VectorBuilder Inc., a global leader in vector design, optimization and GMP manufacturing, and Landau Biotechnology Co., a world leader in developing nonhuman primate (NHP) models for clinical research applications, have signed a strategic partnership that will establish the world’s first primate gene therapy R&D center. The center will build advanced vector screening and optimization platforms to provide unique CRO services to the rapidly growing gene and cell therapy industry....
SCION Instruments has recently published its latest Application Note “Analysis of Fusel Alcohols Using HT3 Headspace Sampling”. Fusel alcohols are a common by-product of the fermentation process, but abnormal quantities or types can indicate alcoholic beverage adulteration. Method SSD: TM:200 is a direct injection method for testing these alcohols. The method states that Non-Beverage Alcohol (NBA) products, not miscible with water, cannot be analyzed by this method....
Brooks Automation, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic have opened a new 22,000-square-foot biospecimen sample management and repository facility on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The two-story biorepository is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks' recently re-branded life sciences division, and includes ultra-cold and cryogenic storage for researchers at Cleveland Clinic and other institutions....
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery and toured the centre to learn more about its work to overcome cancer’s ability to evolve and become resistant to treatment. Scientists at the pioneering centre, which is on the Sutton site of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, aim to discover new types of treatment that could allow cancer to be controlled in the long term, and ultimately cured...
UK-based HydRegen are using a DrySyn OCTO reaction station from Asynt to help develop a next generation biocatalyst system that enables cleaner, safer, and more efficient chemical manufacture. HydRegen spun-out from the Vincent Group in the Dept. of Chemistry at the University of Oxford in March 2021. They are developing novel and sustainable strategies for using the growing toolbox of NADH-dependent redox biocatalysts in chemical synthesis...
Scientists have developed a new machine learning method that can accurately predict which animal virusescould go on to infect humans in the future, using only information encoded in the viral genome. Most emerging infectious diseases of humans are caused by ‘zoonotic’ viruses that originate from other animal species. However, of the many millions of viruses that circulate in animals, only a few are likely able to infect humans....
Welsh Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething MS, officially opened Markes International’s new headquarters in Bridgend on Thursday 23 September. The specialist analytical instrumentation manufacturer had moved its entire Welsh operations in March this year, relocating from Llantrisant to a newly refurbished site in Bridgend which is twice as large as its former premises....
TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K. announce that their HK Series Differential Refractive Index (DRI) detector is being used to provide accurate and reliable measurement of the absolute concentration and total mass of protein in a sample. Quantifying the amount of protein is highly desirable before processing protein samples for isolation, separation and analysis using chromatographic techniques...
UPM Biomedicals is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., for the life sciences leader to act as a distributor of the GrowDex® and GrowDase™ range of products. This new collaboration will offer researchers a complete solution for high throughput screening (HTS) of 3D cell cultures in early drug discovery, bringing together PerkinElmer’s cell imaging and automation solutions and knowledge, and UPM’s animal-free 3D reagent offerings and expertise...
Scientists used artificial intelligence-enhanced tools to successfully propose a new combination of drugs for use against an incurable childhood brain cancer. The approach, which is designed to expand researchers’ capabilities using AI, allowed the scientists to explore ideas on how to target children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) who have mutations in a gene called ACVR1....
Hamilton Company and Rhinostics, an early-stage Harvard University spin-out company, are combining their respective strengths to improve the speed and quality of nasal and nasopharyngeal sample workflows from collection to processing while also reducing the need for active labor involvement. This sample type is widely used to detect antibodies and antigens in relation to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and many other pathogens...
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, endowed with 20,000 EUR, is granted annually to an early career scientist in Europe for outstanding contributions to biomedical research. It has been awarded, in partnership with Nature, since 1995. Researchers in Europe up to 35 years with an advanced degree in the field of biomedical research can apply online between October 1, 2021, and January 15, 2022....
Lab Innovations has relaunched Lab Connect, an online networking portal to help exhibitors and visitors have a productive and efficient time at the show after so long apart during the coronavirus pandemic. The platform proved to be a success at 2019’s show, with exhibitors confirming 441 meetings using Lab Connect at an average order value of £101,000 per meeting, and it is set to play a crucial role again this year as we return to face-to-face meetings....
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, announced it has acquired Goodfellow, a specialist supplier of high-quality materials for research and development, prototyping and specialised manufacturing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Cambridgeshire, UK, Goodfellow has subsidiaries in China, France, Germany and the United States to serve its global customer base....
ZEISS has unveiled the winners of their ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest 2021. In its 175th anniversary year, ZEISS is celebrating the work of researchers using microscopy in various application fields with an image contest. Microscope systems, analytics and imaging capabilities all play a role in meeting many of our society’s most pressing challenges related to climate change, energy, health and food....
Why is the Delta variant so virulent ? Why did it surpass the Beta variant so quickly? An innovation by a GSA-University of Glasgow Masters graduate is set to help the public understand why certain variants dominate and have the impact they do. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has focussed everyone’s attention on the hidden world of viruses. The emergence of new variants such as Beta and Delta, affects us all: some variants spread more quickly and some are less affected by vaccines. But why?
A new study has revealed key insights into the natural human antiviral defences against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The research, published in the journal Science and led by a team of scientists at the MRC-University of GlasgowCentre for Virus Research, sheds new light on why some people are naturally more resistant to serious SARS-CoV-2 infection – and how, in the future, the coronavirus might overcome this resistance....
Brooks Automation, Inc. announces Brooks Life Sciences Services and Products businesses will be rebranded under the creation of a new identity – Azenta Life Sciences ("Azenta"). Azenta will bring together our existing portfolio of life sciences products and services to deliver integrated enterprise-wide sample exploration and management solutions.
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating its new Pharmaceutical Manufacturing LIMS at the Making Pharmaceuticals event in October. Visitors can see how Matrix Gemini LIMS helps digitize the manufacturing process from raw material management to final product release, helping to drive quality and meet regulatory requirements. Integrated with other key solutions including stability studies and environmental monitoring...
Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, is expanding its presence in Michigan. Sartorius will open a new 130,000-square-foot (12,000-square-meter) state-of-the art plant in Ann Arbor in late 2023. “The new facility will consolidate existing business operations in Washtenaw County to create a center of excellence in Ann Arbor for the Laboratory and Bioprocess Products and Services in North America...
Genomic sequencing service provider Macrogen Europe has announced the opening of a new sequencing facility in Maastricht. The strategic location close to the Netherlands’ southern border, combined with a fast in-house sample pickup service, means that Macrogen Europe can now offer Sanger sequencing results within 24 hours of sample pickup throughout Belgium and the Netherlands....
Pharmacopoeias are collections of recognized and binding quality regulations that specify, among other things, test requirements and methods for the analysis of drugs. Both the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) contain specific chapters that deal with the use of laboratory balances. The chapters emphasize the criticality of weighing samples accurately in pharmaceutical analytical processes...
VectorBuilder Inc., a global leader in vector design, optimization and GMP manufacturing, and Landau Biotechnology Co., a world leader in developing nonhuman primate (NHP) models for clinical research applications, have signed a strategic partnership that will establish the world’s first primate gene therapy R&D center. The center will build advanced vector screening and optimization platforms to provide unique CRO services to the rapidly growing gene and cell therapy industry....
SCION Instruments has recently published its latest Application Note “Analysis of Fusel Alcohols Using HT3 Headspace Sampling”. Fusel alcohols are a common by-product of the fermentation process, but abnormal quantities or types can indicate alcoholic beverage adulteration. Method SSD: TM:200 is a direct injection method for testing these alcohols. The method states that Non-Beverage Alcohol (NBA) products, not miscible with water, cannot be analyzed by this method....
Brooks Automation, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic have opened a new 22,000-square-foot biospecimen sample management and repository facility on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The two-story biorepository is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks' recently re-branded life sciences division, and includes ultra-cold and cryogenic storage for researchers at Cleveland Clinic and other institutions....
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery and toured the centre to learn more about its work to overcome cancer’s ability to evolve and become resistant to treatment. Scientists at the pioneering centre, which is on the Sutton site of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, aim to discover new types of treatment that could allow cancer to be controlled in the long term, and ultimately cured...
UK-based HydRegen are using a DrySyn OCTO reaction station from Asynt to help develop a next generation biocatalyst system that enables cleaner, safer, and more efficient chemical manufacture. HydRegen spun-out from the Vincent Group in the Dept. of Chemistry at the University of Oxford in March 2021. They are developing novel and sustainable strategies for using the growing toolbox of NADH-dependent redox biocatalysts in chemical synthesis...
Scientists have developed a new machine learning method that can accurately predict which animal virusescould go on to infect humans in the future, using only information encoded in the viral genome. Most emerging infectious diseases of humans are caused by ‘zoonotic’ viruses that originate from other animal species. However, of the many millions of viruses that circulate in animals, only a few are likely able to infect humans....
Welsh Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething MS, officially opened Markes International’s new headquarters in Bridgend on Thursday 23 September. The specialist analytical instrumentation manufacturer had moved its entire Welsh operations in March this year, relocating from Llantrisant to a newly refurbished site in Bridgend which is twice as large as its former premises....
TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K. announce that their HK Series Differential Refractive Index (DRI) detector is being used to provide accurate and reliable measurement of the absolute concentration and total mass of protein in a sample. Quantifying the amount of protein is highly desirable before processing protein samples for isolation, separation and analysis using chromatographic techniques...
UPM Biomedicals is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., for the life sciences leader to act as a distributor of the GrowDex® and GrowDase™ range of products. This new collaboration will offer researchers a complete solution for high throughput screening (HTS) of 3D cell cultures in early drug discovery, bringing together PerkinElmer’s cell imaging and automation solutions and knowledge, and UPM’s animal-free 3D reagent offerings and expertise... 
Scientists used artificial intelligence-enhanced tools to successfully propose a new combination of drugs for use against an incurable childhood brain cancer. The approach, which is designed to expand researchers’ capabilities using AI, allowed the scientists to explore ideas on how to target children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) who have mutations in a gene called ACVR1....
Hamilton Company and Rhinostics, an early-stage Harvard University spin-out company, are combining their respective strengths to improve the speed and quality of nasal and nasopharyngeal sample workflows from collection to processing while also reducing the need for active labor involvement. This sample type is widely used to detect antibodies and antigens in relation to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and many other pathogens...
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators, endowed with 20,000 EUR, is granted annually to an early career scientist in Europe for outstanding contributions to biomedical research. It has been awarded, in partnership with Nature, since 1995. Researchers in Europe up to 35 years with an advanced degree in the field of biomedical research can apply online between October 1, 2021, and January 15, 2022....
Lab Innovations has relaunched Lab Connect, an online networking portal to help exhibitors and visitors have a productive and efficient time at the show after so long apart during the coronavirus pandemic. The platform proved to be a success at 2019’s show, with exhibitors confirming 441 meetings using Lab Connect at an average order value of £101,000 per meeting, and it is set to play a crucial role again this year as we return to face-to-face meetings....
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, announced it has acquired Goodfellow, a specialist supplier of high-quality materials for research and development, prototyping and specialised manufacturing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Cambridgeshire, UK, Goodfellow has subsidiaries in China, France, Germany and the United States to serve its global customer base....
ZEISS has unveiled the winners of their ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest 2021. In its 175th anniversary year, ZEISS is celebrating the work of researchers using microscopy in various application fields with an image contest. Microscope systems, analytics and imaging capabilities all play a role in meeting many of our society’s most pressing challenges related to climate change, energy, health and food....
Why is the Delta variant so virulent ? Why did it surpass the Beta variant so quickly? An innovation by a GSA-University of Glasgow Masters graduate is set to help the public understand why certain variants dominate and have the impact they do. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has focussed everyone’s attention on the hidden world of viruses. The emergence of new variants such as Beta and Delta, affects us all: some variants spread more quickly and some are less affected by vaccines. But why?
A new study has revealed key insights into the natural human antiviral defences against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The research, published in the journal Science and led by a team of scientists at the MRC-University of GlasgowCentre for Virus Research, sheds new light on why some people are naturally more resistant to serious SARS-CoV-2 infection – and how, in the future, the coronavirus might overcome this resistance....
Brooks Automation, Inc. announces Brooks Life Sciences Services and Products businesses will be rebranded under the creation of a new identity – Azenta Life Sciences ("Azenta"). Azenta will bring together our existing portfolio of life sciences products and services to deliver integrated enterprise-wide sample exploration and management solutions.
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating its new Pharmaceutical Manufacturing LIMS at the Making Pharmaceuticals event in October. Visitors can see how Matrix Gemini LIMS helps digitize the manufacturing process from raw material management to final product release, helping to drive quality and meet regulatory requirements. Integrated with other key solutions including stability studies and environmental monitoring...
Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, is expanding its presence in Michigan. Sartorius will open a new 130,000-square-foot (12,000-square-meter) state-of-the art plant in Ann Arbor in late 2023. “The new facility will consolidate existing business operations in Washtenaw County to create a center of excellence in Ann Arbor for the Laboratory and Bioprocess Products and Services in North America...
Genomic sequencing service provider Macrogen Europe has announced the opening of a new sequencing facility in Maastricht. The strategic location close to the Netherlands’ southern border, combined with a fast in-house sample pickup service, means that Macrogen Europe can now offer Sanger sequencing results within 24 hours of sample pickup throughout Belgium and the Netherlands....
Pharmacopoeias are collections of recognized and binding quality regulations that specify, among other things, test requirements and methods for the analysis of drugs. Both the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) contain specific chapters that deal with the use of laboratory balances. The chapters emphasize the criticality of weighing samples accurately in pharmaceutical analytical processes...