Partnership will deliver a link between 2D and 3D design on medicinal chemists’ desktops
Optibrium™, providers of software for compound optimisation, and chemoinformatics specialist BioSolveIT, today announced that they will collaborate to create seamlessly integrated data analysis, visualisation and simulation software for drug research. The two companies are known for their best-in-class prediction tools for selection and optimisation of potential therapeutics, where it is essential to recognise and resolve potential problems...
Baseclick products are now available through the Sigma-Aldrich catalog.
Customers all over the world can now purchase baseclick ?s superior EdU cell proliferation kits via the Sigma-Aldrich website. About the products: The direct detection of cell proliferation is of utmost importance for the monitoring of cell vitality, determining genotoxicity or evaluating anticancer drugs. The baseclick EdU (5-ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine) cell proliferation assays provide a superior alternative to bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) assays...
Gel Company was founded in 1995 in San Francisco, California and since then has developed into one of the premier manufacturers and suppliers of low cost products to the life science research community.
The company has maintained its goal to provide innovative, high quality products and efficient, friendly service – all at a competitive price. Gel Company develops, manufactures and supplies innovative tools for Proteomics, Genomics, Cell Biology, Liquid Handling and Microarray to scientists around the world. It provides products with superior performance that are simple, safe to use and are environmentally friendly. The current product...
Better serving the scientific community, the new site is equipped with a fresh design and interactivity, and features e-commerce capabilities
Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc. (ACD), a technology and market leader in the field of molecular pathology and developer of cell and tissue-based RNA analysis tools, has announced the launch of its new website, www.acdbio.com. In response to the growing popularity of ACD’s proprietary RNAscope® in situ hybridization (ISH) technology, the site has been completely re-designed to better serve its thousands of monthly visitors...
Birmingham’s NEC will feature the UK’s largest collection of science and engineering innovations on 4 & 5 November 2015.
Show organisers, Easyfairs, will be running Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest laboratory focused event, and Advanced Engineering UK, the largest annual engineering trade show, simultaneously. There will be more than 850 industry leading suppliers, over 80 hours of educational content and over 400 product launches taking place live on the show floor.
Read MoreRadBee Recognized as a JIRA and Confluence ExpertNov 3, 2015
The Cambridge (UK) based company provides quality management solutions for life science companies.
RadBee Ltd, which specializes in providing software solutions for quality assurance in the medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, has been approved as an Atlassian Expert. This means that RadBee is endorsed to sell licenses for the Atlassian JIRA and Confluence collaboration products to “unleash the potential in every team”. They can provide customer support in the form of project tailoring for Atlassian users; and they can create and...
Lab Innovations, the UK’s only event dedicated to laboratory equipment, technology and services, returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November, with two new show initiatives.
This year’s show will see the launch of a Live Lab, where 8 leading lab suppliers, including Datech Scientific, Radleys, Bibby Scientific, Spectro Analytics, QCL and Asynt, will provide practical live demonstrations of their latest technologies. Also new for 2015 is the free-to-attend European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) seminar programme. This will provide highly practical seminar sessions and learning opportunities...
BioTek Instruments recently donated $10,000 to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, in Burlington, Vermont to support the program's research into lung health and disease.
A multi-disciplinary team of UVM engineers, physicians, researchers and senior engineering students will use the funds to develop a customized 3D bioprinter from an existing 3D printer without existing bio-capabilities. This will allow the development of novel, multi-perspective approaches for studying lung airways and lung regeneration. The 3D bioprinter modifications will be spearheaded and jointly coordinated by Patrick Lee, Ph.D., UVM...
Quotient Clinical has announced that CEO Mark Egerton has received an EY Entrepreneur of the Year® 2015 UK Award.
Chosen by a panel of independent judges, the award acknowledges outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Dr Egerton was one of 13 business leaders recognised for their achievements, and received his award at a special dinner held at The Brewery, London on the 5th of October. Dr Egerton commented...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, announces today that its leveraged business unit has signed a programme in-licensing and option agreement with Servier, the independent French research-based pharmaceutical company.
The agreement is potentially worth over £50 million to Horizon in preclinical and clinical milestones, payments linked to net sales, and tiered royalties on future product sales. Horizon has in-licensed novel kinase inhibitors from Servier that exhibit great promise based on pre-clinical data for treatment of a range of cancer types but do not currently have a biomarker to define a sensitive patient population. Horizon will use its world-leading platform...
The expert in high precision thermoregulation Huber Kältemaschinenbau headquartered in Offenburg is honored with the "Grand Prix of Small and Medium Enterprises" / 5,009 companies were nominated for the competition
Company performance as well as employee commitment and diligence are honored
The "Grand Prix of Small and Medium Enterprises" is one of the most important business awards Germany-wide
Small and medium enterprises do not only shape the economy – they are the economy! Small and medium enterprises have created millions of new sustainable jobs in industry, trade, services, and handcraft - virtually unnoticed by the public....
Manufacturers plan to implement premium pricing strategies for commercial use of albumin as an excipient, finds Frost & Sullivan
Human albumin is widely considered as a plasma replacement or expander for therapeutic purposes. However, for over a decade, the healthcare industry has been exploring the use of human albumin as a non-therapeutic substance/excipient for commercial settings. Across these application areas, emerging opportunities for human albumin as a drug formulation agent, vaccine ingredient, sealant in surgeries, and coating for medical...
Protein supplement for gamete and embryo manipulation in assisted reproduction
Irvine Scientific, a world leader in the innovation and manufacture of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), today announced the receipt of CE Mark approval for its Human Serum Albumin Solution (100 mg/mL) in Normal Saline (HSA). HSA is used in assisted reproductive procedures as a protein supplement for gamete and embryo manipulation. Irvine Scientific’s HSA is manufactured according to current Good Manufactured...
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, officially opened a new logistics center for the pharmaceuticals industry in Mörfelden-Walldorf today.
The new competency center is located near the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main airport and serves as a hub for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport follow-up of active and passive temperature-controlled pharmaceutical and medicinal products. “The life sciences and healthcare industry is regulated by increasingly stricter compliance requirements. At the same time, dealing with highly sensitive pharmaceuticals...
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...