One of the UK’s leading private hospital groups has selected a Wirral company to introduce innovative blood-tracking solutions across all 31 of its hospitals.
Nuffield Health has selected international software company MSoft eSolutions to implement its award-winning systems. Nuffield has asked MSoft to introduce three of its products – Bloodhound, Sample360 and PPID360. Bloodhound controls access to and from all blood fridges, while a bedside management system allows each barcoded blood unit to be matched with the patient’s barcoded wristband in a matter of seconds. Sample360 is a powerful phlebotomy sample...
The management team at microscopy consumables company Agar Scientific Ltd. is delighted to announce the successful completion of a management buyout of the business from Elektron Technology PLC.
The management buyout has been led by Darren Likely, Managing Director, Rob Yeo, Operations Director and Paul Light, Finance Director with the support and guidance of Foresight Group, a leading private equity firm, RBS bank and Haines Watts Corporate Finance. Agar Scientific specialises in electron microscopy consumables and accessories....
INTEGRA announces the launch of a single channel version of its innovative EVOLVE manual pipette.
Unlike traditional pipettes which utilize a single rotating plunger to set volumes, the EVOLVE features three adjustable dials for setting each individual volume digit. Simply depress and twist the plunger to unlock the volume dials. Once unlocked, freely adjust the three dials to rapidly set the desired volume. This revolutionary approach allows users to set volumes more than ten times faster. Covering a volume range of..
The innovative design and ease-of-use of the Uniaxial Powder Tester (UPT) have been warmly received by powder processing experts catching first sight of the instrument at the recent Powtech exhibition, with visitors welcoming the commercialisation of a technique long recognised as simple, intuitive and industrially useful.
The new UPT was developed by Freeman Technology in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, DuPont and The Chemours Company to offer rapid, cost-effective industrial powder testing. “For anyone familiar with powder testing, the uniaxial shear testing technique is a well-known concept,” said Jamie Clayton, Operations Director for Freeman Technology. “While its potential advantages have long been recognised, the practicalities of measurement have previously...
The human cell culture specialists expand iPSC-derived cell range to include Progenitor & Mature Astrocytes
Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specialising in the supply of human iPSC-derived cells has expanded its range of neuroscience research tools to include an iPSC-Derived Astrocyte Progenitor Kit and iPSC-Derived Mature Astrocyte Kit. Axol iPSC-Derived Astrocyte Kits include cryopreserved cells, optimised media and supplements. The new kits offer researchers a complete culture system that is easy to use...
More than a decade after its first commercial introduction with the contrAA® family of instruments, High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS (HR-CS AAS) has become a well-established and appreciated analysis technology in routine, research, and academia.
The technology developed by Analytik Jena together with the Leibnitz Institute for Analytical Sciences ISAS e.V. in Berlin more than 10 years ago revolutionized atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). In contrary to traditional Line Source AAS, which requires different lamps for different elements, HR-CS AAS uses a Xenon lamp that emits a continuous spectrum at high intensity....
Oxford Nanoimaging (ONI) commence sales of an elegant desktop optical microscope capable of zooming in on objects as tiny as structures inside living cells.
This super-resolution microscope will allow scientists to watch how individual molecules perform chemical reactions in real-time. ONI's microscope, the Nanoimager, has the footprint of a desktop computer, is about 30 times smaller and significantly less expensive than current super-resolution microscopes, and it will be manufactured in the UK. ONI have raised £1.2m in a seed funding round from Oxford Sciences Innovation...
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of a new family of thermal desorption instruments for GC–MS
The new products, which form the ‘xr’ series, pre-concentrate organic vapours sampled using sorbent tubes, canisters and on-line air streams, and as well as options for automation, incorporate powerful new advances that extend the capabilities of analytical laboratories analysing volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) in air and materials....
University of Leicester involved in study to improve survival rates of stroke victims
The safety of a controversial clot-busting drug has been investigated by researchers, who have shown a modified dosage can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates. It is hoped the findings from the trial of more than 3,000 patients in 100 hospitals worldwide could change the way the most common form of stroke is treated globally. Intravenous rtPA (or alteplase) is given to people suffering acute...
SUEZ Treatment Solutions UK has provided two new water purification units to the University of York’s biology department – backed by a flexible service contract.
The two machines are a Select Fusion and Select Neptune. The Fusion is for analytical and life science applications that need small volumes of ultrapure water – typically up to 50 litres per day – while the Neptune is for higher volumes of up to two litres per minute. Purified water is a vital resource in the department, and is used everywhere from the tissue culture and microbiology labs to horticulture glasshouses...
With the inauguration of the TUM Catalysis Research Center (CRC), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) sets an international highlight in the field of catalysis research. Scientists from five departments, as well as industrial cooperation partners, will collaborate on research under one roof to meet the challenges of energy and resource saving production of chemical raw materials, fine chemicals and...
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult have released their third annual survey of GMP1 cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities in the UK.
The review summarises the capability and capacity of all cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities in the UK that hold an MHRA-licence. The survey, initiated in 2013 has continued annually following a recommendation by the UK government House of Lords 2013-14 Regenerative Medicine report. The report highlights a number of key changes in the cell and gene therapy manufacturing landscape over the last...
AMSBIO has introduced two new products to assist the increasing number of scientists adopting organoid culture as a physiologically relevant model for organ development.
These new tools build upon the widespread use of AMSBIO’s BME2 ‘organoid matrix’ by leading research groups worldwide. BME 2 is the extracellular matrix of choice for growing and supporting organoid cultures that are increasingly being adopted in drug screening applications. A new R-Spondin1 cell line has been developed that provides a cost-effective solution by which labs can obtain a long-term supply of R-Spondin1...
Oxford Nanoimaging Limited commence manufacturing and selling microscopes offering super-resolution and single-molecule performance to research users.
Today, the company announces the launch of its first product, the Nanoimager, a desktop, nanoscale imaging system. Developed in the Clarendon Laboratory in the Physics Department at the University of Oxford, Oxford Nanoimaging™ (ONI) announces the release of the exciting desktop fluorescence microscope, the Nanoimager™, to deliver nanoscale resolution imaging of live cells. This innovative approach from the Kapanidis Gene-Machines team...
Two OEM agreements signed to date, with potential for additional agreements to follow
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon"), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces it has entered into two Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) agreements with a global market leading Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform company, with the potential for additional agreements to follow. Horizon is a leading provider of highly characterised genetic...
New products and analytical solutions for improved performance and customer experience in pharmaceutical, industrial and applied markets.
Designed to increase sensitivity, improve specificity and maximize productivity, the new Bruker products introduced at Analytica 2016 include: The new SENTERRA™ II is an easy-to-use, confocal, multi-laser Raman imaging microscope with various acquisition modes to optimize speed or spatial resolution. The Raman engine of the SENTERRA II was redesigned to further improve spectral resolution and performance...
Today UK start up ioLight Limited launches the first high resolution pocket digital microscope.
The instrument displays beautiful images on an iPad for sharing and pasting into reports. For the first time scientists of all ages can capture and share professional quality images in the field instead of bringing samples back to the lab. Conventional microscopes work best on a lab bench, but are too big, sensitive and unstable for field use and they need power, a camera and a computer to capture images...
LPW is proud to introduce its world leading laboratory which has the full capability to rapidly and accurately conduct all your metal powder analysis.
A comprehensive range of analysis techniques, for both powder and AM components is available to be carried out by our award winning team. As Additive Manufacturing starts to be used in production environments, quality becomes ever more critical. The properties of the powder change during use, which can result in failed builds on an AM machine or even component failure in service which can prove catastrophic...
Presents data showing how the system can be used to support batch and high density fed batch microbial screening
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a poster presented at BPI Europe, entitled, ‘A novel automated micro bioreactor for high density fed batch microbial screening applications’ is now available online. The poster details how scientists at SSB assessed the new ambr® 15 fermentation system as a model for benchtop bioreactors to support development of batch and high density fed-batch microbial cultures...
AMSBIO has launched the 96-Well CometChip® System - a high-throughput platform developed to simultaneously treat and measure DNA damage induced by different treatments, or among different cell types on a single slide using the Comet assay.
DNA damaging agents can promote aging, disease and cancer and are widespread in the environment as well as being produced within human cells as normal cellular metabolites. The ability to quantify DNA damage responses is consequently critical to researchers in public health, pharmaceutical or clinical labs. The CometChip® is based upon the well-established single cell gel electrophoresis “Comet Assay”, which...
Autoscribe Informatics has updated the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with a number of performance enhancements.
Released at the end of Q2 2016, these improvements will be available to all current Matrix Gemini V5 users and, of course, to all new customers. The latest version of software provides more flexibility for importing documents, pictures and files by allowing the file path to be defined beforehand to automate the process. This speeds up sample entry and other common tasks by reducing the number of clicks required to...
SMi Groups 5th annual Cancer Vaccines conference returns to London this autumn to discuss new breakthroughs in cancer vaccine development.
SMi Group is thrilled to present the 5th annual Cancer Vaccines conference, taking place on 21st & 22nd September 2016 in Central London, UK. Aimed at an audience of senior scientists and oncology specialists involved in targeted vaccines and drug research, Cancer Vaccines 2016 will aim to provide a perfect platform to discuss pioneering clinical developments and the next generation of cancer immunotherapy.
Nuffield Health has selected international software company MSoft eSolutions to implement its award-winning systems. Nuffield has asked MSoft to introduce three of its products – Bloodhound, Sample360 and PPID360. Bloodhound controls access to and from all blood fridges, while a bedside management system allows each barcoded blood unit to be matched with the patient’s barcoded wristband in a matter of seconds. Sample360 is a powerful phlebotomy sample...
The management buyout has been led by Darren Likely, Managing Director, Rob Yeo, Operations Director and Paul Light, Finance Director with the support and guidance of Foresight Group, a leading private equity firm, RBS bank and Haines Watts Corporate Finance. Agar Scientific specialises in electron microscopy consumables and accessories....
Unlike traditional pipettes which utilize a single rotating plunger to set volumes, the EVOLVE features three adjustable dials for setting each individual volume digit. Simply depress and twist the plunger to unlock the volume dials. Once unlocked, freely adjust the three dials to rapidly set the desired volume. This revolutionary approach allows users to set volumes more than ten times faster. Covering a volume range of..
The new UPT was developed by Freeman Technology in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, DuPont and The Chemours Company to offer rapid, cost-effective industrial powder testing. “For anyone familiar with powder testing, the uniaxial shear testing technique is a well-known concept,” said Jamie Clayton, Operations Director for Freeman Technology. “While its potential advantages have long been recognised, the practicalities of measurement have previously...
Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specialising in the supply of human iPSC-derived cells has expanded its range of neuroscience research tools to include an iPSC-Derived Astrocyte Progenitor Kit and iPSC-Derived Mature Astrocyte Kit. Axol iPSC-Derived Astrocyte Kits include cryopreserved cells, optimised media and supplements. The new kits offer researchers a complete culture system that is easy to use...
The technology developed by Analytik Jena together with the Leibnitz Institute for Analytical Sciences ISAS e.V. in Berlin more than 10 years ago revolutionized atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). In contrary to traditional Line Source AAS, which requires different lamps for different elements, HR-CS AAS uses a Xenon lamp that emits a continuous spectrum at high intensity....
This super-resolution microscope will allow scientists to watch how individual molecules perform chemical reactions in real-time. ONI's microscope, the Nanoimager, has the footprint of a desktop computer, is about 30 times smaller and significantly less expensive than current super-resolution microscopes, and it will be manufactured in the UK. ONI have raised £1.2m in a seed funding round from Oxford Sciences Innovation...
The new products, which form the ‘xr’ series, pre-concentrate organic vapours sampled using sorbent tubes, canisters and on-line air streams, and as well as options for automation, incorporate powerful new advances that extend the capabilities of analytical laboratories analysing volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) in air and materials....
The safety of a controversial clot-busting drug has been investigated by researchers, who have shown a modified dosage can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates. It is hoped the findings from the trial of more than 3,000 patients in 100 hospitals worldwide could change the way the most common form of stroke is treated globally. Intravenous rtPA (or alteplase) is given to people suffering acute...
The two machines are a Select Fusion and Select Neptune. The Fusion is for analytical and life science applications that need small volumes of ultrapure water – typically up to 50 litres per day – while the Neptune is for higher volumes of up to two litres per minute. Purified water is a vital resource in the department, and is used everywhere from the tissue culture and microbiology labs to horticulture glasshouses...
With the inauguration of the TUM Catalysis Research Center (CRC), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) sets an international highlight in the field of catalysis research. Scientists from five departments, as well as industrial cooperation partners, will collaborate on research under one roof to meet the challenges of energy and resource saving production of chemical raw materials, fine chemicals and...
The review summarises the capability and capacity of all cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities in the UK that hold an MHRA-licence. The survey, initiated in 2013 has continued annually following a recommendation by the UK government House of Lords 2013-14 Regenerative Medicine report. The report highlights a number of key changes in the cell and gene therapy manufacturing landscape over the last...
These new tools build upon the widespread use of AMSBIO’s BME2 ‘organoid matrix’ by leading research groups worldwide. BME 2 is the extracellular matrix of choice for growing and supporting organoid cultures that are increasingly being adopted in drug screening applications. A new R-Spondin1 cell line has been developed that provides a cost-effective solution by which labs can obtain a long-term supply of R-Spondin1...
Today, the company announces the launch of its first product, the Nanoimager, a desktop, nanoscale imaging system. Developed in the Clarendon Laboratory in the Physics Department at the University of Oxford, Oxford Nanoimaging™ (ONI) announces the release of the exciting desktop fluorescence microscope, the Nanoimager™, to deliver nanoscale resolution imaging of live cells. This innovative approach from the Kapanidis Gene-Machines team...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon"), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces it has entered into two Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) agreements with a global market leading Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform company, with the potential for additional agreements to follow. Horizon is a leading provider of highly characterised genetic...
Designed to increase sensitivity, improve specificity and maximize productivity, the new Bruker products introduced at Analytica 2016 include: The new SENTERRA™ II is an easy-to-use, confocal, multi-laser Raman imaging microscope with various acquisition modes to optimize speed or spatial resolution. The Raman engine of the SENTERRA II was redesigned to further improve spectral resolution and performance...
The instrument displays beautiful images on an iPad for sharing and pasting into reports. For the first time scientists of all ages can capture and share professional quality images in the field instead of bringing samples back to the lab. Conventional microscopes work best on a lab bench, but are too big, sensitive and unstable for field use and they need power, a camera and a computer to capture images...
A comprehensive range of analysis techniques, for both powder and AM components is available to be carried out by our award winning team. As Additive Manufacturing starts to be used in production environments, quality becomes ever more critical. The properties of the powder change during use, which can result in failed builds on an AM machine or even component failure in service which can prove catastrophic...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a poster presented at BPI Europe, entitled, ‘A novel automated micro bioreactor for high density fed batch microbial screening applications’ is now available online. The poster details how scientists at SSB assessed the new ambr® 15 fermentation system as a model for benchtop bioreactors to support development of batch and high density fed-batch microbial cultures...
DNA damaging agents can promote aging, disease and cancer and are widespread in the environment as well as being produced within human cells as normal cellular metabolites. The ability to quantify DNA damage responses is consequently critical to researchers in public health, pharmaceutical or clinical labs. The CometChip® is based upon the well-established single cell gel electrophoresis “Comet Assay”, which...
Released at the end of Q2 2016, these improvements will be available to all current Matrix Gemini V5 users and, of course, to all new customers. The latest version of software provides more flexibility for importing documents, pictures and files by allowing the file path to be defined beforehand to automate the process. This speeds up sample entry and other common tasks by reducing the number of clicks required to...
SMi Group is thrilled to present the 5th annual Cancer Vaccines conference, taking place on 21st & 22nd September 2016 in Central London, UK. Aimed at an audience of senior scientists and oncology specialists involved in targeted vaccines and drug research, Cancer Vaccines 2016 will aim to provide a perfect platform to discuss pioneering clinical developments and the next generation of cancer immunotherapy.