Business Secretary Greg Clark has named the UK businesses within the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group as winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 91st birthday.
Watson-Marlow Ltd and Bio Pure Technology Limited, win the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2017. The award reflects the company’s outstanding continuous growth of 76.6% in overseas sales over the judging period....
Cole-Parmer Ltd announced today that as of May, its key brands, including Stuart, Electrothermal, Jenway, Techne, and PCRmax, will be using Kite Packaging’s Wrap and Hold system to pack the majority of their products.
The Wrap and Hold system offers an environmentally friendly, high-performance and cost-efficient alternative to standard packaging. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to minimise their impact on the environment as factors such as climate change and...
UK must match EU regulation and research funding into Med Tech to keep jobs and investment in the country
The UK must harmonise with EU regulation on medical devices and address the country’s research funding short-fall post Brexit or risk losing billions of pounds worth of export opportunities and thousands of jobs, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers....
Once again, Systec GmbH, the leading manufacturer of autoclaves, including laboratory autoclaves, media preparators, and plate pourers for liquid media and microbiological culture media, will be presenting the highlights of its comprehensive product range at this year’s Biotechnica/Labvolution.
The Systec exhibition stand will be located in hall 20 booth C23. Advantages and special features of Systec autoclaves. Systec autoclaves can be used in all laboratory applications, including challenging sterilization processes: Sterilizing liquids (such as culture media, nutrient media), solid bodies....
Following a £0.5m Medical Research Council (MRC) grant to implement new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging tracers for mitochondrial dysfunction and synaptic loss, Imanova has been awarded an additional £1m of strategic funding.
The funding, from the MRC, is for clinical evaluation of this combination of tracers in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease - Stage 1 of the MIND-MAPS (Molecular Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease – Mitochondria, Associated Proteins & Synapses) programme....
Spectro Scientific has been awarded U.S. patent 9,274,041, “Particle counter and classification system”, to extend the LaserNet Fines® particle analysis technology with new capabilities to size and count ferrous particles and measure total ferrous content by weight.
This technology is used in Spectro Scientific’s LaserNet 230 particle analyzer, formerly named the LaserNet Fines (LNF) Q230. The patented technology enables the LaserNet 230 instrument to accurately size and count ferrous particles as small as 25 microns in size and measure total ferrous content below 10 ppm....
New funds will be used to expand world’s largest human genomic data portal
Repositive, the company that created the world’s largest portal for accessing human genomic research data, has closed a Series A funding round of £2.5m. The investors include lead investor, Ananda Social Venture Fund, Force Over Mass Capital and sees Amadeus Capital Partners and Jonathan Milner increase their investments, having previously participated in seed funding Repositive....
Automated Whole-Genome Sequencing Approach Provides Confidence in Results with Increased Sample Throughput and Decreased Turnaround Time
Hamilton Robotics continues to strengthen their ongoing partnership with Illumina, Inc. through the collaborative development of the VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution for high-throughput noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow is a simple six-step process for up to 48 or 96 samples at a time...
Porvair Sciences is pleased to welcome J. G. Finneran Associates into the Porvair family following its acquisition by Porvair plc.
J.G. Finneran designs, manufactures and distributes specialist laboratory consumables including vials, filters, microplates, closures and ancillary products. Finneran products clearly complement the biotechnology and chromatography product lines of Porvair Sciences and the combined product ranges will provide an enhanced offering to all customers....
MR Solutions, of Guildford has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
These awards are announced on the Queen’s birthday, 21April and are one of the UK’s highest accolades recognising business achievement. Last year MR Solutions won the Queen’s Award for Innovation. This has been achieved in recognition of MR Solutions’ outstanding business success with strong export sales growth of 119% over the last three years....
The newly re-designed ‘xr’ series thermal desorption (TD) products from Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) have recently been awarded a European Product Design Award.
These awards honour the best in the product design globally, which have the goal of advancing the appreciation of design worldwide. The ‘xr’ series products were designed in collaboration with Sanders Design Associates Ltd (Cardiff, UK) and awarded Silver in the category of Industrial & Life Science Design....
When the bat phone rings at the Discovery Park offices of A4P it usually means there’s another challenge – with this talented team of scientists and logistics experts ready to leap into action and contribute wherever that may be.
Since its launch five years ago – at the very beginning of Discovery Park’s time as a multi-business campus for science, technology and enterprise – problem solving has been their USP, quickly gaining a global reputation for success. There are two core elements to the business....
For more than 25 years, Klaus Berka has been the thinker, guider, and doer of Analytik Jena AG.
The Company’s founder and long-term CEO is stepping down from Analytik Jena’s operational business. He will shortly join the Supervisory Board. “Klaus Berka has always focused on the customers, products, and technologies. He worked tirelessly so that Analytik Jena could hold its ground as an innovative technological leader against larger international competitors....
The Innovation Institute announced today that Dr. Christina Waters has joined the organization to serve as the Innovation Lab Executive in Residence, specializing in life science innovation.
She is CEO and Founder of RARE Science, a non-profit research organization that enables the rare scientific research community to accelerate discovery of therapeutic solutions for kids with rare diseases. She serves as a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Global Genes|Rare Project, which focuses on advocacy and education for the rare disease community....
BioTek Instruments further expanded their presence in China with the opening of their Guangzhou office.
As BioTek’s third China location, this most recent addition is situated in Guangzhou’s Tianhe district, Zhujiang New Town, and will include sales, service and applications support for the rapidly expanding South China market. BioTek’s General Manager for China, Mr. Luo Shaoguang (Danny) will oversee the new office...
The UK’s largest independent supplier of laboratory products is pleased to announce an exclusive deal with E & O Laboratories Ltd for their comprehensive range of microbiological media.
TTP Labtech Ltd. is a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications.
Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI) is the award-winning manufacturer of Fragment Analyzer™ and FEMTO Pulse™ automated systems for nucleic acid sizing and quantity analysis. The Fragment Analyzer INFINITY™ model integrates within robotic cells for complete 24+ hour automation....
NRL Receives Globally Recognized ISO 15189 Accreditation for Quality Excellence for Four more Laboratories in their Network.
The latest accreditations support the continued growth of NRL’s delivery of medical laboratory excellence, to ultimately improve patient outcomes across Abu Dhabi and the region. National Reference Laboratory (NRL), part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare providers, today announced receiving the ISO 15189 accreditation for their laboratory at ICAD and three managed laboratories....
INFORS HT has been recognised with an award presented by the prestigious iF International Forum / The Minifors 2 bioreactor impressed the jury and was one of only a few candidates to receive the iF gold award in the discipline "product"
Each year, Germany’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, bestows the iF DESIGN AWARD. It is one of the most important design prizes in the world and awards design achievements in the following disciplines Product, Packaging, Communication and Service Design, Architecture and Interior Architecture, as well as Professional Concepts. This year only 75 products of 5575 submissions from 59 countries have been chosen for the iF...
Funding from Deepbridge Capital, Innovate UK and Scottish Investment Bank will support development of next generation Ophthalmology biologics
Elasmogen Ltd, developer of soloMERTM biologics, today announced that it has received a Biomedical Catalyst Grant from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK and matching investment from Deepbridge Capital and Scottish Investment Bank (the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise) totalling £1.2 M....
Edinburgh-based Ingenza is celebrating after being named the Innovator of the Year at the 2017 Made in Scotland awards, held at the Glasgow Science Centre on the 19th of April.
Now in its second year, the awards highlight the achievements of Scottish companies in sectors such as life sciences, food and drink, engineering, manufacturing and recycling. The Innovator of the Year award acknowledges the launch or creation of a product or process with substantial commercial potential. Ingenza was recognised for its proprietary combinatorial genetic platform, inABLE®....
Precision NanoSystems NanoAssemblr™ platform has been selected for the controlled manufacture of nanomedicines as part of the multinational B-SMART (Brain-Specific, Modular and Active RNA Therapeutics) translational research project.
This €6 million initiative, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program, aims to use RNA-based therapeutics to silence the production of disease-causing proteins for a range of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s. Professor Raymond Schiffelers from UMC Utrecht is leading the project, and explained its goals....
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Watson-Marlow Ltd and Bio Pure Technology Limited, win the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2017. The award reflects the company’s outstanding continuous growth of 76.6% in overseas sales over the judging period....
The Wrap and Hold system offers an environmentally friendly, high-performance and cost-efficient alternative to standard packaging. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to minimise their impact on the environment as factors such as climate change and...
The UK must harmonise with EU regulation on medical devices and address the country’s research funding short-fall post Brexit or risk losing billions of pounds worth of export opportunities and thousands of jobs, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers....
The Systec exhibition stand will be located in hall 20 booth C23. Advantages and special features of Systec autoclaves. Systec autoclaves can be used in all laboratory applications, including challenging sterilization processes: Sterilizing liquids (such as culture media, nutrient media), solid bodies....
The funding, from the MRC, is for clinical evaluation of this combination of tracers in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease - Stage 1 of the MIND-MAPS (Molecular Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease – Mitochondria, Associated Proteins & Synapses) programme....
This technology is used in Spectro Scientific’s LaserNet 230 particle analyzer, formerly named the LaserNet Fines (LNF) Q230. The patented technology enables the LaserNet 230 instrument to accurately size and count ferrous particles as small as 25 microns in size and measure total ferrous content below 10 ppm....
Repositive, the company that created the world’s largest portal for accessing human genomic research data, has closed a Series A funding round of £2.5m. The investors include lead investor, Ananda Social Venture Fund, Force Over Mass Capital and sees Amadeus Capital Partners and Jonathan Milner increase their investments, having previously participated in seed funding Repositive....
Hamilton Robotics continues to strengthen their ongoing partnership with Illumina, Inc. through the collaborative development of the VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution for high-throughput noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow is a simple six-step process for up to 48 or 96 samples at a time...
J.G. Finneran designs, manufactures and distributes specialist laboratory consumables including vials, filters, microplates, closures and ancillary products. Finneran products clearly complement the biotechnology and chromatography product lines of Porvair Sciences and the combined product ranges will provide an enhanced offering to all customers....
These awards are announced on the Queen’s birthday, 21April and are one of the UK’s highest accolades recognising business achievement. Last year MR Solutions won the Queen’s Award for Innovation. This has been achieved in recognition of MR Solutions’ outstanding business success with strong export sales growth of 119% over the last three years....
These awards honour the best in the product design globally, which have the goal of advancing the appreciation of design worldwide. The ‘xr’ series products were designed in collaboration with Sanders Design Associates Ltd (Cardiff, UK) and awarded Silver in the category of Industrial & Life Science Design....
Since its launch five years ago – at the very beginning of Discovery Park’s time as a multi-business campus for science, technology and enterprise – problem solving has been their USP, quickly gaining a global reputation for success. There are two core elements to the business....
The Company’s founder and long-term CEO is stepping down from Analytik Jena’s operational business. He will shortly join the Supervisory Board. “Klaus Berka has always focused on the customers, products, and technologies. He worked tirelessly so that Analytik Jena could hold its ground as an innovative technological leader against larger international competitors....
She is CEO and Founder of RARE Science, a non-profit research organization that enables the rare scientific research community to accelerate discovery of therapeutic solutions for kids with rare diseases. She serves as a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Global Genes|Rare Project, which focuses on advocacy and education for the rare disease community....
As BioTek’s third China location, this most recent addition is situated in Guangzhou’s Tianhe district, Zhujiang New Town, and will include sales, service and applications support for the rapidly expanding South China market. BioTek’s General Manager for China, Mr. Luo Shaoguang (Danny) will oversee the new office...
SLS already have a comprehensive range of microbiology equipment, consumables and media which has been further strengthened by the addition of E & O to their portfolio, with exclusivity into the universities sector.
Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI) is the award-winning manufacturer of Fragment Analyzer™ and FEMTO Pulse™ automated systems for nucleic acid sizing and quantity analysis. The Fragment Analyzer INFINITY™ model integrates within robotic cells for complete 24+ hour automation....
The latest accreditations support the continued growth of NRL’s delivery of medical laboratory excellence, to ultimately improve patient outcomes across Abu Dhabi and the region. National Reference Laboratory (NRL), part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare providers, today announced receiving the ISO 15189 accreditation for their laboratory at ICAD and three managed laboratories....
Each year, Germany’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, bestows the iF DESIGN AWARD. It is one of the most important design prizes in the world and awards design achievements in the following disciplines Product, Packaging, Communication and Service Design, Architecture and Interior Architecture, as well as Professional Concepts. This year only 75 products of 5575 submissions from 59 countries have been chosen for the iF...
Elasmogen Ltd, developer of soloMERTM biologics, today announced that it has received a Biomedical Catalyst Grant from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK and matching investment from Deepbridge Capital and Scottish Investment Bank (the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise) totalling £1.2 M....
