Autoscribe Informatics, developer and supplier of the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), has moved to larger premises in the UK.
As from 21st November, 2016, the company’s headquarters are located in Aldermaston, near Reading in the UK. This is a seamless transition for customers as the telephone number, e-mail addresses and website URL all remain unchanged. John Boother, President of Autoscribe Informatics, said: “This expansion is the latest phase in a period of sustained investment into Autoscribe’s worldwide business....
Oxford Nanoimaging Limited manufacture and sell microscopes offering super-resolution and single-molecule performance to research users.
Today, the company reports on the work of early-adopters for their Nanoimager technology at the MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection located at Imperial College, London. The MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection is uniquely focused on disease-causing bacteria. Ramesh Wigneshweraraj is a Professor of Microbiology leading...
Edinburgh Instruments are pleased to announce that we have been accepted to the Scottish Business Pledge, as part of its ongoing commitment to delivering fairness and equality in the work place.
The Scottish Business Pledge is a values-led partnership between the Scottish Government and business. It is a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness, sustainable employment, and workforce engagement and development. Edinburgh Instruments pays all employees at least the Living Wage and has no employees on zero hours’ contracts....
The University of Glasgow, in partnership with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, has taken delivery of Scotland’s first ultra-powerful 17.5 tonne 7 Tesla (7T) MRI scanner at the new Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE) on the site of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH).
The new ultra-high resolution scanner – one of the world’s most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines – is also the first scanner of its kind in the UK to be located in a clinical setting. It will be situated on the grounds of Glasgow’s new super hospital, the QEUH. The £10m 7T MRI scanner will be used to advance critical clinical research and will allow scientists and clinicians to study the human body...
FDA Division of Anti-Infective Products Director, Sumathi Nambair, due to Present at Superbugs & Superdrugs 2017
SMi Group are thrilled to have industry expert Sumathi Nambair, provide regulatory and compliance updates on FDA legislation in antibacterial drug development at the 19th annual 2017 Superbugs & Superdrugs show, returning to Central London on 20th and 21st March.
Researchers have identified a mechanism that may explain how a key genetic variant acts to increase the risk of developing myeloma.
It is hoped that research of this type will aid the discovery and development of effective new treatment strategies in myeloma. This is the first time that the biological consequences of a novel genetic risk variant for myeloma have been investigated and deciphered...
Unique binding modes of immunoproteasome inhibitors as basis for new drugs
The immunoproteasome dismantles proteins and the resulting fragments are displayed on the surface of cells. This helps the immune system to recognize abnormal cells. However, in chronic inflammations and autoimmune diseases this “information channel” is overactive. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have determined the molecular mechanisms of inhibitors that can selectively thwart the human immunoproteasome...
AgileBio, a leading global provider of collaborative tools that enhance research productivity and traceability to scientist teams in industry and academia and Mind The graph, the leader of creative life sciences infographics, have announced a technology partnership and integration.
The partnership provides a new scientific communication plugin for the LabCollector Electronic Lab Notebook. Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), for those who are familiar, allows researchers to document, share and search experiments. In this way, lab heads can manage and follow more efficiently the current projects in the lab, which are accessible online and shared among colleagues....
Sophia Genetics and Horizon Discovery Group plc have entered into a new partnership to improve the quality of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based genetic testing in oncology patient samples.
Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon’s HDx™ Reference Standards will be combined with Sophia Genetics’ artificial intelligence, providing hospitals and laboratories with more accurate and high quality NGS testing services, assays and genomic data analysis....
Reliance Precision, a specialist engineering company, is pleased to announce that a device containing Reliance’s high precision hubless spur gears and leadscrews has performed the world’s first successful robot assisted eye operation at leading medical research centre, the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
In 2009 Reliance’s Dutch office received a call from Mr Thijs Meenink at the University of Eindhoven. In a collaboration with AMC Amsterdam, his team was working on a robotic device which could assist in eye surgery. John Bazuin, catalogue products manager at Reliance visited the university to see if Reliance could be of assistance....
Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, report on the work of the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture where their PP2000 Cryo-SEM preparation system is in use to prepare soft bodied organisms including mites & ticks for study using cryo-SEM
Dr Gary Bauchan is the Director of the Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Unit is a core facility with the responsibility of providing collaborative assistance to scientists from ARS, Northeast Area and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) who have microscopy applications that require high resolution imaging...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoTracker™ 2 Optical Tweezers system at the Centre for Cancer Research in Marseilles, a part of CNRS and INSERM located at the Aix-Marseille Université.
The research team lead by Dr Mauro Modesti at the Centre for Cancer Research, Marseilles (CRCM), focuses on the study and understanding of the molecular mechanisms that assure DNA repair and the maintain of genome integrity in human cells. Failure to detect and/or repair of DNA genotoxic lesions, such as double-strand breaks, can lead to the appearance of mutations, genomic instability...
Providing automatic panoramic images on any manual microscope and improving software and hardware integration, Olympus’ cellSens imaging software simply helps users do more
Committed to fast and reliable image acquisition in life science, Olympus has updated its cellSens imaging software (now version 1.16). The update provides cost-effective solutions by expanding the capabilities of manual microscopes: fast, detailed, real-time panoramic imaging is now possible without an expensive motorised or encoded stage thanks to the Instant Multiple Image Alignment (Instant MIA) function....
HeliScan MicroCT designed to allow materials scientists to nondestructively visualize and characterize internal structure down to the micrometer scale
Materials scientists can now gain valuable insight into the relationships between a material’s structure at the microscopic level and its bulk properties using a new multi-scale imaging solution that is designed to provide large-scale, high-fidelity three-dimensional (3D) images of the sample....
University of Leicester team show leached juices from leafy vegetables enhance growth and virulence of food poisoning bug
Investigations by University of Leicester microbiologists have revealed that just a small amount of damage to salad leaves can massively stimulate the presence of the food poisoning bug Salmonella in ready-prepared salad leaves....
The successful science and technology site, Discovery Park, has been bought by investment company Discovery Park Estates Ltd.
The deal sees a change of shareholders in the commercial and industrial facilities immediately. The original shareholders will continue as the owners of the company that manages Discovery Park on a day-to-day basis, Parkserve Ltd, and as owners of the residential land....
UK based MR Solutions’, revolutionary pre-clinical scanner MRS 7000, is an award winner at the US-based R&D 100 Awards.
The 54th annual awards, held in Washington in November 2016, recognise the 100 most innovative technologies and services of the past year. The compact MRS 7000 series is the world’s first 7.0T (T is for tesla, the power of the magnet), helium-free, preclinical MRI system, which can be combined with PET (photon emission computed tomography) and SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging modules....
Taking omega-3 supplements could improve muscle function in older women, potentially increasing their quality of life into old age and preventing unnecessary falls and loss of independence.
In a new study led by the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen and published today in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists have found that supplementing the diet of older women with 3g of fish oil results in greater increases (when compared to a 3g of safflower oil placebo) in their muscle function when combined with resistance exercise training over 18 weeks....
Genevac, market leader in solvent removal, has announced the latest version of its proprietary autostop when dry control software which allows it’s EZ-2, Rocket and HT-Series evaporators to automatically detect when the samples are dry and then shut it down - safeguarding valuable samples from potential thermal degradation.
Combined with Genevac's continuous running condensers, autostop when dry control software allows easy unattended operation offering the possibility of significant increases in productivity through use of overnight evaporation runs. Until the introduction of autostop when dry control software - evaporators users had to constantly monitor or estimate the drying time for a given sample....
Research from the University of Glasgow shows that people who have a cardiometabolic disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes or coronary heart disease (CHD), perform worse on mental tests of reasoning, memory and reaction time, and having more than one of these conditions has an even greater effect.
The study, published today in the European Heart Journal, and led by researchers from the University’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing, suggests that preventing or delaying cardiovascular disease or diabetes may delay cognitive decline and possible dementia....
Metabolomics and bioanalytical laboratories worldwide have widely recognized the benefits of using Cogent TYPE-C HPLC columns for their HPLC separations. The new Cogent columns catalogue is now available. This 48-page technically-focused catalogue includes a description of the features and benefits of TYPE-C Silica phases, which are based on silicon-hydride surface chemistry and are ideal for the separation of polar compounds...
Read MoreAcid Number testingDec 7, 2016
Dropping ASTM D664 in favor of new D8045 saves thousands of dollars
Recently the ASTM published method D8045 for Acid Number determination in crude oil and petroleum products. Now there is an online calculator available to help users determine how much their laboratory will save, if they switch from method D664 to the new method D8045....
As from 21st November, 2016, the company’s headquarters are located in Aldermaston, near Reading in the UK. This is a seamless transition for customers as the telephone number, e-mail addresses and website URL all remain unchanged. John Boother, President of Autoscribe Informatics, said: “This expansion is the latest phase in a period of sustained investment into Autoscribe’s worldwide business....
Today, the company reports on the work of early-adopters for their Nanoimager technology at the MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection located at Imperial College, London. The MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection is uniquely focused on disease-causing bacteria. Ramesh Wigneshweraraj is a Professor of Microbiology leading...
The Scottish Business Pledge is a values-led partnership between the Scottish Government and business. It is a shared ambition of boosting productivity, competitiveness, sustainable employment, and workforce engagement and development. Edinburgh Instruments pays all employees at least the Living Wage and has no employees on zero hours’ contracts....
The new ultra-high resolution scanner – one of the world’s most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines – is also the first scanner of its kind in the UK to be located in a clinical setting. It will be situated on the grounds of Glasgow’s new super hospital, the QEUH. The £10m 7T MRI scanner will be used to advance critical clinical research and will allow scientists and clinicians to study the human body...
It is hoped that research of this type will aid the discovery and development of effective new treatment strategies in myeloma. This is the first time that the biological consequences of a novel genetic risk variant for myeloma have been investigated and deciphered...
The immunoproteasome dismantles proteins and the resulting fragments are displayed on the surface of cells. This helps the immune system to recognize abnormal cells. However, in chronic inflammations and autoimmune diseases this “information channel” is overactive. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have determined the molecular mechanisms of inhibitors that can selectively thwart the human immunoproteasome...
The partnership provides a new scientific communication plugin for the LabCollector Electronic Lab Notebook. Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), for those who are familiar, allows researchers to document, share and search experiments. In this way, lab heads can manage and follow more efficiently the current projects in the lab, which are accessible online and shared among colleagues....
Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon’s HDx™ Reference Standards will be combined with Sophia Genetics’ artificial intelligence, providing hospitals and laboratories with more accurate and high quality NGS testing services, assays and genomic data analysis....
In 2009 Reliance’s Dutch office received a call from Mr Thijs Meenink at the University of Eindhoven. In a collaboration with AMC Amsterdam, his team was working on a robotic device which could assist in eye surgery. John Bazuin, catalogue products manager at Reliance visited the university to see if Reliance could be of assistance....
Dr Gary Bauchan is the Director of the Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Unit is a core facility with the responsibility of providing collaborative assistance to scientists from ARS, Northeast Area and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) who have microscopy applications that require high resolution imaging...
The research team lead by Dr Mauro Modesti at the Centre for Cancer Research, Marseilles (CRCM), focuses on the study and understanding of the molecular mechanisms that assure DNA repair and the maintain of genome integrity in human cells. Failure to detect and/or repair of DNA genotoxic lesions, such as double-strand breaks, can lead to the appearance of mutations, genomic instability...
Committed to fast and reliable image acquisition in life science, Olympus has updated its cellSens imaging software (now version 1.16). The update provides cost-effective solutions by expanding the capabilities of manual microscopes: fast, detailed, real-time panoramic imaging is now possible without an expensive motorised or encoded stage thanks to the Instant Multiple Image Alignment (Instant MIA) function....
Materials scientists can now gain valuable insight into the relationships between a material’s structure at the microscopic level and its bulk properties using a new multi-scale imaging solution that is designed to provide large-scale, high-fidelity three-dimensional (3D) images of the sample....
Investigations by University of Leicester microbiologists have revealed that just a small amount of damage to salad leaves can massively stimulate the presence of the food poisoning bug Salmonella in ready-prepared salad leaves....
The deal sees a change of shareholders in the commercial and industrial facilities immediately. The original shareholders will continue as the owners of the company that manages Discovery Park on a day-to-day basis, Parkserve Ltd, and as owners of the residential land....
The 54th annual awards, held in Washington in November 2016, recognise the 100 most innovative technologies and services of the past year. The compact MRS 7000 series is the world’s first 7.0T (T is for tesla, the power of the magnet), helium-free, preclinical MRI system, which can be combined with PET (photon emission computed tomography) and SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging modules....
Combined with Genevac's continuous running condensers, autostop when dry control software allows easy unattended operation offering the possibility of significant increases in productivity through use of overnight evaporation runs. Until the introduction of autostop when dry control software - evaporators users had to constantly monitor or estimate the drying time for a given sample....
Metabolomics and bioanalytical laboratories worldwide have widely recognized the benefits of using Cogent TYPE-C HPLC columns for their HPLC separations. The new Cogent columns catalogue is now available. This 48-page technically-focused catalogue includes a description of the features and benefits of TYPE-C Silica phases, which are based on silicon-hydride surface chemistry and are ideal for the separation of polar compounds...
