French-based Dominique Dutscher (DD) and Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) in the UK are the leading independent distributors of laboratory products in their respective territories.
Both companies are pleased to announce today that they have joined forces to better serve their customers across Europe. The combined operation will create the largest independent European distributor of laboratory supplies with circa €180m of combined revenue.....
Hercuvan Lab Systems [part of the Revongen Corporation] continues to expand its distribution network across Europe.
Hercuvan specialise in providing laboratory equipment for life science, microbiological, biochemical and clinical laboratories. The majority of the product development and design is undertaken in California, USA with the Asia Pacific sales and operations centred in Malaysia. Since 2015 Hercuvan has been appointing new distributors to further enhance its sales channels....
Northern Ireland-based laboratory supplier Analab Ltd has been acquired by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s largest independent provider of laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables.
This is as part of an ambitious expansion plan to service the growing life sciences, state-funded research, food and beverage, and medical technology sectors across Ireland. From July 2016, Analab becomes part of the SLS UK Group, taking UK Group turnover to £42 million, and will be referred to as Analab, an SLS Company. The agreement has already created new job opportunities, with further posts likely to be announced...
BioTek Instruments, Inc. affirms their ongoing investment across the North American microplate-based technology market with the expansion of their business in Canada.
The dedicated sales and support operation will focus on bringing enhanced applications and technical support throughout the country. Dr. Charles Amirmansour, previously BioTek’s Applications and Business Development Manager, is now appointed as the Canadian Country Manager....
Who is expanding globally in the gel documentation market?
Aplegen gel documentation systems are now available in over 40 countries. This rapid growth is being led by an expanding network of distributors around the globe who have all seen the major advantages of the Aplegen products over other gel documentation systems. Aplegen gel documentation systems are cleverly designed and all have impressive specifications.
Analytical solutions designed to streamline workflows, quickly generate data for deeper understanding of molecular complexes
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) has announced a scientific collaboration focused on the development of analytical solutions for the characterisation of complex biopharmaceuticals...
Organizations Partner to Enhance the Development of Analytical Methods and Glycan Libraries for Cancer Glycobiology, Focusing on Glycosphingolipids
Waters Corporation has announced a joint effort with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute within Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to develop new methods of finding cancer markers and elucidating glycosylation pathways that could pave the way for new therapeutic strategies....
Universal, Whole Genome Array to Enable Wide Breadth of Genotyping Applications for Biobanks, Disease and Translational Research, and Consumer Genomics
Illumina, Inc. has announced that it has signed deals with 12 customers for its new Infinium® Global Screening Array (GSA). In total, the company has received orders for more than 3 million samples of the new consortia-developed array. Initial customers include human disease researchers....
Autoscribe Informatics has appointed Ritme as its distributor for the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in France, Italy and Switzerland.
Ritme has been selling scientific software and offering software support since 1989, with the prime objective of helping its customers make the best use of their software solutions. John Boother, President at Autoscribe Informatics said: “Following on from our recent successes in the USA, we are also keen to expand...
Award presentation at the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World'
Within the framework of the ZEISS Symposium 'Optics in the Digital World,' Professor Fedor Jelezko (University of Ulm) and Professor Jörg Wrachtrup (University of Stuttgart) received the ZEISS Research Award 2016. This prestigious award is given to outstanding scientists who perform research in the field of optics and photonics and promote innovations....
Read MoreSartorius Stedim BioOutsource Appoints Technical Sales Specialist in IndiaJul 26, 2016
To help Indian researchers access a portfolio of excellent services from BioOutsource and Cellca
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary BioOutsource has appointed Ravin Mehta as Technical Sales Specialist to enable customers to have access to Cellca and BioOutsource’s early stage development services for biosimilar drug candidates....
Science World, the Fisher Scientific Laboratory Experience, returned to Berlin on 1 June following a great show at the same venue two years ago.
The event, hosted by Thermo Fisher Scientific, showcased the latest in laboratory innovations available through the Fisher Scientific channel. Thousands of products were in action for attendees to experience, making it an ideal for anyone working in or around a laboratory...
Metrohm USA is proud to announce that it has received the Leadership Circle Award from The Electrochemical Society (ECS) recognizing ten consecutive years of membership.
The mission of The Electrochemical Society is to advance theory and practice at the forefront of electrochemical and solid state science. Metrohm USA’s support helps ECS members make key discoveries that address challenges such as renewable energy, food safety, water sanitation, and medical diagnosis and care....
British specialist laboratory autoclave manufacturer Priorclave has been awarded an export contract to deliver a number of its QCS150 front loading autoclaves to medical centres throughout Northeast Africa.
The contract, worth in excess of £560,000, will see Priorclave ship over a number of months, a large number of the vacuum versions of its QCS150 cylindrical chamber, laboratory autoclave. The vacuum model has been selected specifically to ensure complete and total air evacuation to suit the variety of applications....
Better protection against rust and corrosion is a step closer thanks to a breakthrough by a Swansea University research team, who have discovered a safer, smarter way of tackling the problem. The team, led by Professor Geraint Williams and includes doctorate student Patrick Dodds, is developing a new ‘smart release’ corrosion inhibitor, for use in coated steel products, and has won the Materials Science Venture Prize...
GPE Scientific has provided a 60 MHz NMReady benchtop spectrometer to the University of Edinburgh, designed for a three year University project: in order to refine and improve chemistry undergraduates studies in Chemical Sciences.
There are many reasons why the NMReady spectrometer from Nanalysis would be used in teaching laboratories: it has many features, including, but not limited to; a cryogen free, persistent magnetic field, a simple to use LCD touch screen, optional kinetics capabilities for simple reaction monitoring and can perform routine NMR measurements effortlessly...
Cellca’s Cell Line and Upstream Process Development Services Now Integrated
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry announced that its subsidiary BioOutsource launched an updated website to spotlight Sartorius Stedim Cellca’s cell line and upstream process development services for the biopharmaceutical industry. The new microsite features insights into the technology and development services of Cellca most recently acquired...
Cellectricon AB, a leading provider of advanced cell-based Discovery Services, today announced a commercial collaboration with UK-based research company Neurexpert Ltd.
Under the agreement, Cellectricon and Neurexpert will co-promote their combined CNS drug discovery expertise, with a particular focus on synaptic function assays, for research into treatments of central nervous system disorders in the fields of psychiatry, neurology, pain and neurodegeneration. “As a provider of specialist neurophysiology expertise and with over 80 years combined experience in developing...
The BioStack™ 4 Microplate Stacker from BioTek Instruments has been granted U.S. patent 9,366,686 for its unique technology associated with automatic microplate de-lidding and re-lidding, which is especially useful in cell-based assay workflows.
BioStack 4 facilitates increased throughput and greater productivity in processes involving lidded and unlidded 96-, 384- and 1536-well microplates as well as select 6- to 48-well microplates. The design incorporates a two-position carrier for ultra-fast transfer times, and the small overall footprint allows operation in biosafety cabinets....
Biotage, a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce that they have achieved ISO 14001:2004 certification.
This certificate is an international standard for an environmental management system (EMS) that helps businesses such as Biotage control and improve practices that are potentially harmful to the environment. This comes after years of dedicated work and close collaboration between employees, consultants and managerial staff....
Private equity firm Holland Venture and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) are together investing in CytoSMART Technologies.
Founded in 2012 under the name CytoMATE, CytoSMART is a spin-off of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The company develops smart devices for use in laboratories around the world. The first product, CytoSMARTTM Lux, is a small digital microscope that can be used to continually monitor cell cultures in a CO2 incubator and send the images straight to the cloud, where they can then be examined by...
Anachem’s new ISO 17025 accredited Pipette Service Centre based in Dublin is staffed by highly qualified, professional service technicians.
Our efficient organisation ensures a high quality, value for money service, without delay. Your pipettes will be fully, professionally serviced & calibrated to the original manufacturer specifications and returned to you promptly. Our commitment to these standards guarantees your work is not delayed waiting for pipettes to come back to your laboratory....