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.
ELRIG (European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group) has announced its 10th 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 13th-14th 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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
ELRIG (European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group) has announced its 10th 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 13th-14th 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...
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 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 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 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...
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...
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....
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.....
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...
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....
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...
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....
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....