and researchers troubleshoot poor network performance themselves.

With research and education more and more reliant on high-speed networks to share and store data across campuses and even continents - poor network performance can drastically impinge output and drain resources.  Yet issues such as slow connectivity and latency are often experienced and even considered an unavoidable annoyance. Most network issues happen in the ‘last mile’. Nearly all degradations in network performance can be narrowed down to the end of chain, occurring within the university or laboratory and often on the laptop or computer itself...

New Candida QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test Now Available

The new Candida QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test can positively identify C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis, directly from yeast-positive blood cultures in just 20 minutes. The CE marked, nucleic acid based test enables the microbiologist to report pathogen-identification results 2 to 5 days earlier than conventional methods. This enables clinicians, consultant microbiologists and hospital pharmacists to better optimise therapy for patients with fungaemia....

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on the use of the GeSiM Nano-Plotter™ system being used at the University of Greenwich to study polymeric coatings for medical devices.

Dr Dennis Douroumis is a Reader in pharmaceutical sciences in the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Greenwich. His research covers several areas: from the development of drug delivery systems applying nanotechnology to medical devices where he is working on drug eluting stents with coatings using novel polymers. This latter program employs the GeSiM Nano-Plotter from Analytik...

Winners Recognised at the Economist’s Innovation Awards 2013

Last night a professor from Texas was recognised as the winner of the Bioscience category at The Economist’s Innovation Awards 2013. Professor James Allison was honoured for his life changing contribution to the fight against cancer. James, Professor and Chair at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre Department of Immunology, has spent the majority of his career developing the ground breaking cancer drug, ipilimumab. Ipilimumab is a cancer drug used to treat advanced melanoma....

New Technology Could Be The Greatest Breakthrough In Cancer Treatment 

Advanced antibody production services for exceptional IVD assays

Medix Biochemica, producer of monoclonal antibodies for the global IVD industry and diagnostic rapid tests, presented its MedixMAB™ by Design and MedixMAB™ Manufacturing antibody production services to the European market at MEDICA 2013, Dusseldorf, Germany. With 30 years of antibody expertise, Medix offers customised services for the in vitro generation of high-performance recombinant or monoclonal antibodies and Fab fragments for superior IVD assays

XEI Scientific Inc, manufacturer of the popular EVACTRON^® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, is pleased to announce the publication of a paper in collaboration with General Electric's Global Research Center on the use of in-situ plasma cleaning.

The paper appears in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A contamination, even at extremely low levels, can often hide or distort analyses of surfaces that researchers would like to study. Such is the case of many of the samples analysed at General Electric's Global Research Center in New York. Attempts to study "as received" samples by time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) reveal a contamination signature that has come from processing, handling and/or a specific exposure...

Wyatt Technology Instrumentation Employed by the Medical Research Council to Perform Breakthrough Research into Human Health and Disease

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, today announced that its technology is being used by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) to make advancements in tackling specific problems in human health and disease such as understanding different biophysical processes, including mechanisms of viral diseases and immunity....

Improved drug delivery and compound identification with the Cellaxess technology

Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced cell-based screening technologies and services, presented new data at Neuroscience 2013. In a series of poster presentations, Cellectricon demonstrated how its technology can be applied effectively for drug discovery, particularly in relation to cytoskeletal disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.

TTP Labtech’s arktic system chosen for technical excellence and provision of long term sample security

The new phase of expansion for Institut Curie’s Paris-based biobank required a solution for advanced patient sample monitoring, as well as efficient sample storage and preparation across numerous tissue formats, including tumour, RNA, DNA, protein and blood. As part of this upgrade Institut Curie announced today an investment in arktic^®, a flexible, modular -80°C sample storage system from a leading technology provider, TTP Labtech....

Utrecht University Appoints Makarov Professor of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Chair established to advance large protein research

The Executive Board of Utrecht University, by special appointment, named Alexander Makarov, Ph.D, professor of high resolution mass spectrometry at the Bijvoet Center of the Department of Chemistry. Makarov is Director of Global Research, Life Science Mass Spectrometry (LSMS) for Thermo Fisher Scientific. “I hope this appointment will become a bridge that connects academia to industry,” Makarov said. “I want to make it easier for students and industrial scientists to learn from each other...

Specialised Imaging Ltd. has recently delivered a 16-channel SIM-D framing camera capable of capturing images at 1,000,000,000 frames per second, with gating down to 3ns, to the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, which is located in Teddington, Middlesex.

The National Physical Laboratory is the UK’s National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. Gianluca Memoli, Senior Research Scientist at NPL, who is using the SIMD-16 for his cavitation research, says: “I particularly like the possibility of adjusting the timing of each single frame without paying with pixel resolution,....

Microsemi CRP POC analyser correlates exceptionally well with routine laboratory methodologies

HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical Division, today announces the successful outcome of an evaluation study of a point-of-care (POC) full blood count and whole blood CRP comparison study of its Microsemi CRP analyser. The scientific study was undertaken by Synergy Health Laboratory Services and confirms that this easy-to-use POC analyser demonstrates excellent correlation with routine laboratory methodologies...