Visitors at the SLAS in San Diego will witness the international premiere of the new reference multi-mode HTS reader PHERAstar® FSX.
The latest evolution in microplate reader instrumentation combines the best sensitivity on the market, highest speed and unmatched flexibility in plate formats up to 3456 wells. Visit booth #915 from January 23rd-27th to see German engineering at its best. The ultimate microplate reader for HTS applications. Built upon the successful PHERAstar® FS platform, the PHERAstar® FSX has improved features that make it superior...
Lab Innovations 2015, the UK’s only event dedicated to laboratory equipment, technology and services, saw a record-breaking number of visitors through its doors, with over 2,000 in attendance.
The event, which took place at Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November, witnessed the UK’s largest collection of science and laboratory innovation under one roof. Daniel Gray, Lab Innovations Event Manager comments: “The attendance figures for this year’s show have exceeded our expectations. The show has once again proven that it is the go-to event for all lab professionals. This year more than ever we saw the show bring together the...
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Informatics, has published a new case study describing the use of the Matrix Gemini LIMS in a major Radiological, Environmental and Analytical Laboratory.
The laboratory carries out radioanalytical analysis of environmental samples to provide support for characterisation and independent verification surveys. A LIMS was needed to replace its in-house relational database which could no longer be supported. The system was required to handle a large volume of data and perform unique calculations to correct results. In order to facilitate this, ‘custom table mapping’, a standard technology...
Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK), a charity founded in 2014 to save modern medicine from the onslaught of superbugs, is delighted to announce that the Most Reverend & Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has agreed to become the Charity’s Patron.
Superbugs are fast becoming an increasing problem in hospitals and the community as bacteria become increasingly resistant to our existing antibiotics. There is a significant risk that future generations will not enjoy the same benefits of medicine as we do today. All the medical procedures currently taken for granted, for example cancer treatment, open heart surgery, hip and knee replacement and organ transplantation will become much more perilous...
Proprietary technology allows superior LOH detection in challenging samples
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has entered into a deal with Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (BMGL), licensing the use of OGT’s proprietary single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array probe technology. This novel technology overcomes the limitations of restriction enzyme-based SNP probe approaches previously employed at BMGL for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) detection, allowing accurate array-based analysis of low...
Protagen AG,a leading specialist in the development of novel diagnostic tests and companion diagnostics in the autoimmune field, and Mikrogen GmbH, the European market leader in Lyme disease diagnostics, agreed on a co-development program for a new diagnostic assay to distinguish between previously infected, seropositive individuals, from newly infected patients with active Lyme disease.
The agreement builds on a previous research collaboration between both companies and the results obtained using the proprietary SeroTag® technology developed by Protagen. "Finding potential diagnostic biomarkers indicative of Lyme disease activity would be a breakthrough for diagnostics and therapy," explains Dr. Erwin Soutschek, founder and CEO of Mikrogen. "Employing the technology of Protagen, we have identified a...
Novasep’s BioSC® Lab continuous biochromatography equipment will enable CPI to disseminate next-generation downstream processes
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK-based technology innovation centre, today announce they have equipped the UK National Biologics Manufacturing Centre with BioSC Lab, the latest state-of-the art technology for protein purification. According to The Future of High Value Manufacturing in the UK report (published by the Knowledge...
Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, has acquired HYPACK, Inc. a privately-owned company specializing in hydrographic survey software used in ocean, coastal and surface water applications, for approximately $18 million.
News of acquisition was shared in the Company’s third quarter earnings announcement. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Middletown, Connecticut, HYPACK is a leading provider of hydrographic survey data acquisition, processing, and visualization software. Used by government agencies, universities, and consultants, HYPACK products measure and map features in bodies of water in connection with maritime...
Trajan spearheading Turnbull Government’s new innovation agenda
Trajan Scientific and Medical has highlighted to Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that “disruptive innovation” is well underway locally and globally, welcoming him to the company’s Global Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, to showcase Trajan’s pioneering partnerships with academia and start-ups that are set to become a critical new pillar of the Australian economy. Chief Executive Officer of Trajan, Stephen Tomisich...
DataApex, a leader in chromatography software, and ACCHROM Instrument Technologies, a Chinese analytical instrument provider, announce the OEM cooperation. ACCHROM Technologies will market an OEM version of Clarity Chromatography Software under the name ACstation Chromatography Software.
ACstation includes control drivers for a complete S6000 HPLC system that cover pumps, auto sampler, column oven and a wide range of detectors that can support a variety of analytical applications. ACstation is available in both Chinese and English localizations. "We are happy that we have developed another OEM version that will be marketed primarily in China. A fast growing Chinese market is important for us and we are proud that Clarity Chromatography Software that has a Chinese...
Chromatography Resins Market in Drug Discovery by Technique (Ion Exchange, Affinity (Protein A, G & L), Hydrophobic Interaction, Size Exclusion, Multi Modal and Others) & Geography - Global Market Trends & Forecasts to 2020
The market for chromatography resins in drug discovery application is estimated at $238.07 Million in 2014 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.0% between 2015 and 2020. The chromatography resins for drug discovery can be made of natural polymers, synthetic polymers or inorganic materials with ligands attached to them. This report on chromatography resins market in drug discovery covers all major regions such as...
Horizon’s new Reference Standards support the development and optimization of cell-free DNA based assays
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, announces the introduction of its cell free DNA (cfDNA) HDx™ Reference Standards. The new Reference Standards support the development and optimization of cfDNA assays, which are emerging as an important tool for non-invasive liquid biopsies.
Inward investment into the knowledge economy sees more than £1.5million go to pioneering work that impacts on health
The University of Leicester has been awarded over £1.5million in order to advance knowledge and understanding in three key areas that impact on health. The funding has come from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), which leads world-class 21st century bioscience, promoting innovation in the bioeconomy and realising benefits for society within and beyond the UK. BBSRC support around 1600 scientists...
BioTek Instruments proudly welcomes Dr. Frank Siefert as General Manager of BioTek Germany and the company’s European Coordination Center, which provides service applications and technical support throughout the continent.
Dr. Siefert will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations in Germany and implementing local actions that align with the Company’s global business strategies and growth plans. “Dr. Siefert brings the right blend of market and technology knowledge along with a drive for growth,” noted Peter Weith, BioTek’s Vice President of Marketing, Sales & Service. “We are confident that under his guiding leadership, we can continue our...
Collaboration aims to reduce the complexity, costs and time involved in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
Desktop Genetics Ltd a software company revolutionizing the way biologists use CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Transcriptic Inc, a California based robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences. The partnership, announced at the SynBioBeta conference, will combine DTG’s CRISPR/Cas9 design software with Transcriptic’s services for cloud-based, high throughput cloning of CRISPR constructs, which will enable to companies to provide customers with seamless “CRISPR gene editing on-demand”...
Mazurek Optical Services are pleased to announce they have recently installed a suite of light microscopes in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff University.
The microscopes have already been used in the undergraduate teaching laboratories by students returning for the new academic year. The School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff University offers students a research-led experience across a wide raft of disciplines. They provide undergraduates with top class facilities that include dedicated IT labs, state-of-the-art analytical equipment and even their own research vessel. To coincide...
Haydale announces that it has received confirmation from the European Patent Office (EPO) of the decision to grant a European Patent for its proprietary HDPlas® functionalisation process for graphene and other nanoparticulate materials.
The European Patent is the key process patent underlying the Company's proprietary functionalisation treatment and is one of a number arising from the families of patent applications surrounding Haydale's unique plasma functionalisation process. Haydale already has a granted patent in China and has visibility on the patent application in Australia, which is expected to proceed to grant within the next 3-4 months. Crucially, the European...
ESSLAB were crowned champions at this year’s Lions’ Lair, which took place at Lab Innovations 2015.
The company impressed this year’s panel of judges, beating off strong competition from Asynt, Falcon Scientific and Eppendorf UK. The panel of Lions’ included Phillip Broadwith, Business Editor of Chemistry World Magazine, Dr Roy Betts, Head of Microbiology at Campden BRI and Denny Tarnovska, Web Editor of Lab News. ESSLAB took to the stage third to pitch its pioneering product, the MicroLab-Gravimetric Dosing System (GDS), which has revolutionised how...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the availability of Microfluidics’ new LM20 high shear fluid processor.
Microfluidics, part of IDEX Corporation, is the manufacturer of unique high shear fluid processors, known as Microfluidizers, that can produce dispersions & emulsions of very tight particle size distributions, effectively de-agglomerate particles and disrupt cells in suspension. The new LM20 Microfluidizer® is a digitally controlled high-shear fluid processor capable of processing from 14 ml batches up to 100 ml/minute continuously. A first for a...
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) have announced a formal agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to exchange instrument controls to improve the productivity and user experience of customers using software and instruments from both companies.
Under the new agreement, Agilent and Thermo Fisher are exchanging instrument-control driver documentation and software for liquid chromatographs, gas chromatographs, capillary electrophoresis and ion chromatographs. The companies are also providing technical assistance to each other's software development groups for full and reliable control of Agilent instruments in the Thermo Scientific Chromeleon software and Thermo Scientific instruments in the Agilent OpenLAB CDS software....
Chromatography is an analytical technique, a method of separating and identifying the component of a complex mixture by differential movement through a two phase system.
Over the decades the scientists have considered chromatography as an esoteric art, which mainly involves instruments and reagents. The instrumentation includes all the traditional methods of TLC (Thin-Layer Chromatography) to the advanced UHPLC (Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography) instruments. The sub components of the instruments include columns, filters, peristaltic pumps, a fraction collector, a fixed wavelength UV...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD), the international life science company supplying genomics research tools and services that power genomic research and the development of personalized medicines, today announces the launch of its new e-commerce platform and integrated web-shop, and the expansion of its UK-based headquarters.
Horizon’s investment in an advanced e-commerce platform with integrated web-shop, completed on time and on budget, alongside investments in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is in line with the Company’s stated strategy to invest in operational infrastructure to drive core revenue growth....
The latest evolution in microplate reader instrumentation combines the best sensitivity on the market, highest speed and unmatched flexibility in plate formats up to 3456 wells. Visit booth #915 from January 23
The event, which took place at Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November, witnessed the UK’s largest collection of science and laboratory innovation under one roof. 
The laboratory carries out radioanalytical analysis of environmental samples to provide support for characterisation and independent verification surveys. A LIMS was needed to replace its in-house relational database which could no longer be supported. 
Superbugs are fast becoming an increasing problem in hospitals and the community as bacteria become increasingly resistant to our existing antibiotics. There is a significant risk that future generations will not enjoy the same benefits of medicine as we do today. All the medical procedures currently taken for granted, for example cancer treatment, open heart surgery, hip and knee replacement and organ transplantation will become much more perilous...
Oxford Gene Technology
The agreement builds on a previous research collaboration between both companies and the results obtained using the proprietary SeroTag
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK-based technology innovation centre, today announce they have equipped the UK National Biologics Manufacturing Centre with BioSC Lab, the latest state-of-the art technology for protein purification. According to The Future of High Value Manufacturing in the UK report (published by the Knowledge...
News of acquisition was shared in the Company’s third quarter earnings announcement. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 
Trajan Scientific and Medical has highlighted to Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that “disruptive innovation” is well underway locally and globally, welcoming him to the company’s Global Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, to showcase Trajan’s pioneering partnerships with academia and start-ups that are set to become a critical new pillar of the Australian economy. Chief Executive Officer of Trajan, Stephen Tomisich...
ACstation includes control drivers for a complete S6000 HPLC system that cover pumps, auto sampler, column oven and a wide range of detectors that can support a variety of analytical applications. ACstation is available in both Chinese and English localizations. "
The market for chromatography resins in drug discovery application is estimated at $238.07 Million in 2014 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.0% between 2015 and 2020. The chromatography resins for drug discovery can be made of natural polymers, synthetic polymers or inorganic materials with ligands attached to them. This report on chromatography resins market in drug discovery covers all major regions such as...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, announces the introduction of its cell free DNA (cfDNA) HDx™ Reference Standards. The new Reference Standards support the development and optimization of cfDNA assays, which are emerging as an important tool for non-invasive liquid biopsies.
The University of Leicester has been awarded over £1.5million in order to advance knowledge and understanding in three key areas that impact on health. The funding has come from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), which leads world-class 21st century bioscience, promoting innovation in the bioeconomy and realising benefits for society within and beyond the UK. BBSRC support around 1600 scientists...
Dr. Siefert will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations in Germany and implementing local actions that align with the Company’s global business strategies and growth plans. 
The microscopes have already been used in the undergraduate teaching laboratories by students returning for the new academic year. The School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff University offers students a research-led experience across a wide raft of disciplines. They provide undergraduates with top class facilities that include dedicated IT labs, state-of-the-art analytical equipment and even their own research vessel. To coincide...
The European Patent is the key process patent underlying the Company's proprietary functionalisation treatment and is one of a number arising from the families of patent applications surrounding Haydale's unique plasma functionalisation process. Haydale already has a granted patent in China and has visibility on the patent application in Australia, which is expected to proceed to grant within the next 3-4 months. 
The company impressed this year’s panel of judges, beating off strong competition from Asynt, Falcon Scientific and Eppendorf UK. 
Microfluidics, part of IDEX Corporation, is the manufacturer of unique high shear fluid processors, known as Microfluidizers, that can produce dispersions & emulsions of very tight particle size distributions, effectively de-agglomerate particles and disrupt cells in suspension. The new LM20 Microfluidizer® is a digitally controlled high-shear fluid processor capable of processing from 14 ml batches up to 100 ml/minute continuously. A first for a...
Under the new agreement, Agilent and Thermo Fisher are exchanging instrument-control driver documentation and software for liquid chromatographs, gas chromatographs, capillary electrophoresis and ion chromatographs. The companies are also providing technical assistance to each other's software development groups for full and reliable control of Agilent instruments in the Thermo Scientific Chromeleon software and Thermo Scientific instruments in the Agilent OpenLAB CDS software....