Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has begun work with the UK government’s CONDOR programme to evaluate and clinically validate the high throughput COVID-19 bead-assisted mass spectrometry (“BAMS™”) laboratory assay developed with Adeptrix. The COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR), recently funded by the National Institute for Health Research...
Researchers in the Hadad Research Group – based within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – at the Ohio State University are focused on studying organophosphate pesticides in vitro. The group is using INTEGRA’s ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot to streamline workflows and enhance the reproducibility of results....
Bruker's BioSpin PreClinical Imaging Division reports the use of the Bruker SkyScan 1278 in vivo micro-CT system at the KU Leuven, Belgium, to support COVID-19-focused research. This research will leverage the university's expertise in preclinical testing to study the efficacy of vaccine and drug candidates in COVID-19 infection models. These will be some of the first in vivo imaging experiments on COVID-19 models using mice and hamsters...
The FRITSCH Cutting Mill PULVERISETTE 19 with variable rotational speed and Cyclone is an efficient instrument to receive both: optimal, homogeneous sample of large quantities of cannabis plants and for CO2 extraction to produce cannabis oils. Have a look how easy cannabis can be prepared. The most common method to extract the active ingredients from the cannabis plant is supercritical CO2 extraction....
Astell Scientific are offering all Laboratory Bulletin subscribers the special offer of a free LSPT Probe with each new Astell Autoclaves. Autoclave sterilisation works by heating objects to the temperature at which all biological matter is either killed or deactivated. Assuring objects in your autoclave have reached the required temperature for the correct length of time is therefore essential to ensure sterilisation....
Greyhound Chromatography has been supplying high quality chromatography consumables to Research and Analysis laboratories around the world for 39 years. With over 1 million products available from Greyhound Chromatography we are sure to have the products you need for your research and analysis. Greyhound is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of the highest quality chromatography columns....
HDR I Hurley Palmer Flatt completed building services for the the S&I Centre, with brand new consumer health laboratory facilities, consisting of the refurbishment of the existing Kingston Works North, (KWN), office building, as well as creating the new GMP laboratory building and a linking atria, known as the Innovation Pathway. This project is the first milestone of RB’s ongoing £200m investment programme in Hull city...
Are you working with cannabinoids in medicinal products? This application note describes how to obtain a fast separation of cannabidiol and melatonin which are compounds that can be used in medication for sleep disorders. Excellent peak shapes are achieved using YMC-Triart C18 in less than 7 min. Get your copy of the application note now....
Scientists in academic centres and companies around the world desperately search for novel therapeutics and vaccines to treat and prevent COVID-19. However, with lockdowns and limited access to laboratories, researchers are being forced to work from home, putting research continuity at risk. To help scientists continue their life-saving R&D, and ensure research continuity....
Porvair Sciences reports on the Vyon® porous plastic filters it is supplying to University of Cambridge spinout company - Diagnostics for the Real World for their game-changing SAMBA II machine that provides diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in under 90 minutes. SAMBA II provides a simple and accurate system for the diagnosis of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19....
A Miele washer disinfector proved a key product to aid the UK Ventilator Challenge in the fight against covid-19. Ford UK is a key member of the Ventilator Challenge UK consortium and pledged to produce 15,000 Penlon ESO 2 ventilators at its Dagenham plant by July. Miele’s PG 8581 under-counter washer disinfector helped to speed up the processing of a vital component to ensure there was no bottleneck in production...
Since 2011 SciLabware has been part of the DWK Life Sciences group – a leading global manufacturer of premium scientific labware and container solutions for a wide range of life science, technical and packaging applications. As a customer focused organization DWK Life Sciences concentrates on a continuous harmonization towards “one face to the customer”...
A unique type of blood testing equipment manufactured by a small company in West Wales is emerging as an important tool for understanding how Covid-19 affects the body and for choosing the best treatments for patients. Benson Viscometers designs and manufactures blood viscometers which, put simply, measure the thickness of blood....
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an intelligent mobile robot scientist that can work 24-7, carrying out experiments by itself. The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next, and has already discovered a new catalyst. It has humanoid dimensions and works in a standard laboratory, using instruments much like a human researcher does....
Researchers have developed a family of engineered nanobodies which neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus, targeting the viral spike protein in a novel way. The research team from The Rosalind Franklin Institute, working with colleagues at Diamond Light Source, Oxford University and Public Health England, have hailed the breakthrough as a potential therapy....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced plans to build a new, €18 million laboratory facility in Buchs, Switzerland to support the company’s rapidly growing reference materials business. This new laboratory will allow us to continue to drive innovation in diagnostics and testing and expand our research and development of analytical standards...
SPT Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, has announced the opening of their Japan office; the company’s second site in the APAC region. This increased presence will be headed by Masahiro Matsushita as Director. The expansion follows long-standing partnerships with Japanese life science distributors....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2020 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 22nd with Our Technology Transformation: A Lab Manager’s Experience. This month’s webcast features the laboratory managers at several ATL LIMS clients sharing their views on how a LIMS...
Xebios Diagnostics, based in Düsseldorf, Germany, manufactures high quality, ready-to-use culture media for microbiological diagnostic applications, and is using DOSE IT to aliquot viral transport medium (VTM) into sterile screw-capped tubes to meet market demand. There has been an unprecedented increase in demand for diagnostic testing to identify cases and track the virus spread...
The ZEISS Innovation Hub on the campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has seen a number of successful collaborations and projects since it opened in early 2020. ZEISS wants the hub to house high-tech and digital start-ups, as well as its own innovation and new business activities. KIT will thus join forces with ZEISS experts to pave the way for the technologies of the future....
The University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the NHS and Scottish tech companies, will lead a £3.37m project to transform bowel cancer screening in the UK by developing a precision diagnostic tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict which patients will develop future polyps and tumours. The INCISE* project – made possible with £2.3m of government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that VAR2 Pharmaceuticals has been selected as the European winner of its 2020 Advance Biotech Grant Program. Copenhagen, Denmark-based biotechnology company VAR2 Pharmaceuticals was chosen for its development of a promising novel cancer treatment that has the potential to treat multiple types of human solid tumors....
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has begun work with the UK government’s CONDOR programme to evaluate and clinically validate the high throughput COVID-19 bead-assisted mass spectrometry (“BAMS™”) laboratory assay developed with Adeptrix. The COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR), recently funded by the National Institute for Health Research...
Researchers in the Hadad Research Group – based within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – at the Ohio State University are focused on studying organophosphate pesticides in vitro. The group is using INTEGRA’s ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot to streamline workflows and enhance the reproducibility of results....
Bruker's BioSpin PreClinical Imaging Division reports the use of the Bruker SkyScan 1278 in vivo micro-CT system at the KU Leuven, Belgium, to support COVID-19-focused research. This research will leverage the university's expertise in preclinical testing to study the efficacy of vaccine and drug candidates in COVID-19 infection models. These will be some of the first in vivo imaging experiments on COVID-19 models using mice and hamsters...
The FRITSCH Cutting Mill PULVERISETTE 19 with variable rotational speed and Cyclone is an efficient instrument to receive both: optimal, homogeneous sample of large quantities of cannabis plants and for CO2 extraction to produce cannabis oils. Have a look how easy cannabis can be prepared. The most common method to extract the active ingredients from the cannabis plant is supercritical CO2 extraction....
Astell Scientific are offering all Laboratory Bulletin subscribers the special offer of a free LSPT Probe with each new Astell Autoclaves. Autoclave sterilisation works by heating objects to the temperature at which all biological matter is either killed or deactivated. Assuring objects in your autoclave have reached the required temperature for the correct length of time is therefore essential to ensure sterilisation....
Greyhound Chromatography has been supplying high quality chromatography consumables to Research and Analysis laboratories around the world for 39 years. With over 1 million products available from Greyhound Chromatography we are sure to have the products you need for your research and analysis. Greyhound is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of the highest quality chromatography columns....
HDR I Hurley Palmer Flatt completed building services for the the S&I Centre, with brand new consumer health laboratory facilities, consisting of the refurbishment of the existing Kingston Works North, (KWN), office building, as well as creating the new GMP laboratory building and a linking atria, known as the Innovation Pathway. This project is the first milestone of RB’s ongoing £200m investment programme in Hull city...
Are you working with cannabinoids in medicinal products? This application note describes how to obtain a fast separation of cannabidiol and melatonin which are compounds that can be used in medication for sleep disorders. Excellent peak shapes are achieved using YMC-Triart C18 in less than 7 min. Get your copy of the application note now....
Scientists in academic centres and companies around the world desperately search for novel therapeutics and vaccines to treat and prevent COVID-19. However, with lockdowns and limited access to laboratories, researchers are being forced to work from home, putting research continuity at risk. To help scientists continue their life-saving R&D, and ensure research continuity....
Porvair Sciences reports on the Vyon® porous plastic filters it is supplying to University of Cambridge spinout company - Diagnostics for the Real World for their game-changing SAMBA II machine that provides diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in under 90 minutes. SAMBA II provides a simple and accurate system for the diagnosis of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19....
A Miele washer disinfector proved a key product to aid the UK Ventilator Challenge in the fight against covid-19. Ford UK is a key member of the Ventilator Challenge UK consortium and pledged to produce 15,000 Penlon ESO 2 ventilators at its Dagenham plant by July. Miele’s PG 8581 under-counter washer disinfector helped to speed up the processing of a vital component to ensure there was no bottleneck in production...
Since 2011 SciLabware has been part of the DWK Life Sciences group – a leading global manufacturer of premium scientific labware and container solutions for a wide range of life science, technical and packaging applications. As a customer focused organization DWK Life Sciences concentrates on a continuous harmonization towards “one face to the customer”...
A unique type of blood testing equipment manufactured by a small company in West Wales is emerging as an important tool for understanding how Covid-19 affects the body and for choosing the best treatments for patients. Benson Viscometers designs and manufactures blood viscometers which, put simply, measure the thickness of blood....
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an intelligent mobile robot scientist that can work 24-7, carrying out experiments by itself. The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next, and has already discovered a new catalyst. It has humanoid dimensions and works in a standard laboratory, using instruments much like a human researcher does....
Researchers have developed a family of engineered nanobodies which neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus, targeting the viral spike protein in a novel way. The research team from The Rosalind Franklin Institute, working with colleagues at Diamond Light Source, Oxford University and Public Health England, have hailed the breakthrough as a potential therapy....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced plans to build a new, €18 million laboratory facility in Buchs, Switzerland to support the company’s rapidly growing reference materials business. This new laboratory will allow us to continue to drive innovation in diagnostics and testing and expand our research and development of analytical standards...
SPT Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, has announced the opening of their Japan office; the company’s second site in the APAC region. This increased presence will be headed by Masahiro Matsushita as Director. The expansion follows long-standing partnerships with Japanese life science distributors....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2020 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 22nd with Our Technology Transformation: A Lab Manager’s Experience. This month’s webcast features the laboratory managers at several ATL LIMS clients sharing their views on how a LIMS...
Xebios Diagnostics, based in Düsseldorf, Germany, manufactures high quality, ready-to-use culture media for microbiological diagnostic applications, and is using DOSE IT to aliquot viral transport medium (VTM) into sterile screw-capped tubes to meet market demand. There has been an unprecedented increase in demand for diagnostic testing to identify cases and track the virus spread...
The ZEISS Innovation Hub on the campus of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has seen a number of successful collaborations and projects since it opened in early 2020. ZEISS wants the hub to house high-tech and digital start-ups, as well as its own innovation and new business activities. KIT will thus join forces with ZEISS experts to pave the way for the technologies of the future....
The University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the NHS and Scottish tech companies, will lead a £3.37m project to transform bowel cancer screening in the UK by developing a precision diagnostic tool that uses artificial intelligence to predict which patients will develop future polyps and tumours. The INCISE* project – made possible with £2.3m of government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that VAR2 Pharmaceuticals has been selected as the European winner of its 2020 Advance Biotech Grant Program. Copenhagen, Denmark-based biotechnology company VAR2 Pharmaceuticals was chosen for its development of a promising novel cancer treatment that has the potential to treat multiple types of human solid tumors....