Horizon Discovery Group plc announces that it has entered into an agreement with Roche Diagnostics to assist in the development of immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays.

Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon will develop and provide Reference Standard material expressing neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) fusion biomarkers. NTRK gene rearrangements have recently emerged as promising targets for cancer therapy, and a number of novel compounds have been developed....

Nightingale Health has been nominated as a “Health Innovation” of the year finalist for the Health Awards 2018, an annual event focusing on the future vision of Finnish healthcare.

Nightingale will participate in the awards ceremony, held in Helsinki, as part of the Foresight Forum in January 2018. “We’re proud to have received recognition from the Health Awards jury for our impact on the current debate taking place in the Finnish healthcare sector....

Horizon 2020 awarded to expedite the development of a 1GPixel resolution ultra-large format aerial surveillance camera.

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020).  Horizon 2020 is a flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness....

LAUDA is a global leader in precision temperature control in medical technology, material testing, bio-technology, laboratories, research and production.

A new corporate design is intended to portray the uncompromising quality and comprehensive expertise of LAUDA all over the world. The company image has been completely overhauled by Munich branding agency Martin et Karczinski adequately to represent LAUDA’s market position...

IDEX Health & Science, LLC has announced the acquisition of thinXXS Microtechnology that will accelerate growth of its microfluidics consumables business.

Located in Zweibrücken, Germany, thinXXS Microtechnology is a leader in the development and production of plastic microfluidic consumables serving the Life Sciences, Point of Care, and Veterinary markets....

Porvair Sciences are teaming up with Suzhou Tianlong Bio Technology Co Ltd (China), together with Swansea University and Xi'an Jiaotong University in a collaborative project

The project will integrate Porvair's innovative solid-state chromatin immunoprecipitation platform, Chromatrap® with Tianlong's expertise in automated robotic technologies and diagnostic multiplex PCR kits to develop innovative technologies in epigenetic characterisation for patient stratification in renowned precision medicine.

Integration of Mosaic SampleBank™ with Genedata Screener^® creates a best-in-class, off-the-shelf solution for automating plate management and plate data analysis

Genedata and Titian Software today announced their technology partnership to create an automated, off-the-shelf solution for small molecule and biological inventory management and advanced screening data analysis. Their combined solution integrates Titian Mosaic SampleBank with Genedata Screener^® to give screening scientists....

Cresset is pleased to announce that Proximagen, a drug discovery and development company, has licensed Flare.

“Flare will give our medicinal chemistry team rapid, hands-on access to structure-based design capabilities” says Dr Ed Savory, Head of Exploratory Research, Proximagen. “When combined with our use of Cresset’s Forge for SAR and design, and Spark for R-group exploration and scaffold hopping...

Phasefocus continues to increase its global international profile with the appointment of Nuohai Life Sciences as the company’s exclusive distributor for mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Nuohai Life Sciences will provide sales, service and technical support for the Livecyte™ Cell Imaging System throughout the region, building on their reputation for introducing innovative new technologies for the Life Science Industry into the Chinese market....

Porvair Sciences Ltd, a leading supplier of separation and filtration technology for life science and healthcare applications, is hitting the small screen in a special showcase of its healthcare expertise.

From 3-7 February 2018, Lonza will be exhibiting at SLAS2018, the annual show hosted by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening.

IDTechEx, a market intelligence company with nearly two decade’s worth of experience tracking the cutting-edge developments in science and technology, has expanded their expertise into the life sciences.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets from EPTEK Technology Co. LTD and several related entities with offices in Taiwan and mainland China.

Fimmic, a Finnish medtech company developing Deep Learning AI solutions for digital medical microscopy, announce that it has closed a €5M investment round to accelerate scaling of its WebMicroscope® AI Cloud for tissue diagnostics.

Led by new investor Ascend Capital Partners, the round brings the Company’s total raised funds in 2017 to €6.6M. Existing investors, including ACME Investments and STO-Rahoitus, also participated this round....

Combined organization delivers innovative, efficient safety & efficacy solutions that support all phases of clinical development

ERT, a global data and technology company that minimizes uncertainty and risk in clinical trials, has announced it has acquired iCardiac Technologies, a leading provider of centralized cardiac safety and respiratory solutions that accelerate clinical research....

Grundium is developing the first portable digital microscope scanner in the world

China based investment firm, Ascend Capital Partners, has invested two million Euros to help Grundium OY develop their innovative portable digital microscope scanner. Grundium’s vision is to bring digital microscope scanners to every pathologist’s desk.....

Boulting Environmental Services wins Contractor of the Year award 

At the inaugural National Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Awards, rapidly growing cleanroom and laboratory design and construction firm, Boulting Environmental Services (BES), won the Contractor of the Year Award. By working in a close collaboration with AstraZeneca, BES delivered a highly sophisticated facility...

Trial will analyze breath biomarkers to improve understanding of the treatment effects of a novel GSK pipeline drug candidate for COPD

Owlstone Medical Ltd, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has announced that GSK, a world leader in respiratory, will incorporate Owlstone Medical’s Breath Biopsy platform into the clinical development programme of danirixin one of the novel drug candidates in its respiratory disease pipeline....

Hichrom’s 2018 training courses

With courses delivered by world-renowned experts including Mel Euerby, Mark Powell, Diane Turner and others the new 2018 Hichrom training calendar is now available! Whether you are a relative newcomer to chromatography or a seasoned veteran, you can benefit from one of our courses.

Promoting interdisciplinary exchange between science and industry on the topics of regenerative medicine and cell therapy: this is the objective Sartorius will be pursuing by hosting its second Research Xchange Forum on March 20 and 21, 2018, at Sartorius College in Goettingen.

A single protein from a worm parasite may one day offer new therapeutic options for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis, that avoid the potentially serious side effects of current immunosuppressant medications.

The study, published today in Nature Communications, demonstrates the discovery of a distinct new worm protein which mimics a cytokine found in humans, known as transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β). The newly-discovered protein switches off inflammation by...

Secondary school pupils from across the north of Scotland have been experimenting with science over the past month as Robert Gordon University (RGU) continues its tradition of widening access to STEM subjects from an early age.

Members of RGU’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences have held a number of events in recent weeks to engage with youngsters and imprint the scientific curiosity that can take them far in their future careers. It began with the celebration for National Pathology Week, where...