Avacta Group plc, the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, announces that the AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen lateral flow test detects the dominant new variants of the coronavirus, known as the B117, or ‘Kent’, variant, and the D614G variant, as well as the original strain....
CDI Labs – a biotechnology company based in Puerto Rico – is using INTEGRA’s VIAFLO and VOYAGER electronic pipettes to streamline workflows and improve accuracy for the development of next generation proteomics products. The company is well-known for its flagship product – the HuProt™ Human Proteome Microarray – and has since expanded its portfolio to include a catalogue of over 2,000 monoclonal antibodies designed to accelerate research and advance discoveries that improve human health....
Colorado Extraction Systems has manufactured user-friendly extraction systems to meet your needs and deliver the product on time. With their innovative technology and extraction systems made easy, specific business needs are met seamlessly. Ethanol Extractions is a process used in fine liquor distillation. Professional labs perform ethanol extraction in large volumes by using spirit distillation, steam distillation, and solvent recovery process....
A new UK study will seek to understand the immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations in patients with certain immunosuppressed conditions, including cancer. The OCTAVE trial, which is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is a collaborative research project involving groups in the Universities of Glasgow, Birmingham, Oxford, Liverpool, Imperial College London and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust....
Sygnature Discovery, a world-leading integrated drug discovery and non-clinical solutions provider, has begun expanding into new state of the art laboratories at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park, Cheshire, adding Chemistry and Biology expertise to its DMPK and Translational Oncology teams already present on the site....
Teknova—a leading manufacturer of cell culture media and supplements, purification buffers, and molecular biology reagents—has expanded the production capacity for its range of viral transport media. This strategy enables the company to not only continue supplying these important products in periods of high demand, but also to offer the best pricing available for products of this type....
Cherwell Laboratories, specialist supplier of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, is proud to announce that it is celebrating 50 years since its founding by Lawrence Whittard in February 1971, the same year and month that the UK went decimal. To mark the Company’s significant milestone, Cherwell will be running a series of activities throughout its Golden Anniversary year...
The acquisition will combine the complementary innovative technology offerings of the HORIBA Medical segment with MedTest Dx technology, Clinitox, and Pointe Scientific’s R&D and manufacturing capabilities, with particular expertise in FDA 510K and CLIA clearances, to address the multidisciplinary requirements of IVD (in-vitro diagnostics) testing customers...
INTEGRA Biosciences AG – based in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, New Hampshire – has released its 2020 annual report, with sales rising 73% compared to the previous year for this manufacturer of laboratory equipment and pipettes. This is the tenth straight year of sales growth for this hidden champion from the Chur Rhine Valley....
Capitainer has announced that Sweden’s Västerbotten Region will be the first region to use Capitainer's home sampling kit, qDBS, for antibody testing for COVID-19. Adults will be able to order the kit online via the national online health portal 1177 in collaboration with Direkttest.se. People over the age of 16 in Västerbotten Region will be able to test for antibodies against COVID-19 at home...
An international consortium, led by scientists in Scotland, have devised a Coronavirus Toolkit which gives researchers from across the world open access to materials, including antibodies and genetic tools, which can be easily and immediately ordered via an online portal – to further research into COVID-19. The toolkit was designed and validated by scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research...
Veolia Water Technologies UK’s (VWT UK) innovative PURELAB® Quest unit has been selected to provide a complete purified water solution for a newly refurbished laboratory at University College London (UCL). The compact unit, which delivers all required types of purified water, was chosen to help maximise the available workspace. Located on the main UCL campus, the Anatomy Building has been undergoing phased updates to much of its interior, including several separate lab areas...
PerkinElmer Changes COVID-19 Rapid Testing Landscape with Highly Sensitive Point of Care Antigen Test for Mass Screening. PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced the launch of the PerkinElmer® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen in nasal (NS) or nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens. The lateral flow immunoassay test can be used to screen or to aid in diagnoses of COVID-19 in asymptomatic or symptomatic individuals....
Formerly Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, Antylia Scientific (An-til-e-a) will continue to build on our platform of unique products and expert customer support by expanding the company’s organic product research and development capabilities and acquiring complementary products and companies.
CTK Bio Canada (the “Company”) has developed a new bioplastic resin designed to biodegrade by both industrial and home composting, as well as in unmanaged environments like soil and seawater, in order to reduce microplastic pollution. The Company is now undertaking detailed experimental trials with academic partners to further enhance and validate its technology ahead of anticipated commercial rollout in 2022, meanwhile a provisional patent has been filed....
Would you like to brighten up your lab? To celebrate four decades of success, INTEGRA is giving you the opportunity to win one of 100 PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controllers. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is fill out a short questionnaire to help us understand your pipetting needs. The competition is open to everyone and the deadline for entries is the 31st of May 2021, with the winners announced shortly afterwards....
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, announces that it has received the first data for its SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test from ongoing clinical studies in Europe and the UK. These data show excellent performance of the test in identifying patients with an infectious viral load and no false positive results. Avacta’s SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test has been developed to identify infectious individuals so that they can isolate promptly and reduce the spread of COVID-19....
Linkam Scientific’s PE120 Peltier system formed part of the experimental set-up used to develop a radical new diagnostic test for the SARS CoV-2 virus at Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, Ohio, USA. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted scientists to focus their research on rapid and robust diagnostic tests. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays – the ‘gold-standard’ for molecular clinical diagnostics – became available quickly, however this provides relatively long characterisation times...
The life science group Sartorius confirmed its preliminary figures for 2020 upon the release of its annual report. Group sales revenue surged by 30.2 percent to nearly 2,336 million euros in constant currencies (reported: +27.8 percent). Order intake1 grew even more dynamically than sales revenue and was up 49.0 percent in constant currencies to 2,836 million euros (reported: +46.2 percent). Pandemic-related orders accounted for close to 14 percentage points of growth....
Digital R&D simulation software platform RheoCube has attracted an investment of over $2 million. This funding round, which will drive RheoCube’s global expansion, was co-led by renowned investors Holland Capital and Join Capital. Digitalization is a hot topic in R&D departments worldwide. Current R&D processes are time consuming largely due to trial-and-error in physical labs. Reducing that costly process empowers organizations to build smarter and faster R&D cycles, while speeding up time to market....
INTEGRA Biosciences’ EVOLVE manual pipettes and VOYAGER electronic adjustable tip spacing pipettes are both integral parts of the lab workflows at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where researchers are investigating the evolution and ecology of a fascinating group of fish that includes a popular aquatic pet, the guppy. Samantha Levell, a PhD candidate at UCR, explained...
Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG from Offenburg has been awarded the TOP 100 seal for 2021. This award honours particularly innovative medium-sized companies. The company had previously proven its innovative capacity in a scientific selection process. On behalf of Compamedia, the organiser of the TOP 100 innovation competition, the innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and his team examined the innovative capacity of medium-sized companies....
Avacta Group plc, the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, announces that the AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen lateral flow test detects the dominant new variants of the coronavirus, known as the B117, or ‘Kent’, variant, and the D614G variant, as well as the original strain....
CDI Labs – a biotechnology company based in Puerto Rico – is using INTEGRA’s VIAFLO and VOYAGER electronic pipettes to streamline workflows and improve accuracy for the development of next generation proteomics products. The company is well-known for its flagship product – the HuProt™ Human Proteome Microarray – and has since expanded its portfolio to include a catalogue of over 2,000 monoclonal antibodies designed to accelerate research and advance discoveries that improve human health....
Colorado Extraction Systems has manufactured user-friendly extraction systems to meet your needs and deliver the product on time. With their innovative technology and extraction systems made easy, specific business needs are met seamlessly. Ethanol Extractions is a process used in fine liquor distillation. Professional labs perform ethanol extraction in large volumes by using spirit distillation, steam distillation, and solvent recovery process....
A new UK study will seek to understand the immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations in patients with certain immunosuppressed conditions, including cancer. The OCTAVE trial, which is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is a collaborative research project involving groups in the Universities of Glasgow, Birmingham, Oxford, Liverpool, Imperial College London and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust....
Sygnature Discovery, a world-leading integrated drug discovery and non-clinical solutions provider, has begun expanding into new state of the art laboratories at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park, Cheshire, adding Chemistry and Biology expertise to its DMPK and Translational Oncology teams already present on the site....
Teknova—a leading manufacturer of cell culture media and supplements, purification buffers, and molecular biology reagents—has expanded the production capacity for its range of viral transport media. This strategy enables the company to not only continue supplying these important products in periods of high demand, but also to offer the best pricing available for products of this type....
Cherwell Laboratories, specialist supplier of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, is proud to announce that it is celebrating 50 years since its founding by Lawrence Whittard in February 1971, the same year and month that the UK went decimal. To mark the Company’s significant milestone, Cherwell will be running a series of activities throughout its Golden Anniversary year...
The acquisition will combine the complementary innovative technology offerings of the HORIBA Medical segment with MedTest Dx technology, Clinitox, and Pointe Scientific’s R&D and manufacturing capabilities, with particular expertise in FDA 510K and CLIA clearances, to address the multidisciplinary requirements of IVD (in-vitro diagnostics) testing customers...
INTEGRA Biosciences AG – based in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, New Hampshire – has released its 2020 annual report, with sales rising 73% compared to the previous year for this manufacturer of laboratory equipment and pipettes. This is the tenth straight year of sales growth for this hidden champion from the Chur Rhine Valley....
Capitainer has announced that Sweden’s Västerbotten Region will be the first region to use Capitainer's home sampling kit, qDBS, for antibody testing for COVID-19. Adults will be able to order the kit online via the national online health portal 1177 in collaboration with Direkttest.se. People over the age of 16 in Västerbotten Region will be able to test for antibodies against COVID-19 at home...
An international consortium, led by scientists in Scotland, have devised a Coronavirus Toolkit which gives researchers from across the world open access to materials, including antibodies and genetic tools, which can be easily and immediately ordered via an online portal – to further research into COVID-19. The toolkit was designed and validated by scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research...
Veolia Water Technologies UK’s (VWT UK) innovative PURELAB® Quest unit has been selected to provide a complete purified water solution for a newly refurbished laboratory at University College London (UCL). The compact unit, which delivers all required types of purified water, was chosen to help maximise the available workspace. Located on the main UCL campus, the Anatomy Building has been undergoing phased updates to much of its interior, including several separate lab areas...
PerkinElmer Changes COVID-19 Rapid Testing Landscape with Highly Sensitive Point of Care Antigen Test for Mass Screening. PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced the launch of the PerkinElmer® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen in nasal (NS) or nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens. The lateral flow immunoassay test can be used to screen or to aid in diagnoses of COVID-19 in asymptomatic or symptomatic individuals....
Formerly Cole-Parmer Instrument Company, Antylia Scientific (An-til-e-a) will continue to build on our platform of unique products and expert customer support by expanding the company’s organic product research and development capabilities and acquiring complementary products and companies.
CTK Bio Canada (the “Company”) has developed a new bioplastic resin designed to biodegrade by both industrial and home composting, as well as in unmanaged environments like soil and seawater, in order to reduce microplastic pollution. The Company is now undertaking detailed experimental trials with academic partners to further enhance and validate its technology ahead of anticipated commercial rollout in 2022, meanwhile a provisional patent has been filed....
Would you like to brighten up your lab? To celebrate four decades of success, INTEGRA is giving you the opportunity to win one of 100 PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controllers. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is fill out a short questionnaire to help us understand your pipetting needs. The competition is open to everyone and the deadline for entries is the 31st of May 2021, with the winners announced shortly afterwards....
Linkam Scientific’s PE120 Peltier system formed part of the experimental set-up used to develop a radical new diagnostic test for the SARS CoV-2 virus at Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, Ohio, USA. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted scientists to focus their research on rapid and robust diagnostic tests. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays – the ‘gold-standard’ for molecular clinical diagnostics – became available quickly, however this provides relatively long characterisation times...
The life science group Sartorius confirmed its preliminary figures for 2020 upon the release of its annual report. Group sales revenue surged by 30.2 percent to nearly 2,336 million euros in constant currencies (reported: +27.8 percent). Order intake1 grew even more dynamically than sales revenue and was up 49.0 percent in constant currencies to 2,836 million euros (reported: +46.2 percent). Pandemic-related orders accounted for close to 14 percentage points of growth....
Digital R&D simulation software platform RheoCube has attracted an investment of over $2 million. This funding round, which will drive RheoCube’s global expansion, was co-led by renowned investors Holland Capital and Join Capital. Digitalization is a hot topic in R&D departments worldwide. Current R&D processes are time consuming largely due to trial-and-error in physical labs. Reducing that costly process empowers organizations to build smarter and faster R&D cycles, while speeding up time to market....
INTEGRA Biosciences’ EVOLVE manual pipettes and VOYAGER electronic adjustable tip spacing pipettes are both integral parts of the lab workflows at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where researchers are investigating the evolution and ecology of a fascinating group of fish that includes a popular aquatic pet, the guppy. Samantha Levell, a PhD candidate at UCR, explained...
Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG from Offenburg has been awarded the TOP 100 seal for 2021. This award honours particularly innovative medium-sized companies. The company had previously proven its innovative capacity in a scientific selection process. On behalf of Compamedia, the organiser of the TOP 100 innovation competition, the innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and his team examined the innovative capacity of medium-sized companies....