French CRO kicks off new growth phase by boosting research capacity, with plans to use site to set up therapeutic innovation campus, including center for cryo-electron microscopy. NovAliX, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in drug research and development, today announces the first stage in its development project that will allow it to offer clients a more complete, high-quality portfolio with enhanced biological and pharmacological services...
The startup company Novel Concepts Medical is delighted to announce another major breakthrough in its research of COVID-19. Its novel plant-based treatment has resulted in successfully inhibiting the COVID-19 Omicron variant and blocking its connection to human cells. In case studies, volunteers had negative PCR results within 48 hours and quickly recovered from more than 16 symptoms of long COVID-19, including memory loss, loss of taste and smell, headaches, fatigue, and many symptoms that are common to both COVID-19 and the flu...
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers based in Russia can now directly buy and receive support on the complete chromatography and mass spectrometry portfolio. Scientists and laboratory personnel based in Russia using chromatography and mass spectrometry systems now have easy access to the complete collection of instruments and solutions, as well as comprehensive customer support from installation to routine use in the laboratory, with direct access to Russian-based expert sales teams...
BBI Solutions, the world’s leading independent provider of immuno-diagnostic reagents and contract services, has announced the acquisition of “Biotez”. BioTeZ Berlin-Buch GmbH (also including Steffens Biotechnische Analysen GmbH), is a Germany-based manufacturer of reagents and finished tests for the In-Vitro Diagnostics (“IVD”) market, as well as components for the food safety market....
Universit?de Paris has installed a new Bruker In Vitro Diagnostic research (IVDr) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer within its MetaboParis-Sant?platform located in the center of Paris city, France. One of the most prestigious universities in France, known for its cutting-edge research in medicine and more broadly biology and health, is the first facility in the country to benefit from a IVDr instrument of its kind...
The 2021 post-event report is here! Lab Innovations 2021 was an excellent return to live events for the laboratory industry, with an impressive turnout from exhibitors and visitors alike. Brands in attendance included 3M, NHS, GSK, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, UCL, Nestle, Miele, The University of Cambridge, The Francis Crick Institute, Unilever and many more. This year there were 3,117 total attendees, and there was a 57% increase in C-Suite level visitors....
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) highlights innovative laboratory automation solutions at the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition held February 5 through February 9, 2022, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Agilent modular automation solutions address a wide array of cell analysis, mass spectrometry, and genomics workflows in both development and regulated environments....
Eppendorf expanded its centrifuge offering with the acquisition of the centrifugation business of the Japanese company Koki Holdings Co., Ltd, whose products are marketed globally under the brand name Himac in 2020. The introduction of the portfolio under the Eppendorf umbrella began with the launch of the CP22N and CP30NX high-speed, floor-standing centrifuges in 2021 and has now been completed with the addition of the CP-NX and CS-(F)NX series ultracentrifuges this month...
Sartorius and HOF Sonderanlagenbau, have announced a partnership to integrate two HOF horizontal plate freeze-thaw units into Sartorius’ portfolio offering customers a full suite of compatible freeze-thaw equipment and consumables. This partnership will enable faster and easier implementation of robust frozen drug substance management platforms through improved validation and purchase support from a single supplier...
Drawing upon its expertise in polymer moulding, surface treatment, specialist assembly and knowledge of analytical, healthcare and life science applications has enabled Porvair Sciences to become a market leading supplier of private label and custom manufactured microplates. Krzysztof Kielmann, Microplates Product Manager at Porvair Sciences said "Many instrument suppliers today recognise that 'off-the-shelf' microplates will not always enable them to fulfil new application opportunities or gain a competitive edge...
Designed to support PhoreMost’s phenotypic screening requirements and expertise, the new bespoke 14,900 sq ft state-of-the-art facility is split equally between office and laboratory space, with an additional 4,000 sq ft of warehouse storage. The space, within The Works, Unity Campus’ latest combined office and R&D building, enables the Company to add in-house flow cytometry and imaging capabilities....
TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announce that Paradigm4, an integrated scientific data analytics company, has joined the Tetra Partner Network (TPN) so that pharmaceutical customers can accelerate research decision-making using Tetra Data as a foundation for analytical computing. “We’re delighted to welcome Paradigm4 to the Tetra Partner Network so that customers can benefit from our complementary expertise in extracting full value from a range of scientific data sets...
MolGen B.V. of Veenendaal (NL) is excited to announce its participation in SLAS 2022, February 5-9. SLAS 2022, organized by SLAS international conference and exhibition to highlight life science discoveries,?research?and innovations in laboratory technology. With 80 scientific talks and exhibitions, it brings a unique opportunity to inspire life science researchers to share discovery and thought-provoking research, to connect with developers and top-tier providers of laboratory automation...
Waters Corporation announce it has acquired the technology assets and intellectual property rights of Megadalton Solutions, Inc., an early-stage developer of Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry (CDMS) technology and services. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. Founded in 2018 by professors Martin Jarrold and David Clemmer at Indiana University, Megadalton Solutions has developed CDMS instrumentation that makes it possible to analyze extremely large proteins and protein complexes...
INTEGRA Biosciences is giving labs a chance to win one of 10 EVOLVE Manual Pipette Starter Packs. EVOLVE pipettes are flexible tools that can handle a wide range of volumes – from 0.2 to 5000 µl – with quick set dials that allow volumes to be set more than 10 times faster than traditional manual pipettes, saving precious time and minimizing the risk of repetitive strain injury...
Autoscribe Informatics is pleased to announce that the prestigious Sydney, Australia, based Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics (GWCCG) is using Matrix Gemini Biobank Manager in its day-to-day operations. The team uses the solution in its cellular genomics research to help understand how diseases originate or act at a cellular level. The GWCCG works with researchers and industry partners, providing cutting edge services for both fundamental research and novel translational cellular genomics development...
For the chemists and students who are working hard to make scientific discoveries and improvements for the future, it’s vital that their labs and work areas are safe and free from potentially harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds). ION Science is pleased to have supplied its leading handheld VOC gas detector, the Tiger, to help monitor air quality at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry GSK Centre for Sustainable Chemistry...
Nuclera, a Cambridge, UK-based biotech company developing cutting-edge benchtop protein printing technologies, announces the opening of its US subsidiary located in Boston, MA. The addition of this new US facility in the rapidly growing biotechnology hub of greater Boston USA is a critical step in the company’s plans and will pave the way for the delivery of Nuclera’s revolutionary eProteinTM desktop bioprinter, offering unprecedented speed and convenience for biotherapeutics, agribiotech and other markets...
IonSense, the leading provider of Direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART) for rapid mass spectral analysis of a large variety of samples, has announced its ground-breaking DART-MS technology has been selected as part of a new drug screening program, piloting in five states across the United States. The pilot program is testing drugs and drug paraphernalia using highly accurate fast detection mass spectrometry enabled by IonSense’s DART, to identify the contents of drugs within minutes...
Ball mills are powerful size reduction tools which produce fine grind sizes due to high energy input. The resulting temperature increase inside the grinding jar can be challenging for some applications. In this free live webinar on February 2nd, RETSCH discusses solutions for temperature-controlled ball milling and shares tips and tricks how to keep your sample material cool. Our milling experts will give a live demonstration from the application lab, so don’t miss out on this interesting webinar!...
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2022 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2022....
Asynt has supplied AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) with two ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stands to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry systems. AMT's Coflore flow reactor range was developed to provide truly scalable flow chemistry solutions in a laboratory environment. Coflore technology provides efficient active-mixing even at very low flow rates, providing versatility...
French CRO kicks off new growth phase by boosting research capacity, with plans to use site to set up therapeutic innovation campus, including center for cryo-electron microscopy. NovAliX, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in drug research and development, today announces the first stage in its development project that will allow it to offer clients a more complete, high-quality portfolio with enhanced biological and pharmacological services...
The startup company Novel Concepts Medical is delighted to announce another major breakthrough in its research of COVID-19. Its novel plant-based treatment has resulted in successfully inhibiting the COVID-19 Omicron variant and blocking its connection to human cells. In case studies, volunteers had negative PCR results within 48 hours and quickly recovered from more than 16 symptoms of long COVID-19, including memory loss, loss of taste and smell, headaches, fatigue, and many symptoms that are common to both COVID-19 and the flu...
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers based in Russia can now directly buy and receive support on the complete chromatography and mass spectrometry portfolio. Scientists and laboratory personnel based in Russia using chromatography and mass spectrometry systems now have easy access to the complete collection of instruments and solutions, as well as comprehensive customer support from installation to routine use in the laboratory, with direct access to Russian-based expert sales teams...
BBI Solutions, the world’s leading independent provider of immuno-diagnostic reagents and contract services, has announced the acquisition of “Biotez”. BioTeZ Berlin-Buch GmbH (also including Steffens Biotechnische Analysen GmbH), is a Germany-based manufacturer of reagents and finished tests for the In-Vitro Diagnostics (“IVD”) market, as well as components for the food safety market....
Universit?de Paris has installed a new Bruker In Vitro Diagnostic research (IVDr) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer within its MetaboParis-Sant?platform located in the center of Paris city, France. One of the most prestigious universities in France, known for its cutting-edge research in medicine and more broadly biology and health, is the first facility in the country to benefit from a IVDr instrument of its kind...
The 2021 post-event report is here! Lab Innovations 2021 was an excellent return to live events for the laboratory industry, with an impressive turnout from exhibitors and visitors alike. Brands in attendance included 3M, NHS, GSK, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, UCL, Nestle, Miele, The University of Cambridge, The Francis Crick Institute, Unilever and many more. This year there were 3,117 total attendees, and there was a 57% increase in C-Suite level visitors....
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) highlights innovative laboratory automation solutions at the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition held February 5 through February 9, 2022, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Agilent modular automation solutions address a wide array of cell analysis, mass spectrometry, and genomics workflows in both development and regulated environments....
Eppendorf expanded its centrifuge offering with the acquisition of the centrifugation business of the Japanese company Koki Holdings Co., Ltd, whose products are marketed globally under the brand name Himac in 2020. The introduction of the portfolio under the Eppendorf umbrella began with the launch of the CP22N and CP30NX high-speed, floor-standing centrifuges in 2021 and has now been completed with the addition of the CP-NX and CS-(F)NX series ultracentrifuges this month...
Sartorius and HOF Sonderanlagenbau, have announced a partnership to integrate two HOF horizontal plate freeze-thaw units into Sartorius’ portfolio offering customers a full suite of compatible freeze-thaw equipment and consumables. This partnership will enable faster and easier implementation of robust frozen drug substance management platforms through improved validation and purchase support from a single supplier...
Drawing upon its expertise in polymer moulding, surface treatment, specialist assembly and knowledge of analytical, healthcare and life science applications has enabled Porvair Sciences to become a market leading supplier of private label and custom manufactured microplates. Krzysztof Kielmann, Microplates Product Manager at Porvair Sciences said "Many instrument suppliers today recognise that 'off-the-shelf' microplates will not always enable them to fulfil new application opportunities or gain a competitive edge...
Designed to support PhoreMost’s phenotypic screening requirements and expertise, the new bespoke 14,900 sq ft state-of-the-art facility is split equally between office and laboratory space, with an additional 4,000 sq ft of warehouse storage. The space, within The Works, Unity Campus’ latest combined office and R&D building, enables the Company to add in-house flow cytometry and imaging capabilities....
TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announce that Paradigm4, an integrated scientific data analytics company, has joined the Tetra Partner Network (TPN) so that pharmaceutical customers can accelerate research decision-making using Tetra Data as a foundation for analytical computing. “We’re delighted to welcome Paradigm4 to the Tetra Partner Network so that customers can benefit from our complementary expertise in extracting full value from a range of scientific data sets...
MolGen B.V. of Veenendaal (NL) is excited to announce its participation in SLAS 2022, February 5-9. SLAS 2022, organized by SLAS international conference and exhibition to highlight life science discoveries,?research?and innovations in laboratory technology. With 80 scientific talks and exhibitions, it brings a unique opportunity to inspire life science researchers to share discovery and thought-provoking research, to connect with developers and top-tier providers of laboratory automation...
Waters Corporation announce it has acquired the technology assets and intellectual property rights of Megadalton Solutions, Inc., an early-stage developer of Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry (CDMS) technology and services. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. Founded in 2018 by professors Martin Jarrold and David Clemmer at Indiana University, Megadalton Solutions has developed CDMS instrumentation that makes it possible to analyze extremely large proteins and protein complexes...
INTEGRA Biosciences is giving labs a chance to win one of 10 EVOLVE Manual Pipette Starter Packs. EVOLVE pipettes are flexible tools that can handle a wide range of volumes – from 0.2 to 5000 µl – with quick set dials that allow volumes to be set more than 10 times faster than traditional manual pipettes, saving precious time and minimizing the risk of repetitive strain injury...
Autoscribe Informatics is pleased to announce that the prestigious Sydney, Australia, based Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics (GWCCG) is using Matrix Gemini Biobank Manager in its day-to-day operations. The team uses the solution in its cellular genomics research to help understand how diseases originate or act at a cellular level. The GWCCG works with researchers and industry partners, providing cutting edge services for both fundamental research and novel translational cellular genomics development...
For the chemists and students who are working hard to make scientific discoveries and improvements for the future, it’s vital that their labs and work areas are safe and free from potentially harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds). ION Science is pleased to have supplied its leading handheld VOC gas detector, the Tiger, to help monitor air quality at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry GSK Centre for Sustainable Chemistry...
Nuclera, a Cambridge, UK-based biotech company developing cutting-edge benchtop protein printing technologies, announces the opening of its US subsidiary located in Boston, MA. The addition of this new US facility in the rapidly growing biotechnology hub of greater Boston USA is a critical step in the company’s plans and will pave the way for the delivery of Nuclera’s revolutionary eProteinTM desktop bioprinter, offering unprecedented speed and convenience for biotherapeutics, agribiotech and other markets...
IonSense, the leading provider of Direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART) for rapid mass spectral analysis of a large variety of samples, has announced its ground-breaking DART-MS technology has been selected as part of a new drug screening program, piloting in five states across the United States. The pilot program is testing drugs and drug paraphernalia using highly accurate fast detection mass spectrometry enabled by IonSense’s DART, to identify the contents of drugs within minutes...
Ball mills are powerful size reduction tools which produce fine grind sizes due to high energy input. The resulting temperature increase inside the grinding jar can be challenging for some applications. 
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2022 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2022....
Asynt has supplied AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) with two ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stands to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry systems. AMT's Coflore flow reactor range was developed to provide truly scalable flow chemistry solutions in a laboratory environment. Coflore technology provides efficient active-mixing even at very low flow rates, providing versatility...