For the first time, researchers have been able to use the Nobel Prize winning technology, cryo-electron microscopy, to reveal the detailed structure of the common herpes virus. Researchers at the University of Glasgow used the cutting-edge technique to reveal, in high resolution, the biological mechanisms the herpes virus uses to infect people....
Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that describes a new approach for analysis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in commercial sunscreens. The technique, which combines Inverse Supercritical Fluid Extraction (I-SFE) and Miniaturized Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation hyphenated with UV-Vis and MultiAngle Light Scattering...
The Royal Academy of Engineering reveals Owlstone Medical as the winners of the 2018 MacRobert Award. Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has announced the team behind the Company’s unique Breath Biopsy® platform has been named the winner of the MacRobert Award 2018 by the Royal Academy of Engineering....
By Rajeev Sehgal, Director of Informatics at BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
Microbiology laboratories are facing challenges on a number of fronts: cost pressures and staff shortages constrain their ability to process samples, and increasing test volumes make it difficult for some labs to run tests and get results back to clinicians in a timely manner. Microbiology labs are constantly juggling at least four key priorities....
Premium partnership between Bruker & Cytosurge – enabling FluidFM® single cell experiments on the BioScope Resolve® BioAFM. Thanks to this Premium partnership, researchers can combine the femtoliters scale fluid control and cell treatment precision of FluidFM with the force control, resolution and speed available with Bruker’s exclusive PeakForce Tapping® technology....
ScreenIn3D (Glasgow, UK) is a new joint venture company set up by AMSBIO and the University of Strathclyde exploiting the latest advances in microfluidics and 3D culture to develop a novel microfluidic screening platform. he unique combination of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with physiologically relevant 3D spheroids is designed to make drug discovery more closely relevant with what happens in the body...
An Asia flow chemistry system from Syrris is helping to streamline biocatalysis reactions for researchers at the Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group at the Chemistry Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Professor Rodrigo de Souza explained: “Our main aim is to take existing batch processes and optimize them under continuous flow conditions....
On June 13, 2018, the "Peter Huber Prize" of the Valerius Füner Foundation was awarded at the Achema. As the best graduates from the years 2016 and 2017, the winners this year are Joseph Michel and Florian Theobald. Michel received the award for his Master's thesis on the optimization and simulation of combined heat and power plants. Theobald was honored for his work developing new models....
Researchers at the University Hospital of Salzburg's EB House Austria are using a Tecan Spark® multimode reader to investigate epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare inherited disease that causes the skin to become ‘as fragile as a butterfly’s wings’, blistering in response to friction or trauma. Dr Verena Wally, group leader of small molecules research, explained...
BioAscent Discovery Limited has secured £1.6m in funding from Maven Capital Partners. The investment will facilitate BioAscent’s growth through its unique offering of integrated drug discovery, and compound management services, as well as the Compound Cloud library of lead-like pharma compounds, from its state-of-the-art facilityat BioCity...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with HistoCyte Laboratories Ltd, Tyne, U.K., to be the exclusive multinational distributor of the company’s portfolio of cell line reference products for immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization....
Back in April 2018, ReAgent Chemical Services tripled its manufacturing space with the opening of its new eco-friendly facility. Standing at 38,000 square foot, the new premises has been entirely built-to-spec to offer the most efficient, high quality and environmentally friendly service to customers....
RGU and NHS combine to promote the importance of laboratory science. Biomedical science staff from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences arepartnering with NHS Grampian to celebrate Biomedical Science Day at Aberdeen Science Centre. The national awareness day takes place annually each July...
Porvair Sciences has produced an informative catalogue that describes its growing range of easy-to-use kits for DNA extraction, purification and size selection. Obtaining DNA from biological samples is the first and most crucial step in molecular biology. Eluting both high quality and high yield of DNA from a wide range of biological samples can be challenging...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2018 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 18th with Getting More From Your LIMS and Knowing When It's Time to Upgrade....
The Pittcon Exposition Committee has announced that booth space reservations have opened for Pittcon 2019, taking place in Philadelphia from March 17 to 21. Each 10x10 space is available for $3,050. Additionally, returning exhibitors are eligible for a $2,500 expansion rate towards additional 10x10 spaces.
OBN, OneNucleus, BioNow, Medilink Midlands and MediWales, major not-for-profit life sciences membership organisations in the UK, which together represent around 2,000 active life sciences companies, have sent an open letter on Friday 22 June to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Rt Hon Philip Hammond, MP in regard to the recently proposed changes to Entrepreneurs’ Relief....
A cancer treatment already approved for use in certain types of cancer has been found to block cell growth in a common form of lung cancer for which there is currently no specific treatment available. The new findings, published today in Science Translational Medicine and led by the University of Glasgow, suggest that a large number of...
Comprehensive metabolic biomarker profiles of the world's largest health database to be analysed in 30 months. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker technology for studying chronic diseases, will analyse the biomarker profiles of 500,000 blood samples from UK Biobank. The ground-breaking research initiative....
Halide perovskites are a promising class of materials for a wide variety of optoelectronic applications such as photovoltaics, light emitting diodes, lasers and optical sensing. They have received widespread attention due to their many attractive synthetic and photophysical properties, namely: solution processability, high tunability, long charge carrier lifetimes and high charge carrier mobilities...
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of premium products for advanced material characterisation, has announced the acquisition of Freeman Technology. Freeman Technology specialises in providing instruments for the measurement of powder flow properties and other behavioural properties of powders...
Novel features include modelling for drug metabolism prediction and virtual library enumeration. Enhanced data visualisation environment for more efficient data analysis and project management. Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced the launch of version 6.5 of StarDrop™ that provides a complete platform for small molecule design...
Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that describes a new approach for analysis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in commercial sunscreens. The technique, which combines Inverse Supercritical Fluid Extraction (I-SFE) and Miniaturized Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation hyphenated with UV-Vis and MultiAngle Light Scattering...
The Royal Academy of Engineering reveals Owlstone Medical as the winners of the 2018 MacRobert Award. Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has announced the team behind the Company’s unique Breath Biopsy® platform has been named the winner of the MacRobert Award 2018 by the Royal Academy of Engineering....
Microbiology laboratories are facing challenges on a number of fronts: cost pressures and staff shortages constrain their ability to process samples, and increasing test volumes make it difficult for some labs to run tests and get results back to clinicians in a timely manner. Microbiology labs are constantly juggling at least four key priorities....
ScreenIn3D (Glasgow, UK) is a new joint venture company set up by AMSBIO and the University of Strathclyde exploiting the latest advances in microfluidics and 3D culture to develop a novel microfluidic screening platform. he unique combination of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with physiologically relevant 3D spheroids is designed to make drug discovery more closely relevant with what happens in the body...
An Asia flow chemistry system from Syrris is helping to streamline biocatalysis reactions for researchers at the Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group at the Chemistry Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Professor Rodrigo de Souza explained: “Our main aim is to take existing batch processes and optimize them under continuous flow conditions....
On June 13, 2018, the "Peter Huber Prize" of the Valerius Füner Foundation was awarded at the Achema. As the best graduates from the years 2016 and 2017, the winners this year are Joseph Michel and Florian Theobald. Michel received the award for his Master's thesis on the optimization and simulation of combined heat and power plants. Theobald was honored for his work developing new models....
Researchers at the University Hospital of Salzburg's EB House Austria are using a Tecan Spark® multimode reader to investigate epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a rare inherited disease that causes the skin to become ‘as fragile as a butterfly’s wings’, blistering in response to friction or trauma. Dr Verena Wally, group leader of small molecules research, explained...
BioAscent Discovery Limited has secured £1.6m in funding from Maven Capital Partners. The investment will facilitate BioAscent’s growth through its unique offering of integrated drug discovery, and compound management services, as well as the Compound Cloud library of lead-like pharma compounds, from its state-of-the-art facilityat BioCity...
Back in April 2018, ReAgent Chemical Services tripled its manufacturing space with the opening of its new eco-friendly facility. Standing at 38,000 square foot, the new premises has been entirely built-to-spec to offer the most efficient, high quality and environmentally friendly service to customers....
RGU and NHS combine to promote the importance of laboratory science. Biomedical science staff from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences arepartnering with NHS Grampian to celebrate Biomedical Science Day at Aberdeen Science Centre. The national awareness day takes place annually each July...
Porvair Sciences has produced an informative catalogue that describes its growing range of easy-to-use kits for DNA extraction, purification and size selection. Obtaining DNA from biological samples is the first and most crucial step in molecular biology. Eluting both high quality and high yield of DNA from a wide range of biological samples can be challenging...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2018 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 18th with Getting More From Your LIMS and Knowing When It's Time to Upgrade....
The Pittcon Exposition Committee has announced that booth space reservations have opened for Pittcon 2019, taking place in Philadelphia from March 17 to 21. Each 10x10 space is available for $3,050. Additionally, returning exhibitors are eligible for a $2,500 expansion rate towards additional 10x10 spaces.
OBN, OneNucleus, BioNow, Medilink Midlands and MediWales, major not-for-profit life sciences membership organisations in the UK, which together represent around 2,000 active life sciences companies, have sent an open letter on Friday 22 June to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Rt Hon Philip Hammond, MP in regard to the recently proposed changes to Entrepreneurs’ Relief....
A cancer treatment already approved for use in certain types of cancer has been found to block cell growth in a common form of lung cancer for which there is currently no specific treatment available. The new findings, published today in Science Translational Medicine and led by the University of Glasgow, suggest that a large number of...
Comprehensive metabolic biomarker profiles of the world's largest health database to be analysed in 30 months. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker technology for studying chronic diseases, will analyse the biomarker profiles of 500,000 blood samples from UK Biobank. The ground-breaking research initiative....
Halide perovskites are a promising class of materials for a wide variety of optoelectronic applications such as photovoltaics, light emitting diodes, lasers and optical sensing. They have received widespread attention due to their many attractive synthetic and photophysical properties, namely: solution processability, high tunability, long charge carrier lifetimes and high charge carrier mobilities...
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of premium products for advanced material characterisation, has announced the acquisition of Freeman Technology. Freeman Technology specialises in providing instruments for the measurement of powder flow properties and other behavioural properties of powders...