Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has launched two new wet chemistry analyzers that deliver fully automated, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-compliant testing for environmental, agricultural, and industrial testing labs. Through custom-designed software, the new Thermo Scientific Gallery Aqua Master and Thermo Scientific Gallery Plus Aqua Masteranalyzers offer extensive workflow automation for high-throughput, simultaneous multiparameter wet chemistry testing...
The HK Series Differential Viscometer from TESTA Analytical offers labs using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC/SEC) the opportunity to upgrade their system performance with a new best-in-class detector. Traditionally GPC/SEC viscometers have been based upon measurement of differential pressure across a capillary network. Using a next generation HK Series Differential Viscometer, GPC/SEC system users can now dramatically reduce their experimental noise level and increase sensitivity by more than an order of magnitude...
Edinburgh Instruments is delighted to announce the release of its new benchtop FTIR Spectrometer, the IR5, designed and manufactured at their global headquarters in Scotland. The IR5 is the first Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer of the Edinburgh Instruments brand, renowned for its expertise in instrumentation for Raman, fluorescence, and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopies...
Waters Corp announces RapiZyme™ Trypsin, a chemically optimized, recombinant trypsin. This trypsin provides gold-standard performance while cutting lengthy digestion times from over three hours to just 30 minutes. RapiZyme trypsin’s industry-leading autolysis resistance enables use at higher enzyme-to-protein ratios, allowing for rapid and uncompromising 30-minute digestions without resorting to high temperature...
In this year's calculation of the gender pay gap for the company KNAUER, the management had expected a value of less than two percent, in line with the development of recent years. This year KNAUER witnessed a small sensation, because according to the latest figures from the company's Equal Opportunities Officer, the wage gap in the classic sense has not only disappeared, but the women in the company now earn on average even 1.36% more than their male colleagues...
Organic solvents that are commonly used in various chemical processes have significant financial costs and can be environmentally damaging. Therefore, a key goal for both industrial and academic labs is to reduce their use in favour of green solvent alternatives. Here Paul Vanden Branden, director and product manager at laboratory equipment supplier SciMed, discusses the potential of supercritical CO2 for replacing environmentally damaging solvents, such as hexane, in separations and extractions...
TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K has expanded the capabilities of its rapid scanning UV Detector with a new flow cell designed for high temperature operation. The rugged flow cell employs fiber optic connections to the rapid scanning UV detector to enable it to be safely positioned up to 1 meter way from the high temperature process being monitored...
Biotech Fluidics has announced the highly efficient degassers optimized for Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) applications – the DEGASi Plus GPC and DEGASi Plus GPC Semi-Prep.When pressure or temperature changes in a liquid chromatography system, gas molecules can form bubbles, affecting the accuracy, precision and performance of the equipment. Using an online degasser is a trusted technique for removing dissolved gases from the fluid stream...
Biotage has entered into an agreement to acquire Astrea Bioseparations, a high-growth chromatography solutions provider from Gamma Biosciences, a global life sciences platform formed by KKR to address the advanced therapy market with best-in-class bioprocessing solutions. The enterprise value for Astrea is approximately MUSD 190, subject to any closing adjustments and potential milestone-based payments...
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Wyatt Technology, a pioneer in innovative light scattering and field-flow fractionation instruments, software, accessories, and services, for $1.36 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions...
PEAK Scientific Instruments has been awarded a new Seal of Quality award, in recognition of outstanding feedback received from scientists globally. The Genius NM32LA Nitrogen Generator, with over 80 reviews and an average star rating of 4.7 out of 5, has earned a Silver Seal of Quality award. Seals of Quality recognize the top 0.1% of products that consistently get the highest customer review ratings on leading independent laboratory technology website...
Top 5 Questions to fnd the Perfect Preparative HPLC System for your Purification needs. There are many variables to consider when configuring an HPLC system. To help, here are the top five questions you need to answer. Sample Injection, do you need manual or automated sample injection?. Pumping System, what size of column do you need? Detection, what type of detector do you require? Top tips from Gilson...
Waters Corp announces a new test protocol for its Waters LC/GC Certified Vials along with a new addition to its line of Waters TruView pH Control LC/MS Certified Vials. The Waters LC/GC Certified Vials undergo a new and highly-sensitive UPLC-UV Certification test at 195nm at a contamination level of <100 ppb to ensure that not just the sample vial – but its cap and septum too – are all free of contamination...
New chemistry for DNA analysis will empower forensic laboratories to overcome common challenges including degraded and inhibited samples. PowerPlex® 35GY System, launched by Promega Corporation, is a first-of-its-kind eight-colour DNA analysis kit that helps forensic laboratories get more information out of their most challenging samples. The kit works in tandem with Spectrum CE System, a capillary electrophoresis instrument launched by Promega in 2022...
Uniqsis reports that demand for its Flow-UV inline UV-Visible spectrophotometer for biological, biotech, drug discovery and industrial applications grew to record levels during 2022. Compact in design, the Flow-UV from Uniqsis sets a benchmark for real time monitoring of continuous flow and batch applications. Unlike many UV-visible spectrophotometers the high-resolution Flow-UV CCD array detector does not require calibration or routine servicing...
Waters Corporation has announced waters_connect™ System Monitoring, a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application that enables laboratory managers and analysts to monitor the real-time status of any chromatography instruments, regardless of the manufacturer, running on Waters™ Empower™ Software. The waters_connect System Monitoring application was developed especially for high-volume quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratories...
TESTA Analytical has developed a new Multiple Angle Light Scattering / Differential Refractive Index (MALS / DRI) combination detector package for more demanding Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC/SEC) applications. Delivering absolute molecular weight data from small to large molecules, MALS has established itself as a tried and trusted GPC/SEC detection technique for polymer, protein, and polysaccharide applications...
The UK’s largest distributor of scientific instrumentation, SciMed, has released a new whitepaper that shares advice with the laboratory industry on ways it can become more sustainable without increasing costs or harming experimental efficiency. These include reducing the use of harmful solvents in procedures such as separations and extractions and using new technology that reduces utilities consumption in lab environments...
This strategic acquisition, which follows a long-standing relationship of almost a decade, will allow Astrea Bio to expand its product offering to include a full range of high-performance chromatography columns for biomanufacturing, complementing and strengthening the company’s existing portfolio of bioprocessing resins, reusable columns, and prepacked single-use columns...
Field-based non-dispersive infra-red spectroscopy instrument produces results that were previously only possible using lab-based techniques. A new scientific report by Concawe, which reviewed field-based and lab-based methods of analysing oil-contaminated soils, determined that the InfraCal 2 ATR-SP total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) analyser is an effective instrument for measuring oil contamination of soil and water...
The life science group Sartorius extended a strategic collaboration partnership agreement with RoosterBio Inc. (RoosterBio) to address purification challenges and establish scalable downstream manufacturing processes for exosome-based therapies. Through this collaboration, Sartorius and RoosterBio will provide best-in-class solutions and expertise for a human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) - based exosome production platform that delivers industry-leading yield, purity, and potency...
This new application note describes the analysis of 7 RNA markers (100 – 1000 bases) using the recently introduced bioinert YMC-Accura Triart Bio C4 column at pH 7 and 80 °C. While conventional column hardware leads to peak tailing and loss of recovery when analysing oligonucleotides, the bioinert coated YMC-Accura Triart Bio C4 column shows excellent recoveries and peak shapes for all 7 well resolved markers...