Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Cedars-Sinai, a leading nonprofit academic healthcare organization, have entered into a collaboration to develop a pathway to precision medicine through the development of robust, reliable and sensitive liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based workflows for clinical research applications....
The Conference Agenda for the 3rd edition of the GCC Forensics Conference, organised by Clarion Events, has been released. Following the unprecedented success of the first two editions of the event, there was an overwhelming response to the Call for Abstracts and the agenda is packed full of first-rate speakers from around the world....
Game-changing instrumentation and presentations spanning new regulations to artificial intelligence feature in the UK’s most forward-thinking laboratory event. Visitors to Lab Innovations 2019 will be able to discover ways to improve workflow efficiency, benefit from advances enabled by the digital age, and make sustainable procurement decisions that both support the environment and also save money....
BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, has announced investment in precision medicine biotech, Kinomica Ltd., via the Innovate UK Precision Medicine Investment Accelerator. Spun out from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Kinomica Ltd is an early stage precision medicine biotech developing novel technologies for companion diagnostics...
Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced it has completed the acquisition of BioTek Instruments, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative life science instrumentation. The BioTek acquisition expands Agilent's growing presence and expertise in cell analysis and strengthens the company's position in the large and growing immuno-oncology and immunotherapy areas....
Turn your October into one to remember with an extraordinary day out to the world's greatest science festival, and a visit to the UK's largest exhibition for the entire laboratory community! Ever wanted to learn how to speak gorilla or wondered if it was possible to beat your genes and stop the aging process? Keen to find out if gaming is really bad for us....
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, has stepped up its Pore Analysis Capabilities. The Company has announced those efforts include capillary flow porometery (CFP) and liquid-liquid displacement porometry (LLDP). Using CFP, pore properties are calculated by measuring the the fluid flow....
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that Dr. Gang Yu, a professor at the School of Environment at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. The award recognizes his contributions towards understanding the problems caused by emerging organic contaminants in water, and the development of solutions to combat these problems....
GCC Forensics Conference & Exhibition is the must attend event for the entire forensics sector in the Middle East. Following the unprecedented success of the first two editions of the event in Abu Dhabi, the event will move to Bahrain this year and take place 13-14 November 2019 at Gulf Hotel Bahrain....
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has announced that it has opened a new office space at Granta Park in Cambridgeshire, UK. The new facilities support the Company’s accelerated expansion and accommodate its plans for further growth....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that the European, Israeli, South Korean and U.K. intellectual property offices have issued formal notices allowing seven additional Merck patent application claims covering CRISPR gene-editing technology, bringing the number of patents to 20 worldwide....
The globally active Eppendorf Group charted a strong first half-year in 2019 with a significant surge in Group sales to €378.5 million (prior year: €335.6 million). This positive development corresponds to an organic increase in sales of 12.8% (8.8% in local currencies). All of the company’s market regions contributed to this very good development, but sales growth of around 20%...
S$38 million research facility aims to be a premier, global, one-stop hub for research and translation to clinical testing through biochemical innovation and techniques. The National University of Singapore (NUS), Agilent Technologies, a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, and National University Hospital (NUH), have established Singapore's first integrated translational R&D hub...
MR Solutions has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of the company’s innovative PET imaging technology for use in pre-clinical research. MR Solutions already holds Queens Awards for innovation in 2016 and for export achievement in 2017.
Carterra® Inc., the world leader in high-throughput antibody screening and characterization, announced that they have opened a Customer Experience Center (CEC) and office in Munich, Germany. Rapid European adoption of Carterra’s platform has fueled the need for the new office. The Munich CEC will be a place for researchers throughout Europe to gain first-hand experience with Carterra’s game-changing antibody screening platform, the LSA, through demonstrations and workshops....
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, announce the launch of new services for mammalian cell bank manufacture under GMP conditions. These services are offered by its subsidiary, Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource, an experienced contract testing organization (CTO) based in Glasgow, UK, and in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA....
SP Scientific announces the signing of a new partnership agreement with Lab-i-DOSiTECNO Pharma Technologies (Barcelona, Spain) enabling both companies to offer complete aseptic vial and syringe fill-finish lines lines for Injectable, Ophthalmic & Oral Products in Liquid and Powder Form. This new global partnership brings together best in class freeze drying and vial washing/sterilizing technologies....
BioTek Instruments will be recognized as a 2019 Vermont Business Growth Award winner at a ceremony to be held September 17, 2019 at the Hilton Hotel Burlington, in Burlington, VT. This award is presented annually by Vermont Business Magazine and KeyBank, acknowledging twenty-five Vermont businesses that have experienced the greatest growth over the past five years....
As demand for medicinal use of cannabis grows, an innovative Scottish science company has entered into a collaboration with a leading Canadian cannabis producer to supply test kits which will help eradicate carcinogenic toxins often present in cannabis-based products. Glasgow-based R-Biopharm Rhône, a business dedicated to food safety....
Win an ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot, including a VOYAGER or VIAFLO electronic pipette of your choice and a charging stand. To enter the prize draw, all you have to do is fill out a short questionnaire, which will help us to better understand your pipetting needs. And if you miss out on the main prize, you will still be in the running for one of 20 USB microscopes!
London Resin has developed and supplied acrylic resins for microscopists since 1980, and this acquisition will ensure continued manufacture and supply of the complete product range. London Resin’s specially formulated, high quality microscopy resins combine low viscosity, low toxicity and ease of use, and are considered the industry standard for many applications....
LGC has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Toronto Research Chemicals (“TRC”), a leading manufacturer and supplier of synthetic organic bio-chemicals which are used as reference standards, research tools and building blocks by a highly diversified global customer base across the pharmaceutical, applied and research sectors...