AMSBIO has signed an agreement with Genea Biocells (San Diego, USA) to become global distribution partner to the academic community for its groundbreaking skeletal muscle differentiation product range. Genea Biocells developed the world’s first protocol to robustly differentiate human pluripotent stem cells to skeletal muscle cells with high yields and without cell sorting or genetic manipulation (Caron et al. 2016)....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR instruments, reports on the research & development work of Professor Manfred Wilhelm, head of the Polymeric Materials Group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Professor Wilhelm has applied Magritek’s 60 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer to develop a new online chemical detector for size-exclusion chromatography. Manfred Wilhelm is professor and chair of...
Porvair Sciences, in conjunction with sister company – JG Finneran Associates Inc., has produced a new informative guide to assist lab scientists select the optimum seal and closure device for different types of microplate. Choosing the correct combination of seal and closure device for each type of microplate is important to achieving best laboratory practice and to avoid unnecessary work further downstream. Microplates are a convenient method...
Deben, a leading provider of in situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on how TU Dortmund University is using their CT5000TEC compression/tensile stage to study fiber-reinforced composites. This work is being performed using a Nikon X-ray source. Ronja Scholz is a scientific assistant and PhD student in the group of...
Collaboration will use Deep Learning techniques to establish medical imaging biomarkers for more accurate diagnosis. Median Technologies (Paris: ALMDT), the industry-leading Imaging Phenomics Company® and the Nice University Hospital (CHU de Nice) today announced a collaborative agreement that uses Artificial Intelligence to identify medical imaging biomarkers for lung cancer screening.....
Research can help to identify people with mild asthma from those with moderate or severe asthma. A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University has identified biological variations in lung tissue samples that for the first time can help...
Partnership immediately provides Horizon with deeper access to Chinese diagnostic assay manufacturers and potential OEM agreements as part of stated global leadership strategy. Genewell to pursue CFDA approval of Horizon reference standards for broad distribution into Chinese clinical laboratory market....
Clinithink has helped to achieve a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis. The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns through DNA sequencing to 19.5 hours, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in a seamless end-to-end process and provided further evidence of its patented CLiX natural language processing (NLP) solution used in clinical trials....
Study Results in Leading Scientific Publication Underscores Value of PerkinElmer’s Vanadis NIPT Solution. PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the publication of a research study describing the technology behind the Vanadis NIPT system. The article titled “Imaging Single DNA Molecules for High Precision NIPT” was published online in Nature Scientific Reports...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. (SSB), a leading international technology partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has been selected by ABL Europe as its primary supplier of single-use systems. Through a supply partnership with SSB, ABL Europe has successfully increased and brought online...
From material testing to environmental monitoring: At the analytica, companies and research institutions from all over the world present their latest developments. A glance at the key aspects of the international leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology shows: Here, trade fair visitors experience technological innovations as...
Findings published in Nature Communications identify stem cell survival pathway, which may serve as a potential target for new breast cancer therapies. A team of researchers in the United States has identified a new stem cell pathway that allows a highly aggressive form of breast cancer – triple-negative breast cancer – to thrive, with their findings potentially pointing the way towards new, more effective...
Genevac reports on how Eurofins Biomnis (Lyon, France) has, using a miVac Quattro concentrator and SpeedTrap frost-free cold trap, considerably improved sample preparation productivity in its specialised clinical pathology laboratory. Sébastien Chanlon, Production Manager of the Eurofins Biomnis Analytical Chemistry Business Unit, commented “My department employs a wide range of...
The Phenomics Discovery Initiative (PDi) has expanded its assay portfolio to a total of 11 complex phenotypic assays that are relevant to human pathophysiology in areas of unmet clinical need including neuropsychiatric illnesses, dementia, cancer and respiratory infections. PDi is a public-private consortium joining the pharmaceutical industry and the National Phenotypic Screening Centre...
What substances occurring naturally in foodstuffs jeopardize our health? How do pollutants affect our genetic material? Is baking paper a cause for concern? Such questions from the food sciences will be in the focus of the leading trade fair analytica and the accompanying analytica conference, taking place on the grounds of Messe München from April 10 to 13. An unhealthy diet, too many pollutants, too little exercise and...
Clinithink has helped to achieve a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis. The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns through DNA sequencing to 19.5 hours, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in a seamless end-to-end process and provided further evidence of its patented CLiX natural language...
We are happy to share our latest application note where we demonstrate how the FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer can be used for studying the carrier lifetime in perovskite photovoltaic cells. We are pleased to have worked alongside the research group of Prof. Ifor Samuel at St Andrews University. Halide perovskite materials are revolutionising the field of solar cell research thanks to their low cost and high efficiency...
New website makes it easier to access expert FISH advice. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has launched a new version of itsCytocell® fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probes website - designed to provide a wealth of information and advice, offer refined functionality, and be easy-to-use. Cytocell is well known for its complete and comprehensive range of FISH...
SP Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Brian Larkin as its President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 19th replacing William (Bill) Downs who recently retired. Mr. Larkin brings to SP broad experience as a senior executive having spent the last 27 years in commercial and executive leadership roles in the medical device industry. Most recently he served as Vice President and General Manager for Becton Dickinson's...
SYGNIS AG has announced its subsidiaries Innova Biosciences, Expedeon Holdings, and C.B.S. Scientific have united as Expedeon, effective 1 March 2018. The corporate rebranding follows the latest acquisition of Innova Biosciences by SYGNIS AG in June 2017. SYGNIS AG will continue to serve as the parent company and legal entity. The corporate integration under the Expedeon brand name enables all organisations....
A small specialist British engineering company called Priorclave celebrates 30 years in the design, manufacture and world-wide supply of an extensive range of laboratory and research grade autoclaves. The company has achieved considerable export success as well as supplying to UK organisations looking to purchase extremely reliable and durable sterilisers. Throughout these past 30 years Priorclave has not only introduced leading autoclave design technology...
Powder characterisation specialists, Freeman Technology, will be presenting at the upcoming ACHEMA exhibition and congress (11-15 June 2018, Frankfurt, Germany). Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from members of the Freeman team throughout the congress; where topics include predicting screw feeder performance (12 June at 15:00), the influence of fines content on the flow behaviour of FCC catalysts (13 June at 16:20)...
AMSBIO has signed an agreement with Genea Biocells (San Diego, USA) to become global distribution partner to the academic community for its groundbreaking skeletal muscle differentiation product range. Genea Biocells developed the world’s first protocol to robustly differentiate human pluripotent stem cells to skeletal muscle cells with high yields and without cell sorting or genetic manipulation (Caron et al. 2016)....
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR instruments, reports on the research & development work of Professor Manfred Wilhelm, head of the Polymeric Materials Group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Professor Wilhelm has applied Magritek’s 60 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer to develop a new online chemical detector for size-exclusion chromatography. Manfred Wilhelm is professor and chair of...
Porvair Sciences, in conjunction with sister company – JG Finneran Associates Inc., has produced a new informative guide to assist lab scientists select the optimum seal and closure device for different types of microplate. Choosing the correct combination of seal and closure device for each type of microplate is important to achieving best laboratory practice and to avoid unnecessary work further downstream. Microplates are a convenient method...
Deben, a leading provider of in situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on how TU Dortmund University is using their CT5000TEC compression/tensile stage to study fiber-reinforced composites. This work is being performed using a Nikon X-ray source. Ronja Scholz is a scientific assistant and PhD student in the group of...
Collaboration will use Deep Learning techniques to establish medical imaging biomarkers for more accurate diagnosis. Median Technologies (Paris: ALMDT), the industry-leading Imaging Phenomics Company® and the Nice University Hospital (CHU de Nice) today announced a collaborative agreement that 
Research can help to identify people with mild asthma from those with moderate or severe asthma. A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University has identified biological variations in lung tissue samples that for the first time can help...
Partnership immediately provides Horizon with deeper access to Chinese diagnostic assay manufacturers and potential OEM agreements as part of stated global leadership strategy. Genewell to pursue CFDA approval of Horizon reference standards for broad distribution into Chinese clinical laboratory market....
Clinithink has helped to achieve a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis. The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns through DNA sequencing to 19.5 hours, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in a seamless end-to-end process and provided further evidence of its patented CLiX natural language processing (NLP) solution used in clinical trials....
Study Results in Leading Scientific Publication Underscores Value of PerkinElmer’s Vanadis NIPT Solution. PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the publication of a research study describing the technology behind the Vanadis NIPT system. The article titled “Imaging Single DNA Molecules for High Precision NIPT” was published online in Nature Scientific Reports...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. (SSB), a leading international technology partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has been selected by ABL Europe as its primary supplier of single-use systems. Through a supply partnership with SSB, ABL Europe has successfully increased and brought online...
From material testing to environmental monitoring: At the analytica, companies and research institutions from all over the world present their latest developments. A glance at the key aspects of the international leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology shows: Here, trade fair visitors experience technological innovations as...
Findings published in Nature Communications identify stem cell survival pathway, which may serve as a potential target for new breast cancer therapies. A team of researchers in the United States has identified a new stem cell pathway that allows a highly aggressive form of breast cancer – triple-negative breast cancer – to thrive, with their findings potentially pointing the way towards new, more effective...
Genevac reports on how Eurofins Biomnis (Lyon, France) has, using a miVac Quattro concentrator and SpeedTrap frost-free cold trap, considerably improved sample preparation productivity in its specialised clinical pathology laboratory. Sébastien Chanlon, Production Manager of the Eurofins Biomnis Analytical Chemistry Business Unit, commented “My department employs a wide range of...
The Phenomics Discovery Initiative (PDi) has expanded its assay portfolio to a total of 11 complex phenotypic assays that are relevant to human pathophysiology in areas of unmet clinical need including neuropsychiatric illnesses, dementia, cancer and respiratory infections. PDi is a public-private consortium joining the pharmaceutical industry and the National Phenotypic Screening Centre...
Clinithink has helped to achieve a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Fastest genetic diagnosis. The project successfully compressed the time needed to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns through DNA sequencing to 19.5 hours, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title in a seamless end-to-end process and provided further evidence of its patented CLiX natural language...
We are happy to share our latest application note where we demonstrate how the FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer can be used for studying the carrier lifetime in perovskite photovoltaic cells. We are pleased to have worked alongside the research group of Prof. Ifor Samuel at St Andrews University. Halide perovskite materials are revolutionising the field of solar cell research thanks to their low cost and high efficiency...
New website makes it easier to access expert FISH advice. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has launched a new version of itsCytocell® fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probes website - designed to provide a wealth of information and advice, offer refined functionality, and be easy-to-use. Cytocell is well known for its complete and comprehensive range of FISH...
SP Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Brian Larkin as its President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 19th replacing William (Bill) Downs who recently retired. Mr. Larkin brings to SP broad experience as a senior executive having spent the last 27 years in commercial and executive leadership roles in the medical device industry. Most recently he served as Vice President and General Manager for Becton Dickinson's...
A small specialist British engineering company called Priorclave celebrates 30 years in the design, manufacture and world-wide supply of an extensive range of laboratory and research grade autoclaves. The company has achieved considerable export success as well as supplying to UK organisations looking to purchase extremely reliable and durable sterilisers. Throughout these past 30 years Priorclave has not only introduced leading autoclave design technology...
Powder characterisation specialists, Freeman Technology, will be presenting at the upcoming ACHEMA exhibition and congress (11-15 June 2018, Frankfurt, Germany). Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from members of the Freeman team throughout the congress; where topics include predicting screw feeder performance (12 June at 15:00), the influence of fines content on the flow behaviour of FCC catalysts (13 June at 16:20)...