Series A round co-led by Silicon Valley investor DCVC and London-based Draper Esprit. EVONETIX LTD, the Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to enable scalable and high-fidelity gene synthesis, has announced that it has completed a $12.3 million (£9 million) financing to advance the development of its technology. The financing was co-led by DCVC (Data Collective) of Palo Alto, CA and European-based Draper Esprit, and included the Morningside group, alongside...
In collaboration with the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at the University of California San Diego, ZEISS releases a new Focal Charge Compensation module for block face imaging with ZEISS GeminiSEM and 3View® from Gatan, Inc. Focal Charge Compensation expands versatility and considerably increases data quality without prolonging acquisition times and enables easy imaging of even the most charge-prone samples....
Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, report on how the University of Bristol prepared samples of fossilised skin for SEM imaging as part of the characterisation of a sea dragon skeleton aged more than 200 million years. David Attenborough has been fascinated by fossils since he was a boy. It was not therefore surprising to find him down on the Dorset coast of England to film...
Enamine REAL database of synthetic compounds accessible via UCSF’s online ZINC platform. Enamine Ltd., a chemical research organization and producer of novel building blocks and screening libraries, has today announced that it has expanded its collaboration on ZINC, a comprehensive online database of purchasable compounds curated by the Irwin and Shoichet laboratories in the Department of...
The innovative camera-based technology of the DataPaq™ Mirage gives a compact scanner design for easy integration with laboratory automation systems. Ziath showcase its new, cost-effective 2D barcode rack scanner, the DataPaq™ Mirage, at SLAS2018. This innovative camera-based scanner has a low-profile design enabling it to be easily integrated with...
Laboratory safety cabinet and enclosure manufacturer Bigneat Ltd has installed a custom designed and manufactured controlled environment system to answer the specific needs of a leading transfusion diagnostics company. The company has developed an innovative diagnostic system that will allow automated blood type testing and disease screening, providing significant clinical benefits - significant savings in testing costs and rapid results...
New liquid handling platform reduces assay development time and improves assay robustness in high throughput screening. TTP Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, has announced the global commercial launch of its dragonfly® discovery liquid handling technology at SLAS 2018, in San Diego, CA USA.....
Metrohm USA welcomes its Tampa employees to their new North American headquarters in Riverview, Florida. Since breaking ground in February 2017, the 90,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility has evolved into a space that exemplifies Metrohm’s continued commitment to its customers and employees. “Metrohm’s dedication to the people that use our instruments and those who support them make us who we are as a company....
Created by medical practitioners and the world’s foremost experts at the cutting edge of imaging technology, this two-day conference in central London addresses the need for an integrated approach to developing medical imaging systems for clinical use. The conference bridges the gap between medical professionals and the imaging technology supply chain, providing the community with a better understanding of the challenges and capabilities of today’s advanced medical imagers.
Absolute Antibody Ltd., an Oxford, UK-based company with a vision to make recombinant antibody technology accessible to all, and Kerafast Inc., a Boston, MA-based company with a mission to facilitate access to unique laboratory-made reagents, today announced a merger of the two companies. The merger brings together two companies with a shared commitment to improving the selection of research tools available to the scientific community....
Waters Corporation has introduced BioResolve™ RP mAb Polyphenyl 450 angstrom 2.7 micron solid core Columns intended for the reversed-phase analysis of intact or sub-unit-digested monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) using LC-UV and LC-MS. In addition to getting performance-driven columns, users of BioResolve brand columns will receive application-focused standards, templated methods, and an enhanced level of applications support....
New technology will be included in the second generation of CODIM products, providing access to single molecule tracking with true nanoscopic molecular resolution. BioAxial, a key player in live cell super resolution microscopy, announces that it has been granted a US patent covering ‘black fluorophore’, a pivotal component of ‘dark tracking’ technology. This patent consolidates BioAxial’s patent portfolio, which already comprises...
In a world first, a new experiment to study the effects of space weather on global communications is being launched by the UK and US governments. Using specially designed shoebox-sized satellites known as CubeSats, scientists will be able to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere and find out how it impacts on radio frequencies through space. Dr Mike O’Callaghan, Space Programme Manager at Dstl, said: “We’re trying to...
Detailing best practices to produce, purchase, store and use microbiological media. Cherwell Laboratories, specialist suppliers of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, has published an eBook titled, “The Pharmaceutical and Cleanroom Industry’s Pocket Guide to Prepared Culture Media”. Available to download from Cherwell’s website, the new guide is intended for anyone involved in using and/or buying microbiological media...
Solution combines global laboratory logistics expertise with leading sample tracking software to optimize the management and care of human biological samples throughout their lifecycle. PAREXEL International Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of biopharmaceutical services, has launched its Biological Sample Lifecycle Management service, enabling optimal use of human biological samples......
Astell Scientific, the leading UK manufacturer of laboratory autoclaves, is delighted to announce the launch of a new website and brand name covering its range of aqueous Effluent Decontamination Systems (EDS). Under the name AstellBio, the Kent based company will offer custom built sterilization systems designed to treat waste water from BSL level 3 laboratories and other specialist research and high containment facilities...
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. In the new study, published today in PLOS Pathogens, scientists show that a novel strain of the inherited bacteria Wolbachia strongly blocks transmission of dengue and Zika virus among infected mosquitoes, offering a potential alternative to strains already being tested as virus control tools....
Porvair Sciences has announced that it will showcase its latest microplate and chromatography products at the forthcoming Analytica 2018 exhibition in Munich, Germany. Designed for high recovery extraction of analytes from biological fluids, the 96-well Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) microplate operates without the need for offline steps such as protein precipitation. The large pore size and high pore volume of...
Pittcon partners again with ATIV Software to implement conference and exposition mobile app. The Pittcon marketing department is pleased to announce the release of its official conference and exposition mobile app, Pittcon 2018. The app contains valuable information to help you plan and navigate the conference and exposition. It acts as an all-inclusive, real-time show guide with details on exhibiting companies, technical sessions, Conferee Networking sessions...
Coming to Washington, DC USA is the largest and most recognized global conference where internationally acclaimed experts in the world of liquid phase separations will address cutting-edge research, critical and emerging technologies, and novel solutions to important problems in pharmaceutical, environmental, and industrial R&D. Are you interested in mass spectrometry, chromatography, or electrophoresis? Are you solving complex analytical problems....
MR Solutions’ latest EVO2+ spectrometer now offers the most advanced levels of functionality and user control for constructors of clinical MRI scanners. This, the electronic brains of the scanner, provides superior imaging results using multi-channel transmission. The EVO2+ spectrometer, the tenth generation technology, has been designed with the latest digital technology for the widest range of features of any spectrometer on offer to MRI manufacturers and suppliers....
Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed-water analysis instrumentation and software, has been presented with the 2018 Global On-site Lubricating Oil Analysis Equipment Customer Value Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan, a global market research consulting firm. This recognition is part of Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 Best Practices Award program. To receive this award, an organization must be best-in-class in three key areas: understanding demand, nurturing a brand, and differentiating from the competition....
Series A round co-led by Silicon Valley investor DCVC and London-based Draper Esprit. EVONETIX LTD, the Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to enable scalable and high-fidelity gene synthesis, has announced that it has completed a $12.3 million (£9 million) financing to advance the development of its technology. The financing was co-led by DCVC (Data Collective) of Palo Alto, CA and European-based Draper Esprit, and included the Morningside group, alongside...
In collaboration with the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at the University of California San Diego, ZEISS releases a new Focal Charge Compensation module for block face imaging with ZEISS GeminiSEM and 3View® from Gatan, Inc. Focal Charge Compensation expands versatility and considerably increases data quality without prolonging acquisition times and enables easy imaging of even the most charge-prone samples....
Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, report on how the University of Bristol prepared samples of fossilised skin for SEM imaging as part of the characterisation of a sea dragon skeleton aged more than 200 million years. David Attenborough has been fascinated by fossils since he was a boy. It was not therefore surprising to find him down on the Dorset coast of England to film...
Enamine REAL database of synthetic compounds accessible via UCSF’s online ZINC platform. 
The innovative camera-based technology of the DataPaq™ Mirage gives a compact scanner design for easy integration with laboratory automation systems. 
Laboratory safety cabinet and enclosure manufacturer Bigneat Ltd has installed a custom designed and manufactured controlled environment system to answer the specific needs of a leading transfusion diagnostics company. The company has developed an innovative diagnostic system that will allow automated blood type testing and disease screening, providing significant clinical benefits - significant savings in testing costs and rapid results...
Metrohm USA welcomes its Tampa employees to their new North American headquarters in Riverview, Florida. 
Created by medical practitioners and the world’s foremost experts at the cutting edge of imaging technology, this two-day conference in central London addresses the need for an integrated approach to developing medical imaging systems for clinical use. The conference bridges the gap between medical professionals and the imaging technology supply chain, providing the community with a better understanding of the challenges and capabilities of today’s advanced medical imagers.
Absolute Antibody Ltd., an Oxford, UK-based company with a vision to make recombinant antibody technology accessible to all, and Kerafast Inc., a Boston, MA-based company with a mission to facilitate access to unique laboratory-made reagents, today announced a merger of the two companies. The merger brings together two companies with a shared commitment to improving the selection of research tools available to the scientific community....
Waters Corporation has introduced BioResolve™ RP mAb Polyphenyl 450 angstrom 2.7 micron solid core Columns intended for the reversed-phase analysis of intact or sub-unit-digested monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) using LC-UV and LC-MS. In addition to getting performance-driven columns, users of BioResolve brand columns will receive application-focused standards, templated methods, and an enhanced level of applications support....
New technology will be included in the second generation of CODIM products, providing access to single molecule tracking with true nanoscopic molecular resolution. 
In a world first, a new experiment to study the effects of space weather on global communications is being launched by the UK and US governments. 
Solution combines global laboratory logistics expertise with leading sample tracking software to optimize the management and care of human biological samples throughout their lifecycle. PAREXEL International Corporation, the world’s leading innovator of biopharmaceutical services, has launched its Biological Sample Lifecycle Management service, enabling optimal use of human biological samples......
Astell Scientific, the leading UK manufacturer of laboratory autoclaves, is delighted to announce the launch of a new website and brand name covering its range of aqueous Effluent Decontamination Systems (EDS). 
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. 
Porvair Sciences has announced that it will showcase its latest microplate and chromatography products at the forthcoming Analytica 2018 exhibition in Munich, Germany. 
Pittcon partners again with ATIV Software to implement conference and exposition mobile app. 
Coming to Washington, DC USA is the largest and most recognized global conference where internationally acclaimed experts in the world of liquid phase separations will address cutting-edge research, critical and emerging technologies, and novel solutions to important problems in pharmaceutical, environmental, and industrial R&D. Are you interested in mass spectrometry, chromatography, or electrophoresis? Are you solving complex analytical problems....
MR Solutions’ latest EVO2+ spectrometer now offers the most advanced levels of functionality and user control for constructors of clinical MRI scanners. This, the electronic brains of the scanner, provides superior imaging results using multi-channel transmission. The EVO2+ spectrometer, the tenth generation technology, has been designed with the latest digital technology for the widest range of features of any spectrometer on offer to MRI manufacturers and suppliers....