Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announces it will bring Fisher Scientific “Science World” to the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès in Strasbourg on 29 September 2016.
Science World is a well-established and popular event that began in the UK in the 1990’s. It showcases the latest in laboratory innovations with product demonstrations and is ideal for anyone who works in or around a laboratory. This will be the inaugural Science World event in France and follows the huge success seen by introducing the concept to Germany with events in Berlin and Düsseldorf...
Copley Scientific, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of inhaler test equipment, has released two new educational animations that provide a clear, easy to understand introduction to critical aspects of inhaled product testing.
The videos, entitled ‘How does a cascade impactor work?’ and ‘System for improved in vitro-in vivo correlations (IVIVCs) of inhaled drug products’ are an excellent resource for training, for researchers new to inhaled product testing and/or those seeking enhanced testing strategies...
Learning disabilities are more common in children who were conceived between January and March – the time of year when there is insufficient sunlight to produce vitamin D – according to a new study led by the University of Glasgow.
The study, which is published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology, was written in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cambridge, the NHS and the Scottish Government. It found that 8.9% of children who had been conceived between January and March had learning disabilities....
Asynt reports on its collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, University of Bath (UK) in the development of a novel mesoscale segmented flow reactor.
In an ideal flow crystallizer, nucleation and growth occur at the same location and rate for a given set of parameters. Particles are well suspended with good mixing throughout the reactor, while plug flow is achieved. However until recently traditional flow crystallizers have been either designed for large volumes or for very small volumes in microreactors with a narrow internal diameter, which makes them incompatible with any...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to introduce its powerful, NuGenius gel imaging system, the first in the world to be run by a Raspberry Pi computer.
This easy-to-use system quickly generates high quality images of DNA gels and is a sensitive, affordable routine imager for applications such as detecting disease causing genes. Complete with a high-resolution 5-million-pixel camera, UV filter and integrated Raspberry Pi computer the compact NuGenius is the perfect choice for quick, accurate DNA imaging. Featuring a touch screen controlled by image capture software...
The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the new chairmen who are collaborating on strategic and tactical plans to make Pittcon 2017 another successful year.
As of July 1, Gregory Meisner, esq., took office as president along with his named Vice President Adrian Michael (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry) and selected chairs. Other members of the Executive Board include Bill Sharpe, Ph.D, (retired); Joseph J. Grabowski, Ph.D (University of Pittsburgh); Karen L. Johnson, (Bidwell Training Center); Elias S. Absey, (Waters Corporation); Melinda R. Stephens, Ph.D...
FLIR Systems has announced the full program for InfraMation 2016 - the world's largest thermal imaging training experience.
Due to take place in Las Vegas (NV, USA) from September 26-29th 2016 the event is expected to attract in excess of 750 registrants involved or interested in thermal imaging technology and its wide range of applications. InfraMation 2016 is a high quality educational and networking conference for infrared thermographers....
Global laboratory relocations firm aport has completed the relocation of Professor Chris Hardacre, The University of Manchester’s new Head of School for Chemical Engineering and his research group, from Belfast to new laboratories in Manchester.
The two-week project involved the relocation of a significant amount of gasses and chemicals overseas, which required careful planning and management. Valuable and sensitive instrumentation were transported in custom built bespoke crates, including spectrophotometers and a mass spectrometer, and furniture and general lab consumables were also moved....
INTEGRA announces a new generation version of its popular VOYAGER pipette range that features unique motorized tip spacing technology.
At the push of a button, VOYAGER II pipettes allow you to expand tip spacing anywhere between 4.5 mm and 33 mm (depending on the model). This enables rapid and optimised multichannel pipetting between microplates, tube racks and gel boxes of different sizes and formats. The VOYAGER II pipette incorporates a new 135-degree rotatable body enabling users to always hold the pipette in a comfortable working position. Additionally, the reduced...
Genevac reports that its proprietary Dri-Pure® technology, available as standard on Series 3 HT, EZ-2 and Rocket Synergy evaporators, enables scientists to rapidly dry their samples without foaming, cross-contamination or loss of sample due to solvent bumping.
The unique Dri-Pure® technology works by reducing pressure in the evaporation chamber in combination with an increase in rotor speed to achieve greater g-force and carefully controlling heat flow to the sample during the pressure ramping stage. Embedded in the Genevac evaporator software and hardware, Dri-Pure works automatically...
The ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Brett Paull, University of Tasmania (UTAS) as Training Centre Director, and the establishment of a second University node, at the University of South Australia (UniSA).
“This is an extremely exciting time to be taking on the leadership of ASTech, as the first cohort of Australian Research Council funded students and post-doctoral research fellows are now fully on-board, and the Centre expands its capabilities with the inclusion of the University of South Australia.” said Prof Paull....
The sterilization capital equipment space across the 10 major markets of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Japan, Brazil, China, and India is set to grow from around $663 million in 2015 to just under $840 million by 2022, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
The company’s latest report states that this growth, which represents a steady compound annual growth rate of 3.42%, will to a large degree be driven by technological advances which are able to save some of the time and costs associated with sterilizing medical equipment. Tina Deng, MSc, GlobalData’s Analyst covering Medical Devices, explains: “With the growth of elderly populations and an increase in minimally invasive procedures...
Barcelona NME R&D site expands Mosaic’s use and scope after initial deployment
Titian Software, has announced that deployment of its Mosaic sample management software has resulted in simplified workflows and boosted productivity at Esteve’s Compound Management Unit in Barcelona, after replacing their previous system. “The improvements from using Mosaic are very clear to us”, said Carlos Maseda, researcher at Esteve....
Testing for the activity of two genes could pick out women who are at increased risk of dying from their breast cancers, suggests a new study of almost 2,000 patients.
Women whose tumours had a specific pattern of activity in the two genes were three times as likely to die within 10 years as others with a different pattern of activity. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, spotted the pattern of gene activity among breast cancer cells with a particular ability to escape from the glue that normally holds them in place....
Chemistry Professor, an Expert on Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Crude Oil and in the Environment, Joins Waters Centers of Innovation Program
At a ceremony and symposium at Kyungpook National University (KNU), Daegu, South Korea, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) welcomed Dr. Sunghwan Kim, of Kyungpooks’ Department of Chemistry into the Waters Centers of Innovation (COI) Program. Dr. Kim is a leading expert on developing and applying analytical techniques for assessing the impact of PAHs in the environment and for crude oil processing....
Join us in celebrating 25 years of continuing progress in fighting hydrocarbon contamination with Evactron® plasma cleaners.
XEI president and founder Ronald Vane says “I started XEI in 1991 to fight SEM contamination and I have been stopping dirty pictures ever since. In 1999 I invented the Evactron, the first commercial in-situ plasma cleaner designed for use on an electron microscope. It is the single accessory that you can buy to improve instrument performance, and it enables advanced technologies in FIBs and SEMs equipped with turbo-molecular pumps...
STEMMER IMAGING will be showing its new hyperspectral imaging capabilities at Photonex. This innovative technique utilises the near infrared absorption behaviour of organic objects to reveal chemical composition information. Also on show will be a multi-camera packaging inspection system....
Quorum Technologies report on plant biology research at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge UK, where their PP3010T Cryo-SEM preparation system is in routine use.
The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a new research institute funded by the Gatsby Foundation. The aim of the Laboratory is to elucidate the regulatory systems underlying plant growth and development. The Laboratory hosts a state-of-the-art advanced imaging facility for scientists working on several aspects of plant developmental biology, including live imaging of developing plant tissues, and high-resolution...
Stand purported to have been made by Carl Zeiss himself
To mark the 200th birthday of its founding father on 11 September 2016, the ZEISS Archives acquired a historical microscope. It is highly likely that the simple microscope, which dates back to 1850, was made by none other than Carl Zeiss himself. Manfred Eichel from the German town of Lahntal acquired the microscope at a pharmacy closeout sale back when he was a young boy....
Expansion provides significant increase in laboratory space
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and research reagents, today announced it has opened two new facilities, in Cambridge and Wetherby, Yorkshire. The new buildings almost double the Company’s overall footprint, which increases from 9,500 to 18,500 sq ft, including new state-of-the-art laboratory facilities....
Smart innovation revolutionizes the measurement of microbial contamination in water - a technological leap that has won the innovation competition in singapore.
The Vienna-based company VWM GmbH – Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions (VWM) announced today that it has won a highly-coveted award at the world's foremost trade fair for water management, the Singapore International Water Week. The company was selected by the jury as the winner of the Innovation Competition for the development of its pioneering technology, the ColiMinder®, which allows bacterial contamination in...
Metrohm is proud to announce that a method developed using the 859 Titrotherm titrator has been released by the ASTM for the determination of Acid Number (AN) in crude oil and petroleum products.
Method D8045 demonstrates the superiority of thermometric titration for complex petroleum samples as it is significantly faster, requires less maintenance and consumes less reagent. Thermometric titration uses a highly sensitive, fast responding electrode that detects enthalpy change at the endpoint. This method requires no sensor maintenance aside from a solvent rinse, needs no hydration and requires no calibration. New chemistries used in ASTM D8045 significantly lower the...
Science World is a well-established and popular event that began in the UK in the 1990’s. It showcases the latest in laboratory innovations with product demonstrations and is ideal for anyone who works in or around a laboratory. This will be the inaugural Science World event in France and follows the huge success seen by introducing the concept to Germany with events in Berlin and Düsseldorf...
The videos, entitled ‘How does a cascade impactor work?’ and ‘System for improved in vitro-in vivo correlations (IVIVCs) of inhaled drug products’ are an excellent resource for training, for researchers new to inhaled product testing and/or those seeking enhanced testing strategies...
The study, which is published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology, was written in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cambridge, the NHS and the Scottish Government. It found that 8.9% of children who had been conceived between January and March had learning disabilities....
In an ideal flow crystallizer, nucleation and growth occur at the same location and rate for a given set of parameters. Particles are well suspended with good mixing throughout the reactor, while plug flow is achieved. However until recently traditional flow crystallizers have been either designed for large volumes or for very small volumes in microreactors with a narrow internal diameter, which makes them incompatible with any...
This easy-to-use system quickly generates high quality images of DNA gels and is a sensitive, affordable routine imager for applications such as detecting disease causing genes. Complete with a high-resolution 5-million-pixel camera, UV filter and integrated Raspberry Pi computer the compact NuGenius is the perfect choice for quick, accurate DNA imaging. Featuring a touch screen controlled by image capture software...
As of July 1, Gregory Meisner, esq., took office as president along with his named Vice President Adrian Michael (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry) and selected chairs. Other members of the Executive Board include Bill Sharpe, Ph.D, (retired); Joseph J. Grabowski, Ph.D (University of Pittsburgh); Karen L. Johnson, (Bidwell Training Center); Elias S. Absey, (Waters Corporation); Melinda R. Stephens, Ph.D...
Due to take place in Las Vegas (NV, USA) from September 26-29th 2016 the event is expected to attract in excess of 750 registrants involved or interested in thermal imaging technology and its wide range of applications. InfraMation 2016 is a high quality educational and networking conference for infrared thermographers....
The two-week project involved the relocation of a significant amount of gasses and chemicals overseas, which required careful planning and management. Valuable and sensitive instrumentation were transported in custom built bespoke crates, including spectrophotometers and a mass spectrometer, and furniture and general lab consumables were also moved....
At the push of a button, VOYAGER II pipettes allow you to expand tip spacing anywhere between 4.5 mm and 33 mm (depending on the model). This enables rapid and optimised multichannel pipetting between microplates, tube racks and gel boxes of different sizes and formats. The VOYAGER II pipette incorporates a new 135-degree rotatable body enabling users to always hold the pipette in a comfortable working position. Additionally, the reduced...
The unique Dri-Pure® technology works by reducing pressure in the evaporation chamber in combination with an increase in rotor speed to achieve greater g-force and carefully controlling heat flow to the sample during the pressure ramping stage. Embedded in the Genevac evaporator software and hardware, Dri-Pure works automatically...
“This is an extremely exciting time to be taking on the leadership of ASTech, as the first cohort of Australian Research Council funded students and post-doctoral research fellows are now fully on-board, and the Centre expands its capabilities with the inclusion of the University of South Australia.” said Prof Paull....
The company’s latest report states that this growth, which represents a steady compound annual growth rate of 3.42%, will to a large degree be driven by technological advances which are able to save some of the time and costs associated with sterilizing medical equipment. Tina Deng, MSc, GlobalData’s Analyst covering Medical Devices, explains: “With the growth of elderly populations and an increase in minimally invasive procedures...
Titian Software, has announced that deployment of its Mosaic sample management software has resulted in simplified workflows and boosted productivity at Esteve’s Compound Management Unit in Barcelona, after replacing their previous system. “The improvements from using Mosaic are very clear to us”, said Carlos Maseda, researcher at Esteve....
Women whose tumours had a specific pattern of activity in the two genes were three times as likely to die within 10 years as others with a different pattern of activity. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, spotted the pattern of gene activity among breast cancer cells with a particular ability to escape from the glue that normally holds them in place....
At a ceremony and symposium at Kyungpook National University (KNU), Daegu, South Korea, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) welcomed Dr. Sunghwan Kim, of Kyungpooks’ Department of Chemistry into the Waters Centers of Innovation (COI) Program. Dr. Kim is a leading expert on developing and applying analytical techniques for assessing the impact of PAHs in the environment and for crude oil processing....
XEI president and founder Ronald Vane says “I started XEI in 1991 to fight SEM contamination and I have been stopping dirty pictures ever since. In 1999 I invented the Evactron, the first commercial in-situ plasma cleaner designed for use on an electron microscope. It is the single accessory that you can buy to improve instrument performance, and it enables advanced technologies in FIBs and SEMs equipped with turbo-molecular pumps...
STEMMER IMAGING will be showing its new hyperspectral imaging capabilities at Photonex. This innovative technique utilises the near infrared absorption behaviour of organic objects to reveal chemical composition information. Also on show will be a multi-camera packaging inspection system....
The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) is a new research institute funded by the Gatsby Foundation. The aim of the Laboratory is to elucidate the regulatory systems underlying plant growth and development. The Laboratory hosts a state-of-the-art advanced imaging facility for scientists working on several aspects of plant developmental biology, including live imaging of developing plant tissues, and high-resolution...
To mark the 200th birthday of its founding father on 11 September 2016, the ZEISS Archives acquired a historical microscope. It is highly likely that the simple microscope, which dates back to 1850, was made by none other than Carl Zeiss himself. Manfred Eichel from the German town of Lahntal acquired the microscope at a pharmacy closeout sale back when he was a young boy....
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and research reagents, today announced it has opened two new facilities, in Cambridge and Wetherby, Yorkshire. The new buildings almost double the Company’s overall footprint, which increases from 9,500 to 18,500 sq ft, including new state-of-the-art laboratory facilities....
The Vienna-based company VWM GmbH – Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions (VWM) announced today that it has won a highly-coveted award at the world's foremost trade fair for water management, the Singapore International Water Week. The company was selected by the jury as the winner of the Innovation Competition for the development of its pioneering technology, the ColiMinder®, which allows bacterial contamination in...
Method D8045 demonstrates the superiority of thermometric titration for complex petroleum samples as it is significantly faster, requires less maintenance and consumes less reagent. Thermometric titration uses a highly sensitive, fast responding electrode that detects enthalpy change at the endpoint. This method requires no sensor maintenance aside from a solvent rinse, needs no hydration and requires no calibration. New chemistries used in ASTM D8045 significantly lower the...