Key processes in the body are controlled by the concentration of calcium in and around cells. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed the first sensor molecule that is able to visualize calcium in living animals....

Fimmic, a Finnish medtech company developing Deep Learning AI solutions for digital medical microscopy, announce that it has closed a €5M investment round to accelerate scaling of its WebMicroscope® AI Cloud for tissue diagnostics.

Led by new investor Ascend Capital Partners, the round brings the Company’s total raised funds in 2017 to €6.6M. Existing investors, including ACME Investments and STO-Rahoitus, also participated this round....

Combined organization delivers innovative, efficient safety & efficacy solutions that support all phases of clinical development

ERT, a global data and technology company that minimizes uncertainty and risk in clinical trials, has announced it has acquired iCardiac Technologies, a leading provider of centralized cardiac safety and respiratory solutions that accelerate clinical research....

Fast Track Diagnostics S.à.r.l., one of the leading global suppliers of syndromic real-time PCR multiplexing kits, has been partnering for several months with UgenTec NV, an innovative European medical device software company that develops artificially intelligent PCR interpretation software. 

From the first of January 2018, all Fast Track Diagnostics´ kits will be available on UgenTec´s FastFinder, a fully automated real-time PCR interpretation platform. This module will allow technicians to fully automate and standardise analysis of FTD´s kits with Applied Biosystems 7500 and LightCycler® 480 PCR platforms.....

Analytik are pleased to announce that Scottish researchers from the University of Glasgow have turned to Raman analytical technology to gain a better understanding of the use of colour in Roman sculpture. 

Dr Louisa Campbell is researching Paints and Pigments In the Past (PPIP) in her role as Postdoctoral Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, a project part-funded by Historic Environment Scotland's Archaeology Programme. The project team aims to analyse and identify the compounds in pigments...

First in class anti-AMHRII monoclonal antibody is currently completing early clinical phases in ovarian cancer

GamaMabs Pharma, a biotechnology company developing optimized therapeutic antibodies targeting AMHR2 for the treatment of cancer, announces that two peer-reviewed articles have been published in the prestigious journal, Oncotarget, elaborating on the anti-tumor activity of GamaMabs’ lead compound GM102/3C23K for ovarian cancer....

Grundium is developing the first portable digital microscope scanner in the world

China based investment firm, Ascend Capital Partners, has invested two million Euros to help Grundium OY develop their innovative portable digital microscope scanner. Grundium’s vision is to bring digital microscope scanners to every pathologist’s desk.....

Sectra announces that all St. Antonius Hospital locations have now gone live with Sectra’s enterprise image management solution for radiology, nuclear medicine and cardiology. With this solution for handling medical images across multiple locations and medical disciplines in a single system, physicians at St. Antonius can seamlessly share images and information with each other. Using a single system that is tightly integrated with the Epic EMR system will also reduce the workload of the IT department....

APAS® is a breakthrough artificial intelligence technology for the automated imaging, image analysis, interpretation and reporting of growth on microbiology plates after incubation. The APAS® Independence, which is about the size of a large photocopier, improves the diagnostic efficiency of microbiology laboratories and enables faster reporting of infectious diseases

Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, announces the launch of its new cell line-derived epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Multiplex cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Reference Standard.

The new Reference Standard allows laboratories and assay developers to optimize, validate and routinely monitor performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests, next generation sequencing (NGS), and other novel assays designed to detect EGFR mutations from cfDNA.

AUREA gTOXXs: the robust and efficient alternative to conventional Genotox screening assays

Our genetic makeup affects our height, eye color, personality or life expectancy, but also the likelihood of getting vascular disease, cancer or mental illness. The integrity of our genome, the DNA, is essential to prevent, for example, cancer, premature aging and neurodegenerative diseases.....

Registration is now open for the 2018 Materials Research Exchange & Investor Showcase (MRE2018), the biggest and finest materials innovation event of its kind.

MRE2018 is delighted to extend a free early bird delegate registration offer until January 31st 2018.  Sign up today and join the entire materials landscape, from academics to spin-outs to SMEs and product designers to manufacturers and users and of course investors - all under one roof....

Deben reports on a publication in Microscopy & Microanalysis from the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science.

This shows a Deben CT500 tensile and compression stage being used in conjunction with a ZEISS Xradia Micro XCT system to enable a better understanding of ceramic matrix composites under various tensile bending loads. Dr Benedicta Arhatari is X-ray Tomography Laboratory Manager....

Molecular-biological analysis using state-of-the-art equipment at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna discovers gene transfer from bacteria – and the corresponding stress!

Thanks to genes acquired from bacteria, a fungus can degrade an environmentally harmful hydrocarbon - and comes under considerable stress in the process. These remarkable research findings, which were published recently, were obtained by a group from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.....

The Registration Committee has announced that conferee registration is now open for Pittcon 2018, the world’s premier annual conference and exposition for laboratory science.

The event will be held February 26 through March 1, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The discounted registration fee of $190 is available through February 5, 2018 ($325 after 2/5)....

Boulting Environmental Services wins Contractor of the Year award 

At the inaugural National Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Awards, rapidly growing cleanroom and laboratory design and construction firm, Boulting Environmental Services (BES), won the Contractor of the Year Award. By working in a close collaboration with AstraZeneca, BES delivered a highly sophisticated facility...

JPK Instruments reports on the exciting research of the Kim Group in the Structural Biology Laboratory of the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, (SKKU), Suwon, South Korea using JPK's NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM to study the binding of transcription factor Sox2 with super enhancers. 

Professor Kyeong Kyu Kim leads a research group in the Structural Biology Laboratory of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Suwon, South Korea. The goal of their research is to understand the working mechanisms of Sox2, a master transcription factor that plays a role in controlling the “stemness” of cells....

Trial will analyze breath biomarkers to improve understanding of the treatment effects of a novel GSK pipeline drug candidate for COPD

Owlstone Medical Ltd, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, has announced that GSK, a world leader in respiratory, will incorporate Owlstone Medical’s Breath Biopsy platform into the clinical development programme of danirixin one of the novel drug candidates in its respiratory disease pipeline....

Hichrom’s 2018 training courses

With courses delivered by world-renowned experts including Mel Euerby, Mark Powell, Diane Turner and others the new 2018 Hichrom training calendar is now available! Whether you are a relative newcomer to chromatography or a seasoned veteran, you can benefit from one of our courses.

Promoting interdisciplinary exchange between science and industry on the topics of regenerative medicine and cell therapy: this is the objective Sartorius will be pursuing by hosting its second Research Xchange Forum on March 20 and 21, 2018, at Sartorius College in Goettingen.

Postnova Analytics reports that the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield (UK) is using their AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system to investigate the mechanism of amyloid formation, a protein mis-folding process implicated to be the cause of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Understanding the causes of neurodegenerative diseases is a huge challenge. Outbreaks of BSE (commonly known as mad cow disease) and the rise of Alzheimer’s as a leading cause of death has meant that there is increasing pressure to find a cure....

A single protein from a worm parasite may one day offer new therapeutic options for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis, that avoid the potentially serious side effects of current immunosuppressant medications.

The study, published today in Nature Communications, demonstrates the discovery of a distinct new worm protein which mimics a cytokine found in humans, known as transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β). The newly-discovered protein switches off inflammation by...