Population Genetics Assigns Asymmetric Adaptor Library Construction Patent To New England Biolabs
Population Genetics Technologies Ltd (PGT) and New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) announce that PGT has assigned exclusive rights to a patent (US 8,420,319) covering methods for asymmetric adaptor library construction to NEB. As part of next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation, this technology enables increased efficiency at the adaptor ligation step, resulting in high yield libraries and minimized adaptor-dimer formation. In conjunction with NEB’s other innovations in NGS library preparation, this patent further strengthens the NEBNext® product portfolio...
NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used in the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University for the characterization of catalytic materials used in environmental applications such as N2O decomposition and soot oxidation.
Dr Pawel Stelmachowski is an assistant professor in the Materials and Surface Chemistry Group at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. "UJ," as it is known, is Poland's oldest university having been founded in the mid-fourteenth century. The Group's research goals are the design, development and optimisation of catalytic materials. These are used mainly for environmental applications such as N2O decomposition and soot oxidation. The phase cooperation of crystallites of different sizes and deposition of active phase on monolithic supports requires sizing and characterization measurements and this is why NTA was chosen...
Scientific Digital Imaging’s [AIM-SDI] Synoptics Health Division, a manufacturer of innovative digital imaging systems for healthcare applications.
Dr Julian Huppert, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, visited Synoptics Health at 2.00 p.m. on Friday 30th August to see the company’s ProReveal Sensitive Protein Detection Test and to discuss how implementing this technology could help save money by reducing the numbers of post-operative hospital acquired infections (HAIs) from dirty surgical instruments...
NextiraOne Poland has signed a contract with Euro-Centrum Science and Technology Park in Katowice to design and build the Euro-Centrum’s new data centre.
The agreement is part of the project entitled: "The Creation of a Euro-Centrum Science and Technology Park - development and application of new technologies in the area of energy conservation and renewable energy sources." The project is financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme and was won by NextiraOne under a competitive tender procedure...
Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, relocates today to offices near Cambridge. The move reflects Cresset’s growth and a desire to be close to the Cambridge Cluster. The new office is based in Litlington, Cambridgeshire and serves as the company’s global headquarters.
“Cresset’s scientific team is one of our major assets”, says Dr Robert Scoffin, Cresset’s CEO. “Our recent growth has seen us strengthen our scientific consulting team, our technical group and our sales staff. This move represents an on-going investment in our people and our intention to continue to recruit the best scientific minds over the coming years.” Dr Scoffin adds, “Our new office environment will enable us to continue to deliver Cresset’s powerful combination of outstanding chemistry software and high value consulting services for drug discovery research...
Porvair Sciences has launched a new online service providing organisations with easy access to next day delivery on competitively priced, high performance microplate thermal seals. For laboratories in the UK choosing to use the new service all microplate seals are also delivered free-of-charge.
Available in a wide choice of colour-coded designs - Porvair microplate thermal seals are available optimised for use with all brands of assay plates. These easy to use thermal seals work with all commercially available heat sealers that take pre-cut strip seals. They are printed in five different colours and marked “This way up” to ensure easy selection of the right gauge of seal and correct positioning on the microplate. Seals are compatible with most heat sealers...
Volunteers are being sought for a study investigating whether food products containing lupin, buckwheat, broad beans and peas could be an alternative source of protein in our everyday diets. Products made with these plants could also provide the body with fibre and other compounds which may help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease. Dr Alexandra Johnstone from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, who is leading the research, said: “Protein is an important component of a healthy, balanced diet and is found in many of the foods that we eat...
Miniature component specialist LEE PRODUCTS has launched an all-new website which showcases its range of high precision miniature components for a wide range of applications including aerospace, medical and scientific instrumentation, diagnostics, ink-jet printing, industrial gas turbines, racing cars and oil exploration.
The new site, which is optimised for larger, higher resolution screens and mobile devices, demonstrates Lee Products’ position as the acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of precision components which provide extreme performance with minimal space and weight. Products offered cover two main sectors, Microhydraulics and Electro-Fluidic Systems and include; solenoid valves, shuttle valves, safety screens, pressure relief valves, check valves, restrictors, nozzles, plugs, fixed and variable pumps and other speciality products...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, an innovator in life science research, has acquired the flow cytometry business assets of ReaMetrix India Pvt. Ltd, a Bangalore-based life science technology company. The transaction provides Beckman Coulter Life Sciences with temperature-stable, single-dose, multi-colour antibody cocktails targeting the HIV monitoring and clinical research markets. ReaMetrix products complement the company’s flow cytometry portfolio with reagents that will simplify the sample preparation process and provide highly standardized reagent combinations to cytometry laboratories around the globe...
AMSBIO, a provider of cutting-edge life science technologies and services for accelerating discovery in cancer research, has continued its sponsorship of the annual poster prize at the Beatson International Cancer Conference (7th -10th July 2013).
The two winners of the Poster Prize for the best presented and most interesting posters, were this year named as Dr Thomas R Cox and co-researchers** for their work on ‘Deep proteomic analysis of the hypoxic secretome lysyl oxidase as a critical mediator of metastatic lesion formation in bone’, and Dr Jean Albrengues & co-researchers*** for their work on ‘Production of LIF cytokine by cancer cells and fibroblasts contributes to the establishment of a pro-invasive tumour microenvironment’...Read MorePublications show Zetasizer APS flexibility for automated DLS measurement of multiple protein sampleSep 19, 2013
A set of application notes from Malvern Instruments demonstrates the sample integrity, flexibility and lack of cross contamination during automated, rapid screening of protein samples using the Zetasizer Auto Plate Sampler (APS) dynamic light scattering (DLS) system.
Enabling automated measurements of multiple samples, the Zetasizer APS delivers the same high sensitivity, high specification DLS measurements as other systems in Malvern’s well-known Zetasizer series, making it ideal for protein applications. Easy data interpretation, using custom-designed results criteria, is supported by a colour-coded data quality display. Zetasizer APS allows the production of large amounts of high quality DLS data with no user intervention to maximize productivity in busy protein laboratories. The data display capability enables the operator to easily retrieve results of interest, without having to manually scan through all measurements...
SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, completed its implementation of SAP® enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The SAP® system integrates the company’s inventory planning and control, purchasing, production management, quality management and financial reporting systems into a single software solution...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative genetics research and biomarker solutions to advance molecular medicine, has released the results from a recent survey of researchers using next generation sequencing. The survey was designed to investigate current trends in NGS usage and determine future demands; to aid OGT in continuing to deliver high-quality, up-to-date services and provide insightful, relevant customer resources...
Integrated Software Solutions Ltd, the specialist laboratory management software developer, today announces the latest implementation of its OMNI-Lab Newborn Screening management suite, this time at GSTS Pathology LLP, the unique and innovative joint venture between Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts and Serco plc.
OMNI-Lab software is at the heart of a system that facilitates the safe and efficient management of bloodspots, taken by heelprick for screening from thousands of newborn infants each year in the South East Thames region (approx. 60,000 live births p.a.). The screening either indicates that the infants are not suspected of having any of five serious diseases of infancy*, or alerts paediatricians to the need for further testing and/or possible treatment....
METTLER TOLEDO’s Weighing Standard Ensures USP Compliance Free On-demand Webinar Clarifies the New Rules
On the 3rd June, 2013, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) published the revised mandatory Chapter 41 on balances as well as new updates to the advisory Chapter 1251. With just six months to comply, METTLER TOLEDO’s global weighing standard, GWP®, can help pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers to meet the new requirements. The new revisions define modified balance test procedures for the US pharmaceutical industry and also apply to companies exporting to the US.,,,
R-Biopharm Rhône, one of Scotland's most successful scientific exporters, has posted record sales and profits in a year of extraordinary growth fuelled by a strong drive into new international markets.
The company, which makes diagnostic test kits for use in the agri-food industry, saw turnover increase to £6.4 million in the year to December 2012, up by 21.5% on the same period in 2011. It is projecting sales of £7 million by the end of 2013, with an increase in profits of 28%. Growth in 2013 has already been boosted as a result of a significant increase in lab testing following the horse meat contamination scare, but most of the sales in 2012 and the first quarter of this year have been generated from organic growth and new export opportunities...
Satisfaction survey highlights Cherwell’s commitment to customer needs
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in products for process validation and environmental monitoring, today affirms its commitment to customer satisfaction and ISO9001:2008 Quality Management. This follows the recent completion of a user survey for its SAS microbial air monitoring equipment and calibration service. Cherwell’s customer satisfaction levels were rated high in all areas, with product knowledge and reliability ranking highest...
Product innovation and the development of high-qualitative assays are the need of the hour
Rapid growth in microRNA (miRNA) research over the past two years, owing to its diagnostic and therapeutic potential, has fuelled development in the global miRNA tools and services market. Of the various miRNA technologies, which include quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT PCR), microarrays and functional tools, qRT PCR remains the fastest-growing, while microarray is gradually being replaced by next-generation sequencing platforms. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Global Analysis of MicroRNA Tools and Services Market, finds that the tools side of the market earned revenues of $110.0 million in 2012 and estimates this to more than double to reach $247.7 million in 2017...
Read MoreTim Freeman invited key note speaker at University of Lund course on powder technologySep 12, 2013
Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology, will deliver the keynote lecture at ‘Powder Technology in Pharma, Food, Chemistry and Metallurgy’, a new course at the University of Lund, Sweden, October 23-25 designed to support those tackling challenges in powder research and processing.
The course will help attendees to develop a better understanding of powder behaviour, of the tools available for powder characterisation, and of modern processing technology. It is suitable for those working in academia or industry, in R&D or production. Tim Freeman’s lecture will look at the basics of powder behaviour, focusing especially on powder flowability which has a defining influence on the efficiency of many processes....
Cepheid will be showcasing the latest developments in molecular diagnostics on Stand 925 in Hall 4 at this year’s IBMS Biomedical Science Congress in Birmingham.
Running from the 23rd to the 25th of September, this biennial event is one of the highlights of the medical diagnostics industry calendar and will give delegates the opportunity to explore the latest advancements in this ever changing field. Visitors to the Cepheid stand will be offered a glimpse at the future of molecular diagnostics with the GeneXpert Infinity-48s workstation. The latest addition to the acclaimed GeneXpert® range of automated diagnostics instruments, this consolidated platform enables a comprehensive menu of tests to be run on a single system, by a single operator, using the Company’s unique cartridge technology...
Warwick Analytical Service has reported on analysis it carried out on behalf of Buckinghamshire County Council (UK) who were investigating a serious case of illegal dumping of dangerous chemicals.
As a result of laboratory analytical service data produced by Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) - Buckingham County Council (BCC) was able to successfully prosecute this criminal act. In this 'fly tipping' incident two drums of Sodium Hydroxide each containing significant amounts of the chemical were dumped in a location known to the Council and local police to be an area of where these activities occur regularly....
Long time Malvern Instruments team member Dr Alan Rawle was recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
Dr Rawle has worked extensively with laser diffraction and other particle characterization techniques for more than two decades and the RSC fellowship recognizes his services to chemistry and continued contribution to analytical science.Based primarily in the US and serving as Malvern’s Divisional Applications Manager, Dr Rawle is currently on a six-month secondment to Malvern’s global headquarters in the UK...
Dr Pawel Stelmachowski is an assistant professor in the Materials and Surface Chemistry Group at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. "UJ," as it is known, is Poland's oldest university having been founded in the mid-fourteenth century. The Group's research goals are the design, development and optimisation of catalytic materials. These are used mainly for environmental applications such as N2O decomposition and soot oxidation. The phase cooperation of crystallites of different sizes and deposition of active phase on monolithic supports requires sizing and characterization measurements and this is why NTA was chosen...
The company, which makes diagnostic test kits for use in the agri-food industry, saw turnover increase to £6.4 million in the year to December 2012, up by 21.5% on the same period in 2011. It is projecting sales of £7 million by the end of 2013, with an increase in profits of 28%. Growth in 2013 has already been boosted as a result of a significant increase in lab testing following the horse meat contamination scare, but most of the sales in 2012 and the first quarter of this year have been generated from organic growth and new export opportunities...
The course will help attendees to develop a better understanding of powder behaviour, of the tools available for powder characterisation, and of modern processing technology. It is suitable for those working in academia or industry, in R&D or production. Tim Freeman’s lecture will look at the basics of powder behaviour, focusing especially on powder flowability which has a defining influence on the efficiency of many processes....
Dr Rawle has worked extensively with laser diffraction and other particle characterization techniques for more than two decades and the RSC fellowship recognizes his services to chemistry and continued contribution to analytical science.Based primarily in the US and serving as Malvern’s Divisional Applications Manager, Dr Rawle is currently on a six-month secondment to Malvern’s global headquarters in the UK...