The Pittcon marketing department is pleased to announce the release of its official conference and exposition mobile app, Pittcon 2015.
The app, available for free download in the App Store for iOS and Android devices and the Kindle Fire, serves as a valuable resource tool before, during and after the event. It acts as an all-inclusive real-time show guide containing details on exhibiting companies, technical sessions, Conferee Networking sessions and short courses. The Pittcon mobile conference app was developed by ATIV Software and is built on the EventPilot meeting...
Lab M is seeing demand grow quickly for the company’s recently launched µPrep™ Half Fraser Broth ISO (+FAC), a complete primary enrichment broth designed for use in the isolation of Listeria spp. from foodstuffs.
Media in Lab M’s µPrep™ range are supplied ready-to-reconstitute in 20 litre bags. They are designed primarily for high throughput laboratories where speed, convenience, reliability and cost-effectiveness are high priorities. “Since we launched µPrep™ Half Fraser Broth ISO (+FAC) in July 2014, customers have been very clear that simple reconstitution with no mess and no autoclaving is a significant factor in their choice of media format...
A Morphologi G3-ID particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments is opening cutting-edge research opportunities in environmental science at the School of Science, Environment and Engineering, Southern Cross University (SCU), in Australia.
The Morphologi G3-ID, which is sold and supported in Australia by ATA Scientific, combines automated particle imaging with Raman spectroscopy to deliver particle size, morphology and chemical identification of particles within a dispersion. The technique is helping users to better understand the composition and behavior of natural particles within the environment and is generating substantial cost and efficiency savings in areas that...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, announces the opening of their US offices in Southern California on 1st January, 2015.
Heading up this new organization is Dr Stefan Kaemmer who has been appointed General Manager of US Operations. Respected German technology leaders, JPK Instruments, are pleased to announce the opening of the first USA-based offices. With more than twelve years supplying nanoscale solutions worldwide for researchers in the bio, life and materials sciences, JPK is to open their offices in Southern California to support users across the...
Alpha Laboratories (Eastleigh, UK) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a place on the Inter-Regional Laboratory Agreement (IRLA) for Consumables and Pipettes.
The agreement is open to SUPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC and NWUPC members and provides preferential terms for a wide range of quality laboratory consumables. Details of the products and prices available are covered in the Alpha Laboratories IRLA Buyer’s Guide. This can be obtained in glossy hard copy or electronic e-catalogue format, on request at www.alphalabs.co.uk/irla...
These high-profile experts will help with the quick and safe launch of the preclinical development program for a new class of antibiotics
Nosopharm, a company devoted to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, today announces the appointment of four international experts to its scientific advisory board. These appointments reflect a new phase of development for its novel antibiotic class called Odilorhabdins. The members of the scientific advisory board will aid in the selection of a clinical candidate. This will be the first-generation Odilorhabdin derived from the...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has acquired a license from ELITech Group (Bothell, WA) to manufacture and supply MGB Eclipse® Probes for use as a component in human in vitro diagnostic tests.
As a result of improved knowledge and understanding of the human genome, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) has become an increasingly important tool for in vitro diagnostics and patient management. The gold standard 5′ nuclease qPCR assay uses oligonucleotide probes that have three critical features: fluorescent reporter dyes, quenchers for these dyes, and a minor groove binder. qPCR is a sensitive method for detecting abnorma...
Strategic partnership with GraysOnline opens new opportunities in fast-growing markets
Leading global asset management specialist, EquipNet Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), has announced an expansion in the Australian and South East Asia markets through a new strategic alliance with GraysOnline. The agreement combines EquipNet’s strengths as the world’s leading asset management company for laboratory, production and packaging equipment in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, food, beverage, and...
The WALDNER Group, with its headquarters in Wangen, and Hohenloher Spezialmöbelwerke have joined forces on the market for laboratory furniture and furniture for scientific classrooms.
Both corporations can look back on a tradition of more than 100 years. Waldner (approx. 1100 employees) is regarded as the market leader in the field of laboratory furniture. Furthermore WALDNER also has other successful divisions of long standing – technical education facilities, plants for preparation and filling of food, as well as isolators and containment for the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnological industries...
Agreement gives Horizon exclusive right to supply services on Adarza’s multiplex label-free immunoassay technology
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, and Adarza BioSystems, Inc., a next generation innovator in label-free, multiplex assays, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive licensing and supply agreement. The agreement gives Horizon the exclusive right to supply services on...
FLIR Systems, the global leader in thermal imaging, has announced its 15th Annual InfraMation Conference to be held May 12-15 2015 in Nashville, Tenneesee (USA).
The InfraMation Conference is widely acknowledged as a leading international event for attendees to learn about the latest thermal imaging techniques and applications, and network with many hundreds of industry colleagues. This conference is for thermographers, regardless of which camera system they might use, or those just interested in the latest new applications of the technology. InfraMation 2015 will feature leading industry...
On Monday 10th November, Dame Janet Trotter, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, presented Renishaw with its seventeenth Queen's Award.
This prestigious award was granted for the continuous development of the company's inVia Raman microscope, with ultra-fast Raman imaging, which enables the rapid generation of high definition 2D and 3D chemical images for material analysis. This Queen's Award for Enterprise 2014, granted in the Innovations category, is particularly special, as it is the first to recognise Renishaw's achievements outside of the field of industrial metrology...
LGC has announced that its ISO17025 accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has been further extended to include steroids in its Occupational Drug Testing (ODT) suite of tests.
LGC is an international life sciences measurement and testing company with a specialism in testing for drugs of abuse. The ODT team was awarded ISO17025 accreditation for analysis of oral fluid in May 2014. Simon Hudson, Technical Director for the laboratory and managed services division of LGC commented, “We are proud to extend our ISO17025 accreditation for steroids in human urine samples. Having this further extension acknowledged by an...
AMSBIO has signed a strategic marketing agreement with Luxcel Biosciences to distribute their range of 96- and 384-well phosphorescence and fluorescence based assays.
These new assay kits enable direct real-time analysis of Mitochondrial Respiration (MitoXpress® Xtra), Glycolysis (pH-Xtra®) and Intracellular Oxygen Concentration (MitoXpress® Intra) – providing the perfect tool kit for monitoring bioenergentics, metabolism, Warburg and mitochondrial function & toxicity. MitoXpress® Xtra - Oxygen Consumption Assay [HS Method] is a convenient fluorescence-based, high throughput approach to...
Supporting the ongoing clinical and commercial development of early Diabetic Kidney Disease biomarkers
EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, has entered a multi-year, collaborative relationship with Joslin Diabetes Center (“Joslin”) in support of the ongoing clinical and commercial translation of TNFR1 & 2 biomarkers. These novel biomarkers can help identify patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes that are at an increased risk of developing end stage renal disease (ESRD), up to ten years in advance. The new agreement between...
Protagen AG has announced that it has entered into a long-term collaboration agreement with QIAGEN targeting the development of novel protein-based companion diagnostics for autoimmune disorders.
Under the terms of the agreement, QIAGEN will gain access to the proprietary SeroTag® technology platform of Protagen, which enables the discovery and validation of novel protein-based marker panels. Such markers hold great promise for the development into companion diagnostics to guide treatment decisions in various autoimmune disorders. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the UK and Ireland availability of the ASD QualitySpec Trek Portable Vis-NIR Spectrometer.
Analytik are exclusive UK and Ireland suppliers of ASD’s high performance portable and handheld spectrometers for the field, lab and factory. They will work with prospective users on their applications challenges to produce a solution with the full support of the ASD, a PANalytical company team, based in Colorado, USA. QualitySpec Trek is a truly portable full-range near-infrared spectrometer that is fast, accurate and easy to use. From...
Fisher Scientific - part of Thermo Fisher Scientific - saw its biggest audience to date at this year’s Activate Science European road-show.
On 25 November 2014, the series of interactive laboratory expo events drew to a close, having welcomed 2400 delegates through its doors. The event offered customers across Europe the opportunity to try out the latest laboratory equipment and to meet the people behind the products; GE Healthcare, Fisherbrand and Mettler Toledo were amongst the exhibitors, offering product demonstrations and exclusive seminars in 27 different locations....
Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, is pleased to announce that Proximagen, a company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), has licensed Cresset’s Forge and Spark software.
These applications provide extensive capabilities in SAR analysis, ligand-based molecular design and bioisosteric replacement. "Proximagen has successfully used Cresset’s computational chemistry tools in the past to generate pharmacophores from known ligands and to identify novel chemical series by scaffold hopping,” says Dr Ed Savory, Deputy Head of Chemistry at Proximagen. “We will be using Spark to identify new drug scaffolds and to...
Spark Holland B.V. is pleased to announce that the company has been presented with the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2014 award for Best Practices in Product Line Strategy Leadership in the LC-MS industry.
Frost & Sullivan is renowned as the the world leader in growth consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market research, mega trends, economic research, best practices, training, customer research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy....
Chiron is delighted to announce that they have signed an arrangement with Kura Biotec™ to distribute their impressive range of enzymes for analytical toxicology.
Kura Biotec™, whose motto is ‘Inspired by nature, moved by science’, manufactures the highest quality beta-glucuronidase and other ocean-fresh enzymes. The red abalone derived enzymes enable consistent, fast, and accurate deconjugation of both glucuronides and sulfate esters, aiding the detection of conjugated drugs and xenobiotics....
Molecular Profiles Ltd., a subsidiary of Columbia Laboratories, Inc. and Maryland-based Xceleron have announced a collaboration to assist drug developers with improved efficiency during clinical development.
This partnership extends Molecular Profiles’ new ROADMAP to Clinical Trials enabling technologies platform, which it launched earlier this month. The company also has complementary collaborations in place with Onyx Scientific and XenoGesis that broaden its expertise to give clients an end-to-end solution using a connected network of industry experts allowing it to compete with larger CROs...
The app, available for free download in the App Store for iOS and Android devices and the Kindle Fire, serves as a valuable resource tool before, during and after the event. It acts as an all-inclusive real-time show guide containing details on exhibiting companies, technical sessions, Conferee Networking sessions and short courses. The Pittcon mobile conference app was developed by ATIV Software and is built on the EventPilot meeting...
Media in Lab M’s µPrep™ range are supplied ready-to-reconstitute in 20 litre bags. They are designed primarily for high throughput laboratories where speed, convenience, reliability and cost-effectiveness are high priorities. “Since we launched µPrep™ Half Fraser Broth ISO (+FAC) in July 2014, customers have been very clear that simple reconstitution with no mess and no autoclaving is a significant factor in their choice of media format...
The Morphologi G3-ID, which is sold and supported in Australia by ATA Scientific, combines automated particle imaging with Raman spectroscopy to deliver particle size, morphology and chemical identification of particles within a dispersion. The technique is helping users to better understand the composition and behavior of natural particles within the environment and is generating substantial cost and efficiency savings in areas that...
Heading up this new organization is Dr Stefan Kaemmer who has been appointed General Manager of US Operations. Respected German technology leaders, JPK Instruments, are pleased to announce the opening of the first USA-based offices. With more than twelve years supplying nanoscale solutions worldwide for researchers in the bio, life and materials sciences, JPK is to open their offices in Southern California to support users across the...
The agreement is open to SUPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC and NWUPC members and provides preferential terms for a wide range of quality laboratory consumables. Details of the products and prices available are covered in the Alpha Laboratories IRLA Buyer’s Guide. This can be obtained in glossy hard copy or electronic e-catalogue format, on request at www.alphalabs.co.uk/irla...
Nosopharm, a company devoted to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, today announces the appointment of four international experts to its scientific advisory board. These appointments reflect a new phase of development for its novel antibiotic class called Odilorhabdins. The members of the scientific advisory board will aid in the selection of a clinical candidate. This will be the first-generation Odilorhabdin derived from the...
As a result of improved knowledge and understanding of the human genome, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) has become an increasingly important tool for in vitro diagnostics and patient management. The gold standard 5′ nuclease qPCR assay uses oligonucleotide probes that have three critical features: fluorescent reporter dyes, quenchers for these dyes, and a minor groove binder. qPCR is a sensitive method for detecting abnorma...
Leading global asset management specialist, EquipNet Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), has announced an expansion in the Australian and South East Asia markets through a new strategic alliance with GraysOnline. The agreement combines EquipNet’s strengths as the world’s leading asset management company for laboratory, production and packaging equipment in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, food, beverage, and...
Both corporations can look back on a tradition of more than 100 years. Waldner (approx. 1100 employees) is regarded as the market leader in the field of laboratory furniture. Furthermore WALDNER also has other successful divisions of long standing – technical education facilities, plants for preparation and filling of food, as well as isolators and containment for the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnological industries...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, and Adarza BioSystems, Inc., a next generation innovator in label-free, multiplex assays, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive licensing and supply agreement. The agreement gives Horizon the exclusive right to supply services on...
The InfraMation Conference is widely acknowledged as a leading international event for attendees to learn about the latest thermal imaging techniques and applications, and network with many hundreds of industry colleagues. This conference is for thermographers, regardless of which camera system they might use, or those just interested in the latest new applications of the technology. InfraMation 2015 will feature leading industry...
This prestigious award was granted for the continuous development of the company's inVia Raman microscope, with ultra-fast Raman imaging, which enables the rapid generation of high definition 2D and 3D chemical images for material analysis. This Queen's Award for Enterprise 2014, granted in the Innovations category, is particularly special, as it is the first to recognise Renishaw's achievements outside of the field of industrial metrology...
LGC is an international life sciences measurement and testing company with a specialism in testing for drugs of abuse. The ODT team was awarded ISO17025 accreditation for analysis of oral fluid in May 2014. Simon Hudson, Technical Director for the laboratory and managed services division of LGC commented, “We are proud to extend our ISO17025 accreditation for steroids in human urine samples. Having this further extension acknowledged by an...
These new assay kits enable direct real-time analysis of Mitochondrial Respiration (MitoXpress® Xtra), Glycolysis (pH-Xtra®) and Intracellular Oxygen Concentration (MitoXpress® Intra) – providing the perfect tool kit for monitoring bioenergentics, metabolism, Warburg and mitochondrial function & toxicity. MitoXpress® Xtra - Oxygen Consumption Assay [HS Method] is a convenient fluorescence-based, high throughput approach to...
EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, has entered a multi-year, collaborative relationship with Joslin Diabetes Center (“Joslin”) in support of the ongoing clinical and commercial translation of TNFR1 & 2 biomarkers. These novel biomarkers can help identify patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes that are at an increased risk of developing end stage renal disease (ESRD), up to ten years in advance. The new agreement between...
Under the terms of the agreement, QIAGEN will gain access to the proprietary SeroTag® technology platform of Protagen, which enables the discovery and validation of novel protein-based marker panels. Such markers hold great promise for the development into companion diagnostics to guide treatment decisions in various autoimmune disorders. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed...
Analytik are exclusive UK and Ireland suppliers of ASD’s high performance portable and handheld spectrometers for the field, lab and factory. They will work with prospective users on their applications challenges to produce a solution with the full support of the ASD, a PANalytical company team, based in Colorado, USA. QualitySpec Trek is a truly portable full-range near-infrared spectrometer that is fast, accurate and easy to use. From...
On 25 November 2014, the series of interactive laboratory expo events drew to a close, having welcomed 2400 delegates through its doors. The event offered customers across Europe the opportunity to try out the latest laboratory equipment and to meet the people behind the products; GE Healthcare, Fisherbrand and Mettler Toledo were amongst the exhibitors, offering product demonstrations and exclusive seminars in 27 different locations....
These applications provide extensive capabilities in SAR analysis, ligand-based molecular design and bioisosteric replacement. "Proximagen has successfully used Cresset’s computational chemistry tools in the past to generate pharmacophores from known ligands and to identify novel chemical series by scaffold hopping,” says Dr Ed Savory, Deputy Head of Chemistry at Proximagen. “We will be using Spark to identify new drug scaffolds and to...
Frost & Sullivan is renowned as the the world leader in growth consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market research, mega trends, economic research, best practices, training, customer research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy....
Kura Biotec™, whose motto is ‘Inspired by nature, moved by science’, manufactures the highest quality beta-glucuronidase and other ocean-fresh enzymes. The red abalone derived enzymes enable consistent, fast, and accurate deconjugation of both glucuronides and sulfate esters, aiding the detection of conjugated drugs and xenobiotics....
This partnership extends Molecular Profiles’ new ROADMAP to Clinical Trials enabling technologies platform, which it launched earlier this month. The company also has complementary collaborations in place with Onyx Scientific and XenoGesis that broaden its expertise to give clients an end-to-end solution using a connected network of industry experts allowing it to compete with larger CROs...