The MRC-funded Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

CLIMB was awarded the following honours - “Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences” for Real-Time analysis of Zika genomes, supported by Lenovo, OpenStack, IBM, Red Hat and Dell EMC and “Best HPC Collaboration (Academia/Government/Industry)” for CLIMB drawing on Lenovo...

sciNote Manuscript Writer is the first add-on of its kind to aid researchers in drafting scientific papers

How good design improves energy efficiency

Innovative animal-free cell culture improves consistency, safety and efficiency 

InVitria, a division of Ventria Bioscience, has announced the launch of a new media formulation service at the international BIO-Europe conference in Berlin, Germany. Leveraging Ventria's proprietary ExpressTec technology, InVitria has developed and commercialized....

Asynt reports on an increasing demand for bespoke glass laboratory reactor systems, optimised to meet the exact demands of an application or project.

As a respected supplier of off-the-shelf laboratory reactor systems, Asynt has the in-depth knowledge and glassware manufacturing expertise to also offer customised glass reactor vessels ranging from tens of millilitres to 50 litres in capacity. A polymer resin manufacturer commissioned Asynt to develop a 20-litre jacketed glass laboratory reactor...

Innovative and relevant models for understanding alpha-synuclein biology and Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis in vivo

Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), today introduced two new gene knock-out and knock-in rat models for investigating the role of alpha-synuclein in brain function and Parkinson’s disease...

The Translational Research Institute (TRI), Brisbane has become the first centre in Australia and the Asia Pacific region to adopt the Livecyte™ Cell Imaging and Analysis system.

TRI was formed to enhance collaboration between science, healthcare and industry with the purpose of accelerating the application of innovative scientific research to improve healthcare outcomes. The Institute, derived from a partnership between Queensland Health....

Quorum Technologies report on how the Laboratory of Food Technology & Engineering at the University of Ghent, Belgium, applies cryo techniques to prepare food samples for study by scanning electron microscopy. 

Ir Davy Van de Walle is a senior researcher in the Laboratory of Food Technology & Engineering at the University of Ghent. He works for the head of the laboratory, Professor Koen Dewettinck. Their mission is to design foods on the nano- and microscale which provide the answer to the consumer demand for new products....

Weizmann Institute completes installation of system following start of EU grant funding for multicolor MR imaging

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has announced the installation of the Biospec^® 15.2 Tesla USR™ preclinical ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument from Bruker. The new instrument is installed in the Daniel Wolf building of the Department of Chemical Research....

User defined application available on Beckman AU clinical chemistry analyzers for LiquiColor^® Procalcitonin (PCT) assay enabling quick and effective sepsis identification

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that its Stanbio Chemistry Procalcitonin (PCT) LiquiColor^® assay has been FDA cleared and validated for use on Beckman AU 480, 680 and 5800 clinical chemistry analyzers.....

INTEGRA has released an application guide highlighting the importance of choosing the right disposable tips for the liquid you’re pipetting.

The recently published Performance of Low Retention GripTips from INTEGRA demonstrates how these high quality consumables can improve pipetting performance for viscous and low surface tension liquids. High quality pipettes and correct techniques are essential to ensure reliable and reproducible results....

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) have received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 European Customer Service Leadership Award for Bioanalytical Contract Testing Services.

Presented at the Frost & Sullivan ceremony in London, UK, this award recognizes the unique product and service combination and enhanced customer satisfaction provided by Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource, SSB’s subsidiary based in Glasgow....

JPK Instruments reports on the Schwille Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich using JPK's NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM to study living membrane systems.

Dr Henri Franquelim is a Post Doc researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry situated near Munich. He is a member of Professor Petra Schwille's research team whose goal is to quantitatively understand the essence and core principles of living systems...

The second educational grass roots event held by The Chromatographic Society, has been hailed a great success. 

The four-day course for post-graduate students and novice chromatographers took place at the Long Mynd Hotel in Church Stretton and was delivered by renowned expert chromatographers, Professor Mel Euerby from Shimadzu, Tony Taylor from Crawford Scientific, Professor Tony Edge from Agilent and Dr Paul Ferguson from AstraZeneca....

Ingenza has reached a major technical milestone with Syngenta in their collaboration to develop efficient manufacturing technologies for innovative crop protection products.

Ingenza’s leadership in industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology has been validated by this application of key microbial gene maintenance and expression technologies which will now be further developed by Syngenta. The collaboration capitalises on Ingenza’s proprietary inABLE suite of capabilities in gene expression....

Finding of lung fibrosis gene highlights a potential new avenue for treatment

Health scientists at the University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have heralded the discovery of a gene associated with lung fibrosis as ‘a potential new avenue of treatment for further research into this terrible disease.’ The breakthrough is announced in a paper published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine....

Greiner Bio-One, technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, unveiled two new instrument platforms for the automated use of PapilloCheck at this year′s EUROGIN in Amsterdam, the international conference for education and research on the human papillomavirus (HPV).

The compact sized CX NIMBUS fits easily in any laboratory setting and incorporates liquid handling of DNA extraction and pre-PCR for an easy and fast processing of 48 samples. CX STARlet is used for automated processing of 96 samples with its integrated devices such as thermal cycler and sealer....

Extensive experience enables biopharmaceutical researchers to better navigate clinical trial complexities and minimize risks

ERT, a global data and technology company that minimizes uncertainty and risk in clinical trials, today announced it has reached a significant milestone in its nearly 50 year history: Global biopharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs) have relied on the company....

A novel and disruptive analysis and monoclonal assurance system for drug discovery and development

TTP Plc (TTP), a leading independent technology and product development company, and Sphere Fluidics, which provides single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, have announced the launch of the award-winning Cyto-Mine^® Single Cell Analysis System....

For many years Alpha Laboratories and Sartorius have delivered a popular training programme covering correct pipetting techniques, the ergonomic use of pipettes, plus basic service and maintenance of pipettes in everyday laboratory use.

User feedback has now led to the development of the Advanced Pipetting Academy™ to address the unique requirements of individual laboratories. The new Advanced Pipetting Academy™ is an ISO9001 and ISO 13485 accredited training programme....

Porvair Sciences reports on the revolutionary “FlowerPlate” microplate developed and manufactured as an OEM product with and for m2p-labs in Germany.

Based in Baesweiler, Germany, m2p-labs was founded in 2005 as a spin-off of RWTH Aachen University. The company focuses on development and supply of systems for microreaction and automated solutions for screening and bioprocess development.....

DESKGEN Series Libraries are designed and manufactured using the latest CRISPR gene editing techniques and artificial intelligence to deliver a tailored end-to-end solution

Desktop Genetics Ltd (“the Company”), a company revolutionizing the way biologists use CRISPR genome editing technology, has announced the launch of its DESKGEN Series CRISPR Libraries to support gene editing efforts in academic and biopharma settings....