Christine Wade has recently joined the Priorclave Customer Care Team with special responsibility for co-ordinating every aspect of service support for its range of laboratory and research grade autoclaves.
She will liaise directly with customers to confirm delivery dates and schedule commissioning by the service engineers for a speedy installation. Another key role is planning and scheduling routine maintenance visits to ensure year-on-year performance for proper sterilisation as well as responding to emergency call-out requests. “For customers’ investing in the Priorclave brand means acquiring a top-range autoclave along with...
BioSilta Ltd has acquired a license to worldwide exclusive rights to CyDisCo™ (Cytoplasmic Disulphide bond formation in E. coli) protein production technology from the University of Oulu.
This license agreement will enable BioSilta will combine its EnPresso culture systems technology with CyDisCo protein production technology to make EnPresso-CyDisCo expression systems available to scientists and bio-processing engineers. As part of the agreement, BioSilta will also have future access to those that invented and enhanced the CyDisCo protein production technology for future R&D consultation...
Trajan Scientific and Medical “Trajan” today announced the acquisition of the business of LEAP Technologies (NC, USA).
Formed in 1989 Carrboro, NC in order to serve the automation needs of analytical laboratories (Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry related), LEAP delivers solutions in the fields of research and development, life science, pharmaceutical, polymer, food processing, forensic, and academia. Bringing LEAP into the Trajan Group will complement the widening capability of Trajan, servicing their vision to make a...
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received a sizeable order from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) to manufacture the relay imaging reflective optics that will form part of two critical viewing diagnostic assemblies for the Joint European Torus (JET) when operating with a deuterium-tritium fuel mixture.
The project is funded under the framework of EUROfusion**. Comprising a series of large diameter (up to 500mm) ultra-smooth flat and spherical mirrors, some of which will have a very long radius of curvature, the relay imaging reflective optics will allow CCFE to monitor a number of physical and operational parameters within the JET fusion vessel with remote cameras from behind the 3m thick concrete shield wall. Knowledge of these parameters...
Ms Elpis Barons of Barons Medical Consulting announced as Trajan Accelerator General Manager
Trajan Scientific and Medical has announced the commencement of the Trajan Accelerator program, a new collaborative model targeting early stage enterprises sharing Trajan’s vision to positively impact human wellbeing through the application of science into society. Conceived in late 2015, Trajan Accelerator aims to help start-up businesses cross the “Valley of Death” to build long-term sustainable businesses with...
Cresset, innovative provider of software and discovery services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce that Cresset’s CEO, Dr Robert Scoffin, has been awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr Robert Scoffin FRSC, is an expert in the fields of molecular modeling and cheminformatics. He joined Cresset as CEO in 2010. His previous roles include CEO of Amedis a...nd VP, Europe at CambridgeSoft. He also heads up Re-Pharm, an early stage discovery company which uses Cresset software to assess compounds for repurposing. His DPhil is in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. Dr Scoffin joins
ZEISS announces that it assisted University of Alberta enhance its open access micro and nano scale fabrication facility (nanoFAB) by providing ZEISS helium and electron systems.
The University's recent purchase of a ZEISS ORION NanoFab Helium Ion Microscope and a ZEISS SIGMA Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) ensures that the nanoFAB can offer users the broadest range of characterization opportunities possible. The Helium Ion Microscope purchased is configured with a Capella Gallium Focused Ion Beam and the Fibics NanoPatterning and Visualization Engine (NPVE)...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM system at the University of Liverpool in the group of Dr Luning Liu of the Institute of Integrative Biology to study biological membrane structures and protein dynamics.
Dr Luning Liu leads a research group at the Institute of Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. Using interdisciplinary approaches, the Liu Lab aims to explore the molecular mechanism underlying the self-assembly, dynamics and regulation of biological membranes and macromolecular protein complexes. The long-term goal of the group is to understand the physiological adaptation of cellular metabolisms in...
Effective immediately, INFORS HT is solely responsible for the global distribution of aquila biolabs’ Cell Growth Quantifier (CGQ).
The CGQ allows non-invasive online monitoring of biomass in shake flasks. The automatic measurements save time and provide a profound understanding of the bioprocesses, ensuring sustainable success of shake flask experiments. Currently, scientists monitor biomass in shake flask cultures by manual and invasive photometric OD measurements. The CGQ, however, determines the biomass concentration automatically...
Leading UK clinician appointed to guide Sphere’s clinical programme
Sphere Medical, an innovator company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, today announces the appointment of Professor Michael Grocott to its Medical Advisory Board. This advisory board helps Sphere Medical to ensure that it maintains excellence in clinical practices and strives for continual quality improvement in order to best support clinical needs. As Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University of...
EM Resolutions, manufacturers and suppliers of tools and accessories for users of electron microscopes, announce availability of products from Energy Beam Sciences and Denka for electron microscopists.
EM Resolutions has been appointed by Energy Beam Sciences (EBS) as exclusive distributor for their tungsten EM filaments and Denka Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6) cathodes in the UK and Ireland. As an industry leader in applied energy beam technologies, EBS has built a reputation for superior design and craftsmanship, manufacturing filaments with outstanding performance and longevity...
Eppendorf has been awarded the Company of the Year accolade in the SelectScience® Reviewers’ Choice Awards™ 2016, in recognition of the company’s contribution to scientific research over the past year.
The leading life science company is amongst the winners who were officially announced during a ceremony held at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Reviewers’ Choice Awards™, added to the annual Scientists’ Choice Awards® in 2015, give laboratory scientists an opportunity to have their say by rating and reviewing companies and products that have made a significant difference to their research over the...
SP Industries, Inc. (SP), a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art laboratory equipment ; research, pilot and production freeze dryers ; laboratory supplies and glassware has announced that it has acquired the assets of privately held PennTech Machinery Corporation.
Penntech is a global provider of complete vial handling solutions covering washing, sterilization, filling, stoppering, capping and both tray and freeze dryer loading/unloading equipment, located in Warminster (PA, USA). “PennTech has a well-earned reputation for producing high quality, often customized, equipment and is the only U.S. based manufacturer to offer complete aseptic processing lines,” stated...
Cambridge Regional College Awards Recognises Firm’s Outstanding Apprenticeship Scheme
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) is delighted to announce that its Royston site has won two prestigious awards at the Annual Cambridge Regional College Apprenticeship Dinner. The company was chosen as category winners for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Apprenticeships and then went on to win “Overall Employer of the Year”. These awards recognize Sartorius in Royston as an...
ZEISS industry-leading GeminiSEM 500 imaging system to enhance the MACES open access microscopy imaging facility
ZEISS announces that it is providing its GeminiSEM 500, customized for nanomaterial characterization, to the University of California Merced’s Merced Nanomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES). The University’s recent purchase will support the university’s strong nanomaterial-based research programs and aid in the Center’s research in functional nanomaterials for energy and sensing for NASA missions...
With the World Health Organisation recently declaring the Zika virus the latest international public health emergency, pressure is growing on pharmaceutical manufacturers to rapidly increase production in order to meet spikes in demand.
Leading global asset management specialist, EquipNet Inc., has witnessed an increase in the number of pharma businesses purchasing pre-owned assets from other top-tier manufacturers to upscale production, as they realise the substantial time and cost savings that can be made. Ben Potenza, Vice President of Marketing at EquipNet, comments, “Pre-owned equipment is generally available immediately and delivery can be...
Discovery Park’s reputation as a centre for science innovation is set to grow even further in the months ahead thanks to a new investment fund located at the Sandwich site.
NCL Innovation, the UK’s leading early stage technology investor, has set up the Discovery Park Technology Investment Fund, which will help cutting edge science and technology firms to get their products or treatments to market. The new fund is managed by NCL and supported by Kent County Council and the Regional Growth Fund with the companies supported by the scheme given the investment and backing they...
The new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Personalised Medicine held its official launch event in the House of Commons today with Life Sciences Minister George Freeman.
The Group aims to help the NHS and patients make best use of the increasing availability of cutting-edge technologies to provide more personalised health and care. The PHG Foundation, an independent health policy think tank that aims to make science work for health, provides the Secretariat for the new Group, supported by partners the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and...
BioTek Instruments is proud to announce that President and CEO Briar Alpert was named to the Board of Trustees at the University of Vermont (UVM) as of March 1, 2016.
As part of this six-year term, Mr. Alpert will advise and support UVM management on policy, budgets, strategic planning and other matters to ensure the University’s long-term vision and success. Mr. Alpert has far-reaching ties with the University, having earned his MBA and a BS in mechanical engineering from UVM. Additionally, his father and BioTek’s founder, Dr. Norman Alpert, was an internationally recognized expert in...
Fundraise will support commercial expansion and translational product development
Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX), a pioneer in the development of epigenetic sequencing technologies, today announced the close of a $21 million Series B financing and the appointment of Dr. Geoff Smith as CEO. The round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with significant participation from Sequoia Capital. Current investors New Science Ventures, Syncona Partners and Cambridge University also joined the round...
Atlas Genetics Ltd, the ultra- rapid Point-Of-Care (POC) molecular diagnostics company, today announces that it has been awarded an SBRI grant from Innovate UK to assist in the development of an ultra-rapid POC multiplex STI test measuring the four most commonly occurring pathogens (Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium) in less than 30 minutes.
Atlas Genetics will develop an ultra-rapid POC stratified medicine diagnostic for patients presenting to Sexual Health Clinics with urethritis, which will allow immediate and accurate selection of appropriate and effective antibiotic treatment. Atlas will be collaborating with the Applied Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Unit at St George’s, University of London and Aquarius Population Health. Key elements of this project include...
Postnova Analytics, the leading international supplier of Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) systems, has opened a dedicated office to enhance local support for its growing base of UK customers.
The new company, Postnova Analytics UK Ltd., is based in Herefordshire, and headed up by Paul Clarke - an industry professional with over 30 years experience in separation sciences. In addition to expediting service and support for existing systems, the new Postnova Analytics UK office has invested in a well-equipped laboratory for demonstrations and applications development in the separation of particles, polymers...
She will liaise directly with customers to confirm delivery dates and schedule commissioning by the service engineers for a speedy installation. Another key role is planning and scheduling routine maintenance visits to ensure year-on-year performance for proper sterilisation as well as responding to emergency call-out requests. “For customers’ investing in the Priorclave brand means acquiring a top-range autoclave along with...
This license agreement will enable BioSilta will combine its EnPresso culture systems technology with CyDisCo protein production technology to make EnPresso-CyDisCo expression systems available to scientists and bio-processing engineers. As part of the agreement, BioSilta will also have future access to those that invented and enhanced the CyDisCo protein production technology for future R&D consultation...
Formed in 1989 Carrboro, NC in order to serve the automation needs of analytical laboratories (Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry related), LEAP delivers solutions in the fields of research and development, life science, pharmaceutical, polymer, food processing, forensic, and academia. Bringing LEAP into the Trajan Group will complement the widening capability of Trajan, servicing their vision to make a...
The project is funded under the framework of EUROfusion**. Comprising a series of large diameter (up to 500mm) ultra-smooth flat and spherical mirrors, some of which will have a very long radius of curvature, the relay imaging reflective optics will allow CCFE to monitor a number of physical and operational parameters within the JET fusion vessel with remote cameras from behind the 3m thick concrete shield wall. Knowledge of these parameters...
Trajan Scientific and Medical has announced the commencement of the Trajan Accelerator program, a new collaborative model targeting early stage enterprises sharing Trajan’s vision to positively impact human wellbeing through the application of science into society. Conceived in late 2015, Trajan Accelerator aims to help start-up businesses cross the “Valley of Death” to build long-term sustainable businesses with...
Dr Robert Scoffin FRSC, is an expert in the fields of molecular modeling and cheminformatics. He joined Cresset as CEO in 2010. His previous roles include CEO of Amedis a...nd VP, Europe at CambridgeSoft. He also heads up Re-Pharm, an early stage discovery company which uses Cresset software to assess compounds for repurposing. His DPhil is in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. Dr Scoffin joins
The University's recent purchase of a ZEISS ORION NanoFab Helium Ion Microscope and a ZEISS SIGMA Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) ensures that the nanoFAB can offer users the broadest range of characterization opportunities possible. The Helium Ion Microscope purchased is configured with a Capella Gallium Focused Ion Beam and the Fibics NanoPatterning and Visualization Engine (NPVE)...
Dr Luning Liu leads a research group at the Institute of Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. Using interdisciplinary approaches, the Liu Lab aims to explore the molecular mechanism underlying the self-assembly, dynamics and regulation of biological membranes and macromolecular protein complexes. The long-term goal of the group is to understand the physiological adaptation of cellular metabolisms in...
The CGQ allows non-invasive online monitoring of biomass in shake flasks. The automatic measurements save time and provide a profound understanding of the bioprocesses, ensuring sustainable success of shake flask experiments. Currently, scientists monitor biomass in shake flask cultures by manual and invasive photometric OD measurements. The CGQ, however, determines the biomass concentration automatically...
Sphere Medical, an innovator company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, today announces the appointment of Professor Michael Grocott to its Medical Advisory Board. This advisory board helps Sphere Medical to ensure that it maintains excellence in clinical practices and strives for continual quality improvement in order to best support clinical needs. As Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University of...
EM Resolutions has been appointed by Energy Beam Sciences (EBS) as exclusive distributor for their tungsten EM filaments and Denka Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6) cathodes in the UK and Ireland. As an industry leader in applied energy beam technologies, EBS has built a reputation for superior design and craftsmanship, manufacturing filaments with outstanding performance and longevity...
The leading life science company is amongst the winners who were officially announced during a ceremony held at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Reviewers’ Choice Awards™, added to the annual Scientists’ Choice Awards® in 2015, give laboratory scientists an opportunity to have their say by rating and reviewing companies and products that have made a significant difference to their research over the...
Penntech is a global provider of complete vial handling solutions covering washing, sterilization, filling, stoppering, capping and both tray and freeze dryer loading/unloading equipment, located in Warminster (PA, USA). “PennTech has a well-earned reputation for producing high quality, often customized, equipment and is the only U.S. based manufacturer to offer complete aseptic processing lines,” stated...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) is delighted to announce that its Royston site has won two prestigious awards at the Annual Cambridge Regional College Apprenticeship Dinner. The company was chosen as category winners for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Apprenticeships and then went on to win “Overall Employer of the Year”. These awards recognize Sartorius in Royston as an...
ZEISS announces that it is providing its GeminiSEM 500, customized for nanomaterial characterization, to the University of California Merced’s Merced Nanomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES). The University’s recent purchase will support the university’s strong nanomaterial-based research programs and aid in the Center’s research in functional nanomaterials for energy and sensing for NASA missions...
Leading global asset management specialist, EquipNet Inc., has witnessed an increase in the number of pharma businesses purchasing pre-owned assets from other top-tier manufacturers to upscale production, as they realise the substantial time and cost savings that can be made. Ben Potenza, Vice President of Marketing at EquipNet, comments, “Pre-owned equipment is generally available immediately and delivery can be...
NCL Innovation, the UK’s leading early stage technology investor, has set up the Discovery Park Technology Investment Fund, which will help cutting edge science and technology firms to get their products or treatments to market. The new fund is managed by NCL and supported by Kent County Council and the Regional Growth Fund with the companies supported by the scheme given the investment and backing they...
The Group aims to help the NHS and patients make best use of the increasing availability of cutting-edge technologies to provide more personalised health and care. 
As part of this six-year term, Mr. Alpert will advise and support UVM management on policy, budgets, strategic planning and other matters to ensure the University’s long-term vision and success. Mr. Alpert has far-reaching ties with the University, having earned his MBA and a BS in mechanical engineering from UVM. Additionally, his father and BioTek’s founder, Dr. Norman Alpert, was an internationally recognized expert in...
Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX), a pioneer in the development of epigenetic sequencing technologies, today announced the close of a $21 million Series B financing and the appointment of Dr. Geoff Smith as CEO. The round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with significant participation from Sequoia Capital. Current investors New Science Ventures, Syncona Partners and Cambridge University also joined the round...
Atlas Genetics will develop an ultra-rapid POC stratified medicine diagnostic for patients presenting to Sexual Health Clinics with urethritis, which will allow immediate and accurate selection of appropriate and effective antibiotic treatment. Atlas will be collaborating with the Applied Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Unit at St George’s, University of London and Aquarius Population Health. Key elements of this project include...
The new company, Postnova Analytics UK Ltd., is based in Herefordshire, and headed up by Paul Clarke - an industry professional with over 30 years experience in separation sciences. In addition to expediting service and support for existing systems, the new Postnova Analytics UK office has invested in a well-equipped laboratory for demonstrations and applications development in the separation of particles, polymers...