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...
Investment will accelerate development of DESKGEN genome editing software platform
Desktop Genetics Ltd (“DTG” or “the Company”), a UK bioinformatics company aiming to revolutionize the way genetic researchers work, announced today that it has secured an investment of £1.37M GBP ($2.15M USD) from a syndicate of VCs and angel investors, including IQ Capital Partners, London Business Angels, the London Co-Investment Fund, Dr Jonathan Milner (Deputy Chairman and Founder of Abcam plc), Dr Martin Murphy (CEO of Syncona Partners LLP) and Dr Darrin M Disley (CEO of Horizon Discovery Group plc). This latest round of investment will enable Desktop Genetics to
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced that it has opened a second office in the USA, near Sacramento, California.
This office will provide more local support to West Coast customers, and following the opening of Markes’ Cincinnati office in 2012, reflects the extent to which the company’s business is growing within the USA. Ken Umbarger, Markes’ VP of Sales & Service for the Americas, said “A large part of our business and potential business is in California, so having a West Coast presence for sales and service means we can assist local customers much...
High purity water experts Veolia Water Technologies has completed installation of laboratory water purification systems at the National Institute for Health Research’s National Biosample Centre in Milton Keynes.
The £24m Centre, which is managed by UK Biocentre on behalf of the University of Oxford and the NIHR, has the capacity to store up to 20 million biological samples and provides laboratory facilities for research into treatments for conditions such as dementia and diabetes. The NBC facility has several laboratories, each requiring two grades of water: Type II water for general laboratory applications such as; media preparation and buffer solutions, and ultrapure Type I+ water for critical processes...
BMG LABTECH showcases its wide range of microplate reader at the Biotechnica in Hannover.
Visitors of booth D05 have the possibility to see readers and accessories for use in life science, drug discovery and other research areas. BMG LABTECH shows its multimode microplate reader CLARIOstar® with new Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU). The CLARIOstar® multimode microplate reader is equipped with BMG LABTECH’s unique LVF monochromatorTM technology, filters, and an UV/Vis spectrometer. The triple technology offers high...
Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”) and Albion Ventures LLP (“Albion”), two of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK, today jointly announce the successful sale of their investment in Lab M Holdings, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of microbiological culture media and diagnostic systems, to Neogen Corporation.
Lancashire-based Lab M is a leading provider of microbial testing and diagnostic products servicing the global food, water, industrial and clinical testing markets. Employing some 35 staff at its accredited facility in Heywood, Greater Manchester, the company’s widerange of dehydrated culture media is routinely used in microbiology laboratories around the world for food industry testing. The original Lab M investment was made by Quester VCT Plc and...
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AMRA, Bergenbio and Nexstim have been announced as the recipients of the Nordic Stars 2015 Awards.
The awards were presented at the conclusion of the Nordic Life Science Days in Stockholm, which again set a new record for attendance, with over 1000 delegates from 31 countries, establishing itself as the premier Nordic life sciences event. Nordic Stars Awards were introduced in 2013 in special recognition of life science companies in the Nordic region demonstrating outstanding innovation and entrepreneurial skills. "This year's winner of the...
Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 24 November 2015, 2.30pm onwards
D Young & Co, the leading intellectual property law firm, today announced details of its seminar: ‘Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry in Life Sciences’. The seminar will take place from 2.30pm on 24th November at the RSC in London. Attendance is free of charge, and interest can be registered by emailing registrations@dyoung.com. Tailored for small to medium innovative life science companies and universities, including technology...
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...
Desktop Genetics Ltd (“DTG” or “the Company”), a UK bioinformatics company aiming to revolutionize the way genetic researchers work, announced today that it has secured an investment of £1.37M GBP ($2.15M USD) from a syndicate of VCs and angel investors, including IQ Capital Partners, London Business Angels, the London Co-Investment Fund, Dr Jonathan Milner (Deputy Chairman and Founder of Abcam plc), Dr Martin Murphy (CEO of Syncona Partners LLP) and Dr Darrin M Disley (CEO of Horizon Discovery Group plc). This latest round of investment will enable Desktop Genetics to
This office will provide more local support to West Coast customers, and following the opening of Markes’ Cincinnati office in 2012, reflects the extent to which the company’s business is growing within the USA. Ken Umbarger, Markes’ VP of Sales & Service for the Americas, said “A large part of our business and potential business is in California, so having a West Coast presence for sales and service means we can assist local customers much...
The £24m Centre, which is managed by UK Biocentre on behalf of the University of Oxford and the NIHR, has the capacity to store up to 20 million biological samples and provides laboratory facilities for research into treatments for conditions such as dementia and diabetes. The NBC facility has several laboratories, each requiring two grades of water: Type II water for general laboratory applications such as; media preparation and buffer solutions, and ultrapure Type I+ water for critical processes...
Visitors of booth D05 have the possibility to see readers and accessories for use in life science, drug discovery and other research areas. BMG LABTECH shows its multimode microplate reader CLARIOstar® with new Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU). The CLARIOstar® multimode microplate reader is equipped with BMG LABTECH’s unique LVF monochromatorTM technology, filters, and an UV/Vis spectrometer. The triple technology offers high...
Lancashire-based Lab M is a leading provider of microbial testing and diagnostic products servicing the global food, water, industrial and clinical testing markets. Employing some 35 staff at its accredited facility in Heywood, Greater Manchester, the company’s widerange of dehydrated culture media is routinely used in microbiology laboratories around the world for food industry testing. The original Lab M investment was made by Quester VCT Plc and...
That’s why we are sharing our #passionforscience with you. Join the global #passionforscience community: Take pictures, participate in our contest, vote for your favorite images and be among the winners of attractive prizes. Share your pictures and videos with your friends on social platforms and add your take to the longest #passionforscience video ever. Visit www.passionforscience.com and get our free #passionforscience app.
The awards were presented at the conclusion of the Nordic Life Science Days in Stockholm, which again set a new record for attendance, with over 1000 delegates from 31 countries, establishing itself as the premier Nordic life sciences event. Nordic Stars Awards were introduced in 2013 in special recognition of life science companies in the Nordic region demonstrating outstanding innovation and entrepreneurial skills. "This year's winner of the...
D Young & Co, the leading intellectual property law firm, today announced details of its seminar: ‘Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry in Life Sciences’. The seminar will take place from 2.30pm on 24th November at the RSC in London. Attendance is free of charge, and interest can be registered by emailing registrations@dyoung.com. Tailored for small to medium innovative life science companies and universities, including technology...