AMSBIO announces an extended and updated edition of its popular Organoid Culture Handbook.

Launched at the EMBO Symposium on Organoids: Modelling Organ Development and Disease in 3D Culture, the new 24-page handbook includes valuable information about the latest available products, protocols, example results and research paper citations. Within the protocols section detailed information is provided on a general submerged method for organoid culture, crypt organoid culture techniques...

Once again, Systec GmbH, the leading manufacturer of autoclaves, including laboratory autoclaves, media preparators, and plate pourers for liquid media and microbiological culture media, will be presenting the highlights of its comprehensive product range at this year’s Medica.

Advantages and special features of Systec autoclaves. Systec autoclaves can be used in all laboratory applications, including challenging sterilization processes: Sterilizing liquids (such as culture media, nutrient media), solid bodies (such as instruments, pipettes, glassware), waste (sterilization of liquid waste in bottles or solid waste in waste bags before destruction), and biologically hazardous materials in...

Recipharm has announced a 5 million SEK investment into a new GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) compliant bioanalysis laboratory at its development facility in Uppsala, Sweden, in response to growing customer demand.

The investment will see the opening of a 500 square metre purpose-built facility in November 2016, which will become the largest GLP bioanalysis laboratory of its kind in the Nordic countries. Recipharm’s development team in Uppsala specialises in medicinal chemistry, offering synthesis and analytical preclinical development services to drug development companies progressing products through clinical trials.....

FLIR Systems has posted a recorded version of a popular webinar that compares two common instruments used for measuring temperature: thermocouples and infrared (IR) cameras.

The webinar provides an informative introduction to temperature measurement with the technologies available today, and explains the basics of how thermocouples and IR cameras work. To provide a direct comparison of the two measurement solutions an experiment is conducted using thermocouples and an IR camera to measure temperature and the results of this experiment are reviewed....

Glycated Serum Protein assay provides simple, sensitive and fast alternative glycemic monitoring test

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that its newly introduced Glycated Serum Protein (GSP) LiquiColor^® diabetic biomarker test has been verified for use on the Siemens Vista chemistry analyzer. In a scientific poster published by scientists at the Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, USA [1], it was demonstrated that EKF’s GSP assay enhances the versatility of the Vista system for the specialized glycemic monitoring of...

Postnova Analytics has announced a 1-day seminar examining the latest advanced separation techniques for the characterisation of nanoparticles, polymers and proteins.

This free seminar, due to be held on November 17th 2016 at the company's new UK headquarters in Malvern, has been designed to advance the attendees knowledge of applications and techniques in nanoscale characterisation. The meeting will be particularly useful to those using Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF), Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC/GPC) and Light Scattering as well as scientists interested in how these techniques may be useful in their research...

Porvair Sciences has confirmed that 2016 will see record sales of its Ultravap and Minivap ranges of blowdown evaporators to laboratories worldwide. 

The company first began selling nitrogen blowdown evaporators for microplate sample drying in 1999. Offering unmatched ease of integration into robotic liquid handling workflows, the latest Porvair microprocessor controlled evaporators, the Ultravap Mistral and Ultravap Levante, has consolidated their position as a leading international supplier of microplate evaporators....

The Rainin SpaceSaver™ Stacked Tip Refills create 85% less plastic waste than pre-filled individual tip racks.

The outer sleeve functions as an automatic tip dispenser that aligns and refills 96 tips at one time into a Rainin Rack. This system is the environmentally friendly solution for rack refilling that is fast and efficient. It is one of the best systems available for reducing waste and saving space. The entire SpaceSaver system is packaged in a code 1 PET sleeve, the same recyclable material used for plastic drink bottles....

It’s a challenging time for UK plc as the country sets sail for a post-Brexit world but the South-East’s leading science and technology focused campus, Discovery Park is confident of a globally successful future.

Located in Sandwich and part of Dover district, this formerly Pfizer owned R&D hub has long seen itself as being inextricably linked to Europe, with France just a short hop across the English Channel. But initial uncertainty following the 23 June ballot over what this would mean for research funding and collaboration between the continent’s finest scientific minds has been replaced - for now at least – by a determination to seek out new opportunities, and to be ready for what comes next.

Particle Works – the nano- and microstructured material specialist – provides microencapsulation services for drug development applications, including controlled drug release, solubility enhancement or targeted drug delivery.

Using its expertise in microfluidics and nanoparticle synthesis, the company can create bespoke PLGA formulations and coatings to alter drug release profiles, enhance the efficiency of targeted drug delivery and more precisely control dosing regimes. Microencapsulation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is increasingly being employed in the drug development arena to improve the solubility of candidate drugs ....

SUEZ Water Purification Systems Ltd, part of SUEZ Treatment Solutions UK, will be showcasing its easy to use, reliable and technologically advanced solutions at Lab Innovations.

Established for over 40 years, SUEZ Water Purification Systems Ltd (formerly Purite Ltd) offers both stand-alone benchtop units and fully integrated ring main systems with production capacities up to many thousands of litres per hour. In every case, the company provides full installation, technical and service support....

Genomics plc, a leading analysis company developing an integrated platform to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that it has been appointed as Analysis Partner for the Genomics England Genomics Expert Network for Enterprises (GENE) Consortium.

Genomics plc will be analysing genomes at an unprecedented scale and, together with the Company’s existing knowledge base, be providing insights into human biology that will help to inform pharmaceutical R&D investment decisions. Genomics England is delivering the UK 100,000 Genomes Project – whole genome sequencing rare disease and cancer patients in the National Health Service....

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Advanced Chromatography Technologies (ACT) Limited have recently published a new and comprehensive LC Applications Guide bringing together over 340 of the latest LC and LC-MS applications from a wide range of fields including Clinical, Forensic & Bioanalysis, Environmental, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, LC-MS and more....

LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on the latest work of Nicolas Renier, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne at the Rockefeller University in New York where he applies light sheet microscopy to measure activity in a mouse brain from a single snapshot. 

Drs Nicolas Renier and Zhuhao Wu are post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair and President of Rockefeller University in New York. Over recent years, they have co-developed methodologies for new imaging techniques applying light sheet microscopy....

Lukasz Rajski works in EURL-FV, an EU reference lab, while finalizing his Ph.D. thesis.

His focus is pesticide analysis of fruits and vegetables using high resolution accurate mass spectrometry (HRAM). Today we’ll be discussing his experiences with HRAM Orbitrap technology. What type of work are you involved in and what is your expertise? Currently my work is focused on the application of HRAM for analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables....

EM Resolutions, manufacturers and suppliers of tools and accessories for users of electron microscopes, report on the research of Peter Martin from the University of Bristol.

He is applying Kleindiek micromanipulators in the characterisation of materials resulting from the accident at the Japanese nuclear power station. PhD student, Peter Martin, is a member of the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the March 2011 incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in Japan and its effects at both the metre and micron scales. He has used an unmanned aerial vehicle to investigate the...

Continuous success with innovative solutions for real-time trace VOC analysis since 1998.

IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, based on the unique PTR-MS technology, has sold its 300^th instrument. The analyzer, a PTR-TOF 1000 system, was shipped abroad in September 2016 and will be used for analyzing chemical pollutants in industrial areas. The whole IONICON team with currently more than 30 employees celebrates this achievement. Taking a look back. Everything started in...

Researchers at the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, USA, rely on Rainin Pipet-Lite™ XLS pipettes and filter tips for studies to identify disease-driving genes and pathways in autoimmune and infectious diseases, and cancer.

ROMIL is proud to announce the launch of its new website, an easy-to-use, interactive resource for laboratory professionals requiring high purity solvents, acids, reagents and reference materials.

This user-friendly, comprehensive reference site has been redesigned from the ground up and optimised for PCs, tablets and smartphones, allowing straightforward browsing of the product catalogue. At the core of the website lies the interactive user interface, with individual pods enabling rapid, easy access to different product ranges directly from the home page....

Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the UK’s leading event dedicated to laboratory professionals, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 2 & 3 November.

Q&A science special with Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube:

Q. You recently visited the world’s highest pop-up lab, at the Everest Base Camp. How did the trek come about and what did you uncover whilst you were there? I actually first heard about...

Metrohm is pleased to present an application for the straightforward determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA in drinking water by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection.

With a detection limit of approximately 1 µg/L, the method is sensitive enough to comply with limit values in the US, Canada, Australia, and others. A free whitepaper provides more details on the method and its application. Glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid) are usually determined by HPLC with post-column derivatization and subsequent fluorescence detection...

OHAUS announces the launch of their newest portfolio addition, the Frontier range of Centrifuges, and intends to present them during the event essential for laboratory professionals – Lab Innovations.

The event has been running for 5 years and became a great platform for business, networking and educational activities in the Laboratory industry. OHAUS has been participating in this and in many similar worldwide events. Over recent years, OHAUS has introduced many new ranges of scales and balances keeping in mind the company's first priority – making every day work faster and easier, and creating tools that will help customers become leaders in their class....