British laboratory autoclave manufacturer Priorclave will reveal the quality of its autoclave build through the QCS EH100 steam steriliser that will take centre stage on stand EO2 in Hall 1 at the forthcoming Medica exhibition.
A clear side panel will enable visitors to the Priorclave stand to view the clean, structure lines of the autoclave build, just part of a story that has helped the company’s gain a global presence, delivering durable and reliable autoclaves whatever the format - benchtop, top and front loading free-standing, double-door, stackable and powerdoor worldwide. The QCS EH100 that will be featured at Medica is a 100 litre capacity, front loading autoclave...
Company maintains focus on quality to meet customer expectations
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions, are pleased to announce the appointment of Harshad Joshi as Quality Manager. Harshad’s appointment marks Cherwell’s commitment to providing the highest quality products, enabling customers to retain complete confidence in the products Cherwell supply them with. Andy Whittard, Managing Director of Cherwell, commented, “We are delighted to welcome Harshad to Cherwell Laboratories. Harshad brings a wealth of...
Protagen AG, the technology leader in the development of novel molecular diagnostic and companion diagnostic tests for autoimmune diseases, has elected Dr. Dirk Ehlers, CEO of Trumpf Medical in Puchheim, to the company‘s Supervisory Board.
Simultaneously, Ulrich Kintzel, Senior Investment Manager of NRW.BANK in Düsseldorf, succeeded Dr. Aristotelis Nastos as representative of NRW.BANK, and Matthias Guth, was appointed by MIG AG in Munich, to follow Michael Motschmann in his board position. Dr. Ehlers has served in executive positions at Eppendorf, Roche Diagnostics, Evotec, Fresenius Kabi and Olympus Diagnostics and has a proven track record in the Diagnostics...
In advance of the 2015 Nobel Prize announcement, Preservica future proofs over 1m pages of the 1962 DNA Prize winning collection, including the famous ‘Photo 51’
Wellcome Library chooses Preservica to safeguard its online medical resource, as collection grows rapidly beyond 12 million images (20TB) The Wellcome Library, one of the world’s most significant resources for medical history, and part of the Wellcome Collection, has partnered with Preservica to protect and future proof its 20TB and growing collection of digitised and born digital material. The Wellcome Library is one of the world's major resources...
Haydale, a leader in the development and commercialisation of enhanced graphene and nanoparticulate materials, has announced that it has recently been awarded a number of research grants, totalling over £450,000.
The projects relating to each grant are expected to run for a period of between 18 to 24 months. These new projects include The development of low cost, self-cleaning graphene enhanced coatings for industrial membranes used in the cleaning and filtering of waste water, swimming pools, desalination and offshore drilling fluids, amongst others as part of the project recently announced by G20 Water. The project’s target sectors of nanofiltration from...
Genomics’ proprietary statistical analysis tools and integrated multi-phenotype database will be used to inform Biogen’s drug research and development processes
Genomics plc (“Genomics”), a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biogen. The collaboration aims to refine drug target selection through the use of sophisticated analysis of human genetic data. Under the terms of the agreement Biogen...
The Pittcon 2016 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 13 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.
Each award will be presented during a symposium during Pittcon 2016, March 6-10, 2016. Atlanta, Georgia. Presentations will include topics in applications such as bioanalytical, environmental, nanotechnology, material science, polymers/plastics, pharmaceutical, biomedical and homeland security. Methodologies include near infrared spectroscopy, molecular and vibrational spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; electrochemistry; liquid chromatography...
Professors Alois Fürstner and Alois Jungbauer, renowned experts in catalysis and purification processes, will help boost innovation at Novasep
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces the nomination of two new members to its scientific advisory board: Professor Alois Fürstner, a world expert in catalysis and director at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany); and Professor Alois Jungbauer, an internationally renowned specialist in purification processes and professor at the Austrian Center of...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s largest independent British-owned supplier of scientific equipment, chemicals and consumables has relocated its Scottish operations to BioCity Scotland.
To mark this stage in the company’s development, SLS will host a Scottish Laboratory Show, organised in association with the Science Council, at BioCity Scotland on Thursday 29 October 2015. The move to the Newhouse bioscience business incubator signifies SLS’s commitment to investing in science in Scotland and will consolidate its existing relationship with the wider BioCity Group. BioCity Scotland provides biotech, pharmaceutical and...
At a meeting in September, the Supervisory Board of Analytik Jena AG made the decision to expand the Company’s Executive Board.
In this way, the Company is responding to its growth and the ever-increasing challenges associated with its operational business. The management body of the Jena-based technology Company will be expanded to include two new members in fall 2015 and a fifth area of responsibility in January 2016. This restructuring also lays the groundwork for appointing a successor to Klaus Berka, the Company founder and Chief Executive Officer, whose contract expires in March 2017. Ulrich Krauss, who has more than two decades of experience in a variety of international management positions...
Read MoreKöttermann has acquired the IP rights to the Mach-Aire range of high quality Fume Cupboards and LEV'sOct 16, 2015
With effect from 01.10.2015 Köttermann GmbH & Co. KG, the world market leader in laboratory furniture made of steel, has acquired the IP rights to the Mach-Aire range of high quality Fume Cupboards and LEV's (local exhaust ventilation), which have been widely utilized in laboratories in the pharmaceutical, biotech and university sectors.
With the acquisition Köttermann is gaining a recognized brand in the UK and Ireland sales regions, which Köttermann will manufacture at its German facility. The Group’s UK subsidiary Köttermann Ltd will immediately commence the marketing, sales and installation of the Mach-Aire Fume Cupboards and LEV’s in the UK & Ireland, alongside and complementing the existing Köttermann products and services....
Specialists in CHN Microanalysis - Exeter Analytical are celebrating the 21st anniversary of opening their European headquarters in the UK.
Started in 1994 by the present European Manager (Paul Hemming) - Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd is today a leading supplier of CHN microanalysis instruments, consumables and supplies to universities and government research labs as well as pharmaceutical, chemical, environmental, agricultural and waste reclamation organisations. Mr Hemming commented “As a company dedicated to CHN microanalysis our expertise and experience with...
MediSieve founder Dr George Frodsham has secured £350,000 in seed funding to develop his company’s revolutionary magnetic malaria-filter.
George attracted the backing from angel investors with expertise in the medical device and healthcare industries, including leading patent attorneys, former CEOs and successful entrepreneurs in the field. Treatment with MediSieve’s device involves no drugs or chemicals and offers new hope for malaria patients whose cases are severe or resistant to existing medicines. Pre-clinical trials show that the 3D printed magnetic blood filter could extract up...
Proteomics research is increasingly involved in the development of modern clinical medicine from the identification of drug targets, the validation of biomarkers, and optimization of resulting drug leads and assays.
Pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies spend tens of billions of dollars on translational research, which has increased the focus on instruments capable of powerfully assaying and identifying proteins implicated in disease pathways. The Proteomic Research Market Opportunity, Defined: Report analyst Emil Salazar examines proteomics research processes in detail and in terms of their instrument and technological requirements relating to mass spectrometry...
Unity Scientific announces that Union Park Capital has acquired the company. Unity Scientific will continue operating under the same Unity brand and from the same manufacturing and technology center in Brookfield, CT.
Majority owner Joseph Platano will retire as Chairman of the company, while Doug Evans will continue as President. “Unity is an exceptionally strong company,” says Morgan Jones, Managing Partner of Union Park and now Chairman of the Board. “We focus entirely on instrumentation businesses serving the unique needs of industry. Over the years we’ve observed thousands of instrumentation companies, and Unity stands out as a sales-led organization...
Finding the correct antibody for the study can be costly and time consuming. In the fast paced world of scientific discovery such delays waste precious time and resources.
To help overcome such challenges One World Lab (OWL) – a unique company selling evaluation test size aliquots from multiple original antibody manufacturers – has announced its collaboration with BenchWise, a non-profit online review platform founded by students and researchers from Stanford University; one of the world’s most prestigious teaching institutions. The synergistic collaboration allows researchers to share their knowledge and experience of antibodies purchased through OWL, to ultimately help fellow scientists save time and money....
New 3-part differential hematology analyzer delivers lower costs and wider range of use
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will display their new 3-part differential hematology analyzer (60 test /hour throughput) to the laboratory world for the first time in Dusseldorf, Germany, at Medica 2015 on the 16-19 November. This innovative analyzer has been specially designed to provide unique solutions to the many needs of the rapidly evolving worldwide hematology markets. This small analyzer has low...
PETA US Expands Successful Million-Dollar Donation Programme That Saves Animals and Improves Medical Training
A PETA US donation of $1 million (£657k) in high-tech simulators will modernise physician-training programmes in seven countries and spare the lives of thousands of animals in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Through a landmark partnership with Seattle-based medical simulation manufacturer Simulab – and with the support of PETA Germany, the McGrath Family Foundation and Cathay Pacific Airways – PETA US has donated 40 state-of-the-art...
Acquisition will combine two of the world’s leading brands in laboratory consumables
WHEATON, a premium provider of laboratory glassware and consumables, announced today it has been acquired by Duran Group, a portfolio company of funds advised by One Equity Partners Capital Advisors L.P. (OEP). The transaction brings together two well-known and respected brands with strong reputations for quality and innovations serving the life science and healthcare markets, each with track records extending back to their founding...
BioTek's complete line of multi-mode microplate readers have now earned Transcreener HTS Assay certifications from BellBrook Labs.
Performance of BioTek readers including the Synergy™ Neo2 and Cytation™ 5 have been confirmed as meeting validation requirements across BellBrook's supported Fluorescence Intensity, Fluorescence Polarization and TR-FRET detection modes. Synergy Neo2 is designed for speed and ultra high performance, incorporating BioTek's patented Hybrid Technology™, with its independent optical paths that ensure uncompromised performance in all detection...
MIP Diagnostics recognised at Europe’s flagship Drug Discovery conference
A technology developed at the University of Leicester, and the prime focus of Leicester spin-out company MIP Diagnostics, has been recognised as ‘most commercially viable’ at Europe’s flagship Drug Discovery event. The annual ELRIG Drug Discovery conference, held at the Telford International Centre in September, is the largest Drug Discovery conference in Europe and featured a ‘Dragons’ Den’ competition. The coveted trophy is awarded to...
Haydale, a leader in the development of enhanced graphene and nanoparticulate materials, has announced that its composites division, Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd (HCS), has signed a letter of intent to start a joint development and commercialisation agreement with Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland) GmbH (Huntsman), a leading global manufacturer of epoxy, acrylic and polyurethane based polymer products.
As part of agreement Haydale will functionalise Graphene Nano Platelets (GNPs) using its proprietary HDPlas® process and add them to Huntsman's ARALDITE® resins to create a highly loaded masterbatch. Under the proposed agreement, it is anticipated that Huntsman and HCS will develop and validate the use of GNPs in ARALDITE® epoxy resins, using HCS's proprietary HDPlas® process. The ultimate objective of the collaboration will be to commercialise graphene enhanced ARALDITE® resins for...
A clear side panel will enable visitors to the Priorclave stand to view the clean, structure lines of the autoclave build, just part of a story that has helped the company’s gain a global presence, delivering durable and reliable autoclaves whatever the format - benchtop, top and front loading free-standing, double-door, stackable and powerdoor worldwide. The QCS EH100 that will be featured at Medica is a 100 litre capacity, front loading autoclave...
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions, are pleased to announce the appointment of Harshad Joshi as Quality Manager. Harshad’s appointment marks Cherwell’s commitment to providing the highest quality products, enabling customers to retain complete confidence in the products Cherwell supply them with. Andy Whittard, Managing Director of Cherwell, commented, “We are delighted to welcome Harshad to Cherwell Laboratories. Harshad brings a wealth of...
Simultaneously, Ulrich Kintzel, Senior Investment Manager of NRW.BANK in Düsseldorf, succeeded Dr. Aristotelis Nastos as representative of NRW.BANK, and Matthias Guth, was appointed by MIG AG in Munich, to follow Michael Motschmann in his board position. Dr. Ehlers has served in executive positions at Eppendorf, Roche Diagnostics, Evotec, Fresenius Kabi and Olympus Diagnostics and has a proven track record in the Diagnostics...
Wellcome Library chooses Preservica to safeguard its online medical resource, as collection grows rapidly beyond 12 million images (20TB) The Wellcome Library, one of the world’s most significant resources for medical history, and part of the Wellcome Collection, has partnered with Preservica to protect and future proof its 20TB and growing collection of digitised and born digital material. The Wellcome Library is one of the world's major resources...
The projects relating to each grant are expected to run for a period of between 18 to 24 months. These new projects include The development of low cost, self-cleaning graphene enhanced coatings for industrial membranes used in the cleaning and filtering of waste water, swimming pools, desalination and offshore drilling fluids, amongst others as part of the project recently announced by G20 Water. The project’s target sectors of nanofiltration from...
Genomics plc (“Genomics”), a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biogen. The collaboration aims to refine drug target selection through the use of sophisticated analysis of human genetic data. Under the terms of the agreement Biogen...
Each award will be presented during a symposium during Pittcon 2016, March 6-10, 2016. Atlanta, Georgia. Presentations will include topics in applications such as bioanalytical, environmental, nanotechnology, material science, polymers/plastics, pharmaceutical, biomedical and homeland security. Methodologies include near infrared spectroscopy, molecular and vibrational spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; electrochemistry; liquid chromatography...
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces the nomination of two new members to its scientific advisory board: Professor Alois Fürstner, a world expert in catalysis and director at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany); and Professor Alois Jungbauer, an internationally renowned specialist in purification processes and professor at the Austrian Center of...
To mark this stage in the company’s development, SLS will host a Scottish Laboratory Show, organised in association with the Science Council, at BioCity Scotland on Thursday 29 October 2015. The move to the Newhouse bioscience business incubator signifies SLS’s commitment to investing in science in Scotland and will consolidate its existing relationship with the wider BioCity Group. BioCity Scotland provides biotech, pharmaceutical and...
With the acquisition Köttermann is gaining a recognized brand in the UK and Ireland sales regions, which Köttermann will manufacture at its German facility. The Group’s UK subsidiary Köttermann Ltd will immediately commence the marketing, sales and installation of the Mach-Aire Fume Cupboards and LEV’s in the UK & Ireland, alongside and complementing the existing Köttermann products and services....
Started in 1994 by the present European Manager (Paul Hemming) - Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd is today a leading supplier of CHN microanalysis instruments, consumables and supplies to universities and government research labs as well as pharmaceutical, chemical, environmental, agricultural and waste reclamation organisations. Mr Hemming commented “As a company dedicated to CHN microanalysis our expertise and experience with...
George attracted the backing from angel investors with expertise in the medical device and healthcare industries, including leading patent attorneys, former CEOs and successful entrepreneurs in the field. Treatment with MediSieve’s device involves no drugs or chemicals and offers new hope for malaria patients whose cases are severe or resistant to existing medicines. Pre-clinical trials show that the 3D printed magnetic blood filter could extract up...
Pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies spend tens of billions of dollars on translational research, which has increased the focus on instruments capable of powerfully assaying and identifying proteins implicated in disease pathways. The Proteomic Research Market Opportunity, Defined: Report analyst Emil Salazar examines proteomics research processes in detail and in terms of their instrument and technological requirements relating to mass spectrometry...
Majority owner Joseph Platano will retire as Chairman of the company, while Doug Evans will continue as President. “Unity is an exceptionally strong company,” says Morgan Jones, Managing Partner of Union Park and now Chairman of the Board. “We focus entirely on instrumentation businesses serving the unique needs of industry. Over the years we’ve observed thousands of instrumentation companies, and Unity stands out as a sales-led organization...
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will display their new 3-part differential hematology analyzer (60 test /hour throughput) to the laboratory world for the first time in Dusseldorf, Germany, at Medica 2015 on the 16-19 November. This innovative analyzer has been specially designed to provide unique solutions to the many needs of the rapidly evolving worldwide hematology markets. This small analyzer has low...
A PETA US donation of $1 million (£657k) in high-tech simulators will modernise physician-training programmes in seven countries and spare the lives of thousands of animals in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Through a landmark partnership with Seattle-based medical simulation manufacturer Simulab – and with the support of PETA Germany, the McGrath Family Foundation and Cathay Pacific Airways – PETA US has donated 40 state-of-the-art...
WHEATON, a premium provider of laboratory glassware and consumables, announced today it has been acquired by Duran Group, a portfolio company of funds advised by One Equity Partners Capital Advisors L.P. (OEP). The transaction brings together two well-known and respected brands with strong reputations for quality and innovations serving the life science and healthcare markets, each with track records extending back to their founding...
Performance of BioTek readers including the Synergy™ Neo2 and Cytation™ 5 have been confirmed as meeting validation requirements across BellBrook's supported Fluorescence Intensity, Fluorescence Polarization and TR-FRET detection modes. Synergy Neo2 is designed for speed and ultra high performance, incorporating BioTek's patented Hybrid Technology™, with its independent optical paths that ensure uncompromised performance in all detection...
A technology developed at the University of Leicester, and the prime focus of Leicester spin-out company MIP Diagnostics, has been recognised as ‘most commercially viable’ at Europe’s flagship Drug Discovery event. The annual ELRIG Drug Discovery conference, held at the Telford International Centre in September, is the largest Drug Discovery conference in Europe and featured a ‘Dragons’ Den’ competition. The coveted trophy is awarded to...
As part of agreement Haydale will functionalise Graphene Nano Platelets (GNPs) using its proprietary HDPlas® process and add them to Huntsman's ARALDITE® resins to create a highly loaded masterbatch. Under the proposed agreement, it is anticipated that Huntsman and HCS will develop and validate the use of GNPs in ARALDITE® epoxy resins, using HCS's proprietary HDPlas® process. The ultimate objective of the collaboration will be to commercialise graphene enhanced ARALDITE® resins for...