The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is calling for urgent collaboration to tackle growing challenges around AI regulation and use in life sciences. It comes following a survey, conducted at the Pistoia Alliance’s largest ever European conference, found 70% of life sciences experts recognize the potential of AI but are still struggling to get started or implement it at scale...
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, has announced that ChemSketch Freeware has been downloaded by over 2.5 million users worldwide. This free version of ChemSketch, intended for academic and personal use, has been available and regularly updated for over 25 years. Students, academics, and scientists use ChemSketch to learn, teach, and share their work via chemical structures, reactions, schemes, and diagrams...
Oxford Instruments has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation for the Symmetry detector. Symmetry enables a deeper understanding of a material’s structure down to the nanoscale level. Symmetry radically increased the speed with which such in-depth analyses can be performed, resulting in the technique being much more widely adopted. Symmetry uses a technique called electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to analyse surfaces for minuscule weaknesses or flaws in the crystalline structure...
TESTA Analytical reports, after extensive testing, that its high-precision HPLC flowmeter has been approved by one of the most prestigious Metrology Institutes in Beijing, China. Scientists at this pioneering national statutory authority in the field of metrology, investigated the HPLC flowmeter as a modern alternative to the traditional Flow calibration method for HPLC pumps (National Metrology Verification Regulations of the People's Republic of China JJG705-2014 Liquid Chromatography)...
At ACHEMA 2024, Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents high-precision, sustainable temperature control solutions for the process industry on a 200 m² stand area. The product presentation will focus on the Unistat process circulators, which will be presented in a new generation. The proven concept has been revised and enhanced with the latest technologies, resulting in even better temperature control performance and efficiency...
Indica Labs, the leading provider of digital pathology solutions, announce that it received FDA clearance for HALO AP Dx, an enterprise digital pathology platform, for primary diagnosis. This 510(k) clearance allows HALO AP Dx to be utilized in conjunction with the Hamamatsu NanoZoomer® S360MD Slide scanner for in-vitro diagnostic use and sets the stage for use with additional FDA-cleared slide scanners in the future...
Biofortuna Limited, the specialist laboratory services and CDMO, has completed the acquisition of Cryoniss Ltd, underlining its commitment to support life-changing research and development across the global biotech and life sciences sector. The acquisition of Cryoniss brings expertise and infrastructure in temperature-controlled biological sample storage, strengthening Biofortuna’s existing stability storage capability and accelerating the growth of its controlled-environment storage offering...
The new premises of the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden opened on 7 May. The new area offers the twelve employees more room for additional innovation projects and the opportunity for further growth. The team is moving from the premises in the building of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health on the campus of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden to a building in Blasewitzer Straße, directly opposite the campus...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that the University of Tartu, host of Estonia’s National Biobank, has chosen the Revio HiFi sequencing system to sequence 10,000 whole human genomes and unlock new insights from its populational health data. The announcement follows funding from the European Commission and the Estonian government to help Estonia adopt personalized medicine at scale...
Lab Fit were commissioned over three months to change all aspects of an existing first-floor office space into new labs and offices. The team assisted Aeropak in the conversion of an existing first-floor office space into new labs and offices. The company manufactures a large volume and variety of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and cosmetics which require modern, state-of-the-art facilities...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK, a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organisation for the drug discovery community, has announced the keynote speakers for its flagship conference, Drug Discovery 2024: Ijeoma Uchegbu FMedSci, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London (UCL) and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Nanomerics, and Marcus Schindler PhD, CSO and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Novo Nordisk.
Immunologists in the Immune Sensing and Signaling Dynamics Group | ImmunoHUB at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) in Porto, Portugal, are using INTEGRA Biosciences laboratory tools to help further our understanding of the human immune system. The research team is using the VACUSAFE safe aspiration system and PIPETBOY acu 2 pipet controller to enhance their investigations into the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in responding to bacterial infections and tumor growth...
Leading centrifugal separation solutions provider Alfa Laval has forged a collaborative partnership with Ireland’s National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to enhance and expand the Institute’s cell separation training solutions for the biopharma manufacturing industry. Under this collaboration, Alfa Laval has made a CultureOne Primo Separator, the company’s cutting-edge single-use disc stack centrifuge, available to NIBRT’s research and training facilities...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, has entered a collaborative partnership with Watchmaker Genomics, an expert in genomics tools development for high-stringency clinical and translational applications. The partnership harnesses the value of each organization to deliver robust and reliable automated liquid handling solutions that enable labs to streamline operations and generate consistent results...
Touchlight, a biotechnology CDMO pioneering enzymatic DNA production has been awarded a second grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to continue work with Professor Shelley Minteer's research group, Missouri University of Science and Technology, to further propel the development of DNA-enabled biobatteries. Biobatteries use enzymes to generate electricity from the breakdown of complex fuels, such as carbohydrates, fatty acids and alcohols...
Just over a month before ACHEMA 2024 opens on 10 June, one thing is already clear: with more than 60 percent of exhibitors coming from abroad, this year's leading trade show for the global process industry will be the most international ACHEMA ever. Numerous side events from renowned partners await participants from 130 countries. From 10 to 14 June 2024, 2,800 exhibitors from more than 50 nations will showcase their product innovations for the global process industry at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds...
With over 80 exhibitors, two days of talks from leading scientific speakers and over 1,200 delegates from across the laboratory industry, the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference 2024 has a lot on offer. The event is taking place on May 22 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. Here, David Zaborowski, group marketing manager at laboratory equipment supplier Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) discusses the five questions to ask when you attend this year’s show to get the most out of your visit...
The life science group Sartorius and U.S.-based startup TheWell Bioscience have agreed to partner on the further development of hydrogels and bioinks tailored to produce 3D advanced cell models for drug discovery workflows. In addition to this, Sartorius will expand the portfolio of its lab division by distributing TheWell Bioscience's products and invest in a minority shareholding in the company...
Leaders from across the region will meet to discuss the advancements in lab technology and the overarching industry, which has seen numerous developments over the past couple of years. With the conference setting its eyes on the evolution of the lab it will address 9 important and varying themes that encompass the breadth of this ever-growing field in Basel, June 26-27. The line-up of speakers includes members from world-leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca, GSK, and Novartis....
Veolia Water Technologies recently provided lab purification solutions to facilitate the life-saving work carried out by a prestigious University-based research institution. Through early engagement, the Veolia Water Technologies team were able to integrate their solutions within a highly bespoke lab design.Upgrading laboratory facilities in a cutting-edge research institution, which is dedicated to advancing the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease, unsurprisingly comes with complex considerations and rigorous requirements...
Together, Rayca Precision and CloudLIMS co-empower clinical laboratories with an integrated ecosystem that combines state-of-the-art LIMS capabilities with advanced bioinformatics analysis. By seamlessly integrating CloudLIMS’ robust laboratory management platform with Rayca Precision’s sophisticated bioinformatics solutions, laboratories can access an end-to-end data solution that streamlines operations, accelerates scientific discovery, and delivers personalized patient care...
Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of Camlab Limited (“Camlab” or the “Company”), a UK-based supplier of scientific equipment, chemicals, consumables, labware, and other laboratory supplies and services to customers in the academic, research, pharmaceutical, industrial, environmental and food & beverage industries. The acquisition of Camlab bolsters Calibre Scientific’s growing product and service portfolio across the United Kingdom...
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is calling for urgent collaboration to tackle growing challenges around AI regulation and use in life sciences. It comes following a survey, conducted at the Pistoia Alliance’s largest ever European conference, found 70% of life sciences experts recognize the potential of AI but are still struggling to get started or implement it at scale...
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, has announced that ChemSketch Freeware has been downloaded by over 2.5 million users worldwide. This free version of ChemSketch, intended for academic and personal use, has been available and regularly updated for over 25 years. Students, academics, and scientists use ChemSketch to learn, teach, and share their work via chemical structures, reactions, schemes, and diagrams...
Oxford Instruments has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation for the Symmetry detector. Symmetry enables a deeper understanding of a material’s structure down to the nanoscale level. Symmetry radically increased the speed with which such in-depth analyses can be performed, resulting in the technique being much more widely adopted. Symmetry uses a technique called electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to analyse surfaces for minuscule weaknesses or flaws in the crystalline structure...
TESTA Analytical reports, after extensive testing, that its high-precision HPLC flowmeter has been approved by one of the most prestigious Metrology Institutes in Beijing, China. Scientists at this pioneering national statutory authority in the field of metrology, investigated the HPLC flowmeter as a modern alternative to the traditional Flow calibration method for HPLC pumps (National Metrology Verification Regulations of the People's Republic of China JJG705-2014 Liquid Chromatography)...
At ACHEMA 2024, Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents high-precision, sustainable temperature control solutions for the process industry on a 200 m² stand area. The product presentation will focus on the Unistat process circulators, which will be presented in a new generation. The proven concept has been revised and enhanced with the latest technologies, resulting in even better temperature control performance and efficiency...
Indica Labs, the leading provider of digital pathology solutions, announce that it received FDA clearance for HALO AP Dx, an enterprise digital pathology platform, for primary diagnosis. This 510(k) clearance allows HALO AP Dx to be utilized in conjunction with the Hamamatsu NanoZoomer® S360MD Slide scanner for in-vitro diagnostic use and sets the stage for use with additional FDA-cleared slide scanners in the future...
Biofortuna Limited, the specialist laboratory services and CDMO, has completed the acquisition of Cryoniss Ltd, underlining its commitment to support life-changing research and development across the global biotech and life sciences sector. The acquisition of Cryoniss brings expertise and infrastructure in temperature-controlled biological sample storage, strengthening Biofortuna’s existing stability storage capability and accelerating the growth of its controlled-environment storage offering...
The new premises of the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden opened on 7 May. The new area offers the twelve employees more room for additional innovation projects and the opportunity for further growth. The team is moving from the premises in the building of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health on the campus of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden to a building in Blasewitzer Straße, directly opposite the campus...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that the University of Tartu, host of Estonia’s National Biobank, has chosen the Revio HiFi sequencing system to sequence 10,000 whole human genomes and unlock new insights from its populational health data. The announcement follows funding from the European Commission and the Estonian government to help Estonia adopt personalized medicine at scale...
Lab Fit were commissioned over three months to change all aspects of an existing first-floor office space into new labs and offices. The team assisted Aeropak in the conversion of an existing first-floor office space into new labs and offices. The company manufactures a large volume and variety of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and cosmetics which require modern, state-of-the-art facilities...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK, a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organisation for the drug discovery community, has announced the keynote speakers for its flagship conference, Drug Discovery 2024: Ijeoma Uchegbu FMedSci, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London (UCL) and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Nanomerics, and Marcus Schindler PhD, CSO and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Novo Nordisk.
Immunologists in the Immune Sensing and Signaling Dynamics Group | ImmunoHUB at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S) in Porto, Portugal, are using INTEGRA Biosciences laboratory tools to help further our understanding of the human immune system. The research team is using the VACUSAFE safe aspiration system and PIPETBOY acu 2 pipet controller to enhance their investigations into the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in responding to bacterial infections and tumor growth...
Leading centrifugal separation solutions provider Alfa Laval has forged a collaborative partnership with Ireland’s National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to enhance and expand the Institute’s cell separation training solutions for the biopharma manufacturing industry. Under this collaboration, Alfa Laval has made a CultureOne Primo Separator, the company’s cutting-edge single-use disc stack centrifuge, available to NIBRT’s research and training facilities...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, has entered a collaborative partnership with Watchmaker Genomics, an expert in genomics tools development for high-stringency clinical and translational applications. The partnership harnesses the value of each organization to deliver robust and reliable automated liquid handling solutions that enable labs to streamline operations and generate consistent results...
Touchlight, a biotechnology CDMO pioneering enzymatic DNA production has been awarded a second grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to continue work with Professor Shelley Minteer's research group, Missouri University of Science and Technology, to further propel the development of DNA-enabled biobatteries. Biobatteries use enzymes to generate electricity from the breakdown of complex fuels, such as carbohydrates, fatty acids and alcohols...
Just over a month before ACHEMA 2024 opens on 10 June, one thing is already clear: with more than 60 percent of exhibitors coming from abroad, this year's leading trade show for the global process industry will be the most international ACHEMA ever. Numerous side events from renowned partners await participants from 130 countries. From 10 to 14 June 2024, 2,800 exhibitors from more than 50 nations will showcase their product innovations for the global process industry at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds...
With over 80 exhibitors, two days of talks from leading scientific speakers and over 1,200 delegates from across the laboratory industry, the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference 2024 has a lot on offer. The event is taking place on May 22 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. Here, David Zaborowski, group marketing manager at laboratory equipment supplier Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) discusses the five questions to ask when you attend this year’s show to get the most out of your visit...
The life science group Sartorius and U.S.-based startup TheWell Bioscience have agreed to partner on the further development of hydrogels and bioinks tailored to produce 3D advanced cell models for drug discovery workflows. In addition to this, Sartorius will expand the portfolio of its lab division by distributing TheWell Bioscience's products and invest in a minority shareholding in the company...
Leaders from across the region will meet to discuss the advancements in lab technology and the overarching industry, which has seen numerous developments over the past couple of years. With the conference setting its eyes on the evolution of the lab it will address 9 important and varying themes that encompass the breadth of this ever-growing field in Basel, June 26-27. The line-up of speakers includes members from world-leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca, GSK, and Novartis....
Veolia Water Technologies recently provided lab purification solutions to facilitate the life-saving work carried out by a prestigious University-based research institution. Through early engagement, the Veolia Water Technologies team were able to integrate their solutions within a highly bespoke lab design.Upgrading laboratory facilities in a cutting-edge research institution, which is dedicated to advancing the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease, unsurprisingly comes with complex considerations and rigorous requirements...
Together, Rayca Precision and CloudLIMS co-empower clinical laboratories with an integrated ecosystem that combines state-of-the-art LIMS capabilities with advanced bioinformatics analysis. By seamlessly integrating CloudLIMS’ robust laboratory management platform with Rayca Precision’s sophisticated bioinformatics solutions, laboratories can access an end-to-end data solution that streamlines operations, accelerates scientific discovery, and delivers personalized patient care...
Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the acquisition of Camlab Limited (“Camlab” or the “Company”), a UK-based supplier of scientific equipment, chemicals, consumables, labware, and other laboratory supplies and services to customers in the academic, research, pharmaceutical, industrial, environmental and food & beverage industries. The acquisition of Camlab bolsters Calibre Scientific’s growing product and service portfolio across the United Kingdom...