Cool Logistics successfully launched its new, innovative Chronos Advance™ shipping system and announced its acquisition by Pelican Products Inc. Along with the new acquisition Cool Logistics unveiled the new Chronos Advance™ aimed at setting new standards in the single use shipping industry at the recent IQPC event. Cool Logistics, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of temperature-controlled packaging solutions, unveiled its exclusive high performance product which was universally welcomed by the delegates attending the IQPC event in Luxembourg....
Magritek announces company expansion with the appointment of new hires to the sales and marketing team.
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, are pleased to announce further expansion in company activities worldwide. With offices now in the USA, Germany & New Zealand, the company has added experienced leaders in instrumentation sales and product marketing. With increased growth in worldwide markets for benchtop-sized analytical techniques, Magritek, leading providers of compact NMR and MRI systems, are pleased to be announcing the addition of two experienced industry professionals to their sales and marketing team...
A chemist based at the University of Copenhagen has just taken out a patent for a drug that can make previously multidrug-resistant bacteria responsive to antibiotics once again.
Jørn Bolstad and his chemist colleagues hope that the substance will soon be able to tackle the tremendous problems associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). But first, they need to find investors interested in getting the substance onto the market. Before the development of penicillin, people dropped like flies in response to minor infections: in the lungs, in small cuts. Even pimples could grow to boils that killed. But one of the main killers prior to the discovery of antibiotics was tuberculosis...
Analytik Jena AG has obtained a major contract for the supply of 22 instruments of the multi N/C® series to analyze the water quality in the Chinese province Henan.
The project volume of the contract amounts to a medium-level six-figure range. The instruments are already due to be delivered during the current quarter. "During the tender for this major project we succeeded against numerous large competitors. The quality of our products was convincing", said Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the business unit Analytical Instrumentation at the Analytik Jena AG. As part of the project "Automatic Monitoring Capacity Building Project of Surface Water Quality" the Chinese province Henan wants to increasingly engage with environmental analysis in the future...
Congratulations to SCIEX Separations (a division of AB SCIEX), for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Bronze Medal for their CESI 8000 High Performance Separation-ESI Module.
The company have developed a new front-end separation and ionization technology called CESI, which combines the high efficiency and ultra-low flow of capillary electrophoresis (CE) with an integrated electrospray ionization source. This optimization of electrospray ionization (ESI) into the nanoflow region has shown to greatly improve assay sensitivity and reduce ion suppression....
Congratulations to Texas Instruments, winners of the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Gold Medal for the most innovative product for their DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD).
The DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD) acts as a spatial light modulator (SLM) to steer near-infrared (NIR) light and create patterns with speed, precision, and efficiency. Featuring high resolution in a compact form factor, the DLP4500NIR DMD is often combined with a single element detector to replace expensive InGaAs array-based detector designs, leading to high performance, cost-effective portable solutions....
2014 Honor Marks Fourth Time in Last Ten Years Waters' has been recognized by Pittcon Media Corps
Waters Corporation is proud to announce that the Pittcon Editors' Silver award for the most innovative product introduced at the 2014 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy goes to the Waters® ACQUITY QDa™ Detector. "On behalf Waters employees worldwide, we are honored that the Pittcon Editors have recognized the new ACQUITY QDa Detector at this year's Pittsburgh Conference," said Art Caputo, President of the Waters Division for Waters Corporation....
Malvern Instruments Ltd (Malvern, UK) has announced an exclusive global distribution agreement with RheoSense, Inc. (San Ramon, CA, USA) to promote, market, sell and support the VROC product range into industrial applications.
The agreement enables Malvern to add the m-VROCi, microfluidic Viscometer/Rheometer On a Chip, to its existing portfolio of rotational and capillary rheometers, extending the company’s offering to industrial customers across the globe. Delivering accurate, robust, fully enclosed viscosity measurement, at high shear rates, the m-VROCi addresses an established need to measure low viscosity fluids under process relevant conditions. The results have proven application for the characterization and enhancement of inkjet inks, coatings, rechargeable batteries, lubricants, chemical and food additives, and drink formulations...
The Board of Scientific Digital Imaging plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the application of digital imaging technology to the needs of the scientific community, announces the acquisition of Opus Instruments Limited (“Opus”) from its founder shareholders for consideration of up to £1,325,000 payable in cash and shares. Opus is the manufacturer of the Osiris camera which the Board of SDI believes is the first camera for infrared reflectography to provide high resolution high speed images in a small portable camera...
The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announces that Tomasz Koprowski of the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering in Zurich, Switzerland, is the grand prize winner of the 2014 JALA & JBS Art of Science Contest.
Nine finalists from six countries were selected from 60 entries. SLAS members and nonmembers then voted for their favorite finalists at SLAS.org. “Tree of Life” by Tomasz Koprowski captures C.elegans worms on a chunk of agar and as the top vote-getter and grand prize winner, Koprowski received a $500 Amazon gift card. The eight other finalists each received a $25 Amazon gift card, and all finalists enjoyed 60 days free online access to the SAGE Pharmacology & Biomedical Collection...
Research just released by GVA Connect, the data centre specialist division of property agents GVA, showed UK take-up of data centre space amounted to 830,000 square feet (gross retail area) in calendar year 2013.
“This represented an 18 per cent jump in data centre space take-up over the previous year,” said GVA Connect director Charles Carden, adding that the company expected take-up to remain at this level during 2014. Confirming London’s position as a leading international data centre hub, Carden revealed that over three quarters of the 2013 data centre take-up was within the so-called London Synchronous Locations (locations which deliver round-trip latency of under three milliseconds). The second most popular location was Manchester with the remainder of take-up spread across the UK...
The company raises EUR 540,000 (USD 738,000) from historical shareholders to expand its staff
Rhenovia, the world leader in biosimulation of the central nervous system, plans to raise a further EUR 2 million in 2014 to step up development in its three key markets of medicinal products, agrifood and neurotoxicity. Rhenovia Pharma, a biotechnology company specialized in the application of biosimulation to the research and development of new medicinal products, today announces that it has raised EUR 540,000 (USD 738,000) from its historical shareholders in a second round of funding. Founded in 2007, Rhenovia is the world leader in biosimulation of the central nervous system...
Copley Scientific will focus on systems from the company’s comprehensive range of test equipment for pharmaceutical solid dosage forms at Analytica 2014, which takes place from 1– 4 April 2014 in Munich, Germany.
On show will be the Dissolution Tester DIS 8000, a rugged unit with eight stirred test vessels that is ideal for both R&D and routine QC applications. Like all Copley Scientific tablet dissolution testers it meets the latest specifications of the US, European and other pharmacopoeias. With automation an increasing requirement, Copley Scientific’s Dissofract ‘Off-Line’ Dissolution Sampling System will be shown with the DIS 8000....
Italian Voden Medical Instruments S.p.A. awarded DiaSorin Platinum Distributor status
The Milan-based Life Science Division of Voden Medical Instruments S.p.A. has been awarded DiaSorin Platinum Distributor status in recognition of their outstanding contribution to sales of the DiaSorin Arrow instrument and molecular extraction kits throughout Italy. Meeting the specific needs of HLA (human leukocyte antigen) testing laboratories, assessing tissue compatibility in organ transplant patients, the Arrow Blood DNA extraction kit has shown particular growth and completes the Voden product offering for this important molecular investigation...
Polyplus-transfection announces today that it has granted two agencies of the United States National Institutes of Health
Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company developing innovative technologies for molecular and cellular biology, announces today that it has granted two agencies of the United States National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) a non-exclusive, research license to use Polyethylenimine (PEI) for in vitro transfection applications. The two agencies are the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (“NIAID”) and the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”)...
Today’s introduction of CLiC LP at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting in Marco Island, Fla., marks a new chapter for laboratories around the world involved with genetic sequencing.
GenCell Biosystems unveiled the world’s first fully integrated, automated bench-top library prep workflow for next generation sequencing (NGS) that generates more data, quicker and at a lower cost. “We’re pleased to see the enthusiastic reaction from AGBT attendees as they discover how CLiC LP liberates lab personnel from mundane library preparation tasks and allows them to focus on sequencing and scientific discovery,” said Kieran Curran, GenCell’s founder and CEO...
GEA Pharma Systems supports new pharmaceutical research centre at SKKU in South Korea
GEA Pharma Systems has provided solid dose processing technology for a new Pharmaceutical Process Research Centre (PPRC) at South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). The new centre will provide academic and commercial research facilities for under graduate, post graduate, post doctorate students and the wider pharmaceutical industry in South Korea and underlines GEA’s long-term commitment to the South Korean market. The GEA-SKKU, as it is now known, was opened by Professor Hyuck Chung, Dean of the university’s School of Pharmacy, on 17 December, 2013...
MedaPhor is pleased to announce that is has opened a US subsidiary, MedaPhor North America, Inc.
MedaPhor, the global provider of advanced ultrasound education and training for medical professionals, is pleased to announce that is has opened a US subsidiary, MedaPhor North America, Inc. and expanded its US sales team, to sell its ScanTrainer range of ultrasound simulators in the US and Canada. The company doubled sales for the third consecutive year and now has over 100 systems installed in major hospitals in 11 countries around the world. Its lead product, ScanTrainer, is a virtual reality based ‘real feel’ ultrasound-training simulator that enables trainees, of any level, to literally feel what they see on the computer screen in order to develop the complex mix of cognitive skills and eye-hand movement coordination required to learn all the key ultrasound scanning skills...
Watson-Marlow OEM pumps ideal for automated laboratory instrumentation
Caernarfon-based Bee Robotics, a designer and manufacturer of automated laboratory instruments, is using up to 500 400F/M1 OEM pumps from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group every year. Applied to a variety of liquid handling applications that complement a wide range of diagnostic kits, the company has been a satisfied customer since its inception in 1999...
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BioTek Instruments, Inc., proudly announces that their Cytation™ 3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader is a finalist in the 2014 Edison Awards® competition.
The distinguished awards, inspired by Thomas Edison's persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. Award winners will be announced April 30, 2014 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. Cytation 3 is among those finalists recognized by a distinguished panel of senior business executives and academics for innovation and excellence. Patented Cytation 3 combines automated digital microscopy and conventional multi-mode microplate detection to provide both rich phenotypic and well-based quantitative analyses in a streamlined workflow...
John comes to LabAnswer with 20 years of R&D experience. Most recently, he was with Schrödinger, LLC, where he was Vice President of Professional Services and Solutions.
John’s focus was to expand Schrodinger’s footprint in scientific informatics. Previously, John was Global Director of Scientific Informatics and Solutions at Accelrys, Inc. It was there that John helped bring both the concept of Biological Entity Registration and Next Generation LIMS to market. In addition, John and his teams were responsible for building small and large molecule design environments. Before he joined Accelrys, he was the Philadelphia Site Head, Global Chair of the Structural Biology Domain, and head of US Lab Automation for the Discovery Informatics Department at GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. Prior to GSK, John spent many years at Merck and Co., Inc. with varying roles in biological and chemical informatics as well as computational science methods and modeling...
The MVV Energie AG won the great Analytik Jena quote campaign related to the proven SPECORD® device.
The Analytik Jena AG awarded a price for the best customer quote as part of a Germany-wide customer competition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their SPECORD® product series. "I am happy about the great participation of our customers in the campaign and the many creative contributions which made it very hard for us to decide. This is not only an expression of a high level of satisfaction but also of the great loyalty of the customers to our instruments and the company Analytik Jena", says Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the business unit Analytical Instrumentation at the Analytik Jena AG...
Cool Logistics successfully launched its new, innovative Chronos Advance™ shipping system and announced its acquisition by Pelican Products Inc. Along with the new acquisition Cool Logistics unveiled the new Chronos Advance™ aimed at setting new standards in the single use shipping industry at the recent IQPC event. Cool Logistics, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of temperature-controlled packaging solutions, unveiled its exclusive high performance product which was universally welcomed by the delegates attending the IQPC event in Luxembourg....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, are pleased to announce further expansion in company activities worldwide. With offices now in the USA, Germany & New Zealand, the company has added experienced leaders in instrumentation sales and product marketing. With increased growth in worldwide markets for benchtop-sized analytical techniques, Magritek, leading providers of compact NMR and MRI systems, are pleased to be announcing the addition of two experienced industry professionals to their sales and marketing team...
The agreement enables Malvern to add the m-VROCi, microfluidic Viscometer/Rheometer On a Chip, to its existing portfolio of rotational and capillary rheometers, extending the company’s offering to industrial customers across the globe. Delivering accurate, robust, fully enclosed viscosity measurement, at high shear rates, the m-VROCi addresses an established need to measure low viscosity fluids under process relevant conditions. The results have proven application for the characterization and enhancement of inkjet inks, coatings, rechargeable batteries, lubricants, chemical and food additives, and drink formulations...
The Board of Scientific Digital Imaging plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the application of digital imaging technology to the needs of the scientific community, announces the acquisition of Opus Instruments Limited (“Opus”) from its founder shareholders for consideration of up to £1,325,000 payable in cash and shares. Opus is the manufacturer of the Osiris camera which the Board of SDI believes is the first camera for infrared reflectography to provide high resolution high speed images in a small portable camera...
Nine finalists from six countries were selected from 60 entries. SLAS members and nonmembers then voted for their favorite finalists at SLAS.org. “Tree of Life” by Tomasz Koprowski captures C.elegans worms on a chunk of agar and as the top vote-getter and grand prize winner, Koprowski received a $500 Amazon gift card. The eight other finalists each received a $25 Amazon gift card, and all finalists enjoyed 60 days free online access to the SAGE Pharmacology & Biomedical Collection...
“This represented an 18 per cent jump in data centre space take-up over the previous year,” said GVA Connect director Charles Carden, adding that the company expected take-up to remain at this level during 2014. Confirming London’s position as a leading international data centre hub, Carden revealed that over three quarters of the 2013 data centre take-up was within the so-called London Synchronous Locations (locations which deliver round-trip latency of under three milliseconds). 
John’s focus was to expand Schrodinger’s footprint in scientific informatics. Previously, John was Global Director of Scientific Informatics and Solutions at Accelrys, Inc. It was there that John helped bring both the concept of Biological Entity Registration and Next Generation LIMS to market. In addition, John and his teams were responsible for building small and large molecule design environments. Before he joined Accelrys, he was the Philadelphia Site Head, Global Chair of the Structural Biology Domain, and head of US Lab Automation for the Discovery Informatics Department at GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. Prior to GSK, John spent many years at Merck and Co., Inc. with varying roles in biological and chemical informatics as well as computational science methods and modeling...
The Analytik Jena AG awarded a price for the best customer quote as part of a Germany-wide customer competition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their SPECORD® product series. "I am happy about the great participation of our customers in the campaign and the many creative contributions which made it very hard for us to decide. This is not only an expression of a high level of satisfaction but also of the great loyalty of the customers to our instruments and the company Analytik Jena", says Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the business unit Analytical Instrumentation at the Analytik Jena AG...