A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against Covid-19 that can be taken by patients as a simple nasal spray. Research led by scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute has shown that nanobodies – a smaller, simple form of antibody generated by llamas and camels – can effectively target the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19....
With the emergence of quality by design in the pharmaceutical industry, it becomes imperative to gain a deeper mechanistic understanding of factors impacting the flow of a formulation into tableting dies. Many flow characterization techniques exist but only a few can mimic the die filling process successfully. One of the challenges in mimicking the die filling process is understanding the rheological powder behaviour and the differences in flow field in the feeding frame...
Porvair Sciences has installed new automated precision die-cutting equipment that has enabled a five-fold increase in its production capacity for porous plastic components. This major investment by the company is in response to a significant rise in demand from customers for precision components made from its high performance Vyon® porous plastics. Installed in Porvair's cGMP compliant cleanroom production facility the new equipment is able to produce porous plastic components...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced Dr. David R. Liu has been selected to receive a prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award. A prominent researcher in the field of genome editing, Dr. Liu is Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Vice-Chair of the Faculty at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator....
There has arguably never been greater public interest in science with conversations about the latest research into issues such as climate change and coronavirus dominating in the media and in pubs across the UK. Moreover, recent research by the London School of Economics has demonstrated “clear evidence that scientific and medical experts are enjoying a surge in public support” concluding that “pandemic-era public opinion is a success story for science’s status amidst this crisis.”
FCS Express expands the flow cytometry solutions within the Insightful Science platform, enabling world-class data-driven scientific research in academia and biopharma and clinical analysis in regulated enterprise environments. Insightful Science, the software company enabling the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, announce that it has completed the transaction to acquire De Novo Software, the maker of FCS Express™. FCS Express is the fastest-growing flow cytometry data analysis solution in the industry....
IBM Research and Arctoris have announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System), the system is able to perform highly accurate reaction predictions using its powerful AI....
Leading British healthcare and testing company Salutaris People - which operates the rapid PCR testing services for airline passengers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in partnership with Test Assurance Group Ltd (TAG) Official Covid-19 testing partner to Liverpool John Lennon Airport)- has unveiled a brand new COVID testing laboratory at Liverpool John Lennon Airport....
When wanting to transition into biotech startup, it’s important to consider your strategy to succeed. Biotech companies need to address an unmet medical/technological need in the market. Without careful evaluation of market potential, there is a risk of failure. Here, Dr. Khoa Nguyen, freelance biotechnology consultant at freelance platform for scientists, Kolabtree, offers some advice on biotech startup strategy....
Healthcare software entrepreneurs Clive Minihan and Andrew Halliday have had a busy 16 months. Predicting that the need to process Covid tests at scale would require the process to be digitised, the pair formed the startup Recova-19 in May 2020. Their testing portal has now facilitated the processing of more than 1.2 million tests with a team that has now grown to 10. The cloud-based SaaS platform application has proved so successful that the duo now plan to use it to further support resilience in the health care system...
This year’s Aminoff Prize is awarded to researchers Elena Conti and Patrick Cramer in Germany and Seth Darst in the US, who have investigated cellular systems for the production, transport and quality control of RNA. RNA, a macromolecule found in all living organisms, reads and interprets the information in the genome. It is vital that this process works properly...
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, have announced a broad-based research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to use Twist’s proprietary antibody libraries to discover therapeutic antibodies against multiple targets provided by Boehringer Ingelheim....
Syrris is celebrating 20 fantastic years as a world leader in the development of chemistry innovations. Founded in August 2001, the company rapidly became a global provider of versatile automated flow and batch chemistry reactors for a broad range of applications, from synthesis, process optimization and reaction analysis to crystallization, calorimetry and scale-up. Syrris was acquired by the AGI Group...
Testing is fundamental to identify and prevent the spread of the coronavirus but how can laboratories access automation technologies to respond to increased demand? Penny Pinnock, Sales Manager – Healthcare & Public Sector for Siemens Financial Services, explores how smart finance can help labs to leverage automation and enhance testing capacity. As the impact of the coronavirus epidemic continues to grow, laboratories play a key role in the practice of testing which can help prevent the spread of the virus...
INTEGRA is aiding scientists in the vital task of tackling antibiotic resistance by providing the liquid handling tools to help increase throughput and reproducibility in drug development workflows. The company’s ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot, and VIAFLO 96, VIAFLO 384 and MINI 96 handheld electronic pipettes, meet the needs of early phase drug discovery by offering high throughput processing of routine pipetting tasks – such as serial dilutions and plate inoculation – without compromising on precision and reproducibility....
Watch two scientists with two different research focus areas read their love letters, where they will share the details of their aspirations, admiration and of course, their very similar love for their cells. “Soon, we will develop artificial cells capable of defending the body from viral or bacterial infections” Dr. Vivek A. Kamat, Postdoctoral Associate has a particular focus on understanding how cells respond to electrical impulses in order to help develop implantable or variable sensors. Dr. Marietta Hartl, Postdoctoral Researcher...
ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Cellular Engineering Technologies (CET), a biotechnology company specializing in cell manufacturing and contract research services, have announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting CET access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio....
For decades, fluorescence microscopy has been an invaluable tool in life sciences research, with new variations and implementations emerging almost every year. Laser scanning microscopy, airyscanning, structured illumination, light field and light sheet microscopy are among the many methods that have been developed through the years to overcome the limitations of the original widefield microscopy setups...
New partnership to develop and commercialize tests that identify genetic mutations used in the assessment of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Patients whose tumors are HRD-positive may be eligible for targeted treatment by a class of precision medicines called PARP inhibitors. The HRD tests will leverage Illumina's TruSight™ Oncology 500 (TSO 500) content...
CytoSMART Technologies has opened the application of CytoSMART Research Grant for 2021. The CytoSMART Research Grant is an initiative to help motivated students and researchers improve their project's quality. The grant offers one of the CytoSMART live-cell imaging devices that can be used for research purposes for a specified period....
In Gas Chromatography there are three gases that are commonly used as a carrier gas: nitrogen, helium and hydrogen. The importance of carrier gas selection has been a discussion point amongst the users of Gas Chromatography for many years. When selecting the right carrier gas the user has to consider different parameters such as; price, performance, speed, analytical compatibility or just availability....
The PREP2022 Organizing Committee is excited to announce the 35th International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography, organized by expert scientists and engineers for the separation science practitioner. Established in 1985, PREP has become the largest conference in the world of preparative and process chromatography....
A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against Covid-19 that can be taken by patients as a simple nasal spray. Research led by scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute has shown that nanobodies – a smaller, simple form of antibody generated by llamas and camels – can effectively target the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19....
With the emergence of quality by design in the pharmaceutical industry, it becomes imperative to gain a deeper mechanistic understanding of factors impacting the flow of a formulation into tableting dies. Many flow characterization techniques exist but only a few can mimic the die filling process successfully. One of the challenges in mimicking the die filling process is understanding the rheological powder behaviour and the differences in flow field in the feeding frame...
Porvair Sciences has installed new automated precision die-cutting equipment that has enabled a five-fold increase in its production capacity for porous plastic components. This major investment by the company is in response to a significant rise in demand from customers for precision components made from its high performance Vyon® porous plastics. Installed in Porvair's cGMP compliant cleanroom production facility the new equipment is able to produce porous plastic components...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced Dr. David R. Liu has been selected to receive a prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award. A prominent researcher in the field of genome editing, Dr. Liu is Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Vice-Chair of the Faculty at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator....
There has arguably never been greater public interest in science with conversations about the latest research into issues such as climate change and coronavirus dominating in the media and in pubs across the UK. Moreover, recent research by the London School of Economics has demonstrated “clear evidence that scientific and medical experts are enjoying a surge in public support” concluding that “pandemic-era public opinion is a success story for science’s status amidst this crisis.”
FCS Express expands the flow cytometry solutions within the Insightful Science platform, enabling world-class data-driven scientific research in academia and biopharma and clinical analysis in regulated enterprise environments. Insightful Science, the software company enabling the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, announce that it has completed the transaction to acquire De Novo Software, the maker of FCS Express™. FCS Express is the fastest-growing flow cytometry data analysis solution in the industry....
IBM Research and Arctoris have announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System), the system is able to perform highly accurate reaction predictions using its powerful AI....
Leading British healthcare and testing company Salutaris People - which operates the rapid PCR testing services for airline passengers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in partnership with Test Assurance Group Ltd (TAG) Official Covid-19 testing partner to Liverpool John Lennon Airport)- has unveiled a brand new COVID testing laboratory at Liverpool John Lennon Airport....
When wanting to transition into biotech startup, it’s important to consider your strategy to succeed. Biotech companies need to address an unmet medical/technological need in the market. Without careful evaluation of market potential, there is a risk of failure. Here, Dr. Khoa Nguyen, freelance biotechnology consultant at freelance platform for scientists, Kolabtree, offers some advice on biotech startup strategy....
Healthcare software entrepreneurs Clive Minihan and Andrew Halliday have had a busy 16 months. Predicting that the need to process Covid tests at scale would require the process to be digitised, the pair formed the startup Recova-19 in May 2020. Their testing portal has now facilitated the processing of more than 1.2 million tests with a team that has now grown to 10. The cloud-based SaaS platform application has proved so successful that the duo now plan to use it to further support resilience in the health care system...
This year’s Aminoff Prize is awarded to researchers Elena Conti and Patrick Cramer in Germany and Seth Darst in the US, who have investigated cellular systems for the production, transport and quality control of RNA. RNA, a macromolecule found in all living organisms, reads and interprets the information in the genome. It is vital that this process works properly...
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, have announced a broad-based research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to use Twist’s proprietary antibody libraries to discover therapeutic antibodies against multiple targets provided by Boehringer Ingelheim....
Syrris is celebrating 20 fantastic years as a world leader in the development of chemistry innovations. Founded in August 2001, the company rapidly became a global provider of versatile automated flow and batch chemistry reactors for a broad range of applications, from synthesis, process optimization and reaction analysis to crystallization, calorimetry and scale-up. Syrris was acquired by the AGI Group...
Testing is fundamental to identify and prevent the spread of the coronavirus but how can laboratories access automation technologies to respond to increased demand? Penny Pinnock, Sales Manager – Healthcare & Public Sector for Siemens Financial Services, explores how smart finance can help labs to leverage automation and enhance testing capacity. As the impact of the coronavirus epidemic continues to grow, laboratories play a key role in the practice of testing which can help prevent the spread of the virus...
INTEGRA is aiding scientists in the vital task of tackling antibiotic resistance by providing the liquid handling tools to help increase throughput and reproducibility in drug development workflows. The company’s ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot, and VIAFLO 96, VIAFLO 384 and MINI 96 handheld electronic pipettes, meet the needs of early phase drug discovery by offering high throughput processing of routine pipetting tasks – such as serial dilutions and plate inoculation – without compromising on precision and reproducibility....
Watch two scientists with two different research focus areas read their love letters, where they will share the details of their aspirations, admiration and of course, their very similar love for their cells. “Soon, we will develop artificial cells capable of defending the body from viral or bacterial infections” Dr. Vivek A. Kamat, Postdoctoral Associate has a particular focus on understanding how cells respond to electrical impulses in order to help develop implantable or variable sensors. Dr. Marietta Hartl, Postdoctoral Researcher...
ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Cellular Engineering Technologies (CET), a biotechnology company specializing in cell manufacturing and contract research services, have announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting CET access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio....
For decades, fluorescence microscopy has been an invaluable tool in life sciences research, with new variations and implementations emerging almost every year. Laser scanning microscopy, airyscanning, structured illumination, light field and light sheet microscopy are among the many methods that have been developed through the years to overcome the limitations of the original widefield microscopy setups...
New partnership to develop and commercialize tests that identify genetic mutations used in the assessment of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Patients whose tumors are HRD-positive may be eligible for targeted treatment by a class of precision medicines called PARP inhibitors. The HRD tests will leverage Illumina's TruSight
CytoSMART Technologies has opened the application of CytoSMART Research Grant for 2021. The CytoSMART Research Grant is an initiative to help motivated students and researchers improve their project's quality. The grant offers one of the CytoSMART live-cell imaging devices that can be used for research purposes for a specified period....
In Gas Chromatography there are three gases that are commonly used as a carrier gas: nitrogen, helium and hydrogen. The importance of carrier gas selection has been a discussion point amongst the users of Gas Chromatography for many years. When selecting the right carrier gas the user has to consider different parameters such as; price, performance, speed, analytical compatibility or just availability....
The PREP2022 Organizing Committee is excited to announce the 35th International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography, organized by expert scientists and engineers for the separation science practitioner. Established in 1985, PREP has become the largest conference in the world of preparative and process chromatography....