Wildcat Laboratory Solutions reports on their recent installation of a custom designed Biological Safety Cabinet at Eligo Bioscience - a biotech start-up in Paris, France. Erica Lieberman - Head of Discovery and Automation at Eligo Biosciences commented “We needed to put our liquid-handling robot inside a biological safety cabinet so that it could be used for high-throughput screening of drug candidates against pathogenic bacterial strains....
LifeArc, the medical research charity, and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Foundation has announced that recruitment is open for their Technology Transfer Fellowship 2019-2020. The LifeArc-AUTM Fellows Programme is a one-year training fellowship that trains promising life scientists to become the next generation of highly skilled technology transfer specialists....
Greyhound Chromatography offers a comprehensive selection of top quality capillary columns from leading Manufacturers: Macherey Nagel, Greyhound and SGE. This month we are offering 30% off the Greyhound and SGE range. Greyhound Chromatography is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of the highest quality chromatography columns, consumables and certified reference standards available today...
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for microscopy, reports on how University of Ghent have used the Deben CT5000 to study the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of four different depositional limestones. Sourced from the Paris Basin these limestones are often used as building material in France and Belgium. The University’s work was performed using HECTOR µCT partnered with...
The collaboration provides StarDrop™ users with easy access to ICSYNTHlight, an entry-level version of InfoChem’s computer-aided synthesis design (CASD) software to generate synthesis pathways for a target molecule. By stimulating new and unbiased ideas, researchers can explore alternative or novel synthetic routes with the potential to save time and reduce costs...
“The world of microwave synthesis”is a website addressed to experienced microwave chemists as well as chemists who are new to the field of microwave synthesis. Visitors to the website benefit from highly useful tools, such as an application database including more than 1000 chemical reactions which have been successfully performed in Anton Paar synthesis reactors....
Researchers at TauRx Therapeutics are using the automation capabilities of the Syrris Atlas HD reactor systems to simplify and accelerate process development for its product pipeline. Based at the company’s primary research facilities at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, the Syrris equipment is an integral part of the quality by design (QBD) process optimization workflow....
The user’s guide to regulatory expectations, the testing process, what to do in the event of test failure, and more. Cherwell Laboratories, specialist suppliers of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, has published an eBook titled, “Failure is not an option: Why sterility testing is so important”, which is available to download from Cherwell’s website....
Bruker has been awarded the iF DESIGN AWARD for three different products ranking them among the most innovative instrumentation designers. Prizes were awarded to the FT-IR spectrometers INVENIO and ALPHA II as well as to the FT-NIR spectrometer MPA II in the categories “Industry” and “Medicine/Health” of the discipline “Product Design”....
Evotec AG and The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership announce the formation of a new strategic public-private partnership to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. By joining forces, Evotec and GARDP will leverage their capabilities and networks to address drug-resistant bacterial infections. This includes bringing together GARDP's clinical expertise and...
Interactive Software is working with UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre to connect UK Biobanks and help them achieve their aim of assisting researchers by simplifying the sourcing of biological samples. The centralised tissue directory will also help raise the profile of Biobanks and ensure donated samples are visible and used for the purpose for which they were collected....
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation has announced the appointment of ATS Scientific Inc. as Canadian distributor and service provider for Micromeritics’ full product line with the exception of its line of particle size measurement products. ATS’ products are used in the following industries: Powders, Materials Science and Engineering, Environmental Science, Food and Feed, Mining and Earth Sciences, Pharma/Nutraceuticals, Petroleum and Energy, and Cannabis Testing....
The Chromatographic Society and Separation Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry are pleased to announce “Emerging Separations Technologies 2019”. This one day meeting will be held at RSC Burlington House, London, UK where a full symposium program will be run alongside a vendor exhibition, opportunity to network and lunch provided by the excellent Burlington House team. The agenda will cover a range of highly pertinent topics...
WALDNER Laboreinrichtungen has a further subsidiary in the Asian region. WALDNER’s subsidiary in Singapore has now officially opened. “We have established ourselves extremely well in the market and wanted to indicate this to our customers now with the establishment of this subsidiary company: WALDNER now has concentrated expertise in situ,” explains Maximilian Englisch, Manager of the WALDNER....
Project to focus on data-driven cell conversions to produce cell therapies with potential application in wound healing, and oncology immunotherapy. Cell Mogrify Ltd, a UK company aiming to transform the future development of cell therapies, today announced that it has been awarded $555,000 USD (£420,000 GBP) funding from Innovate UK,the UK’s innovation agency, through the investment accelerator for innovation in precision medicine....
Sartorius Stedim Biotech(SSB), a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, is introducing integrated online biomass measurement to its ambr® 15 fermentation and ambr® 250 high throughput systems for microbial applications. Already well known in the industry for fast tracking microbial screening studies and shortening process development timelines, the ambr® 15 fermentation and ambr® 250 high throughput systems operate up to 24 single-use stirred bioreactor cultures...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series with 'A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right LIMS'. This webcast is targeted at laboratories who are planning to implement a new LIMS, either for the first time or as a replacement for an existing system. Where do you start and what evaluation factors are most important?....
The University of Manchester, and Owlstone Medical,a global diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announce the award of an Asthma UK/Innovate UK grant for theimprovement of asthma diagnosis. Under a joint Asthma UK and Innovate UK funding initiative, which seeks to broker research collaborations between academia and UK industry to develop new tools that can...
BioTek Instruments is very pleased to announce receipt of the 2019 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Award - GOLD Level, bestowed by the Vermont Department of Health and the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. The honor was presented at the 2019 Worksite Wellness Conference, held March 21 in Burlington, VT. Within its strong and supportive team-approach corporate culture...
The Videometerlab4 Multispectral Imaging System from Analytik now makes it possible to scan crop samples for Fusarium infection in under 10 seconds. The analytical methodology employed does not require traditional time-consuming sample preparation and eliminates the need for chemicals and costly consumables. Fusarium is a fungal disease which commonly affects wheat, barley, oats, triticale and grasses as seeds, seedlings and adult plants. The range of symptoms caused by...
Both companies are playing a key role in making scientific research reproducible and more transparent. Ripeta is developing a "credit report" for scientific publications to assess and help improve the transparency needed to effectively communicate research, while Gigantum is an emerging innovator in the area of data science platforms, supporting large-scale, data-oriented scientific research. Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science, said: "Reproducibility of research is one of the critical topics of modern times....
Two private investors and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are convinced of the importance of single-cell isolation for the production of biopharmaceuticals and for genetic analysis in research and diagnostics. EUR 3 million will be invested in the further development of the technology, the expansion of the sales organization and in opening up further applications for Cytena's single-cell printers.....