Highlighting Olympus’ workflow-oriented design quality across its range of life science microscopes, the FLUOVIEW FV3000 and the CX23 microscope have been recognised with the international iF award for exceptional product design.
Globally renowned as a symbol of design excellence, the iF design awards celebrate the best in user-focused, ergonomic and efficient design. With over 5,000 submissions from 70 countries, Olympus Scientific Solutions Division has received two of these prestigious awards for its CX23 upright microscope and FLUOVIEW FV3000 confocal laser scanning...
University of Leicester leads study into cause of airway narrowing in cases of asthma
Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by the University of Leicester identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing. Scientists have, for the first time, discovered that an active form of a key protein, HMGB1, is increased and related to narrowing of the airway in people with severe asthma...
Preparative and process chromatography are key to the manufacture of broad classes of products, including fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology products.
The 30th International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography – PREP2017 is where scientists, engineers, and suppliers of media, equipment, and technology from around the world will come to focus on the most recent scientific and technological advances in this field....
ioLight is delighted to announce that Bayer plc has purchased 10 microscopes for its Practice Support Advisors.
The ioLight microscope is the first professional quality pocket digital microscope. It is a laboratory grade microscope that fits in a jacket pocket, is simple to use and robust. It unfolds quickly to record and share 5MP still images and real time HD video on a tablet or phone....
We are delighted to have successfully completed the installation of an Edinburgh Instruments FIRL100 CO2/ FIR (THz) Laser system at Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).
The FIRL-100 laser will be used for the multi-frequency pulsed-field (up to 70 T) ESR spectroscopy of strongly-correlated magnets, including low-dimensional and frustrated spin systems, high-Tc superconductors and related compounds, multiferroics, etc. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is based on the detection of resonance absorption...
Genevac has published an informative customer article that reviews the development of a new sample preparation method using its EZ-2 centrifugal evaporator to help simplify and accelerate the detection and quantitation of algal toxins in surface water.
Due to a warming global environment there has been a rise in occurrences of cyanobacteria blooms in lakes which can generate cyanotoxins. With surface water a major source of drinking water, the presence of cyano bacterial blooms pose a potential threat to human health. Using Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) researchers have...
Porvair Sciences launched their new Seed Genomics microplate at the recent Plant & Animal Genomics 2017 conference in San Diego (USA) and received an enthusiastic response from the assembled scientists.
Visiting genomic researchers were particularly impressed by the strong reinforced polypropylene deep well plate with its matching polypropylene cap mats. The extra ribbing underneath the plate to support its use in a GenoGrinder® bead beater system* was a feature welcomed by many visitors who saw the plate....
The analysts forecast the global pre-packed chromatography columns market to grow at a CAGR of 8.02% during the period 2016-2020.
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The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global pre-packed chromatography columns market for 2016-2020. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sale of various sizes of pre-packed columns to end-markets....
For the clinical industry, the transition from Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) to Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been gradual over the past two decades.
The ability to measure more elements per sample in less time has made it the technique of choice. With a large dynamic range and ultra-low detection limits, ICP-MS is able to meet the growing demands within the industry. Although, before samples can be analyzed, which can include whole blood, blood serum, blood plasma, urine and other biological material...
Chromatrap® has published a new application note that demonstrates how its unique solid state patented technology provides unrivalled sensitivity allowing users to perform ChIP assays using as few as 1000 cells per immunoprecipitation.
Usually large cell numbers are required for performing ChIP, which poses something of a challenge when dealing with limited starting material. The available techniques for tackling small amounts of sample, rare cell types or difficult cell types which provide low yield of chromatin are usually long and complex, and involve DNA amplification or the spiking of samples with chromatin from another source. In the application note, the authors demonstrate how...
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Cryo-TEM provides critical information for small molecule and biologic drug discovery
A new contract research laboratory operated by France-based NovAliX will provide pharmaceutical companies with access to high-resolution cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) by Thermo Fisher Scientific for facilitating small molecule and biologic drug discovery. NovAliX’s new laboratory will use the cryo-TEM to provide two-dimensional...
Analytik are pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors for the NeoSpectra range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors.
Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the NeoSpectra™ range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors. These are based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology developed by Si-Ware Systems (SWS), an independent fabless semiconductor company that is fostering silicon innovation...
Research teams based at the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh are looking to partner with the pharmaceutical industry to better understand the biological processes that could allow the development of new drugs to support tissue regeneration or repair.
The National Phenotypic Screening Centre (NPSC) at the University of Dundee and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centrefor Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at the University of Edinburgh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that commits them to work more closely together as they strive to translate novel biological discoveries into new stem...
On February 24, 2017, Metrohm USA broke ground on its new North American headquarters located in Riverview, Florida.
Scheduled to be completed in early 2018, this nearly $20 million dollar facility will boast state-of-the-art laboratory and training facilities for Metrohm’s growing employee and customer-base. Metrohm is one of the world’s most trusted manufacturers of high-precision instruments for chemical analysis.....
SCION Instruments, the world-renowned designer and manufacturer of GC, GC-MS systems and accessories has announced a number of improvements and upgrades to its portfolio of offerings at this year’s PITTCON.
Firstly, the company announces the release of its CompassCDS software platform v4.0, which features new capabilities that extend its applicability to a wider range of laboratories. CompassCDS brings more than 20 years of customer experience and development, and provides a user-friendly and application-rich GUI with unique integration and extended calculation and reporting capabilities.
Genevac has published an informative customer article that reviews the development of a new sample preparation method using its EZ-2 centrifugal evaporator to help simplify and accelerate the detection and quantitation of algal toxins in surface water.
Due to a warming global environment there has been a rise in occurrences of cyanobacteria blooms in lakes which can generate cyanotoxins. With surface water a major source of drinking water, the presence of cyano bacterial blooms pose a potential threat to human health. Using Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) researchers have been able to...
The fluorescent probe NR12S detects changes in plasma membrane cholesterol levels
The cell membrane is a bilayer of phospholipids with embedded proteins. It contains cholesterol that determines the membrane’s fluidity, permeability and activity of membrane proteins. Changes in membrane cholesterol are implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer, demanding its investigation....
Chromatrap® reports on the excellent results achieved by customers using their 96 well high throughput plates for ultra-pure DNA purification.
Using proprietary filtration media that offer much higher loadings of active material, assay times of less than 5 minutes are routinely achievable. Customers report that using Chromatrap® DNA purification kit that DNA samples ranging from 50 bp up to 23 kb can be purified with up to 98% recovery.....
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies including molecular reference standards, announces the launch of its first HDx™ cfDNA (cell-free DNA) Reference Standard in Synthetic Plasma.
Since being pioneered by Horizon co-founder Professor Alberto Bardelli for the detection of KRAS mutations in serum to identify resistant populations to EGFR targeted therapy, liquid biopsy testing has emerged as one of the fastest growing areas in diagnostics, with cfDNA testing set to reach $9.0 billion by 2022....
Deben have supplied leading German instrument manufacturers, JPK Instruments, with a tensile stage to use in conjunction with the world-renowned NanoWizard® AFM platform.
Dr Torsten Mueller is a member of the development team with German nanoscience instrument makers, JPK Instruments. Dr Mueller and his colleagues are based in Berlin supporting a worldwide user network which is continuously testing JPK with requests for new capabilities for their life science and materials nanoscience systems....
Metrohm USA is pleased to announce the winner of its 2017 Young Chemist Award, Aldin Malkoc.
Aldin is completing his graduate work at Arizona State University where he works under the supervision of Professor Michael Caplan, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department, and Assistant Professor Jeffrey LaBelle. Aldin’s research focuses on cooperative, DNA-based molecular elements for electrochemical biosensors.....
Quo-Test point of care HbA1c analyzer readily meets key performance criteria for diabetes patient monitoring
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that in a newly published paper its Quo-Test® point-of-care (POC) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analyzer has again been confirmed to meet International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance criteria....
Globally renowned as a symbol of design excellence, the iF design awards celebrate the best in user-focused, ergonomic and efficient design. With over 5,000 submissions from 70 countries, Olympus Scientific Solutions Division has received two of these prestigious awards for its CX23 upright microscope and FLUOVIEW FV3000 confocal laser scanning...
Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by the University of Leicester identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing. Scientists have, for the first time, discovered that an active form of a key protein, HMGB1, is increased and related to narrowing of the airway in people with severe asthma...
The 30th International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography – PREP2017 is where scientists, engineers, and suppliers of media, equipment, and technology from around the world will come to focus on the most recent scientific and technological advances in this field....
The ioLight microscope is the first professional quality pocket digital microscope. It is a laboratory grade microscope that fits in a jacket pocket, is simple to use and robust. It unfolds quickly to record and share 5MP still images and real time HD video on a tablet or phone....
The FIRL-100 laser will be used for the multi-frequency pulsed-field (up to 70 T) ESR spectroscopy of strongly-correlated magnets, including low-dimensional and frustrated spin systems, high-Tc superconductors and related compounds, multiferroics, etc. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is based on the detection of resonance absorption...
Due to a warming global environment there has been a rise in occurrences of cyanobacteria blooms in lakes which can generate cyanotoxins. With surface water a major source of drinking water, the presence of cyano bacterial blooms pose a potential threat to human health. Using Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) researchers have...
Visiting genomic researchers were particularly impressed by the strong reinforced polypropylene deep well plate with its matching polypropylene cap mats. The extra ribbing underneath the plate to support its use in a GenoGrinder® bead beater system* was a feature welcomed by many visitors who saw the plate....
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The ability to measure more elements per sample in less time has made it the technique of choice. With a large dynamic range and ultra-low detection limits, ICP-MS is able to meet the growing demands within the industry. Although, before samples can be analyzed, which can include whole blood, blood serum, blood plasma, urine and other biological material...
Usually large cell numbers are required for performing ChIP, which poses something of a challenge when dealing with limited starting material. The available techniques for tackling small amounts of sample, rare cell types or difficult cell types which provide low yield of chromatin are usually long and complex, and involve DNA amplification or the spiking of samples with chromatin from another source. In the application note, the authors demonstrate how...
A new contract research laboratory operated by France-based NovAliX will provide pharmaceutical companies with access to high-resolution cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) by Thermo Fisher Scientific for facilitating small molecule and biologic drug discovery. NovAliX’s new laboratory will use the cryo-TEM to provide two-dimensional...
Analytik has been appointed as the exclusive distributors in the UK & Ireland for the NeoSpectra™ range of low cost, miniaturised, OEM FT-NIR spectral sensors. These are based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology developed by Si-Ware Systems (SWS), an independent fabless semiconductor company that is fostering silicon innovation...
The National Phenotypic Screening Centre (NPSC) at the University of Dundee and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centrefor Regenerative Medicine (CRM) at the University of Edinburgh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that commits them to work more closely together as they strive to translate novel biological discoveries into new stem...
Scheduled to be completed in early 2018, this nearly $20 million dollar facility will boast state-of-the-art laboratory and training facilities for Metrohm’s growing employee and customer-base. Metrohm is one of the world’s most trusted manufacturers of high-precision instruments for chemical analysis.....
Firstly, the company announces the release of its CompassCDS software platform v4.0, which features new capabilities that extend its applicability to a wider range of laboratories. CompassCDS brings more than 20 years of customer experience and development, and provides a user-friendly and application-rich GUI with unique integration and extended calculation and reporting capabilities.
Due to a warming global environment there has been a rise in occurrences of cyanobacteria blooms in lakes which can generate cyanotoxins. With surface water a major source of drinking water, the presence of cyano bacterial blooms pose a potential threat to human health. Using Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) researchers have been able to...
The cell membrane is a bilayer of phospholipids with embedded proteins. It contains cholesterol that determines the membrane’s fluidity, permeability and activity of membrane proteins. Changes in membrane cholesterol are implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer, demanding its investigation....
Using proprietary filtration media that offer much higher loadings of active material, assay times of less than 5 minutes are routinely achievable. Customers report that using Chromatrap® DNA purification kit that DNA samples ranging from 50 bp up to 23 kb can be purified with up to 98% recovery.....
Since being pioneered by Horizon co-founder Professor Alberto Bardelli for the detection of KRAS mutations in serum to identify resistant populations to EGFR targeted therapy, liquid biopsy testing has emerged as one of the fastest growing areas in diagnostics, with cfDNA testing set to reach $9.0 billion by 2022....
Dr Torsten Mueller is a member of the development team with German nanoscience instrument makers, JPK Instruments. Dr Mueller and his colleagues are based in Berlin supporting a worldwide user network which is continuously testing JPK with requests for new capabilities for their life science and materials nanoscience systems....
Aldin is completing his graduate work at Arizona State University where he works under the supervision of Professor Michael Caplan, Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department, and Assistant Professor Jeffrey LaBelle. Aldin’s research focuses on cooperative, DNA-based molecular elements for electrochemical biosensors.....
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that in a newly published paper its Quo-Test® point-of-care (POC) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analyzer has again been confirmed to meet International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance criteria....