Porvair Sciences reports that the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India is using its Krystal 384 black microplate to produce a standard drug testing assay for Plasmodium vivax infection.
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....
Amazon Filters has supplied a major pharmaceutical manufacturer with bespoke filtration equipment enabling them to fulfil a contract to deliver critical drugs to a leading children’s hospital.
Faced with a shortfall of the required critical drugs, as they couldn’t get the right filtration equipment to filter them and carry on production, the pharmaceutical manufacturer turned to Amazon Filters for a solution. Neil Pizzey, Managing Director of Amazon Filters, commented "Faced with the possibility of children not receiving critical drugs....
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has announced the ambr® 15 automated micro bioreactor system combined with a Nova Biomedical (Nova) BioProfile® FLEX2 automated cell culture analyzer.
This newly integrated system, which is a first from SSB and Nova’s successful collaboration, enables rapid at-line sample collection and analysis of massive quantities of key cell culture data. SSB and Nova have collaborated to seamlessly integrate the software interface that controls....
Research into inherited human herpesvirus 6 identifies origins in a small number of people thousands of years ago and highlights the potential to ‘reactivate’
An estimated 1 million people in the UK carry a human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) genome integrated into their own human genome
The integrated HHV-6 genome is located in the same chromosome in people having no known family relationship
DNA sequencing showed that the integrated HHV-6 genomes originated thousands of years ago in a small number of ancestors
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have announced a new technology-based approach that could lead to a more accurate identification of people at high risk of type 2 diabetes.
It is hoped the findings, published in PLOS ONE, could one day help tackle the global increase of type 2 diabetes, which currently affects 415 million people worldwide and is predicted to rise to 642 million by 2040. The European and US researchers have discovered potential new predictors, or “biomarkers” of diabetes....
Deben has been chosen by Phenom-World to supply the Microtest Tensile Stage as an accessory to their Phenom XL range of desktop scanning electron microscopes.
Phenom-World, the leading global supplier of desktop scanning electron microscopes (SEMs), has once again chosen Deben as their preferred supplied of accessories for their Phenom XL range of desktop scanning electron microscopes.....
Magritek and Quantum Design announce their new distribution partnership.
Under the new agreement, Quantum Design South America will distribute Magritek’s product line of Spinsolve Benchtop NMR Spectrometers in South America. Commenting on the agreement, Andrew Coy, Magritek CEO said “We are delighted to be partnering with Quantum Design for the distribution of our Spinsolve Benchtop NMR family of products....
Chromatography Instruments Market by Type (Systems, Detectors), Consumables (Columns) and Accessories (Auto-sampler Accessories), Applications (Life science Research, Environmental Testing, Food & Beverage Testing), and Region
The global chromatography instruments market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2017 to 2022, to reach USD 10.99 billion. The key factors driving the growth of the overall chromatography instruments market include the rising food safety concerns, increasing use of chromatography tests in the drug approval process, and growing popularity of hyphenated chromatography techniques....
A growing list of experts from the global drug discovery community have signed up to join the speaker panel at ELRIG’s 11th annual Drug Discovery event.
The event provides a forum to share ideas and thoughts on current and future practices with speakers discussing their latest, unpublished findings. Dr Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice-President, IMED Biotech Unit AstraZeneca, and Dr Nessa Carey, International Director at PraxisUnico and Visiting Professor at Imperial College have joined the list of esteemed speakers....
BMG LABTECH reports successful development of new technology within the MetaCell-TM project
BMG LABTECH developed a new gas ramping function that can fully manipulate the environment within a microplate reader, by mimicking in vitro hypoxia and ischaemia/reperfusion. Equipped with this unique feature, the CLARIOstar® with Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU) is the first plate reader...
Researchers at Tokai University describe in Advanced Materials how wrapping biological tissue in a nanosheet of a particular organic material results in high-quality microscopy images.
Application of the wrap prevents the sample from drying out, and hence from shrinking, enabling larger image-recording times. In order to fully understand how biological cells function, it is important to be able to visualize them in their environment, on long-enough timescales and with high-enough resolution....
Genevac reports that its Rocket Synergy centrifugal evaporator is being adopted by laboratories looking to replace multiple rotary evaporators, from benchtop to production capacity, saving them valuable bench space and improving productivity.
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination. A built-in cold trap provides very high levels of solvent recovery, even with volatile organic solvents....
Great Expectations for the World Forum of the Process Industries
Some 9 months before the start there are unmistakable signs that ACHEMA 2018 will be a crowd-puller. More than 2700 exhibitors from all around the globe have already booked a stand at this leading show for the process industries in Frankfurt am Main.
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. Over the course of the two days, the exhibition will be complemented by more than 35 hours of seminars and conferences focused on current hot topics.....
The PREP series of symposia is the most recognized international conference devoted to advances in separation technologies in the field of preparative and process chromatography. Join us for a dynamic and innovative program where experts from around the world will address the latest developments and hottest topics in preparative and process chromatography....
Deben reports on the results of a new paper presented at the 2016 X-Ray Microscopy Conference where a new heating and compression stage has been developed and tested to study irradiated graphite
Scientists from the University of Manchester and Diamond Light Source (Diamond) have worked with Deben in the development and commissioning of a new mechanical testing stage. This stage enabled the simultaneous heating and compression of irradiated graphite during synchrotron microtomographic imaging.....
Swedish National Supercomputer Uses Big Data Approach To Show How Cancer Begins And Develops
A new Pathology Atlas is launched today with an analysis of all human genes in all major cancers showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival. The difference in expression patterns of individual cancers observed in the study strongly reinforces....
Co-exclusive global licence covers manufacture and integration of CEGX TrueMethyl® technology for oxidative bisulfite sequencing (oxBS-Seq) with Targeted Methylation and NuGEN Ovation Methyl-Seq systems
Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX) and NuGEN Technologies, leaders in innovative epigenetic technologies, today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement to integrate the CEGX TrueMethyl technology for oxidative bisulfite sequencing (oxBS-Seq) with NuGEN’s innovative NGS library preparation kits...
Notable private equity firm invests £2.5 million in the Cambridge-based biotech
Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT investor, has further expanded its life science portfolio, by investing £2.5m in Cambridge-based Axol Bioscience (Axol), a provider of stem cells produced from reprogrammed human blood and tissue cells....
Today Lonza announced an endothelial cell application center, which expands Lonza’s support for researchers.
This new online suite provides scientists with educational materials and product information to assist with vital endothelial cell research. As endothelial cells regulate many homeostatic processes within the body, their dysfunction has important implications for diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer....
Sartorius and Johnson Matthey both based in Royston, hosted an ‘Introduction to Children Challenging Industry (CCI)’ event at Sartorius’ Royston site in July 2017.
The event was attended by several local science and technology companies who wanted to find out more about the CCI programme, designed to provide 9-11-year-old children with positive perceptions of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based careers....
Formulating a budget should be the first thing that comes to mind when dealing with money.
Unavoidable but essential, it is just as important in a lab as in other aspects of life; and while you don’t receive any more money simply by budgeting, it does allow you to make the most of the money you have. Radleys, a UK leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment, is here to help with a few tips to help with budgeting in the lab....
The NCBS is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and computational approaches to study molecules, cells and organisms creating an understanding of the biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes....
Faced with a shortfall of the required critical drugs, as they couldn’t get the right filtration equipment to filter them and carry on production, the pharmaceutical manufacturer turned to Amazon Filters for a solution. Neil Pizzey, Managing Director of Amazon Filters, commented "Faced with the possibility of children not receiving critical drugs....
This newly integrated system, which is a first from SSB and Nova’s successful collaboration, enables rapid at-line sample collection and analysis of massive quantities of key cell culture data. SSB and Nova have collaborated to seamlessly integrate the software interface that controls....
It is hoped the findings, published in PLOS ONE, could one day help tackle the global increase of type 2 diabetes, which currently affects 415 million people worldwide and is predicted to rise to 642 million by 2040. The European and US researchers have discovered potential new predictors, or “biomarkers” of diabetes....
Phenom-World, the leading global supplier of desktop scanning electron microscopes (SEMs), has once again chosen Deben as their preferred supplied of accessories for their Phenom XL range of desktop scanning electron microscopes.....
Under the new agreement, Quantum Design South America will distribute Magritek’s product line of Spinsolve Benchtop NMR Spectrometers in South America. Commenting on the agreement, Andrew Coy, Magritek CEO said “We are delighted to be partnering with Quantum Design for the distribution of our Spinsolve Benchtop NMR family of products....
The global chromatography instruments market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2017 to 2022, to reach USD 10.99 billion. The key factors driving the growth of the overall chromatography instruments market include the rising food safety concerns, increasing use of chromatography tests in the drug approval process, and growing popularity of hyphenated chromatography techniques....
The event provides a forum to share ideas and thoughts on current and future practices with speakers discussing their latest, unpublished findings. Dr Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice-President, IMED Biotech Unit AstraZeneca, and Dr Nessa Carey, International Director at PraxisUnico and Visiting Professor at Imperial College have joined the list of esteemed speakers....
BMG LABTECH developed a new gas ramping function that can fully manipulate the environment within a microplate reader, by mimicking in vitro hypoxia and ischaemia/reperfusion. Equipped with this unique feature, the CLARIOstar® with Atmospheric Control Unit (ACU) is the first plate reader...
Application of the wrap prevents the sample from drying out, and hence from shrinking, enabling larger image-recording times. In order to fully understand how biological cells function, it is important to be able to visualize them in their environment, on long-enough timescales and with high-enough resolution....
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination. A built-in cold trap provides very high levels of solvent recovery, even with volatile organic solvents....
Some 9 months before the start there are unmistakable signs that ACHEMA 2018 will be a crowd-puller. More than 2700 exhibitors from all around the globe have already booked a stand at this leading show for the process industries in Frankfurt am Main.
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. Over the course of the two days, the exhibition will be complemented by more than 35 hours of seminars and conferences focused on current hot topics.....
The PREP series of symposia is the most recognized international conference devoted to advances in separation technologies in the field of preparative and process chromatography. Join us for a dynamic and innovative program where experts from around the world will address the latest developments and hottest topics in preparative and process chromatography....
Scientists from the University of Manchester and Diamond Light Source (Diamond) have worked with Deben in the development and commissioning of a new mechanical testing stage. This stage enabled the simultaneous heating and compression of irradiated graphite during synchrotron microtomographic imaging.....
A new Pathology Atlas is launched today with an analysis of all human genes in all major cancers showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival. The difference in expression patterns of individual cancers observed in the study strongly reinforces....
Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX) and NuGEN Technologies, leaders in innovative epigenetic technologies, today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement to integrate the CEGX TrueMethyl technology for oxidative bisulfite sequencing (oxBS-Seq) with NuGEN’s innovative NGS library preparation kits...
Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT investor, has further expanded its life science portfolio, by investing £2.5m in Cambridge-based Axol Bioscience (Axol), a provider of stem cells produced from reprogrammed human blood and tissue cells....
This new online suite provides scientists with educational materials and product information to assist with vital endothelial cell research. As endothelial cells regulate many homeostatic processes within the body, their dysfunction has important implications for diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer....
The event was attended by several local science and technology companies who wanted to find out more about the CCI programme, designed to provide 9-11-year-old children with positive perceptions of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) based careers....
Unavoidable but essential, it is just as important in a lab as in other aspects of life; and while you don’t receive any more money simply by budgeting, it does allow you to make the most of the money you have. Radleys, a UK leading manufacturer of laboratory equipment, is here to help with a few tips to help with budgeting in the lab....