Malvern Instruments, a leader in the field of pharmaceutical material characterization, has announced a global agreement with Proveris Scientific Corporation, a company with complementary technology for orally inhaled and nasal drug product (OINDP) testing, to provide a complete solution for nasal spray characterization....
This solution comprises the SoloTM for Spraytec system (Proveris), a high performance patented automated actuator and software for the precise control of the actuation profile applied during device testing, and the Spraytec laser diffraction particle size analyzer (Malvern), which measures the evolution of particle size in real-time during a spray event. In combination these technologies support the efficient optimization of nasal spray devices and formulations, and enable robust investigation of the parameters which may impact drug delivery....
Read MoreMetrohm publish two new application notes on the practical application of thermometric titration in sodium in margarine and soy milkJun 3, 2013
Metrohm is pleased to present two new application notes on the practical application of thermometric titration in the food industry.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has honored five individuals and teams who have incorporated concepts of sustainability into the chemistry education curricula for future scientists.
As part of ACS’ mission to “advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people,” the Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI) has recognized individuals or groups who have made exemplary contributions to the incorporation of sustainability in chemical education. The ACS is especially pleased to note that these awards reflect improvements at all levels of education from K-12 to community colleges to graduate degree programs....
New consulting services will leverage expertise derived from the largest laboratory services and informatics offering install base
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that it is expanding its OneSource® Laboratory Services offering to include strategic laboratory consulting services. OneSource® Strategic Lab Solutions will deliver the combined power of PerkinElmer's expertise in informatics, instrumentation, service and process optimization, to increase laboratories' productivity and performance....
Read MoreAstronomy Researchers Relocate to Liverpool Science ParkMay 31, 2013
A world leading astronomy research institute is making the move to Liverpool Science Park (LSP) - marking the largest letting to date for the park.
The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), which is part of Liverpool John Moores University, will relocate from offices in Birkenhead into 11,000 sq ft of space in the innovation centre two (ic2) building on Brownlow Hill in early June. As well as research into star and galaxy formations, ARI staff will be directly controlling the ‘Liverpool Telescope’ (LT) they designed and built themselves which is based on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands....
Microbiology media specialist Lab M is pleased once again to be supporting the ‘Rapid Microbiological Methods’ seminar at Campden BRI in the UK, which takes place this year on 7 June 2013.
Lab M is a long-established supplier to the food industry and is expert in the development and production of ISO compliant media in convenient formats that are specifically designed to meet food testing requirements. As well as exhibiting from the Lab M product range, experts from the company’s team will be on hand to discuss the application of techniques that speed up the isolation and identification of micro-organisms....
Independent Peer-Reviewed Study Highlights How Use of Mass Spectrometry Analyzer as Part of Antibiotic Stewardship Program Improves Outcomes while Reducing Costs
A co-author of a groundbreaking study documenting reductions in patient length of stay and overall costs from implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program using Bruker’s MALDI Biotyper will share her observations at a Bruker symposium to be held during the upcoming American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. The study, which is currently available in an online edition, showed that the average length of stay was reduced by two days for participants in the antibiotic stewardship intervention group and overall costs were reduced by almost $20,000 per patient. ...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments wins decisive victory over Wyatt Technology Corporation in US Court of AppealsMay 30, 2013
US Court of Appeals characterizes Wyatt Technology Corporation Lanham Act claims as “groundless, unreasonable, vexatious or pursued in bad faith”
Malvern Instruments Inc. has scored a decisive win in the final round of a long-running court battle waged by Wyatt Technology Corporation regarding the sale of Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano range in the US. Wyatt had alleged copyright infringement of software and other materials, false advertising and theft of trade secrets, and sought damages from Malvern in excess of $25 million (USD). However, Wyatt has ended up having to reimburse Malvern more than $2 million (USD) in respect of attorneys’ fees and costs.
Merck Millipore offers a comprehensive portfolio of reliable and reproducible HPLC separation tools even for the most challenging analysis problems in research and development, quality control, environmental, clinical and biochemical analysis.
Join us at HPLC as Merck Millipore highlights its Chromolith® High Resolution HPLC technology, which offers higher efficiency, improved peak shape, and more than two times lower back-pressure than any particulate packed column with the same dimensions. Additionally, the Chromolith® columns have a more than 30% longer lifetime compared with particulate columns....
Read MoreNot happy with your ion chromatograph? Switch to Metrohm now and save!May 28, 2013
Anyone thinking about exchanging his existing IC system should not wait any longer and switch to Metrohm now.
Less need for expensive consumables, outstanding warranties and integral, fully automated sample preparation will benefit users with lower running costs, more efficiency, and highly dependable Swiss technology - for routine analysis and research alike. Investing in Metrohm ion chromatography means routine analysis with fewer consumables such as syringe filters and filter caps required. Integral, fully automated sample preparation (inline dilution, inline calibration, inline dialysis) saves time and stress....
Lonza Appoints Scientific Laboratory Supplies as its UK Distributor for BioWhittaker™ Cell Biology Media and Molecular Biology Reagents.
Lonza has appointed Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as the sole distributor for its BioWhittaker™ cell biology media and serum product lines in the United Kingdom. SLS and Lonza have entered a strategic collaboration which aims to increase and improve the visibility, availability and service associated with the supply of this Lonza portfolio which also includes SeaKem® and SeaPlaque® agaroses, the FlashGel™ System, and PAGEr™ Precast Protein gels....
Read MoreScientists identify molecular trigger for AlzheimerMay 24, 2013
Researchers have pinpointed a catalytic trigger for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease – when the fundamental structure of a protein molecule changes to cause a chain reaction that leads to the death of neurons in the brain.
For the first time, scientists at Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry have been able to map in detail the pathway that generates “aberrant” forms of proteins which are at the root of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s. They believe the breakthrough is a vital step closer to increased capabilities for earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted drugs, as scientists say they have uncovered the earliest stages of the development of Alzheimer’s that drugs could possibly target....
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce that Steven Carr, director of proteomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will deliver the Wallace H. Coulter Plenary Lecture at PIttcon 2014.
Dr. Carr is internationally recognized as a leader in the development of novel proteomics methods and in their application in biology and medicine. Dr. Carr and his group collaborate with scientists throughout the greater Broad community (Broad Institute, Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and the 17 Harvard affiliated hospitals) to apply state-of-the art proteomics technology to address compelling questions in biology, chemistry and clinical medicine. He has over 200 publications on development and use of proteomics and biological mass spectrometry....
Read MoreQualoupe LIMS from Two Fold Software helps contract testing laboratories grow and develop businessMay 24, 2013
Qualoupe LIMS from Two Fold Software includes specific features to fit with the dynamic needs of contract testing laboratories. As well as providing core LIMS functionalities to support day to day laboratory work, Qualoupe software helps labs meet the challenges of providing analytical testing to clients while still growing and supporting their business.
By creating a secure, reliable interface between laboratories and their clients, Qualoupe’s user-friendly system saves businesses time and money. The software automatically provides fast and accurate production of invoices and estimates for improved, more streamlined cash flows, while the flexibility of the system means laboratories have control over pricing plans. Customers can log in to Qualoupe remotely to view results and book in their own samples....
METTLER TOLEDO provides a new, compact and affordable family of titrators The EasyPlus™
The leading provider of precision instruments has created a compact and simple titrator specifically designed for basic requirements and first time users of automatic titrators in the food and chemical industries. Drawing upon extensive knowledge and experience of hard- and software engineering has produced a small, affordable and reliable instrument....
Since the dawn of modern medicine, human biological material has been collected, stored, and used for a variety of purposes with biological integrity ensured by cryopreservation at temperatures below -137°C. These samples are almost always unique and irreplaceable but, until now, it has been impossible to quality assure the material before use to check that thermal damage has not occurred.
In a recently published paper, a team from Saarland University's Biophysics and Cryotechnology department in Germany has demonstrated a powerful, Raman-scattering technique for monitoring and investigating cryopreserved samples. In particular, they confirmed unambiguously the detection of ice crystals in vitreous samples in situ at temperatures below -120°C....
TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, today announced its advanced micro bioreactor system (ambr™) is in use at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, one of the world’s leading structural biology research institutes, for rapid small-scale parallel expression of human multi-protein complexes using baculovirus.
The ambr micro bioreactor system at EMBL, which was funded by the French Investissement d'Avenir Initiative is being used by EMBL scientists in the Eukaryotic Expression Facility (EEF) for culturing insect cells containing baculovirus expression systems to produce differently engineered human multi-protein complexes for crystallography studies....
BioSentinel has selected Tecan’s Infinite® F500 as the reader of choice for its high sensitivity botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) assays.
Dr Ward Tucker, Director of Research and Development at BioSentinel, explained: “Our fluorescence-based BoTest® and BoCell® assays were developed using a high end, monochromator-based reader; however, we needed a more cost-effective solution that we could recommend to customers who did not already have fluorescence detection capabilities....
Read MoreCurie-Cancer and Roche strengthen partnership to fast-track the development of new moleculesMay 22, 2013
Curie-Cancer and Roche build on four years partnership by increasing translational research programs, speeding up development of new cancer treatments
Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie’s industry partnership activities, and the Roche Institute for Research and Translational Medicine are strengthening their collaborative efforts. In 2009, the Institut Curie and Roche signed an initial three-year agreement to partner one another in a major pre-clinical research program. The aim of the partnership was the better understanding of the mechanism of action of a new Roche antibody to target under-served highly aggressive forms of breast cancer. This antibody was the first in a new therapeutic class.
Read MoreNew York University Acquires 100th Leica Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope with White Light Laser for Morphogenetic StudiesMay 22, 2013
The Leica TCS SP8 X provides total freedom of excitation and emission coupled with low laser power and high sensitivity
The Department of Biology at New York University has been equipped with the 100th Leica TCS SP8 X, a state-of-the-art confocal laser scanning microscope with a white light laser. The system offers complete spectral freedom for fluorescence experiments. For live cell imaging, the combination of high sensitivity and low laser power provides better cell viability. The new instrument is installed in the Center for Developmental Genetics and has been used to further Assistant Professor Dr. Lionel Christiaen’s goal of understanding how tissue-specific gene regulatory networks control and coordinate cell behavior during morphogenesis since February 2013....
Read MoreDolomite expertise brings microfluidic product to marketMay 22, 2013
Fledgling spin-out company Drop-Tech has turned to microfluidics specialist Dolomite for its product development and fabrication skills to help productize the advanced and innovative RoboDrop™ technology into the Mitos Dropix.
Mitos Dropix is a droplet-on-demand sampler that is set to make it easy to produce extremely miniaturized droplet compartments with excellent control over their contents. The collaboration began when Drop-Tech entered – and won – Dolomite’s Productizing Science® Competition, sparking discussions and exchanges of ideas between the two development teams.
This solution comprises the SoloTM for Spraytec system (Proveris), a high performance patented automated actuator and software for the precise control of the actuation profile applied during device testing, and the Spraytec laser diffraction particle size analyzer (Malvern), which measures the evolution of particle size in real-time during a spray event. In combination these technologies support the efficient optimization of nasal spray devices and formulations, and enable robust investigation of the parameters which may impact drug delivery....
While the first one describes the determination of sodium for the manufacture of margarine, the second one describes the determination of sodium in soy milk.....
As part of ACS’ mission to “advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people,” the Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI) has recognized individuals or groups who have made exemplary contributions to the incorporation of sustainability in chemical education. The ACS is especially pleased to note that these awards reflect improvements at all levels of education from K-12 to community colleges to graduate degree programs....
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that it is expanding its OneSource® Laboratory Services offering to include strategic laboratory consulting services. OneSource® Strategic Lab Solutions will deliver the combined power of PerkinElmer's expertise in informatics, instrumentation, service and process optimization, to increase laboratories' productivity and performance....
The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), which is part of Liverpool John Moores University, will relocate from offices in Birkenhead into 11,000 sq ft of space in the innovation centre two (ic2) building on Brownlow Hill in early June. As well as research into star and galaxy formations, ARI staff will be directly controlling the ‘Liverpool Telescope’ (LT) they designed and built themselves which is based on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands....
Lab M is a long-established supplier to the food industry and is expert in the development and production of ISO compliant media in convenient formats that are specifically designed to meet food testing requirements. As well as exhibiting from the Lab M product range, experts from the company’s team will be on hand to discuss the application of techniques that speed up the isolation and identification of micro-organisms....
A co-author of a groundbreaking study documenting reductions in patient length of stay and overall costs from implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program using Bruker’s MALDI Biotyper will share her observations at a Bruker symposium to be held during the upcoming American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. The study, which is currently available in an online edition, showed that the average length of stay was reduced by two days for participants in the antibiotic stewardship intervention group and overall costs were reduced by almost $20,000 per patient. ...
Malvern Instruments Inc. has scored a decisive win in the final round of a long-running court battle waged by Wyatt Technology Corporation regarding the sale of Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano range in the US. Wyatt had alleged copyright infringement of software and other materials, false advertising and theft of trade secrets, and sought damages from Malvern in excess of $25 million (USD). However, Wyatt has ended up having to reimburse Malvern more than $2 million (USD) in respect of attorneys’ fees and costs.
Join us at HPLC as Merck Millipore highlights its Chromolith® High Resolution HPLC technology, which offers higher efficiency, improved peak shape, and more than two times lower back-pressure than any particulate packed column with the same dimensions. Additionally, the Chromolith® columns have a more than 30% longer lifetime compared with particulate columns....
Less need for expensive consumables, outstanding warranties and integral, fully automated sample preparation will benefit users with lower running costs, more efficiency, and highly dependable Swiss technology - for routine analysis and research alike. Investing in Metrohm ion chromatography means routine analysis with fewer consumables such as syringe filters and filter caps required. Integral, fully automated sample preparation (inline dilution, inline calibration, inline dialysis) saves time and stress....
Lonza has appointed Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as the sole distributor for its BioWhittaker™ cell biology media and serum product lines in the United Kingdom. SLS and Lonza have entered a strategic collaboration which aims to increase and improve the visibility, availability and service associated with the supply of this Lonza portfolio which also includes SeaKem® and SeaPlaque® agaroses, the FlashGel™ System, and PAGEr™ Precast Protein gels....
For the first time, scientists at Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry have been able to map in detail the pathway that generates “aberrant” forms of proteins which are at the root of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s. They believe the breakthrough is a vital step closer to increased capabilities for earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted drugs, as scientists say they have uncovered the earliest stages of the development of Alzheimer’s that drugs could possibly target....
Dr. Carr is internationally recognized as a leader in the development of novel proteomics methods and in their application in biology and medicine. Dr. Carr and his group collaborate with scientists throughout the greater Broad community (Broad Institute, Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and the 17 Harvard affiliated hospitals) to apply state-of-the art proteomics technology to address compelling questions in biology, chemistry and clinical medicine. He has over 200 publications on development and use of proteomics and biological mass spectrometry....
By creating a secure, reliable interface between laboratories and their clients, Qualoupe’s user-friendly system saves businesses time and money. The software automatically provides fast and accurate production of invoices and estimates for improved, more streamlined cash flows, while the flexibility of the system means laboratories have control over pricing plans. Customers can log in to Qualoupe remotely to view results and book in their own samples....
Included in this catalog are a number of new products, including;
The leading provider of precision instruments has created a compact and simple titrator specifically designed for basic requirements and first time users of automatic titrators in the food and chemical industries. Drawing upon extensive knowledge and experience of hard- and software engineering has produced a small, affordable and reliable instrument....
In a recently published paper, a team from Saarland University's Biophysics and Cryotechnology department in Germany has demonstrated a powerful, Raman-scattering technique for monitoring and investigating cryopreserved samples. In particular, they confirmed unambiguously the detection of ice crystals in vitreous samples in situ at temperatures below -120°C....
The ambr micro bioreactor system at EMBL, which was funded by the French Investissement d'Avenir Initiative is being used by EMBL scientists in the Eukaryotic Expression Facility (EEF) for culturing insect cells containing baculovirus expression systems to produce differently engineered human multi-protein complexes for crystallography studies....
Dr Ward Tucker, Director of Research and Development at BioSentinel, explained: “Our fluorescence-based BoTest® and BoCell® assays were developed using a high end, monochromator-based reader; however, we needed a more cost-effective solution that we could recommend to customers who did not already have fluorescence detection capabilities....
Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie’s industry partnership activities, and the Roche Institute for Research and Translational Medicine are strengthening their collaborative efforts. 
The Department of Biology at New York University has been equipped with the 100th Leica TCS SP8 X, a state-of-the-art confocal laser scanning microscope with a white light laser. The system offers complete spectral freedom for fluorescence experiments. For live cell imaging, the combination of high sensitivity and low laser power provides better cell viability. The new instrument is installed in the Center for Developmental Genetics and has been used to further Assistant Professor Dr. Lionel Christiaen’s goal of understanding how tissue-specific gene regulatory networks control and coordinate cell behavior during morphogenesis since February 2013....
Mitos Dropix is a droplet-on-demand sampler that is set to make it easy to produce extremely miniaturized droplet compartments with excellent control over their contents. The collaboration began when Drop-Tech entered – and won – Dolomite’s Productizing Science® Competition, sparking discussions and exchanges of ideas between the two development teams.