Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. (Malvern, UK) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern offers to the biopharmaceutical sector. The distribution agreement covers all geographies outside the USA and Canada
Under the terms of the agreement Malvern will distribute the Archimedes Particle Metrology system, developed and manufactured by Affinity Biosensors, through its subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. Malvern will establish a co-marketing arrangement with Affinity Biosensors in North America...
Read MoreHumane research into AlzheimerOct 31, 2012
Call for applications for next wave of grant funding also announced
In a recently published article, researchers from Novozymes Biopharma (Nottingham, UK) and Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) describe collaborative work using light scattering techniques to demonstrate the short- and long-term stability of the novel recombinant human albumins Albucult® and Recombumin®
These rAlbumins have been developed and optimized to deliver a safe, stable and regulatory-compliant product for therapeutic formulations. The teams applied the resolving and detection capabilities of size exclusion chromatography light scattering (SEC-LS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) offered by Malvern systems to monitor the stability of these Novozymes products. The article ‘Tools for evaluating the stability of human recombinant albumins used in human therapeutics’ can be accessed at...
New online survey aims to identify the challenges of accurately measuring molecular interactions
SAW Instruments, developer of the innovative sam® family of biosensors for real-time, label-free assays, has commissioned a survey to identify the current challenges affecting researchers at the forefront of molecular binding studies and kinetic analysis... Read MoreNew Possibilities for Particle Analysis from Carl ZeissOct 26, 2012
The qualities of particles can now be determined using Axio Zoom.V16 and Correlative Microscopy
The Carl Zeiss Microscopy business group is presenting two new options for particle analysis at this year's parts2clean trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. Using Axio Zoom.V16, testers can investigate a component's cleanliness quickly and efficiently, while correlative microscopy provides chemical information and material classifications on individual particles...
Read MoreQuotient discusses Biomarkers and Decision-Making in Drug DevelopmentOct 25, 2012
Earlier this month, over 40 delegates gathered at Quotient Bioresearch’s Bioanalytical Sciences facility in Cambridgeshire for its annual Autumn Seminar
Mazurek Optical Services is pleased to announce the first awarding of an annual prize given to the most promising first year student demonstrating outstanding work in microscopy while studying at new the Central Teaching Laboratory of the University of Liverpool
Continuing their support of the development of young microscopists, Mazurek Optical Services (MOS) have endowed a prize to be presented annually to the most promising first year student who demonstrates outstanding work in light microscopy at the University of Liverpool's newly opened Central Teaching Laboratories...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments & Malvern St James GirlsOct 25, 2012
Malvern Instruments, a leading provider of scientific instruments for materials characterization, kicked off a scientific discovery programme with a presentation to Malvern St James Girls’ School in Worcestershire to encourage students into a career in science or engineering
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee back in July 2012 called for immediate action to be taken to ensure that enough young people study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects at school, in further education and postgraduate level. In order for UK technology companies to remain competitive and to continue to bring innovative R&D products to the market place, the next generation of students need to be inspired and be educated within STEM subjects to maintain current levels of economic growth in this sector in the future...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific and Immundiagnostik Collaborate to Develop Mass Spectrometry-Based Clinical and Research ToolsOct 24, 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Immundiagnostik AG today announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine clinical analysis
University agreement pushes forward the development of new heat-sensitive stem cell equipment
A new material developed at the University of Edinburgh, which has the potential to revolutionise equipment used for stem cell research, scale up and manufacture, has been licensed to Southampton-based materials R&D Company, Ilika Technologies Limited...
Read MoreThe Microplate Reader durable enough to withstand changes in gravityOct 19, 2012
Studying the physiological effects of gravity fluctuations on plants, researchers at the University of Tuebingen in Germany use BMG LABTECH’s POLARstar microplate reader in parabolic flights
It is known that light and gravity are the two most important factors in helping plants determine where top and bottom are. It is easy to eliminate light to see what effect it has on plants, but trying to investigate changes in gravity prove a little more difficult. By measuring calcium and hydrogen peroxide in plant cells with the durable POLARstar microplate reader, researchers show the effects of gravity on plants during consecutive parabolic flights...
Read MoreBerGenBio selects Sygnature Discovery for BGB002 drug developmentOct 18, 2012
Second novel target for advanced cancer identified
BerGenBio, an emerging oncology biopharma, today announced the signing of a contract with Sygnature Discovery, Nottingham, UK, for the pre-clinical development of a small molecule inhibitor against a novel target that mediates highly aggressive drug-resistant tumours. This represents a further strengthening of the company’s pipeline with Phase I trials of lead candidate BGB324, a first-in-class AXL receptor tyrosine konase inhibitor, on track to commence within the next few months...
Read MoreAndor Neo sCMOS cameras at core of Light Sheet MicroscopyOct 17, 2012
European and US labs announce simultaneous adoption of Andor Neo sCMOS camera to power high-speed 4-axis live imaging of biological specimens
Laboratories in Europe and the USA have independently announced in the same issue of Nature Methods the development of new microscopes capable of imaging rapid biological processes in thick samples in unprecedented detail and ideally suited to the long-term study of live biological specimens... Read MorePopulation Genetics launches funding award for novel population sequencing studiesOct 16, 2012
The Populus Award 2012 offers financial and expert practical support for the completion of a multi-sample gene sequencing project using Population Genetics’ proprietary technologies
Population Genetics Technologies Ltd., a company dedicated to the development of innovative approaches for genetic analyses and biomarker discovery, has today launched the Populus Award 2012. Inviting abstracts from researchers undertaking a range of population genetics studies, the award will provide the successful applicant with funding and practical support for their sequencing study, as well as access to the extensive expertise and proprietary technologies provided by Population Genetics...
Read MoreMerck Millipore Announces Partnership With NIH Consortium for Significant Expansion to its Neuroscience Antibody PortfolioOct 16, 2012
Merck Millipore, the life science division of Merck, today announced that Merck Millipore has entered into an agreement with an academic consortium funded by the NIH, to distribute more than 140 peer-validated neuroscience-specific monoclonal antibodies through its worldwide network
Adds more than 140 peer-validated neuroscience-specific monoclonal antibodies to portfolio
Includes antibodies for neurotransmitters and neurodegeneration
All antibodies independently peer-reviewed and validated
A new case study on the Cambio website shows how the PowerPlant® Pro DNA Isolation kit has cut DNA extraction time from days to hours for one Durham University researcher. The MoBio kit, part of Cambio’s expanding range of molecular biology products, is being used in a study of arctic forest patches. These are self-contained areas of forest, separated by arctic tundra. Their shape and arrangement can play a role in how the tree line expands, for example under the effects of global warming, making this an important field of study...
Read MoreQuotient Bioresearch Investment in Bioanalytical FacilityOct 12, 2012
Quotient Bioresearch (“Quotient”), the leading provider of early stage and specialist drug development services, has today announced the completion of a £1.5m expansion to its Fordham, Cambridgeshire site
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their Linksys32-DV software to visualise and measure the in-situ growth of fat crystals on the surface of chocolate
Reformulation is a common area of study for food scientists, as worldwide, many universities and private organisations are investing heavily in research to create healthier versions of popular foods. Reformulation is the process of adding or taking away ingredients from an established recipe. This is challenging as many of the chemical processes that occur within the foods are unknown and changing a specific constituent can have consequences on health and safety, cooking, storage and on manufacturing processes... Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Selected by Leading Dutch Biotech Company to Supply Maybridge Fragment Library for Key ResearchOct 11, 2012
Recommended for Use by Renowned Fragment Library Design Expert
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has been selected to supply compounds from its Maybridge Ro3 2500 Diversity Fragment Library to a leading fragment-based drug discovery firm based in the Netherlands. ZoBio, a spin-off of Leiden University, focuses on the development and commercialization of biophysical technologies that enable new approaches to drug development and selected the Maybridge fragment library on the recommendation of Dr. Edward Zartler, CEO of Quantum Tessera Consulting LLC...
Read MoreOpening ceremony of new competence center in Moscow with high-ranking guests Oct 11, 2012
Yesterday, an opening ceremony took place for the newly formed international analytic competence center of Analytik Jena AG in Moscow
This is a shared project of the German manufacturer of analytical instrumentation, its most important sales partner in Russia, InterLab Inc, and of the Moscow Zelinsky Institute for Organic Chemistry (Russian Academy of Sciences). The opening fits well into the German-Russian year of education, science and innovation 2011/2012, and is an actual proof of the close cooperation between both countries...
Read MoreThe future is bright for medical imaging companyOct 9, 2012
An advanced medical imaging company has secured £1.2m investment from two early stage technology investors
BiOxyDyn Ltd has received the investment, jointly from The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by SPARK Impact and MTI Ventures’ UMIP Premier Fund (UPF). The North West Fund for Biomedical is a sub-fund of The North West Fund, which is jointly financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank...
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Under the terms of the agreement Malvern will distribute the Archimedes Particle Metrology system, developed and manufactured by Affinity Biosensors, through its subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. Malvern will establish a co-marketing arrangement with Affinity Biosensors in North America...
The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) has today announced grants totalling £577,687, funding innovative and humane research into Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, oesophageal cancer, brain tumours and toxicology...
These rAlbumins have been developed and optimized to deliver a safe, stable and regulatory-compliant product for therapeutic formulations. The teams applied the resolving and detection capabilities of size exclusion chromatography light scattering (SEC-LS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) offered by Malvern systems to monitor the stability of these Novozymes products. The article ‘Tools for evaluating the stability of human recombinant albumins used in human therapeutics’ can be accessed at...
SAW Instruments, developer of the innovative sam® family of biosensors for real-time, label-free assays, has commissioned a survey to identify the current challenges affecting researchers at the forefront of molecular binding studies and kinetic analysis...
The Carl Zeiss Microscopy business group is presenting two new options for particle analysis at this year's parts2clean trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. Using Axio Zoom.V16, testers can investigate a component's cleanliness quickly and efficiently, while correlative microscopy provides chemical information and material classifications on individual particles...
This year’s seminar, entitled “Biomarkers and Decision-Making in Drug Development”, included presentations from industry leaders from Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical companies, leading academics in the field and case studies by Quotient scientists...
Continuing their support of the development of young microscopists, Mazurek Optical Services (MOS) have endowed a prize to be presented annually to the most promising first year student who demonstrates outstanding work in light microscopy at the University of Liverpool's newly opened Central Teaching Laboratories...
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee back in July 2012 called for immediate action to be taken to ensure that enough young people study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects at school, in further education and postgraduate level. In order for UK technology companies to remain competitive and to continue to bring innovative R&D products to the market place, the next generation of students need to be inspired and be educated within STEM subjects to maintain current levels of economic growth in this sector in the future...
The collaboration will focus on advancing biomarker research by combining Immundiagnostik’s ImmunoTube® antibody technology with Thermo Fisher’s new liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analytics to create new assays for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and bone metabolism disorders...
A new material developed at the University of Edinburgh, which has the potential to revolutionise equipment used for stem cell research, scale up and manufacture, has been licensed to Southampton-based materials R&D Company, Ilika Technologies Limited...
It is known that light and gravity are the two most important factors in helping plants determine where top and bottom are. It is easy to eliminate light to see what effect it has on plants, but trying to investigate changes in gravity prove a little more difficult. By measuring calcium and hydrogen peroxide in plant cells with the durable POLARstar microplate reader, researchers show the effects of gravity on plants during consecutive parabolic flights...
BerGenBio, an emerging oncology biopharma, today announced the signing of a contract with Sygnature Discovery, Nottingham, UK, for the pre-clinical development of a small molecule inhibitor against a novel target that mediates highly aggressive drug-resistant tumours. This represents a further strengthening of the company’s pipeline with Phase I trials of lead candidate BGB324, a first-in-class AXL receptor tyrosine konase inhibitor, on track to commence within the next few months...
Laboratories in Europe and the USA have independently announced in the same issue of Nature Methods the development of new microscopes capable of imaging rapid biological processes in thick samples in unprecedented detail and ideally suited to the long-term study of live biological specimens...
Population Genetics Technologies Ltd., a company dedicated to the development of innovative approaches for genetic analyses and biomarker discovery, has today launched the Populus Award 2012. Inviting abstracts from researchers undertaking a range of population genetics studies, the award will provide the successful applicant with funding and practical support for their sequencing study, as well as access to the extensive expertise and proprietary technologies provided by Population Genetics...
Adds more than 140 peer-validated neuroscience-specific monoclonal antibodies to portfolio
Novasep, a leading provider of purification-based manufacturing solutions for life science molecules, announces today an investment of EUR 30 million to build in Europe what will be the world's largest chromatography plant used for the production of a large volume commercial API (active pharmaceutical ingredient)...
A new case study on the Cambio website shows how the PowerPlant® Pro DNA Isolation kit has cut DNA extraction time from days to hours for one Durham University researcher. The MoBio kit, part of Cambio’s expanding range of molecular biology products, is being used in a study of arctic forest patches. These are self-contained areas of forest, separated by arctic tundra. Their shape and arrangement can play a role in how the tree line expands, for example under the effects of global warming, making this an important field of study...
The building work took place over the summer and included a new bioanalytical facility with a capacity for 30 mass spectrometers and new laboratories for immunoassay and cell-based work with biopharmaceuticals and biomarkers. The expansion is in response to an increase in demand for Quotient’s services in this area...
Reformulation is a common area of study for food scientists, as worldwide, many universities and private organisations are investing heavily in research to create healthier versions of popular foods. Reformulation is the process of adding or taking away ingredients from an established recipe. This is challenging as many of the chemical processes that occur within the foods are unknown and changing a specific constituent can have consequences on health and safety, cooking, storage and on manufacturing processes...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has been selected to supply compounds from its Maybridge Ro3 2500 Diversity Fragment Library to a leading fragment-based drug discovery firm based in the Netherlands. ZoBio, a spin-off of Leiden University, focuses on the development and commercialization of biophysical technologies that enable new approaches to drug development and selected the Maybridge fragment library on the recommendation of Dr. Edward Zartler, CEO of Quantum Tessera Consulting LLC...
This is a shared project of the German manufacturer of analytical instrumentation, its most important sales partner in Russia, InterLab Inc, and of the Moscow Zelinsky Institute for Organic Chemistry (Russian Academy of Sciences). The opening fits well into the German-Russian year of education, science and innovation 2011/2012, and is an actual proof of the close cooperation between both countries...
BiOxyDyn Ltd has received the investment, jointly from The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by SPARK Impact and MTI Ventures’ UMIP Premier Fund (UPF). The North West Fund for Biomedical is a sub-fund of The North West Fund, which is jointly financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank...