Significant improvements in assay reagents and availability of High Throughput Screen (HTS)-compatible readers has propelled fluorescence lifetime (FLT) technology to the vanguard of cost-effective screening technologies.

TTP Labtech has consolidated its position in the field with today’s announcement of the purchase of assets from AssayMetrics Limited, Cardiff, UK a leading company in FLT. The acquisition enhances TTP Labtech’s new ameon™ system equipped with real-time decay curve analysis (RT-DCA), licensed from Fluorescence Innovations Inc (Minneapolis, US). The ameon represents the next generation of FLT reader technology providing a combination of speed, precision, and data quality that can be readily exploited in HTS workflows...

Offering attractive procurement strategies will boost adoption of high-end tools

Wyatt Technology San Francisco Bay Area Protein & Biotech Users Meeting

The meeting will host two to three expert speakers, ‘how-to’ sessions presented by Wyatt Application Scientists, updates on our latest products, and small group discussions covering topics such as:Biophysical characterization. Formulation and stability. Orthogonal techniques. Large aggregates and sub-visible particles. Biomolecular interactions...

Integrated DNA Technologies Presents at Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics 

Michel Cannieux, PhD, MBA, Director of Product Commercialization, Synthetic Biology at IDT discussed a novel, rapid and reliable method to build and clone genes of interest at a fraction of the cost of full gene synthesis. The talk, entitled “Rapid and Reliable Gene Construction with gBlocks™ Gene Fragments and Gibson Assembly™ Method” took place at 12.00 on December 11. As double stranded, sequence verified DNA blocks up to 750 base pairs, gBlocks Gene Fragments have high sequence fidelity. As a result, they are ideal for use in a broad range of biological applications....

Priorclave Appoints Scientific Equipment Dealer to Spearhead Ireland Growth

Priorclave has appointed Brennan & Company as its southern Ireland agent with responsibility for sales of its complete range of laboratory autoclaves.  Lee Oakley, Sales Director of Priorclave is delighted with the new appointment since Brennan & Company are well established in Ireland as a major supplier of highly specialised technological equipment to the Scientific, Medical and Industrial markets, and comments “I am convinced this is the right partnership, our steam steriliser range complements their current product range and their knowledge level extremely well...

A COMBINATION of professional knowledge and university research has led to a cutting-edge health facility being installed at a North East hospital.

Christine Williams, Business Performance Manager for the Division of Acute Medicine at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, looked at processes for decontaminating flexible endoscopes, used to examine patient’s stomachs, as part of her work-based degree in Leadership and Management at Teesside University. Her project has led to the installation of a new £2m centralised decontamination unit at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough which carries out more than 900 endoscopies each month.....

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, announces that it has been ranked among the winners of The Analytical Scientist’s 2013 Innovation Awards (TASIAs). 

Honored is Wyatt’s Optilab UT-rEX, the first refractive index detector of its kind for UHPLC systems. The innovative Optilab UT-rEX uses a combination of miniaturized components, cutting-edge semiconductor photodiode technology and proprietary computer algorithms to enable it to be added to any UHPLC system. The TASIAs recognize products that enhance preparation, separation, identification or quantitation and contribute to making the world safer and the diagnosis of disease more effective...

Long-standing partner Optronik AS acquired Medical technology player Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has acquired its long-standing business partner, Ankara-based Optronik AS.

The move is intended to enable Carl Zeiss Meditec to serve client needs even more effectively in the fast-growing Turkish market. Optronik, which has around 60 employees, was previously an exclusive distribution partner for Carl Zeiss Meditec. Integration into ZEISS's global sales, service and support network will allow for direct client care going forward. With direct market access, ZEISS is looking to tap even more effectively into the potential of the fast-growing Turkish market....

Allied Market Research today published a new market research report titled "Flow Cytometry Market (Products, Application, Technology, and Users) - Current Trends, Opportunities, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Global Forecast, 2012-2020".

As per the study, the flow cytometry market valued $3 billion in 2012 is further expected to reach $6.5 billion by 2020 growing at a CAGR of 30.9%. Increasing needs to enhance precisions and produce faster results as well as need for compact devices are compelling the clinical and diagnostic organization to adopt innovative technologies....

Pittcon is pleased to announce the 2014 Technical Program  that includes over 2,000 presentations offered in symposia, oral sessions, workshops, awards, and posters.

This year’s program covers a wide range of applications such as, but not limited to, biotechnology, biomedical, drug discovery, environmental, food science, fuels/energy, lab management, nanotechnology, polymers/plastics and regulations. The Technical Program, begins on Sunday, March 2 and runs through Thursday, March 6, 2014. Co-programming continues to strengthen and bring diversity to the Technical Program. Resource Team member Alan G. Marshall will cover mass spectrometry techniques used in fuels, energy and petrochemical...

Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) is pleased to announce that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected the University of Tasmania (UTAS) and Trajan’s proposal to create an ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies.

The program will see the Australian Government committing more than A$2.1 million funding from 2014 over three years, to establish and provide ongoing support to the Training Centre. The partnership of Trajan and UTAS combines industry knowledge and research to innovate in product design, development and manufacturing techniques. The ARC’s Industrial Transformation Training Centres Scheme aims to foster close partnerships between universitybased researchers....

A breakthrough image management platform for scientists

Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie's industry partnership activity, and Strand Scientific Intelligence, Inc. (Strand) announce the launch of the Curie Image Database (CID), a breakthrough image analysis and management platform that they developed jointly over the last two years at the Cell and Tissue Imaging Core Facility of the Institut Curie (PICT-IBiSA)...

The High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS technology (HR-CS AAS) now also enables the detection of non-metals using an AAS instrument, the contrAA^® from Analytik Jena.

Thanks to a Xenon lamp as continuous radiation source, any wavelength is available for measurement on the contrAA^® - including molecular bands. By converting the non-metals into characteristic molecules, these can be detected using molecular absorption spectrometry (MAS). HR-CS MAS is a new robust method for the selective analysis of the individual non-metals in aqueous and organic solutions and directly in solids - independent of the type of chemical bonding...

A government minister has been told that rising demand for life sciences manufacturing at one of Britain’s fastest-growing hi-tech business parks is set to herald a new building programme. 

Plans are underway at Discovery Park, Sandwich – the complex formerly owned by pharmaceutical company Pfizer - to replace older factory and laboratory buildings with new. Paul Barber, managing director of Discovery Park, outlined the plans to Michael Fallon, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, and MP for Sevenoaks, during his first official visit to the site. The visit was hosted by Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet....

The Glasgow based company which was at the forefront of the UK's defences against food contamination during the horsemeat scandal has welcomed the news that Scotland is to strengthen its food safety laws.

R-Biopharm Rhône, the manufacturer and one of Scotland's biggest exporters of diagnostic test kits, endorsed legislation contained in the Food Standards Scotland Bill, which will create a new body to focus on consumer protection.Victoria Jordan, R-Biopharm Rhône's UK product specialist (food and feed), said: "Having been in the front line when the horse meat scandal broke, R-Biopharm Rhône is strongly in favour of the most stringent standards as far as the safety of the public is concerned....

Booth #3859, PITTCON, Chicago, IL, USA, March 2nd - 6th 2014

Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) will be showing its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS as well as the entry level ‘Out of the Box’ Matrix Express LIMS at Pittcon 2014. Matrix Gemini is a desktop and web-based platform that provides a highly configurable LIMS environment. This allows exact user requirements to be accommodated in terms of workflows, screen designs, menu designs, terminology, report designs and much more, without the need for custom coding....

Compact IDRaman mini delivers fast, accurate Raman analyses in the field and laboratory

Ocean Optics’ IDRaman mini handheld Raman spectrometer has been selected as a finalist for the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The Prism Awards honor the best new photonics products on the market and draw entries from around the world. The prestigious awards, which are co-sponsored by the trade organization SPIE and the technology media company Photonics Media, will be awarded at the 2014 Photonics West trade show in February...

A team of world leaders in the growing scientific field of biomolecular interaction, relating to basic biomedical research and the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, has been the recipient of a new Australian Research Council Linkage Grant.

The project combines the knowledge and expertise of the laboratories of Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger of The University of Western Australia/Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Professor Stephen Hill of The University of Nottingham (UK) who are both leaders in bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)/fluorescence technology development. They will be working with the bioluminescent industry leader Promega Corporation and the leading high-throughput instrumentation company BMG Labtech Pty Ltd (Australia).

The Scientist Magazine Chooses Super-Resolution Microscope from Leica Microsystems as one of the Year's Best Innovations for the Second Time

The Leica SR GSD 3D super-resolution microscope has been voted third among the Top 10 Innovations 2013 by the prestigious magazine The Scientist. The panel of judges, consisting of representatives from science, business, and the non-profit sector, selected the super-resolution system for 3D localization microscopy from more than 80 entries as one of the most innovative products with the potential to revolutionize life sciences...

A One Day Symposium Focussing on Advances in Natural Product Analysis - Syngenta Research Labs, 9th April 2014

Chromatographic & mass spectrometric analysis in vegetable matter, natural and food products will be explored by specialists from a variety of industries. An exhibition of analytical instrumentation and presentations by leading manufacturers will form an important element of the symposium.

Peter Ingram and Simon Rainbow join GPE Scientific

GPE Scientific has over 50 years of experience in the manufacturing of precision glass materials for industry, laboratory and research companies and have recently expanded our Sales Team to meet our customer’s needs. GPE are pleased to announce the recruitment of our Northern and Southern Sales Representatives Peter Ingram and Simon Rainbow....

Quotient Clinical, a provider of outsourced, early stage drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry, has been acquired from the Quotient Bioresearch Group by Bridgepoint Development Capital for an undisclosed sum.

Employing over 200 people, Quotient Clinical has developed a platform which offers an integrated approach to formulation development, “real-time” drug product manufacturing and clinical testing.  Using this platform has been proven to significantly reduce the time and cost of the early stage drug development process....