Tecan and Siloam Biosciences Inc. announce their intent to co-market a new automated low volume, high sensitivity microfluidic ELISA
The system is based on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handling technology and the Siloam Biosciences’ OptiMax™ microplate. It offers rapid, sensitive and specific chemifluorescence-based ELISA procedures using exceedingly small sample volumes. The speed, sensitivity and small sample requirements are achieved as a result of the unique microfluidic design of the Optimiser™ technology. All reactions, including analyte capture and detection, occur within an ~5 μl microfluidic reaction chamber...
Read MoreQuotient Bioresearch looks to new horizons at the 5th EBF Open SymposiumNov 13, 2012
Quotient Bioresearch is preparing to head to Barcelona to deliver five presentations and present two posters at the prestigious European Bioanalysis Forum (EBF) Open Symposium, taking place on November 14th to 16th
With the recent £1.5m expansion to its bioanalytical facility in Cambridgeshire, UK, the forthcoming EBF Symposium provides a perfect opportunity for Quotient scientists to exchange ideas with peers in the broader bioanalytical community...
Read MoreBioCity Nottingham celebrates 10 years of life science business incubationNov 12, 2012
Widely regarded as Europe’s busiest bio science business incubator, BioCity Nottingham is ten years old this November When Boots/BASF vacated their research and development facility in 2002 around 500 highly-specialised scientific jobs were lost
Now BioCity, in the newly-formed Creative Quarter of Nottingham, provides a base for 74 early-stage and growing life science companies. These firms have access to world-class laboratory and office facilities, business advice, networking events, meeting facilities and even social clubs. Nearly 700 jobs have been created by BioCity companies, making this one of the fastest-growing business incubators in the UK...
Read MoreNEW Pittcon 2013 App Now AvailableNov 12, 2012
The Pittcon 2013 app puts everything you need to know about the world's largest, annual conference and exposition on laboratory science, in the palm of your hand
Malvern Instruments will showcase the new Morphologi G3-ID particle characterization system at Drug Delivery to the Lungs 23, which takes place from 5 – 7 Dec 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland
The company will highlight the system’s ability to generate component-specific particle size and shape data that efficiently support the commercialization of both new and generic Orally Inhaled and Nasal Dry Products (OINDPs). Activities at the conference will include a poster presentation that details results from a new study in which the Morphologi G3-ID was used to successfully measure nasal sprays in the formulated liquid state with minimal sample preparation...
Read More30% more visitors to Vacuum Expo & Conference 2012 Nov 9, 2012
Organisers, Xmark Media report on the success of this year's event and announce the dates for 2013
With twelve new exhibitors at last month's Vacuum Expo 2012, Coventry, the sheer breadth of technology and range of equipment on show proved be a big draw for visitors. The third Vacuum Expo event was the biggest and best event in the series to date. Reports from the show floor indicated that not only had the organisers increased visitor numbers, the visitors were there to do business. Many exhibitors said they had an excellent event with increased prospect numbers and plenty of high quality discussions taking place on their stands. Post show analysis has confirmed this visitor growth to be 30%...
Read MoreLaboratory Decision Makers Cautiously Optimistic about Funding Conditions, Finds Frost & SullivanNov 8, 2012
Deep budget cuts to hiring offset by considerable budget hikes for commodities
The laboratory industry rode a roller coaster in 2011, with the economic recovery and the residual dollars of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. By the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2011, the market began to soften with hiring freezes and deterioration of most purchasing budgets...
Read MoreThe British Laboratory Managers Association launched at Lab InnovationsNov 7, 2012
A new organisation called the British Laboratory Managers Association is being launched by GAMBICA at LAB INNOVATIONS
Modern laboratory managers face a unique blend of technical and people management challenges. Many have climbed the technical ranks and are well positioned to address the technical challenges but don’t have or have had very little formal training in management skills, especially when they start managing a laboratory...
Read MoreDrugs of abuse screening benefits from LoGiCal reference materialsNov 6, 2012
Unilabs AB in Eskilstuna, Sweden, is taking advantage of LGC Standards’ LoGiCal reference materials to perform clinical analyses and screen for drugs of abuse, as chemist Elin Widing explained
“Unilabs is a privately owned clinical laboratory that analyses company healthcare and workplace samples, as well as samples from drug abuse centres. Samples are received from across Sweden and screened either qualitatively or semi-quantitatively using immunological assays, followed by quantitative for verification. Ready-to-use LoGiCal solutions are ideal for our purposes; it is so much simpler than weighing powders for in¬house preparation of reference materials.”...
Read MoreTOC, UV/Vis and atomic absorption instrumentation showcased by Analytik Jena UKNov 5, 2012
Analytik Jena UK will be showing an impressive range of analytical instrumentation from the Analytik Jena portfolio at the Lab Innovations exhibition
On show will be two multi N/C TOC analysers, a SPECORD 200 Plus UV/Vis spectrometer and there will be a chance to see solid sampling in action in conjunction with using the contrAA600 High-Resolution Continuum Source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. The TOPwave microwave digestion sample preparation system completes the equipment display...
Read MorePhotonex 2012 Nov 1, 2012
Organisers, Xmark Media report on the success of this year's event and announce the dates for 2013
Reports from the show floor at the close of the 2012 Photonex show indicate that the organisers have not only managed to increase visitor numbers to the event but also further secured its position as the most all-encompassing meeting for photonics in the UK. Photonex is reaching an ever-broadening range of market sectors and applications. Has Photonex bucked the trend of shrinking meetings? It appears so, with an overall increase in visitors of 6%...
Read MoreTecan and TAP Biosystems to automate RAFT 3D cell culturing on the Freedom EVONov 1, 2012
Tecan and TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems, have announced a co¬-marketing agreement to further expand the automated 3D cell culture capabilities of the Freedom EVO® liquid handling platform
Automation of TAP’s collagen-based RAFT™ cell culture system will allow scientists to quickly and conveniently create 3D cell cultures in a 96-well, SBS-¬format. The RAFT 3D cell culture system uses biologically relevant concentrations of collagen matrix to ensure cells grow and proliferate in an environment closely resembling the native tissue...
Read MoreExclusive agreement to distribute Affinity BiosensorsNov 1, 2012
Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. (Malvern, UK) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern offers to the biopharmaceutical sector. The distribution agreement covers all geographies outside the USA and Canada
Meiji Techno in association with Mazurek Optical Services are pleased to announce they have installed a suite of 365 light microscopes to the new Central Teaching Laboratory at the University of Liverpool
The new laboratory complex was officially opened on Monday, October 22nd but has already been extensively used by students returning for the new academic year at the beginning of the month. The University of Liverpool's new Central Teaching Laboratories for the Faculty of Science and Engineering are set to transform the way in which Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Archaeology, Geography, and Earth and Ocean Science) are taught at the University...
When German-based pharmaceutical company, Desitin, expanded into the United Kingdom, it searched for a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that could grow with its new sales force. After a thorough review of leading CRM systems, the company selected cloud-based Veeva CRM for the UK field sales team
Desitin cited a number of reasons for selecting Veeva CRM: low maintenance costs with no infrastructure to manage; integrated Closed Loop Marketing (CLM) capabilities on the iPad; fast deployment; and, the overall inherent adaptability that comes only with a multitenant cloud solution...
Read MoreQuotient discusses Biomarkers and Decision-Making in Drug DevelopmentOct 25, 2012
Earlier this month, over 40 delegates gathered at Quotient Bioresearch’s Bioanalytical Sciences facility in Cambridgeshire for its annual Autumn Seminar
Mazurek Optical Services is pleased to announce the first awarding of an annual prize given to the most promising first year student demonstrating outstanding work in microscopy while studying at new the Central Teaching Laboratory of the University of Liverpool
Continuing their support of the development of young microscopists, Mazurek Optical Services (MOS) have endowed a prize to be presented annually to the most promising first year student who demonstrates outstanding work in light microscopy at the University of Liverpool's newly opened Central Teaching Laboratories...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments & Malvern St James GirlsOct 25, 2012
Malvern Instruments, a leading provider of scientific instruments for materials characterization, kicked off a scientific discovery programme with a presentation to Malvern St James Girls’ School in Worcestershire to encourage students into a career in science or engineering
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee back in July 2012 called for immediate action to be taken to ensure that enough young people study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects at school, in further education and postgraduate level. In order for UK technology companies to remain competitive and to continue to bring innovative R&D products to the market place, the next generation of students need to be inspired and be educated within STEM subjects to maintain current levels of economic growth in this sector in the future...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific and Immundiagnostik Collaborate to Develop Mass Spectrometry-Based Clinical and Research ToolsOct 24, 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Immundiagnostik AG today announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine clinical analysis
University agreement pushes forward the development of new heat-sensitive stem cell equipment
A new material developed at the University of Edinburgh, which has the potential to revolutionise equipment used for stem cell research, scale up and manufacture, has been licensed to Southampton-based materials R&D Company, Ilika Technologies Limited...
Read MoreSpectro Inc. Expands Headquarters in North AmericaOct 23, 2012
Spectro, Inc., a leader in analytical instrumentation and software for machine condition monitoring, announces a new address for its North American headquarters in the Greater Boston area
One Executive Drive, Suite 101 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 01824. The new, commercial park location has doubled the company’s footprint to approximately 30,000 square feet. The state of the art facility encompasses several expanded areas for customer demonstration and training, engineering and development, and significantly enhanced controlled environment facilities for optical and system level manufacturing operations...
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The system is based on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handling technology and the Siloam Biosciences’ OptiMax™ microplate. It offers rapid, sensitive and specific chemifluorescence-based ELISA procedures using exceedingly small sample volumes. The speed, sensitivity and small sample requirements are achieved as a result of the unique microfluidic design of the Optimiser™ technology. All reactions, including analyte capture and detection, occur within an ~5 μl microfluidic reaction chamber...
With the recent £1.5m expansion to its bioanalytical facility in Cambridgeshire, UK, the forthcoming EBF Symposium provides a perfect opportunity for Quotient scientists to exchange ideas with peers in the broader bioanalytical community...
Now BioCity, in the newly-formed Creative Quarter of Nottingham, provides a base for 74 early-stage and growing life science companies. These firms have access to world-class laboratory and office facilities, business advice, networking events, meeting facilities and even social clubs. Nearly 700 jobs have been created by BioCity companies, making this one of the fastest-growing business incubators in the UK...
The Pittcon 2013 app features include...
The company will highlight the system’s ability to generate component-specific particle size and shape data that efficiently support the commercialization of both new and generic Orally Inhaled and Nasal Dry Products (OINDPs). Activities at the conference will include a poster presentation that details results from a new study in which the Morphologi G3-ID was used to successfully measure nasal sprays in the formulated liquid state with minimal sample preparation...
With twelve new exhibitors at last month's Vacuum Expo 2012, Coventry, the sheer breadth of technology and range of equipment on show proved be a big draw for visitors. The third Vacuum Expo event was the biggest and best event in the series to date. Reports from the show floor indicated that not only had the organisers increased visitor numbers, the visitors were there to do business. Many exhibitors said they had an excellent event with increased prospect numbers and plenty of high quality discussions taking place on their stands. Post show analysis has confirmed this visitor growth to be 30%...
The laboratory industry rode a roller coaster in 2011, with the economic recovery and the residual dollars of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. By the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2011, the market began to soften with hiring freezes and deterioration of most purchasing budgets...
Modern laboratory managers face a unique blend of technical and people management challenges. Many have climbed the technical ranks and are well positioned to address the technical challenges but don’t have or have had very little formal training in management skills, especially when they start managing a laboratory...
“Unilabs is a privately owned clinical laboratory that analyses company healthcare and workplace samples, as well as samples from drug abuse centres. Samples are received from across Sweden and screened either qualitatively or semi-quantitatively using immunological assays, followed by quantitative for verification. Ready-to-use LoGiCal solutions are ideal for our purposes; it is so much simpler than weighing powders for in¬house preparation of reference materials.”...
On show will be two multi N/C TOC analysers, a SPECORD 200 Plus UV/Vis spectrometer and there will be a chance to see solid sampling in action in conjunction with using the contrAA600 High-Resolution Continuum Source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. The TOPwave microwave digestion sample preparation system completes the equipment display...
Reports from the show floor at the close of the 2012 Photonex show indicate that the organisers have not only managed to increase visitor numbers to the event but also further secured its position as the most all-encompassing meeting for photonics in the UK. Photonex is reaching an ever-broadening range of market sectors and applications. Has Photonex bucked the trend of shrinking meetings? It appears so, with an overall increase in visitors of 6%...
Automation of TAP’s collagen-based RAFT™ cell culture system will allow scientists to quickly and conveniently create 3D cell cultures in a 96-well, SBS-¬format. The RAFT 3D cell culture system uses biologically relevant concentrations of collagen matrix to ensure cells grow and proliferate in an environment closely resembling the native tissue...
Under the terms of the agreement Malvern will distribute the Archimedes Particle Metrology system, developed and manufactured by Affinity Biosensors, through its subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. Malvern will establish a co-marketing arrangement with Affinity Biosensors in North America...
The new laboratory complex was officially opened on Monday, October 22nd but has already been extensively used by students returning for the new academic year at the beginning of the month. The University of Liverpool's new Central Teaching Laboratories for the Faculty of Science and Engineering are set to transform the way in which Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Archaeology, Geography, and Earth and Ocean Science) are taught at the University...
SAW Instruments, developer of the innovative sam® family of biosensors for real-time, label-free assays, has commissioned a survey to identify the current challenges affecting researchers at the forefront of molecular binding studies and kinetic analysis...
Desitin cited a number of reasons for selecting Veeva CRM: low maintenance costs with no infrastructure to manage; integrated Closed Loop Marketing (CLM) capabilities on the iPad; fast deployment; and, the overall inherent adaptability that comes only with a multitenant cloud solution...
Continuing their support of the development of young microscopists, Mazurek Optical Services (MOS) have endowed a prize to be presented annually to the most promising first year student who demonstrates outstanding work in light microscopy at the University of Liverpool's newly opened Central Teaching Laboratories...
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee back in July 2012 called for immediate action to be taken to ensure that enough young people study Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects at school, in further education and postgraduate level. In order for UK technology companies to remain competitive and to continue to bring innovative R&D products to the market place, the next generation of students need to be inspired and be educated within STEM subjects to maintain current levels of economic growth in this sector in the future...
The collaboration will focus on advancing biomarker research by combining Immundiagnostik’s ImmunoTube® antibody technology with Thermo Fisher’s new liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analytics to create new assays for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and bone metabolism disorders...
A new material developed at the University of Edinburgh, which has the potential to revolutionise equipment used for stem cell research, scale up and manufacture, has been licensed to Southampton-based materials R&D Company, Ilika Technologies Limited...
One Executive Drive, Suite 101 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 01824. The new, commercial park location has doubled the company’s footprint to approximately 30,000 square feet. The state of the art facility encompasses several expanded areas for customer demonstration and training, engineering and development, and significantly enhanced controlled environment facilities for optical and system level manufacturing operations...