Messe München bolsters its portfolio with the future market of Africa.
By taking over Lab Africa, it is acquiring the only laboratory and analytics trade fair in South Africa, which is part of the analytica trade fair network. The first Lab Africa under the banner of Messe München will take place in Johannesburg in mid-2019....
HILIC method development is essential for the successful separation of many polar analytes. New ACE HILIC Method Development Kits are now available to provide you with an unrivalled screening platform for your HILIC analysis....
Read MoreBreaking Bad: Cancer Cell Drug Addiction SolvedOct 20, 2017
Cancer cells can become not only resistant but also addicted to the drugs that serve to kill them.
A research team led by professor Daniel Peeper from the Netherlands Cancer Institute has now discovered the underlying mechanism, which may guide the development of more rational alternating therapies. They publish their findings in Nature on October 4th....
Finnish biotech Nightingale Health, which provides a comprehensive blood analysis service world-wide to universities and medical research institutions, has announced a pilot of its technology in the healthcare sector.
The goal of the pilot, in partnership with Finnish health service provider Coronaria, is to verify that Nightingale’s service can be successfully applied within a healthcare setting. Nightingale's blood test can replace many routine blood tests currently used in healthcare (e.g. glucose tests)....
Powder characterisation specialists, Freeman Technology, have expanded their global operations with the establishment of an office in Germany.
“We have been working with businesses in Germany since the company was founded. “It has long been a region with a significant number of powder processing companies across a range of industries” said Tim Freeman, Managing Director....
INTEGRA continues to place itself at the forefront of pipetting technology, developing and perfecting its VIAFLO 96/384 range of microplate pipettes for a variety of applications, including ELISA, PCR, and nucleic acid and protein extraction.
With intuitive hand guided operation, these systems enable the simultaneous transfer of entire plates in a single step, increasing throughput and reproducibility. The benchtop VIAFLO 96 and 384 channel pipettes benefit from a small footprint and easily exchangeable pipetting heads....
SUEZ Water UK has responded to increasing laboratory interest in sustainable solutions by introducing ECO options for its popular Select water purification systems.
In addition to saving electricity with an intelligent stand-by feature, customers can now save water through high recovery reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Recovery rates in similar RO-based systems can sometimes be as low as 10%....
Metrohm USA is excited to announce the opening of its newest field office in Fountain Valley, California.
Located just outside of Los Angeles, the new West Coast location supports the company’s mission to bring its market-leading technologies closer to customers. The 6,200 square foot office will feature a full laboratory for training and demonstrations and generous space for customer meetings....
Lab Innovations – the UK’s only dedicated showcase for laboratory, analytical and biotech equipment – returns to the NEC, Birmingham, for its sixth consecutive year on the 1st and 2nd of November 2017.
With the largest gathering of laboratory suppliers in the UK, this free-to-attend show has lots on offer for professionals across a wide range of sectors, from pharmaceuticals to food and drink. As well as browsing the latest products from over 150 exhibitors, visitors have the opportunity to take advantage of over 35 hours of seminars.....
Lonza has introduced the CytoSMART™ 2 System, an updated version of Lonza’s popular CytoSMART™ System for live cell imaging.
The CytoSMART™ 2 Device features an advanced optical system and more powerful camera unit, which enables researchers to capture higher-resolution images of their cell cultures. Images taken can be digitally enlarged two-fold to display more cellular detail for enhanced monitoring of cell cultures....
Will store 3.5 million biospecimens, including over 150,000 aliquots from 25,000 participants, as part of the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts joint collaboration
Hamilton Storage announces that their Hamilton BiOS® automated storage system was selected for use in the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts (BIOM-Mass) project; a collaborative effort between....
Tecan has unveiled its latest innovation, the automated RESOLVEX™ A200 positive pressure workstation for LC-MS sample prep.
This walkaway systemfurther expands Tecan’s portfolio of MS sample preparation workstations and smart consumables, uniquely allowing the company to provide complete solutions to match any workflow, from manual processing to semi-automated high throughput systems based on a Freedom EVO® or Fluent® platform.....
Lab Innovations – the UK’s only dedicated showcase for laboratory, analytical and biotech equipment – returns to the NEC, Birmingham, for its sixth consecutive year on the 1st and 2nd of November 2017.
Science writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford will be a keynote speaker at this year’s event, drawing on his experiences as a scientific adviser for the film industry to highlight how popular culture can be an effective medium for ‘normalising’ science...
Announcing the Single-Cell Printer for documented isolation of cells in clonal cell line development
Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, have announced a partnership with Cytena GmbH to launch the CloneSelect™ Single-Cell Printer™ in North America. This novel system utilizes sophisticated microfluidics-based technology and real-time image analysis to isolate single cells....
Research carried out by academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle could lead to improvements in treating patients with diseases caused by mutations in genes, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and potentially up to 6,000 other inherited conditions.
By using virus genomics (genetic material), big data analysis and coding, the experts have devised a technique for predicting how patients are likely to respond to treatments that directly target mutated genes, without even coming into contact with the patient....
In-Depth Genomics Leverages PerkinElmer’s Comprehensive Sequencing Services to Provide Whole Genome Sequencing to Neurology Patients
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, have announced an innovative collaboration with In-Depth Genomics (IDG) to support IDG’s Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Diagnostic Program that will bring genetic diagnosis.....
The UConn School of Engineering announced the launch of a new UConn-ZEISS Partnership with the opening of a new, state of the art laboratory, the Reverse Engineering, Fabrication, Inspection and Nondestructive Evaluation (REFINE) Lab.
The event was attended by many members of the ZEISS leadership team, including President of ZEISS North America, James Sharp. According to Sharp, working with a top research institution like UConn is part of the ZEISS tradition....
Visitors to Booth H4 will be able to see how the built-in configuration tools in Autoscribe Informatics’ Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) allow the software to be readily configured for any type of laboratory....
Laboratories can now rely on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s expanded line of cold-storage products to help them meet their goals for both productivity and sustainability.
The company recently earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification for its Thermo Scientific TSX Series ultra-low temperature freezers, which is designed to reduce energy consumption while ensuring sample protection.....
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), the world leader in thermal desorption technology, has announced the opening of a new Chinese subsidiary.
The new operation will support Markes’ existing network of Chinese distributors and sales agents, and will be spearheaded by a recently-appointed General Manager, Lili Tang. Speaking about Markes’ new operation in China, Managing Director Tim Hawkins said....
A consortium led by the University of Glasgow has been awarded a £1.7 million grant to create the world’s largest Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease (IMID) Biobank.
The Medical Research Council (MRC) funded project will be delivered by the IMIDBio-UK consortium, which brings together researchers from the University of Glasgow, Newcastle University, the University of Cambridge, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Manchester.....
IONTAS will provide Glythera with antibodies from its fully human antibody libraries
Glythera will use these antibodies, in combination with its novel toxin portfolio, to develop next generation ADCs with improved efficacy and safety, to target difficult-to-treat tumours. Glythera Limited (‘Glythera’), the next generation Antibody Drug Conjugate....