A copper-lined incubator has been installed in the University of Liverpool’s Biological Sciences Department to help reduce the spread of bacteria associated with life science laboratory contamination.
Copper is a powerful antimicrobial with rapid, broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria and viruses, including MRSA, E.coli and norovirus. It shares this benefit with a range of copper alloys – such as brasses and bronzes – forming a family of materials collectively called ‘antimicrobial copper’. John Jerger of Triple Red UK, who supplied and installed the NuAire incubator, explains: ‘Bacterial contamination was a particular concern for this client, so we supplied...
Phenomenex, Inc. and the Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced a collaboration to co-market automated solid phase extraction (SPE) sample preparation solutions.
The two companies will jointly market Phenomenex Strata™ and Strata-X SPE sorbents adapted to Tecan’s Freedom EVO® series of robotics workstations. The solution is especially geared to high-throughput customers in pharmaceutical research, clinical and food testing environments using mass spectrometry detection methods. As part of the global agreement, Tecan will provide the instruments and automation support, and Phenomenex will provide the extraction...
Microsaic Miniaturised Mass Spectrometry Instruments Now Compatible with the Clarity Chromatography Control Platform
Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the high technology company developing the next generation of miniaturised mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, is pleased to announce that its product range is now compatible with Clarity Chromatography Software, the advanced Chromatography Data Station developed by Data Apex.
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, and Redx Pharma plc, today announce a research collaboration to progress Redx’s novel pan-RAF inhibitor program, for out-licensing in oncology indications including colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK.
Redx’s pan-RAF inhibitor program has identified next generation novel small molecule inhibitors of RAF kinases as potential treatments for colorectal and other potential cancers. These next generation pan-RAF inhibitors have been designed to overcome resistance mechanisms seen with first generation RAF inhibitors in colorectal cancer. As part of the collaboration, Horizon will deploy its proprietary gene editing, cell line and drug discovery...
During the official opening of the European Congress of Pathology on 5 September 2015 in Belgrade, Serbia, Sakura Finetek launched the Tissue-Tek® AutoTEC® a120 Automated Embedder.
The AutoTEC a120 is a second-generation, fully automated tissue embedder that eliminates the labor intensive need to manually orient and embed tissue specimens and form tissue or cell paraffin blocks. The AutoTEC technology, combined with the Paraform® Sectionable Cassette System ensure that the orientation of specimens is locked from grossing to microtomy for all routine tissue types, thereby eliminating the risk of orientation mistakes...
As part of a second reassessment of the Cancer Drugs Fund, NHS England has announced that Imnovid® (pomalidomide) and Revlimid® (lenalidomide) at first relapse for the rare bone marrow cancer myeloma, will be removed from the list.
In response to the announcement Myeloma UK Chief Executive Eric Low said,“The news that these drugs are being removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund is a devastating blow to patients and is a significant step backwards in the treatment of myeloma. “Myeloma UK has consistently argued that the Cancer Drugs Fund does not address why drugs are not being approved by NICE, and that the Fund is not a long-term solution to underlying access issues...
New Breakthrough PET/CT and PET/MRI Systems Change Performance Paradigm
Bruker today introduces four important new preclinical imaging systems at the World Molecular Imaging Congress 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The novel products launched at WMIC each deliver improved performance and convenience for routine imaging, and open new horizons for advanced translational research, while Bruker’s platform philosophy facilitates multimodal imaging projects. Researchers will gain a more complete picture and...
CAMECA Delivers Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) To US Naval Research Laboratory for Advanced Materials Development
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
AMSBIO has announced the launch of PATHM2 small molecules libraries for small scale screening in developmental biology and discovery research.
PATHM2 libraries are available to identify accessory molecules that improve cell viability, proliferation or yields. All compounds are hand selected to address ‘traditional’ cascades that play a role in pluripotency maintenance or specific differentiation. Multiple agents are included to interrogate new and emerging networks/targets relevant to stem cell biology. PATHM2 kits are also available to screen your disease model and identify/confirm critical...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
AirClean® Systems PowderSafe™ Type B Enclosures usher in a new era of powder weighing and containment technology.
PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. The innate chemical resistance of polypropylene allows users to easily clean the enclosure without the worry of degradation, while the high mass construction alleviates the threat of vibration...
Link Technologies appoints Swiss company as first partner in Europe
LINK the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the appointment of a new distributor in Switzerland - Chemie Brunschwig AG. This is LINK’s first formal partnership in Europe, and an important part of its strategy to strengthen Company representation in important market segments, thus increasing access to LINK’s range of innovative reagents for oligo therapeutics and diagnostics. Chemie Brunschwig AG distributes...
MedCity and Design Council have today launched a competition to win a ten-week accelerator coaching course for medtech entrepreneurs to develop effective, usable and commercially successful health technologies that can support older people or those with debilitating medical conditions to lead more independent lives.
The MedTechSouthEast programme, supported by AXA PPP healthcare, gives south-east based individuals and teams with a technology at proof of concept stage a chance to compete for one of ten places on the intensive coaching course, which will be led by design experts and medical technology industry leaders. The ten finalists will also be automatically entered into the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016, an initiative that aims to recognise...
University of Leicester Professor says having bacteria named after him is an honour
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
Correct assay plate selection is vital for successful research, whether you are performing absorbance, fluorescence or luminescence assays.
Porvair Sciences offers a wide range of assay plates which are recognized as industry-leading tools for Pharma drug discovery and screening. A new guide, contained within an updated assay plates mini catalogue, has been produced by Porvair to provide information and guidance on how to choose the correct assay plate for your research. By carefully selecting the correct plate type for your assay, it is possible to significantly improve results. By following the simple instructions set out in the...
Leica Biosystems today announced the release of the HistoCore Arcadia, a modular embedding system designed to streamline workflow in histopathology laboratories.
The independent Arcadia modules offer users the flexibility to organize the embedding workflow to their liking. HistoCore Arcadia is a combination of the paraffin dispensing module Arcadia H and the cold plate Arcadia C. Simple operation and precise control help improve the quality, reliability and speed of embedding work. The new station is designed with the user in mind and incorporates comfortable wrist-pads that increase comfort and stability...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, announce the posting of a new educational video on following chemical reactions in real time on the bench using the Magritek Spinsolve NMR spectrometer.
Given by CEO Dr Andrew Coy, this lecture is one of a series of webinars organised by software provider Mestrelab on the growth in benchtop NMR solutions. Mestrelab Research produces a software program called Mnova which is widely used by organic chemists to analyse NMR spectra. Magritek customers often use MNova to carry out their NMR data processing and analysis. Mestrelab organised a series of webinars on benchtop NMR and invited...
New IDT Webinar: ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will be hosting a webinar to help researchers get the most out of gene expression studies that analyze large numbers of samples. Entitled ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’, the webinar will be presented by Dr Mikael Kubista, founder and CEO of the TATAA Biocenter and head of the Department of Gene Expression at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The webinar will be...
Olympus introduces a flexible and accurate cellFRAP imaging platform specifically for the acquisition, monitoring and analysis of dynamic in-vivo processes by photomanipulation techniques. The easy-to-use platform delivers excellent optical performance and µs-precise control.
Enabling the easy addition of photomanipulation techniques to imaging platforms, Olympus has launched a new cellFRAP deck system for the popular IX3 ‘open source concept’ IX83 and IX73 microscopes. Olympus cellFRAP is designed with researchers in mind, providing highly accurate and flexible live-cell photomanipulation with various evaluation options for data presentation needs. Unlike conventional widefield-based FRAP systems, Olympus’ cellFRAP...
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Global Flow Cytometry Market, finds the market earned revenues of $2.50 billion in 2014 and estimates this to reach $3.52 billion in 2018 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.9 percent.
For complimentary access to more information on this research, please visit:Revenues from reagents for clinical applications will be greater than the profits from research-use-only reagents. This is because the demand for in vitro diagnostic kits is high for several clinical applications, such as the analysis of leukemia and lymphoma, enumeration of stem cells, diagnosis of HIVinfection and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as quality control...
A new technical poster produced by Genevac, in conjunction with the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research (Horsham, UK), examines the application of eXalt™ evaporative crystallisation technology to drug discovery projects.
eXalt™ is a proprietary Genevac technology designed to control evaporation using restricting baffles. Using this technology multiple solvents can be screened in parallel to identify optimum crystallisation conditions for amorphous materials. In the pharmaceutical industry, physical form can pose a significant challenge for small molecule drug discovery projects transitioning between the optimisation and characterisation phases. A crystalline form...
At the recent 20th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), researchers from Cardiff University, UK in conjunction with Haydale Ltd. presented the results from an in-depth study entitled ‘Developing Component-Scale Hierarchical Composites Using Nanocarbons’.
The phenomenal properties reported for nanocarbons such as carbon nanotubes and graphene’s have generated much interest for their use in composite materials. Theoretical predictions demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in strength, stiffness and multi-functionality of materials. Despite many promising results the issues of repeatability and scale-up have yet to be adequately addressed, with manufacture limited to small lab-scale samples...
Copper is a powerful antimicrobial with rapid, broad-spectrum efficacy against bacteria and viruses, including MRSA, E.coli and norovirus. It shares this benefit with a range of copper alloys – such as brasses and bronzes – forming a family of materials collectively called ‘antimicrobial copper’. John Jerger of Triple Red UK, who supplied and installed the NuAire incubator, explains: ‘Bacterial contamination was a particular concern for this client, so we supplied...
The two companies will jointly market Phenomenex Strata™ and Strata-X SPE sorbents adapted to Tecan’s Freedom EVO® series of robotics workstations. The solution is especially geared to high-throughput customers in pharmaceutical research, clinical and food testing environments using mass spectrometry detection methods. As part of the global agreement, Tecan will provide the instruments and automation support, and Phenomenex will provide the extraction...
Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the high technology company developing the next generation of miniaturised mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, is pleased to announce that its product range is now compatible with Clarity Chromatography Software, the advanced Chromatography Data Station developed by Data Apex.
Redx’s pan-RAF inhibitor program has identified next generation novel small molecule inhibitors of RAF kinases as potential treatments for colorectal and other potential cancers. These next generation pan-RAF inhibitors have been designed to overcome resistance mechanisms seen with first generation RAF inhibitors in colorectal cancer. As part of the collaboration, Horizon will deploy its proprietary gene editing, cell line and drug discovery...
The AutoTEC a120 is a second-generation, fully automated tissue embedder that eliminates the labor intensive need to manually orient and embed tissue specimens and form tissue or cell paraffin blocks. The AutoTEC technology, combined with the Paraform® Sectionable Cassette System ensure that the orientation of specimens is locked from grossing to microtomy for all routine tissue types, thereby eliminating the risk of orientation mistakes...
In response to the announcement Myeloma UK Chief Executive Eric Low said,“The news that these drugs are being removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund is a devastating blow to patients and is a significant step backwards in the treatment of myeloma. “Myeloma UK has consistently argued that the Cancer Drugs Fund does not address why drugs are not being approved by NICE, and that the Fund is not a long-term solution to underlying access issues...
Bruker today introduces four important new preclinical imaging systems at the World Molecular Imaging Congress 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The novel products launched at WMIC each deliver improved performance and convenience for routine imaging, and open new horizons for advanced translational research, while Bruker’s platform philosophy facilitates multimodal imaging projects. Researchers will gain a more complete picture and...
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
PATHM2 libraries are available to identify accessory molecules that improve cell viability, proliferation or yields. All compounds are hand selected to address ‘traditional’ cascades that play a role in pluripotency maintenance or specific differentiation. Multiple agents are included to interrogate new and emerging networks/targets relevant to stem cell biology. PATHM2 kits are also available to screen your disease model and identify/confirm critical...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. The innate chemical resistance of polypropylene allows users to easily clean the enclosure without the worry of degradation, while the high mass construction alleviates the threat of vibration...
LINK the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the appointment of a new distributor in Switzerland - Chemie Brunschwig AG. This is LINK’s first formal partnership in Europe, and an important part of its strategy to strengthen Company representation in important market segments, thus increasing access to LINK’s range of innovative reagents for oligo therapeutics and diagnostics. Chemie Brunschwig AG distributes...
The MedTechSouthEast programme, supported by AXA PPP healthcare, gives south-east based individuals and teams with a technology at proof of concept stage a chance to compete for one of ten places on the intensive coaching course, which will be led by design experts and medical technology industry leaders. The ten finalists will also be automatically entered into the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016, an initiative that aims to recognise...
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
Porvair Sciences offers a wide range of assay plates which are recognized as industry-leading tools for Pharma drug discovery and screening.
The independent Arcadia modules offer users the flexibility to organize the embedding workflow to their liking. HistoCore Arcadia is a combination of the paraffin dispensing module Arcadia H and the cold plate Arcadia C. Simple operation and precise control help improve the quality, reliability and speed of embedding work. The new station is designed with the user in mind and incorporates comfortable wrist-pads that increase comfort and stability...
Given by CEO Dr Andrew Coy, this lecture is one of a series of webinars organised by software provider Mestrelab on the growth in benchtop NMR solutions. Mestrelab Research produces a software program called Mnova which is widely used by organic chemists to analyse NMR spectra. Magritek customers often use MNova to carry out their NMR data processing and analysis. Mestrelab organised a series of webinars on benchtop NMR and invited...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will be hosting a webinar to help researchers get the most out of gene expression studies that analyze large numbers of samples. Entitled ‘High throughput qPCR: tips for analysis across multiple plates’, the webinar will be presented by Dr Mikael Kubista, founder and CEO of the TATAA Biocenter and head of the Department of Gene Expression at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The webinar will be...
Enabling the easy addition of photomanipulation techniques to imaging platforms, Olympus has launched a new cellFRAP deck system for the popular IX3 ‘open source concept’ IX83 and IX73 microscopes. Olympus cellFRAP is designed with researchers in mind, providing highly accurate and flexible live-cell photomanipulation with various evaluation options for data presentation needs. Unlike conventional widefield-based FRAP systems, Olympus’ cellFRAP...
For complimentary access to more information on this research, please visit:Revenues from reagents for clinical applications will be greater than the profits from research-use-only reagents. This is because the demand for in vitro diagnostic kits is high for several clinical applications, such as the analysis of leukemia and lymphoma, enumeration of stem cells, diagnosis of HIVinfection and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as quality control...
eXalt™ is a proprietary Genevac technology designed to control evaporation using restricting baffles. Using this technology multiple solvents can be screened in parallel to identify optimum crystallisation conditions for amorphous materials. In the pharmaceutical industry, physical form can pose a significant challenge for small molecule drug discovery projects transitioning between the optimisation and characterisation phases. A crystalline form...
The phenomenal properties reported for nanocarbons such as carbon nanotubes and graphene’s have generated much interest for their use in composite materials. Theoretical predictions demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in strength, stiffness and multi-functionality of materials. Despite many promising results the issues of repeatability and scale-up have yet to be adequately addressed, with manufacture limited to small lab-scale samples...