Cresset Discovery Services, provider of contract research services for early phase discovery, and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), have entered into a collaborative agreement to use computer-aided drug discovery to identify back-up compounds for a recently discovered molecule in MMV’s portfolio.
“Cresset Discovery Services offer expertise in computational chemistry,” says Dr James Duffy, Associate Director, Drug Discovery, MMV. “We look forward to working with them to identify a back-up compound for one of our promising projects.” “Our experts in computational biology and computational chemistry are ideally placed to solve high impact problems in drug discovery such as the identification of back-up compounds...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has supplied peristaltic pumps to Novasep for its Sius™ TFF Skid, a tangential flow filtration system used in the biopharmaceutical industry to separate and concentrate biomolecules according to their size.
The new skid is the first on the market to offer a 100 per cent single-use TFF solution. Watson Marlow 520UN/R2 and 620UN/RE pumps were selected to facilitate the system’s fluid transfer operations. In tangential flow filtration (TFF), the fluid to be processed circulates across a porous membrane and, under pressure, passes through its pores. Molecules of a greater size than the pores remain in the retentate, whereas small...
Our top priority is to ensure continued high-level customer support and service with the added benefit of AMETEK’s broader capability in physical property measurement. Expanded know-how in the application of test measurement instrumentation to QC and R&D challenges is the bottom line. But rest assured: the same people who took your last order, built your last instrument and helped with technical support are all still here committed to excellence in customer service.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes attends launch event at the Source BioScience facility in Rochdale
Source BioScience, the international Laboratory Services and Products business, has launched a revolutionary -70°C walk-in chamber, the Polar50™. The launch event was held at the Company’s flagship facility in Rochdale, UK and included a captivating presentation by the world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who has led numerous expeditions to the coldest places on Earth. During the event, local dignitaries...
Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion High-Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) system breaks new ground in productivity and efficiency for environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories
Now scientists in environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories can rely on a new flexible and configurable high-pressure ion chromatography system designed to deliver exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. The Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion High-Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) system, the newest addition to the Thermo Fisher Scientific ion chromatography portfolio...
Renishaw's Raman spectroscopy team will be hosting its next Inside Raman UK event on 19th April 2016.
It will be held, for the very first time, at Renishaw's New Mills headquarters in Gloucestershire. This one-day conference will bring together Raman users and experts from a diverse range of applications. Prominent scientists will present their current research involving Raman spectroscopy and attendees will be able to see Renishaw's latest Raman technology, capabilities and software...
Metrohm USA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Young Chemist Award, Amay Bandodkar.
Amay is completing his Ph.D. at the University of California San Diego where he works under the supervision of Professor Joseph Wang, SAIC Endowed Professor and Chair of the NanoEngineering Department. Amay’s research focuses on developing next generation of wearable sensors that, unlike today’s wearable devices, possess the power to continuously monitor physiologically relevant chemicals directly on the human body in a completely non-invasive fashion...
“In a study of 11 healthy human volunteers, adherence to the specially designed low PAMP diet for just one week caused a significant 18% reduction in LDL (bad) cholesterol and an 11% reduction in white blood cell count.
Volunteers also lost weight (on average 0.6 kg) and their waist circumference was reduced (average 1.5 cm), during the low PAMP diet. These are key risk factors for coronary artery disease and Type II diabetes.” Dr Clett Erridge, University of Leicester...
NovaBiotics Ltd, the Aberdeen-based, anti-infectives focused biotechnology company, today announced that it was awarded the Life Science Investment of the Year Award at the Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Annual Awards.
The Life Science Investment of the Year Award is presented in recognition of the significance of an investment to a company and its impact on the business and the life science industry in. NovaBiotics won the award for successfully securing £5 million of equity investment from Woodford Investment Management...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer is used in the practical teaching of organic chemistry students at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas.
Tarrant County College (TCC) was established in 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas to provide quality, affordable education. The College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges to award Associate's degrees. In 2014, TCC's Board of Trustees together with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved for the College to award Associate of Science degree in Chemistry. Graduates with an AS-Chemistry degree are qualified to...
US-based Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network (MPLN) has teamed up with the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) to speed up delivery of cutting-edge diagnostic tests to patients.
The partnership, created to help MPLN access the North of England’s expertise in diagnostic testing, will put in place support to develop early stage diagnostic tests into clinically viable assays. The potential of this is that tests developed in the North will help patients across the globe to access effective treatments quicker. The collaboration is supported by hospitals and universities across the North including National Institute for...
PCRmax (a Bibby Scientific Company), will showcase the Alpha Cycler 4 and its accompanying software update at Arab Lab, 2016.
The Alpha Cycler 4 is the only commercially available thermal cycler, to offer four totally independent blocks. Coupled with the updated intuitive software, the Alpha Cycler 4 is able to enhance the value of each PCR run, by allowing users to streamline the workflow, and improve productivity and results. Designed with the end-user in mind, the second version of the Alpha Cycler 4 software allows users to monitor time until runs complete...
Optibrium™, a developer of software for small molecule drug discovery and optimisation, today announced it will make its StarDropTM technology available to an international consortium of academic and not-for profit organisations.
Under the agreement, licensed access to StarDrop software will be provided to support drug discovery projects as part of a global health programme focused on developing new treatments for neglected diseases. Consortium partners are involved in projects to facilitate and speed up the development of therapies for the treatment of so-called “neglected” diseases such as leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease...
Aalborg® is proud to announce the formation of its new AALFA-KAL Metrology Laboratory in Orangeburg, New York.
This new division of Aalborg Instruments and Controls, Inc. has passed its audits and has been approved for gas flow calibrations by A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) which has a Mutual Recognition Arrangement with ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation). How do these accreditations benefit AALFA-KAL customers...
Primerdesign launches one of the world’s first Zika virus tests
Novacyt (ALTERNEXT: ALNOV), an international specialist in cancer and infectious disease diagnostics, updates the market on its intended acquisition of Primerdesign Ltd (“Primerdesign”), a profitable and rapidly growing UK molecular diagnostics company. On 18 January 2016, Novacyt announced its intention to acquire the entire share capital of Primerdesign for £9.85m (approximately €13.0m), plus an additional....
Continuing a proud tradition, BioTek Instruments will receive the 2015 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Award, presented by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
The award will be presented at the 2016 Worksite Wellness conference on March 30, 2016 in Burlington, VT. The conference highlights Vermont companies and their efforts to promote the health and wellness of employees. This year, Lilly Tarricone, Mark Boutin and Kathy Gendron at BioTek will be recognized for their leadership in BioTek’s BioFit wellness program. BioTek’s continuing initiatives include a variety of activities...
Thermo Scientific Medifuge small benchtop centrifuge provides versatility within a compact footprint
Clinical and life science researchers can now benefit from a new benchtop centrifuge that features a unique 2-in-1 hybrid rotor that has interchangeable fixed-angle and swinging buckets to facilitate quick and convenient switching between applications. Rotor exchange can be time-consuming and expensive, particularly for researchers constantly alternating between sample vessels. When coupled with the Thermo Scientific...
Combines Accuracy with Affordability to Deliver Rapid Count Results
Synbiosis, a long-established, expert manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, is delighted to introduce the aCOLyte 3 HD its next generation, automated colony counter for microbiologists that demand a sensitive, budget system to quickly and accurately count colonies of all sizes and colours. The new aCOLyte 3 HD colony counter, features a high resolution megapixel CCD camera for accurate detection of different coloured...
Essential steps you need to know about scanning electrophoresis gels
Do you want a fast and easy way to scan your electrophoresis gels? Look no further than the Bio-5000 Plus two platform scanner. Designed for researchers who want to quickly scan their electrophoresis gels, the Bio-5000 Plus offers an alternative to those camera based systems which can often produce unsatisfactory results. This image capture system is equipped with an optical CCD sensor whose...
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2016 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology.
This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiology research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2016. The winner and finalists are selected by a committee of independent scientists, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern. The 2015 prize was...
In the production of margarine millions of tons of unsaturated fatty acids are converted from vegetable oils using hydrogen.
While searching for improved catalysts for these so-called hydrogenation reactions, a German-American research team made a discovery that puts a 50-year old rule in question: In catalytic particles comprising only a few atoms, shape and size influence reactivity much more strongly then previously thought. Millions of tons of margarine are produced every year by converting unsaturated fatty acids from vegetable oils using...
Cresset Discovery Services, provider of contract research services for early phase discovery, has developed an innovative clustering method that made it possible to assess the 3D similarity across BioBlocks’ virtual database of over 1.5 million fragments.
Cresset’s work enabled BioBlocks, a collaborative medicinal chemistry company, to design new fragment libraries with maximal coverage of 3D chemical space. “Our goal was to help BioBlocks to build the maximum 3D diversity into small libraries of fragments from a starting pool of over a million compounds,” explains Dr Mark Mackey, CSO of Cresset. “Existing techniques would have required an unfeasible amount of computing...
“Cresset Discovery Services offer expertise in computational chemistry,” says Dr James Duffy, Associate Director, Drug Discovery, MMV. “We look forward to working with them to identify a back-up compound for one of our promising projects.” “Our experts in computational biology and computational chemistry are ideally placed to solve high impact problems in drug discovery such as the identification of back-up compounds...
The new skid is the first on the market to offer a 100 per cent single-use TFF solution. Watson Marlow 520UN/R2 and 620UN/RE pumps were selected to facilitate the system’s fluid transfer operations. In tangential flow filtration (TFF), the fluid to be processed circulates across a porous membrane and, under pressure, passes through its pores. Molecules of a greater size than the pores remain in the retentate, whereas small...
Our top priority is to ensure continued high-level customer support and service with the added benefit of AMETEK’s broader capability in physical property measurement. Expanded know-how in the application of test measurement instrumentation to QC and R&D challenges is the bottom line. But rest assured: the same people who took your last order, built your last instrument and helped with technical support are all still here committed to excellence in customer service.
Source BioScience, the international Laboratory Services and Products business, has launched a revolutionary -70°C walk-in chamber, the Polar50™. The launch event was held at the Company’s flagship facility in Rochdale, UK and included a captivating presentation by the world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who has led numerous expeditions to the coldest places on Earth. During the event, local dignitaries...
Now scientists in environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories can rely on a new flexible and configurable high-pressure ion chromatography system designed to deliver exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. The Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion High-Pressure Ion Chromatography (HPIC) system, the newest addition to the Thermo Fisher Scientific ion chromatography portfolio...
It will be held, for the very first time, at Renishaw's New Mills headquarters in Gloucestershire. This one-day conference will bring together Raman users and experts from a diverse range of applications. Prominent scientists will present their current research involving Raman spectroscopy and attendees will be able to see Renishaw's latest Raman technology, capabilities and software...
Amay is completing his Ph.D. at the University of California San Diego where he works under the supervision of Professor Joseph Wang, SAIC Endowed Professor and Chair of the NanoEngineering Department. Amay’s research focuses on developing next generation of wearable sensors that, unlike today’s wearable devices, possess the power to continuously monitor physiologically relevant chemicals directly on the human body in a completely non-invasive fashion...
Volunteers also lost weight (on average 0.6 kg) and their waist circumference was reduced (average 1.5 cm), during the low PAMP diet. These are key risk factors for coronary artery disease and Type II diabetes.” Dr Clett Erridge, University of Leicester...
The Life Science Investment of the Year Award is presented in recognition of the significance of an investment to a company and its impact on the business and the life science industry in. NovaBiotics won the award for successfully securing £5 million of equity investment from Woodford Investment Management...
Tarrant County College (TCC) was established in 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas to provide quality, affordable education. The College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges to award Associate's degrees. In 2014, TCC's Board of Trustees together with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved for the College to award Associate of Science degree in Chemistry. Graduates with an AS-Chemistry degree are qualified to...
The partnership, created to help MPLN access the North of England’s expertise in diagnostic testing, will put in place support to develop early stage diagnostic tests into clinically viable assays. The potential of this is that tests developed in the North will help patients across the globe to access effective treatments quicker. The collaboration is supported by hospitals and universities across the North including National Institute for...
The Alpha Cycler 4 is the only commercially available thermal cycler, to offer four totally independent blocks. Coupled with the updated intuitive software, the Alpha Cycler 4 is able to enhance the value of each PCR run, by allowing users to streamline the workflow, and improve productivity and results. Designed with the end-user in mind, the second version of the Alpha Cycler 4 software allows users to monitor time until runs complete...
Under the agreement, licensed access to StarDrop software will be provided to support drug discovery projects as part of a global health programme focused on developing new treatments for neglected diseases. Consortium partners are involved in projects to facilitate and speed up the development of therapies for the treatment of so-called “neglected” diseases such as leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness, Chagas disease...
This new division of Aalborg Instruments and Controls, Inc. has passed its audits and has been approved for gas flow calibrations by A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) which has a Mutual Recognition Arrangement with ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation). How do these accreditations benefit AALFA-KAL customers...
Novacyt (ALTERNEXT: ALNOV), an international specialist in cancer and infectious disease diagnostics, updates the market on its intended acquisition of Primerdesign Ltd (“Primerdesign”), a profitable and rapidly growing UK molecular diagnostics company. On 18 January 2016, Novacyt announced its intention to acquire the entire share capital of Primerdesign for £9.85m (approximately €13.0m), plus an additional....
The award will be presented at the 2016 Worksite Wellness conference on March 30, 2016 in Burlington, VT. The conference highlights Vermont companies and their efforts to promote the health and wellness of employees. This year, Lilly Tarricone, Mark Boutin and Kathy Gendron at BioTek will be recognized for their leadership in BioTek’s BioFit wellness program. BioTek’s continuing initiatives include a variety of activities...
Clinical and life science researchers can now benefit from a new benchtop centrifuge that features a unique 2-in-1 hybrid rotor that has interchangeable fixed-angle and swinging buckets to facilitate quick and convenient switching between applications. Rotor exchange can be time-consuming and expensive, particularly for researchers constantly alternating between sample vessels. When coupled with the Thermo Scientific...
Synbiosis, a long-established, expert manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, is delighted to introduce the aCOLyte 3 HD its next generation, automated colony counter for microbiologists that demand a sensitive, budget system to quickly and accurately count colonies of all sizes and colours. The new aCOLyte 3 HD colony counter, features a high resolution megapixel CCD camera for accurate detection of different coloured...
Do you want a fast and easy way to scan your electrophoresis gels? Look no further than the Bio-5000 Plus two platform scanner. Designed for researchers who want to quickly scan their electrophoresis gels, the Bio-5000 Plus offers an alternative to those camera based systems which can often produce unsatisfactory results. This image capture system is equipped with an optical CCD sensor whose...
This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiology research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2016. The winner and finalists are selected by a committee of independent scientists, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern. The 2015 prize was...
While searching for improved catalysts for these so-called hydrogenation reactions, a German-American research team made a discovery that puts a 50-year old rule in question: In catalytic particles comprising only a few atoms, shape and size influence reactivity much more strongly then previously thought. Millions of tons of margarine are produced every year by converting unsaturated fatty acids from vegetable oils using...
Cresset’s work enabled BioBlocks, a collaborative medicinal chemistry company, to design new fragment libraries with maximal coverage of 3D chemical space. “Our goal was to help BioBlocks to build the maximum 3D diversity into small libraries of fragments from a starting pool of over a million compounds,” explains Dr Mark Mackey, CSO of Cresset. “Existing techniques would have required an unfeasible amount of computing...