BioTek Instruments’ Gen5™ Microplate Reader and Imager Software was awarded a SelectScience® Silver “Seal of Quality”
The seal was awarded for Gen5 having consistently received the highest review ratings by the more than 80 users who have reviewed the software to date. Gen5 Microplate Reader and Imager Software integrates with all of BioTek’s imaging and detection systems....
Horizon Discovery Group plc announces that Abcam plc has extended a pre-existing license and supply agreement between the two companies by exercising an exclusivity provision for the period from July 2017 through June 2018.
In September 2015, Horizon and Abcam entered into a collaboration to provide exclusive access to Horizon’s extensive library of human diploid and haploid cell line models for the functional validation of Abcam’s existing monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, and for the development of additional haploid cell lines to validate new antibodies introduced by Abcam....
Developed to supportassay development and validation for detection of anti-drug antibodies
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, has announced it has launched a new version of its anti-drug antibody(ADA)solution for the immunogenicity market....
APIN Public Health Initiatives Ltd/Gte will be using the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from Autoscribe Informatics to manage the collection and testing of blood samples at 4 different sites in Nigeria.
APIN is a leading non-government organisation in Nigeria in the provision of prevention, care and treatment services to patients with HIV/AIDS and other diseases of public health significance. The testing of blood samples is the fundamental method for the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS and for monitoring the effectiveness of ART (Anti Retroviral Therapy) treatments....
Researchers have found a direct window into the brain systems involved in making everyday decisions based on preference.
The study, led by a team of neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, and published today in Nature Communications, offers crucial insight into the neural mechanisms underlying our decision-making process, opening up new avenues for the investigation of preference-based choices in humans....
INTEGRA has published a ‘How-It-Works’ guide to explain the benefits of using a peristaltic pump for pumping and dispensing a wide variety of liquids.
Pumping and dispensing culture media, buffer solutions and other liquids are routine tasks undertaken by many laboratories. Making sure that the liquid remains contamination-free during the pumping / dispensing operation, ease of operation and maintenance as well as ensuring a wide range of liquids can be transferred with high precision are key attributes of a good peristaltic pump....
Effective July 1, 2017, Analytik Jena AG is selling all of its shares in AJ Blomesystem GmbH to the GUS Group.
The sale of the previously wholly owned subsidiary and provider of comprehensive laboratory software management and information systems (LIMS) results from the strategic orientation of Analytik Jena AG, which will focus on its core business of lab analysis in the future....
Researchers from University of Leicester and EarthSense examine associations of air pollution in Leicestershire
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research investigating a possible link between air pollution and the rise in type 2 diabetes. New research, published in the journal Environment International, examined data from 10,443 participants from diabetes screening studies in Leicestershire, UK...
A group of UK scientists led by the University of Dundee have demonstrated how aggregating image data from laboratories all around the world has the potential to revolutionise scientific research.
A team headed by Professor Jason Swedlow in the University’s School of Life Sciences has built the Image Data Resource (IDR), a public database that collects and integrates imaging data related to experiments published in leading scientific journals. This means that ‘Big Data’ from imaging experiments conducted by scientists all over the world that were previously too large and difficult to share are now publicly available...
The Chromatographic Society is to once again hold a four-day chromatography educational event for post-graduate students and novice chromatographers.
The event, which is the second of its kind, takes place from 1st – 4th September in Shropshire. Launched on the back of the first ‘phenomenally successful’ event held last year in Grasmere, organisers have already received healthy interest in the upcoming course....
Discovery Park Ltd has begun a significant programme of investment to ensure the science park’s continued success as a global centre for pharmaceutical R&D, technology and business.
Since taking over Discovery Park in November 2016, the new owners have carried out a full operational and strategic review. While honouring the master plan, agreed by Dover District Council in October 2014, the company has started to put their own stamp on the future development of the site....
A leading Contract Research and Development Organisation (CRDO) – Arcinova has invested in a Uniqsis FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor enabling them to develop and simplify the scale-up of a challenging API batch process.
Following a trial of the FlowSyn™ system – Arcinova could justify their investment based upon rapid synthetic method development and the considerable cost and time savings demonstrated versus using large scale reactor vessels for the selected process. Dr. Samuel Bourne, Continuous Manufacturing Lead at Arcinova commented...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZ), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, notes its complete RNA reference standards product range have been endorsed by Thermo Fisher Scientific for use in its Ion Ampliseq and Oncomine fusion assays for cancer research.
The results from the 6-month collaborative project have been published by Thermo Fisher in a White Paper. The White Paper concludes that by combining Horizon’s RNA reference standards with Thermo Fisher’s Ampliseq and Oncomine fusion assays in oncology research, end-users will be provided with a robust and reliable solution compared to existing reference standards....
Postnova Analytics reports on the extended data available through integrating its AF2000 MultiFlow Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) platform with its SC2000 modular multi-detector Size Exclusion chromatography (SEC) system.
Drawing on over three decades of cutting-edge separations leadership, Postnova has designed an advanced orthogonal system that allows both SEC and FFF separations to be carried out on the same sample within one instrument platform. The result is enabling labs around the world to generate more useful information from even complex proteins, antibodies, polypeptides and polysaccharides....
AMSBIO has introduced a range of purified cancer exosome samples to help researchers study the role of exosomes in cancer development and metastasis.
By targeted filtration of patient serum using a specific binding method removes protein contaminant to isolate exosome at 95% high purity. Using this proprietary filtration method, the purified tumor exosome does not contain any polymer or detergent (SDS, NP-40 or Triton). The purified tumor exosome can be used for RNA or protein analysis techniques such as qRT-PCR, microarray and mass spectrometry....
Copper accessories as a safety feature in addition to the BINDER anti-contamination concept.
The cultivation of animal cells provides valuable findings in medical research. Contamination is certainly the biggest, and most-feared, problem in cell cultivation. The humid heat in the incubator does not only offer the ideal growth conditions for cells – mycoplasma, bacteria, and fungi also thrive and often grow much faster than the actual cell culture....
First Commercial IVD Kit to Use Mass Spectrometry to Screen for Six LSDs in Newborn Babies from a Single Dried Blood Spot Sample
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of its new NeoLSD™ MSMS kit. This solution is the first CE marked commercial in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kit to utilize mass spectrometry instrumentation for the six most commonly screened lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs)....
Phasefocus provides a range of products and services based on its proprietary Ptychographic Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) technology to provide a wide range of analytical applications including label-free cell imaging and quantitative electron phase microscopy.
Here, they report on the Light Microscopy Science Technology Platform at the Francis Crick Institute’s selection of the Livecyte® label-free cell analysis system. Dr Kurt Anderson heads up the Light Microscopy Science Technology Platform at the Francis Crick Institute....
New B.I.QUANT-UR™ Module for Automated and Reproducible Quantification of up to 150 Metabolites in Urine in 80-100 Samples/Day Enhances Bruker’s NMR IVDr Platform for Translational Phenomics Research
Bruker announces a new solution for the quantification of metabolites in urine using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Urine metabolic analysis is particularly valuable and information-rich, because the metabolic pathways of a wide range of nutrients, drugs and environmental contaminants can be identified in urine, even if urine is very complex to analyze....
The Company adds a fifth building in California to expand R&D capabilities
Irvine Scientific, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cell culture media, has announced the expansion of its Orange County, California offices and laboratories, with the addition of a 40,000 square foot purpose-built R&D center at 17112 Armstrong Ave, Irvine, California....
Innova to continue to provide custom bioconjugation services to support TTP’s Desktop Biology initiative
TTP plc, Europe's leading technology and product development company, announces its ongoing partnership with Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, to enable its rapid point-of-care diagnostics development program....
Cresset announces that the Shiv Nadar University, India, has licensed the following applications to educate the computational chemist of the future: Forge - powerful ligand-focused workbench for SAR and design; and Spark - scaffold hopping application for progressing through lead optimization faster.
“Cresset actively supports academic research by providing flexible licensing terms,” says Dr David Bardsley, Commercial Director at Cresset. “We are delighted that Shiv Nadar University, India, joined the growing number of academics who are using our applications globally....