Haydale, a leader in the development and commercialisation of enhanced graphene and nanoparticulate materials, has announced that it has recently been awarded a number of research grants, totalling over £450,000.
The projects relating to each grant are expected to run for a period of between 18 to 24 months. These new projects include The development of low cost, self-cleaning graphene enhanced coatings for industrial membranes used in the cleaning and filtering of waste water, swimming pools, desalination and offshore drilling fluids, amongst others as part of the project recently announced by G20 Water. The project’s target sectors of nanofiltration from...
Ingenza is collaborating with researchers at Plymouth University to develop an efficient, scalable microbial production system for epidermicin, an exciting new antibiotic that rapidly kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other harmful bacteria.
Mathew Upton, Associate Professor in Medical Microbiology at Plymouth University, explained: “Epidermicin is a stable, 51 amino acid peptide originally found in Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is effective against gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci. It is more potent than existing antibiotics, is non-toxic and represents a new tool in the arsenal of antibiotic medications. However, epidermicin is produced in...
Genomics’ proprietary statistical analysis tools and integrated multi-phenotype database will be used to inform Biogen’s drug research and development processes
Genomics plc (“Genomics”), a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biogen. The collaboration aims to refine drug target selection through the use of sophisticated analysis of human genetic data. Under the terms of the agreement Biogen...
The Pittcon 2016 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 13 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.
Each award will be presented during a symposium during Pittcon 2016, March 6-10, 2016. Atlanta, Georgia. Presentations will include topics in applications such as bioanalytical, environmental, nanotechnology, material science, polymers/plastics, pharmaceutical, biomedical and homeland security. Methodologies include near infrared spectroscopy, molecular and vibrational spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; electrochemistry; liquid chromatography...
Professors Alois Fürstner and Alois Jungbauer, renowned experts in catalysis and purification processes, will help boost innovation at Novasep
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces the nomination of two new members to its scientific advisory board: Professor Alois Fürstner, a world expert in catalysis and director at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany); and Professor Alois Jungbauer, an internationally renowned specialist in purification processes and professor at the Austrian Center of...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s largest independent British-owned supplier of scientific equipment, chemicals and consumables has relocated its Scottish operations to BioCity Scotland.
To mark this stage in the company’s development, SLS will host a Scottish Laboratory Show, organised in association with the Science Council, at BioCity Scotland on Thursday 29 October 2015. The move to the Newhouse bioscience business incubator signifies SLS’s commitment to investing in science in Scotland and will consolidate its existing relationship with the wider BioCity Group. BioCity Scotland provides biotech, pharmaceutical and...
Presents data on how scientists at Merck are using the ambr® 250 system as a tool for rapid development of both cell culture bioprocesses and microbial fermentation
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a new paper entitled, ‘Automated disposable small-scale bioreactor reactor for high-throughput process development: implementation of the 24 bioreactor array’ has been published in the respected, peer reviewed journal, Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing. The paper details how scientists at leading pharmaceutical firm, Merck are utilising the ambr® 250 automated mini bioreactor system to improve process...
A new technical study from Micronic reports on tests carried out to demonstrate the absence of extractable organic contaminants in their polypropylene sample storage tubes.Extractables-free sample storage
The possibility of extractables being leached out of polypropylene tubes by aqueous or organic solvents is a major concern to many organisations looking to safeguard their valuable stored samples from contamination. In the tests carried out, samples of Micronic polypropylene sample storage tubes were extracted with 10% absolute ethanol in ultrapure water and the extract was then analysed using highly sensitive GC-FID and GC-MS instrumentation...
New Instrument Helps Pharma Labs Comply with Global Quality Requirements
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched the QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer. Designed to be faster for higher TOC sample analysis throughput for the busy QC laboratory, the new instrument also carries out direct TOC analysis for greater quality and regulatory compliance. “The QbD1200 is designed to assist the pharmaceutical industry to meet the increasingly strict requirements of the major global regulatory* guidelines,” said...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer in the Chemistry Department of Durham University.
It is being applied to general NMR research, reaction monitoring and teaching at the undergraduate level. Dr Alan Kenwright is Reader in Spectroscopy and Manager of the solution-state NMR facility in the Chemistry Department at Durham University. His personal research is focussed on developing and using NMR techniques to solve a range of chemical problems, but in addition to that (and growing out of it), he works in collaboration with a number of other...
At a meeting in September, the Supervisory Board of Analytik Jena AG made the decision to expand the Company’s Executive Board.
In this way, the Company is responding to its growth and the ever-increasing challenges associated with its operational business. The management body of the Jena-based technology Company will be expanded to include two new members in fall 2015 and a fifth area of responsibility in January 2016. This restructuring also lays the groundwork for appointing a successor to Klaus Berka, the Company founder and Chief Executive Officer, whose contract expires in March 2017. Ulrich Krauss, who has more than two decades of experience in a variety of international management positions...
Read MoreKöttermann has acquired the IP rights to the Mach-Aire range of high quality Fume Cupboards and LEV'sOct 16, 2015
With effect from 01.10.2015 Köttermann GmbH & Co. KG, the world market leader in laboratory furniture made of steel, has acquired the IP rights to the Mach-Aire range of high quality Fume Cupboards and LEV's (local exhaust ventilation), which have been widely utilized in laboratories in the pharmaceutical, biotech and university sectors.
With the acquisition Köttermann is gaining a recognized brand in the UK and Ireland sales regions, which Köttermann will manufacture at its German facility. The Group’s UK subsidiary Köttermann Ltd will immediately commence the marketing, sales and installation of the Mach-Aire Fume Cupboards and LEV’s in the UK & Ireland, alongside and complementing the existing Köttermann products and services....
Designed and preconfigured for straightforward, state-of-the-art separations
Proteomics laboratories can benefit from a for liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The new Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1200 system with a pressure capacity of 1200 bar is designed to provide effortless separation performance and high-throughput capacity. The Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1200 system and the Thermo Scientific Acclaim PepMap nanoLC columns made their debut at the Human Proteome Organization’s 14th Annual World...
Water is an unwanted constituent of all kinds of gases. Precise determination is therefore a must, e. g., in medical gases, noble gases, process gases, and welding gases.
The 875 KF Gas Analyzer is a highly robust solution for this kind of analysis, combining precise sampling with the accuracy of coulometric Karl Fischer titration in a fully integrated, software controlled analyzer. Water can be determined with various analytical techniques at trace levels. However, water in gases is a particular challenge: Most of the feasible methods need to be calibrated and can only determine the water content indirectly.
Independent committee recognizes significant contributions in plasma spectrochemistry
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the winners of the 2016 Winter Conference Awards in Plasma Spectrochemistry. Selected by an independent awards committee, these industry leading scientists have made noteworthy contributions over time or through a single, significant breakthrough in the field of plasma spectrochemistry. Award winners will be honored during the Winter Plasma Conference in...
Specialists in CHN Microanalysis - Exeter Analytical are celebrating the 21st anniversary of opening their European headquarters in the UK.
Started in 1994 by the present European Manager (Paul Hemming) - Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd is today a leading supplier of CHN microanalysis instruments, consumables and supplies to universities and government research labs as well as pharmaceutical, chemical, environmental, agricultural and waste reclamation organisations. Mr Hemming commented “As a company dedicated to CHN microanalysis our expertise and experience with...
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce the extension of the ISOLUTE® PLD+ protein and phospholipid removal product line to include the versatile tabless 1 mL column format, for the clean-up of blood based matrix samples for analysis by LC-MS/MS.
ISOLUTE® PLD+ 96-well plates and columns combine protein and phospholipid removal into a single product providing very effective and extremely simple sample clean-up for LC-MS/MS analysis. The new format is ideal for lower throughput applications, or for laboratories that have variable sample numbers to process. Up to 96 columns can be processed using specially designed base plates, eliminating the problem of wasted unused...
Veolia Water Technologies will be showcasing the latest innovations in laboratory water purification technology. Whether you’re looking for trace levels of EDCs in the environment, APIs in pharmaceutical wastewater, DNA fragments or any other challenging analytes, you’ll be aware that limits of detection are getting lower. And that means water purity is even more critical. Veolia’s award winning PURELAB® Chorus range can be customized to deliver water purity from Type III for general laboratory...
Enhanced Quality Testing Addresses Guidelines for Cell Therapy and Research
Lonza has enhanced its range of Poietics™ Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) by expanding the characterization of these cells to meet industry guidelines for translational and cell therapy research applications. The newly enhanced Poietics™ Human MSCs help to ensure that researchers start their experiments with a high-quality starting population of multipotent stem cells. This robust starting population is critical for translational...
New translational science company DEXSTR announces seed funding and presents innovative data management tool Inquiro at Pharmaceutical IT Congress
One year after it was created, DEXSTR, a start-up in the field of data management for Life sciences, is among the lead sponsors of the 13th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress in London, where it will be presenting Inquiro, the company’s unique solution to manage scientific data. DEXSTR has also announced the backing of IT-Translation, an investor in digital technology start-ups, which is investing €300,000 in this promising young company based in France...
A new short and engaging SimpleShow format video from INTEGRA introduces and explains the unique features and benefits of their Multichannel Pipette Reagent Reservoirs. The video features the continuing story of animated lab heroes Mason and Mary. Watching this funny video you will learn about how INTEGRA 10ml, 25ml and 100ml Multichannel reagent reservoirs are designed to nest inside each other, making it possible to get twice as many reservoirs in half the space of other products, reducing inventory space requirements and shipping costs....
FLIR Systems announces that the latest version of its Research IR software - ResearchIR Max version 4.2 gives users direct access to their MATLAB scripts within the software program for the first time.
This new capability allows users to access their customized MatLab® scripts directly in ResearchIR for specially-tailored thermal image analysis and processing tasks. Many useful MatLab functions can now be directly accessed from within ResearchIR. Combining FLIR thermal and other cameras with MATLAB provides you with a flexible environment to explore algorithms for multi-sensor systems. To demonstrate the powerful utility of this new capability...
The projects relating to each grant are expected to run for a period of between 18 to 24 months. These new projects include The development of low cost, self-cleaning graphene enhanced coatings for industrial membranes used in the cleaning and filtering of waste water, swimming pools, desalination and offshore drilling fluids, amongst others as part of the project recently announced by G20 Water. The project’s target sectors of nanofiltration from...
Mathew Upton, Associate Professor in Medical Microbiology at Plymouth University, explained: “Epidermicin is a stable, 51 amino acid peptide originally found in Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is effective against gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci. It is more potent than existing antibiotics, is non-toxic and represents a new tool in the arsenal of antibiotic medications. However, epidermicin is produced in...
Genomics plc (“Genomics”), a leading analysis company developing algorithms, data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human disease, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Biogen. The collaboration aims to refine drug target selection through the use of sophisticated analysis of human genetic data. Under the terms of the agreement Biogen...
Each award will be presented during a symposium during Pittcon 2016, March 6-10, 2016. Atlanta, Georgia. Presentations will include topics in applications such as bioanalytical, environmental, nanotechnology, material science, polymers/plastics, pharmaceutical, biomedical and homeland security. Methodologies include near infrared spectroscopy, molecular and vibrational spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; electrochemistry; liquid chromatography...
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces the nomination of two new members to its scientific advisory board: Professor Alois Fürstner, a world expert in catalysis and director at the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany); and Professor Alois Jungbauer, an internationally renowned specialist in purification processes and professor at the Austrian Center of...
To mark this stage in the company’s development, SLS will host a Scottish Laboratory Show, organised in association with the Science Council, at BioCity Scotland on Thursday 29 October 2015. The move to the Newhouse bioscience business incubator signifies SLS’s commitment to investing in science in Scotland and will consolidate its existing relationship with the wider BioCity Group. BioCity Scotland provides biotech, pharmaceutical and...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced a new paper entitled, ‘Automated disposable small-scale bioreactor reactor for high-throughput process development: implementation of the 24 bioreactor array’ has been published in the respected, peer reviewed journal, Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing. The paper details how scientists at leading pharmaceutical firm, Merck are utilising the ambr® 250 automated mini bioreactor system to improve process...
The possibility of extractables being leached out of polypropylene tubes by aqueous or organic solvents is a major concern to many organisations looking to safeguard their valuable stored samples from contamination. In the tests carried out, samples of Micronic polypropylene sample storage tubes were extracted with 10% absolute ethanol in ultrapure water and the extract was then analysed using highly sensitive GC-FID and GC-MS instrumentation...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has launched the QbD1200 Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer. Designed to be faster for higher TOC sample analysis throughput for the busy QC laboratory, the new instrument also carries out direct TOC analysis for greater quality and regulatory compliance. “The QbD1200 is designed to assist the pharmaceutical industry to meet the increasingly strict requirements of the major global regulatory* guidelines,” said...
It is being applied to general NMR research, reaction monitoring and teaching at the undergraduate level. Dr Alan Kenwright is Reader in Spectroscopy and Manager of the solution-state NMR facility in the Chemistry Department at Durham University. His personal research is focussed on developing and using NMR techniques to solve a range of chemical problems, but in addition to that (and growing out of it), he works in collaboration with a number of other...
With the acquisition Köttermann is gaining a recognized brand in the UK and Ireland sales regions, which Köttermann will manufacture at its German facility. The Group’s UK subsidiary Köttermann Ltd will immediately commence the marketing, sales and installation of the Mach-Aire Fume Cupboards and LEV’s in the UK & Ireland, alongside and complementing the existing Köttermann products and services....
Proteomics laboratories can benefit from a for liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The new Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1200 system with a pressure capacity of 1200 bar is designed to provide effortless separation performance and high-throughput capacity. The Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1200 system and the Thermo Scientific Acclaim PepMap nanoLC columns made their debut at the Human Proteome Organization’s 14th Annual World...
The 875 KF Gas Analyzer is a highly robust solution for this kind of analysis, combining precise sampling with the accuracy of coulometric Karl Fischer titration in a fully integrated, software controlled analyzer. Water can be determined with various analytical techniques at trace levels. However, water in gases is a particular challenge: Most of the feasible methods need to be calibrated and can only determine the water content indirectly.
Started in 1994 by the present European Manager (Paul Hemming) - Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd is today a leading supplier of CHN microanalysis instruments, consumables and supplies to universities and government research labs as well as pharmaceutical, chemical, environmental, agricultural and waste reclamation organisations. Mr Hemming commented “As a company dedicated to CHN microanalysis our expertise and experience with...
ISOLUTE® PLD+ 96-well plates and columns combine protein and phospholipid removal into a single product providing very effective and extremely simple sample clean-up for LC-MS/MS analysis. The new format is ideal for lower throughput applications, or for laboratories that have variable sample numbers to process. Up to 96 columns can be processed using specially designed base plates, eliminating the problem of wasted unused...
Veolia Water Technologies will be showcasing the latest innovations in laboratory water purification technology. Whether you’re looking for trace levels of EDCs in the environment, APIs in pharmaceutical wastewater, DNA fragments or any other challenging analytes, you’ll be aware that limits of detection are getting lower. And that means water purity is even more critical. Veolia’s award winning PURELAB® Chorus range can be customized to deliver water purity from Type III for general laboratory...
Lonza has enhanced its range of Poietics™ Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) by expanding the characterization of these cells to meet industry guidelines for translational and cell therapy research applications. The newly enhanced Poietics™ Human MSCs help to ensure that researchers start their experiments with a high-quality starting population of multipotent stem cells. This robust starting population is critical for translational...
One year after it was created, DEXSTR, a start-up in the field of data management for Life sciences, is among the lead sponsors of the 13th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress in London, where it will be presenting Inquiro, the company’s unique solution to manage scientific data. DEXSTR has also announced the backing of IT-Translation, an investor in digital technology start-ups, which is investing €300,000 in this promising young company based in France...
This new capability allows users to access their customized MatLab® scripts directly in ResearchIR for specially-tailored thermal image analysis and processing tasks. Many useful MatLab functions can now be directly accessed from within ResearchIR. Combining FLIR thermal and other cameras with MATLAB provides you with a flexible environment to explore algorithms for multi-sensor systems. To demonstrate the powerful utility of this new capability...