Attendees will have the rare opportunity to hear a talk from Professor Bruce Rafert, visiting from North Dakota State University (Fargo, USA) entitled “Before hyperspectral imaging ruled the World”. In addition to a brief historical overview, Professor Rafert will discuss several of the most interesting optical engineering challenges that have been addressed during his career. He will present some as-yet un-exploited features of...
Writer, host, academic and presenter, Quentin Cooper, will deliver his keynote address on the image of scientists. Lab Innovations, taking place on 5 & 6 November 2014 at Birmingham’s NEC, is the UK’s only event dedicated to laboratory equipment, technology and services. Cooper is perhaps best known for presenting Britain’s most listened to science show, BBC Radio 4’s Material World. He was famously described by The Times as ‘the world’s most enthusiastic man’ and...
Providing the chance to discover the latest microscopy solutions in person, Olympus will be at the major microscopy meetings in Europe over the next month. With highly trained specialists on booth at each event, delegates will benefit from comprehensive demonstrations and expert advice and insight for all application requirements. At the 26th European Congress of Pathology (ECP) 2014, 30 August – 3 September in London, stand 5, Olympus will exhibit its...
The system, compatible with Jenway 7300, 7305, 67 series, Genova Plus and Genova Nano spectrophotometers, Jenway 4510 bench conductivity meter and the Stuart SMP40 automatic melting point, provides a convenient solution for laboratories in need of a simple, auditable data storage system. Qualoupe Lite is ideal for small and medium laboratories in the academic and commercial sectors, delivering powerful but straightforward functions for...
This investment will expand Merck Millipore's Ready-To-Use (RTU) Media manufacturing capabilities, better provide security of supplies for customers in the region, and sustain the heipha/Hycon product lines including contact and settle plates (ICRplus plates) and Agar strips for RCS® systems which are used in monitoring ambient air and compressed gases. "We are committed to providing our customers with a reliable supply of products, including...
Schmidt+Haensch is a family-owned German company based in Berlin which combines 150 years of tradition and experience with highly innovative instrumentation solutions. S+H has always been a leading manufacturer of optical measuring instruments; this led to a particular prominence when new reference methods were created in the sugar industry. Their main emphasis has traditionally been in laboratory analysis but more...
The license recognizes that equipment designed and manufactured by Telstar is consistently produced and controlled in accordance with CFDA quality standards. In the laboratory field, Telstar manufactures various ranges of biological safety cabinets which are specially designed for research in Life Science markets including universities, hospitals and R&D laboratories, along with pharma and...
Due to an increased demand of companies outsourcing their freeze-dried production of diagnostic kits, Biofortuna has invested in a new state of the art freeze-dryer together with additional climate control units. The additional freeze drier and infrastructure almost doubles production capacity allowing Biofortuna to accommodate the ever increasing demand of its freeze dried contract service...
In April 2014, the Occupational Drug Testing (ODT) team at LGC was audited by UKAS for ISO17025 accreditation for detection of drugs of abuse in oral fluid. The positive outcome of the audit allowed LGC to be awarded ISO17025 accreditation as an extension to scope on 2 May 2014. This internationally-recognised standard provides further evidence of the quality associated with LGC’s analytical expertise in a growing range of fields...
AstraZeneca has also agreed to make various sales-related payments. Upon completion of the transaction, AstraZeneca will own the rights for the development and commercialisation of Almirall’s existing proprietary respiratory business, including rights to revenues from Almirall’s existing partnerships, as well as its pipeline of investigational novel therapies. The franchise includes Eklira® (aclidinium); LAS40464, the combination of...
Many hospitals have introduced C. difficile reduction targets or have had these mandated by government bodies or regulators. When it comes to eliminating doubt, hospitals need efficient, secure and time-saving solutions to protect patients from infection risks. The challenge of infection control and successful outbreak management is one that the Bioquell team have chosen to take on...
CEO, Mr Sander den Hoedt, made the first of these presentations at the mmc2014 which was held in Manchester in July. DELMIC have developed an innovative product for life scientists - SECOM. The SECOM system is a platform that may be used to easily and quickly combine light and electron microscopy. In its primary configuration, the SECOM platform allows the user to obtain functional color information through fluorescence microscopy and structural information by using...
The 12th PSA conference and exhibition takes place from 15 - 17 September 2014 in Manchester UK. Experts from Whitehouse Scientific will present two papers exploring the use of Image Analysis as an effective solution for the calibration and validation of industrial processes for which particle size and shape are critical parameters. ...
Molecular Profiles’ pharmaceutical development services will be supported by XenoGesis’ expertise in preclinical drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) to give clients a smarter route into formulation development and a better understanding of a compound’s bioavailability. This strategic alliance will allow the Nottingham-based companies to help drug developers in the initial design and selection of compounds for key DMPK and ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and...
ZEISS Microscopy announces that it will be demonstrating its new ZEISS Crossbeam Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM) at M&M 2014, August 3-7 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT. ZEISS Crossbeam FIB-SEM increases throughput using a high beam current of up to 100 nA. While milling samples at unprecedented precision at all currents, users acquire images and analytical data in up to...
This represents 80% savings! With the addition of new RAD™ technology (Random Access Dispensing), BioTek's MultiFlo™ FX Multi-Mode Dispenser now offers single channel dispensing to random individual wells and can rapidly dispense reagents into the large volume wells of 6- to 24- well microplates...
The agreement to purchase GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ MicroCal business was announced on 4 June 2014 by Malvern’s parent company Spectris plc, and completion follows regulatory approval of the transaction. MicroCal microcalorimeters are now part of the Malvern Instruments portfolio and are being sold and supported by Malvern Instruments with immediate effect. Users of MicroCal systems have been notified directly of any changes and full details of the product range are available on the Malvern website....
According to Craig Bush, Pipette Service Manager of Anachem, “ ISO 15189 emphasises the need for laboratories to implement calibration and testing regimes conforming to ISO 17025 for all pieces of equipment that may have a significant impact on results. Whether hand-held pipettes, pH meters, balances or complex PCR thermocyclers, laboratories must demonstrate that they adhere to defined quality assurance levels and...
After a first successful round of evaluating GENALICE MAP on speed and quality, both parties agreed to extend the evaluation to include up to 10,000 full human genomes. Population wide analysis is crucial if the potential of whole genome sequencing for medical application in patients with complex diseases is to be realized. Data processing at that level represents a major challenge, however, GENALICE’s unique ability to process a...