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....

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Greiner Bio-One GmbH.

Over the past five decades, the business founded in Nürtingen, Germany, as Greiner Labortechnik has become an international high-tech company, but it has never lost sight of its modest SMB roots. Combining tradition with innovation has created a globally successful technology partner for the diagnostic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Greiner Labortechnik started out in 1963 in Nürtingen, producing the first plastic Petri dishes. A further production facility that opened in Austria in 1974 also initially manufactured Petri dishes. In the 1980s, Greiner unveiled VACUETTE ­ the first evacuated blood collection system with a plastic safety cap ­ which can maintain a vacuum for at least 18 months...

Contract of Dr. Hermann Gerlinger renewed until 2017

Head of Medical Technology business group Dr. Ludwin Monz joins the Executive Board. The start of calendar year 2014 will see some changes to the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG headed by President and CEO Dr. Michael Kaschke. The enlargement of the Executive Board and the reallocation of responsibilities are aimed at driving forward the consistent positioning of ZEISS as a portfolio company in line with market its segments...

Drawing upon many years’ experience, AMSBIO has developed a custom phospho-specific antibody production service that is both reliable and produces highly specific quality antisera.

Phospho-specific antibodies are widely accepted for use in defining regulatory mechanisms that control cell functions such as activation of enzymes and receptors, cellular transcription, signal transduction, and cell signalling networks. Phospho-specific antibodies from AMSBIO are affinity-purified rabbit polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies that are monospecific for a target protein that is phosphorylated on a specific tyrosine, threonine, or serine residue...

The Innovation Forum is launching their first annual Innovation Leaders Conference to be held at Cambridge University, UK on February 27th and 28th 2014.

The aim of the conference is to promote the translation of cutting edge research into leading products and services – by building bridges between academia, investors, industry and government and linking innovative minds across disciplines. The event is being supported by leading recruitment specialists - george james ltd who have arranged for leading industry experts across a broad range of disciplines to be available to give free advice to both start up and established companies and individuals looking for careers advice...

Revenue Reaches New Record High

A NORTH-WEST businessman has set up a new venture to help early stage biomedical companies put the right management in place to secure funding for further growth.

Michael Norris has set up Manchester-based Norris Biomedical Services to provide services for small and medium sized biomedical businesses looking to develop and implement their commercial business plans. The company comprises a team of over 30 expert consultants from a variety of backgrounds, including early stage technology development specialists, doctors and experts in biomedical fields such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices....

Preclinical results have already demonstrated its remarkable action on solid tumors

A first proprietary product is under development to treat ovarian cancer. This platform can be used with a wide range of anti-tumoral agents. Adocia a biotechnology company specializing in the development of ‘best-in-class’ medicines from already approved therapeutic proteins, announces today the signature of an exclusive license agreement with the CNRS, the University Bordeaux I, the Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux and Aquitaine Science Transfert (SATT Aquitaine)...

Asynt in conjunction with the Department of Chemistry, University of St Andrews (UK) and Advanced Chemical Safety Inc. (USA) have produced an 8-page illustrated document to provide laboratory staff with an IN BEST PRACTICE GUIDE to safe use of heating block systems.

Heating blocks provide a safe, convenient and productive alternative to heating mantles and oil baths for heating round bottomed flasks, tubes and vials. Used in combination with a standard hotplate stirrer - heating blocks such as the Asynt DrySyn range have proved themselves with their ability to outperform the heat-conducting properties of oil baths....

Dates and Agenda Set, Registration Now Open for Quantitative Proteomics and ProteoMMX 3.0 Events

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and the Biochemical Society announced today the opening of registration for the Biochemical Society’s Quantitative Proteomics Training Day and the ProteoMMX 3.0 Symposium, consecutive events taking place March 24 - 27, 2014 in Chester, England. The Quantitative Proteomics Training Day is aimed at researchers seeking to gain familiarity with the field of quantitative proteomics. ProteoMMX 3.0, following immediately after the Training Day, is dedicated to current thinking and state of the art research in quantitative proteomics...

Microbiology specialist Lab M is exhibiting for the first time at this year’s Arab Health exhibition and congress.

The company will take this opportunity to introduce visitors to its comprehensive portfolio of dehydrated culture media (DCM) as well as the recently launched µPREP™ line of ready-to-reconstitute bagged media  and an extended range of Captivate™ immunomagnetic separation products.“Demand for Lab M products, especially our DCM products that are used both by those working in labs and by commercial plate pourers, continues to grow in the countries that the Arab Health event serves and we are looking to extend our representation in the region....