Light sheet and confocal microscopy combined for long-term imaging of sensitive samples

A new consultancy has been established to assist analytical chemists with complex or demanding applications using gas chromatography (GC).

SepSolve Analytical Ltd (Peterborough, UK), a company of the Schauenburg International Group (Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany), provides a unique combination of expert advice, equipment from numerous suppliers, and applications support to the global analytical chemistry sector for the characterisation of complex mixtures by GC-based technologies....

The human cell culture specialists join experts in ion channel research to study human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes for drug discovery applications

Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specialising in the supply of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cells, and Metrion Biosciences, a specialist ion channel drug discovery business, have signed a collaboration agreement to improve, standardise and more accurately predict the risk of human clinical pro-arrhythmias....

XEI Scientific, Inc. is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with EMS, Electron Microscopy Sciences, to sell and promote Evactron® products in North and South America.

XEI has sold more than 2400 plasma radical sources for cleaning localized areas, analytical specimens, and large and small vacuum chambers. EMS specializes in the manufacturing, preparation and distribution of only the highest quality chemicals, supplies and equipment for microscopy and histology....

BioTek Instruments celebrated the start of a $4 million, 22,000 square foot facility expansion during a company-wide event, featuring honorable guests Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressman Peter Welch, Governor Peter Shumlin, and Lt. Governor Phil Scott.

The increased space will be used to support the Company’s rapidly growing manufacturing and design needs, and once completed at the end of 2016, will also add a number of new jobs to the local economy.....

Techcomp (Europe) Ltd has appointed Dr Roger Fenske as the new CEO of Edinburgh Instruments.  

Roger has worked for EI for over 14 years and brings a wealth of customer application and technology experience to the role. Since Techcomp acquired EI in 2013, the business has launched several new products, including the FS5 Spectrofluorometer, and expanded into new manufacturing facilities at their Livingston site. Roger replaces the outgoing CEO Mark Vosloo who led the re-organisation of the operations following...

Blacktrace Holdings Limited, a leading group of companies focused on Productizing Science^®, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest brand, Dolomite Bio.

This biology-focused brand – spun out from sister company Dolomite Microfluidics – is dedicated to the development of innovative products for high throughput single cell research. Dolomite Bio specializes in microfluidic droplet applications, offering a range of microfluidic systems and individual modules, as well as control software and reagents, for cell biology applications. Its core droplet technology is...

Small-Spot Capabilities of JVX7300LSI System Enable Development of Advanced Technology Nodes

Initial €50,000 Phase 1 grant will fund full feasibility study

Symcel, the company behind the revolutionary cell-based assay tool for real-time cellular bioenergetic measurements, calScreener™, has secured  Horizon 2020 Phase I funding to prepare the company for the planned commercialisation of its groundbreaking technology....

Cambridge Consultants works with WaveGuide on world’s first portable NMR scanner

Product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is working with medical device start-up WaveGuide Corporation on a world first to tackle the global problem of tuberculosis (TB), as well as other diseases. The two companies are developing a unique portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanner to provide fast, low-cost, point-of-care (POC) testing for disease in developing countries...

John McAslan + Partners has won an international competition to design the new GeoSciences Building for the University of Edinburgh.

The University’s School is ranked in the top 16 such faculties worldwide and is the largest community of GeoScientists in the UK, home to 400 academics and research students. A reinterpretation of the typical laboratory layout will achieve transparency throughout the building, visually connecting write-up areas, laboratories, group rooms and offices...

Merger forms ReproCELL Europe Ltd, led by Dr David Bunton

The Japanese regenerative medicine company ReproCELL Inc., has announced that two of its Group companies, Biopta and Reinnervate, will merge to form a new company, ReproCELL Europe Ltd.  The merger is aimed at strengthening ReproCELL’s pharmaceutical industry-targeted drug discovery services and products through the integration of Biopta’s human tissue services with Reinnervate’s stem cell and 3D cell...

Merck has entered into an agreement with PCAS S.A. to expand Merck’s excipients portfolio. Under the agreement, Merck will be the exclusive, global distributor of the Expansorb^® line of biocompatible and biodegradable polymers.

The portfolio will include 38 polymers for sustained release of small molecule and selected peptide injectables, allowing customers to optimize and precisely control release kinetics of final drug products. The ability to better control and sustain the release of drugs allows for delivery via reduced numbers of injections with the same therapeutic efficacy...

ISG has been awarded a £21 million technical fit out project by HSL (Health Services Laboratories) to create its new London core laboratory; a facility that will include state-of-the-art pathology laboratories serving the London health community, as well as HSL’s corporate offices.

HSL is a joint venture between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The new 133,000 sq ft laboratory in the ‘Halo’ building at One Mabledon Place, in the epicentre of the emerging biosciences corridor in Kings Cross, will see the organisation consolidate existing disparate pathology facilities from North Central London into what will become one of the largest pathology laboratories in Europe.

ACC Liverpool, 13^th-14^th October 2016

ELRIG (European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group) has announced its 10^th Anniversary Drug Discovery meeting, which this year will take place at ACC in Liverpool, UK, located in the heart of the city beside the historic Albert Docks, from 13^th-14^th October 2016. ELRIG Drug Discovery is the premier meeting place in Europe for scientists from industry, biotech and academia engaged in pre-clinical drug discovery...

Insterprep instantly soluble, pre-weighed media range ensures fast and accurate sample preparation

Seward Ltd, manufacturers of the renowned Stomacher^® blender and creators of the Insterprep^® range of instantly soluble sterile media, has teamed up with Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as their primary distribution partner for Insterprep in the UK. Insterprep is a new range of pre-weighed, sterile, granulated media available in Stomacher® bags or sachets. Designed to speed up and simplify sample preparation for...

Cresset is pleased to announce that BASF Crop Protection has invested in a global license giving their agrochemical researchers in Germany and India access to computational chemistry tools.

“Cresset software had previously been subject to an exclusivity agreement with a leading agrochemical company,” explains Dr David Bardsley, Commercial Director at Cresset. “Now our software is available across this industry we are experiencing a surge of interest from agrochemical companies keen to take advantage of our novel techniques...

Freeman Technology, a global leader in the field of powder flow testing, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Lenterra, a company that specialises in the provision of optical technology for inline real-time flow measurement.

Freeman now has global distribution rights for Lenterra products. Freeman’s application expertise, in combination with Lenterra’s technology, offers valuable new opportunities for comprehensive powder characterisation and process optimisation. “Moving into inline monitoring of both batch and continuous processes is a logical step for us as we strengthen and diversify our offering to meet industrial requirements,” said Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman...

The grant will fund research led by scientist who broke his neck aged 18

The Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded £65,000 to the INSPIRE Foundation to fund a research project which aims to improve the quality of life and independence of people with spinal cord injuries. The research project will be led by young research scientist Sean Doherty who broke his neck in a mountain bike accident in 2008 at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre based at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore.  Sean broke his neck in...

Emprove^® risk assessment program provides easy access to information on materials used for drug product manufacturing

Merck has expanded its industry-leading Emprove^® risk assessment program to include a selection of products for filtration and single-use processing. The program provides documentation and regulatory information on materials used in the manufacture of drug products.....

St Neots based Kinesis is celebrating after being named the winner of the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce Global Awards for Export Growth. 

The awards were presented at the Global Leaders Lunch on Friday 10th June at Downing College, London.  Guest speaker Harriet Fear, UKTI Business Ambassador and Chief Executive of One Nucleus shared her distinguished perspective of the global marketplace in a fascinating keynote address. The Global Awards covered four categories, Excellence in Staff Development, Achievement in New Markets, Overall Growth in...

Earlier this year specialist autoclave manufacturer Priorclave agreed to abide by the hourly wage rate set by the London Living Wage. 

Although voluntary, the company believes it will enable them to attract and maintain people with engineering skills and those with a flair for design and product development. Priorclave is a progressive laboratory autoclave manufacturer with a global presence, shipping products from its London factory to virtually every country worldwide....