Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PRGB) (“Protea”) announced that it is presenting an application of the recently released software and workflow known as Histology Guided Mass Spectrometry (HGMS) in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).
This work is being presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. This workflow combines optical microscopy and histology with high resolution mass spectrometry including online and remote access, annotation, and sharing capabilities. “Histology Guided Mass Spectrometry enables clinical researchers to indicate where to perform targeted mass spectrometry on groups of cells, while still in their laboratory...
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, report on the use of their Raman spectrometers to study 2D materials in the Optical Characterization and Nanophotonics Laboratory at Boston University.
Founded in 1839, Boston University has over 33,000 students. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering house the Optical Characterization and Nanophotonics (OCN) laboratory at Boston University. Here, research focuses on developing, and applying, advanced optical characterization techniques to the study of solid-state and biological phenomena, at the nanoscale. The group uses Renishaw Raman spectrometers to measure strain in 2D materials and the...
Lonza has today released CytoSMART™ System, an easy-to-use and affordable live cell imaging system that enables researchers to take time-lapse videos and images of their cell culture without needing to manually inspect their cells.
The images taken with the CytoSMART™ Device are transmitted into the cloud, enabling researchers to view their cell culture outside of the actual cell culture lab at any given time through a web browser, whether via a computer, tablet or smartphone. CytoSMART™ System offers a number of benefits to researchers, including 24 hour peace of mind that their cells are safe and well, all without them ever having to step foot in the lab. It also provides a...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM system in the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was founded in 1918. It is Israel's premier university as well as its leading research institution. It stresses excellence and offers a wide array of study opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, exact sciences and medicine. The university encourages multi-disciplinary activities in Israel and overseas and serves as a bridge between academic research and its social and industrial applications...
Flagship Biosciences and Advanced Cell Diagnostics collaborate to develop quantitative RNAscope® assays for pharmaceutical clinical trials in the CLIA environment
Flagship Biosciences, the leading service provider of tissue image analysis solutions, announced today the utilization of its wet assay development and image analysis quantification capabilities for RNAscope® RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) from Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD), a technology and market leader in the field of molecular pathology and developer of cell and tissue-based analysis tools. The two companies will work to optimize...
Oxford Global is proud to present its 16th Annual Drug Discovery Summit and the co-located 3rd Annual Discovery Chemistry & Drug Design Congress taking place in Berlin on the 8th and 9th of June 2015.
Over the years the congress has taken place in Geneva, however this year it will be held at the Hotel Palace Berlin in Germany. Our prestigious Summit brings together prominent decision makers working at the forefront of research into target based discovery, phenotypic screening, preclinical biomarkers, and medicinal chemistry. Over 250 delegates will be representing leading biotech companies, global pharmaceutical organisations and...
With advanced technology and years of experience in the field of antibody engineering, Creative Biolabs announces a series of custom construction and production services for BiTEs, Bi-specific T-cell engagers.
LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on the research of Professor Kurt I Anderson and his groups' studies of cell migration in the context of cancer metastasis at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research.
Professor Kurt I Anderson is the Group Leader of the Tumour Cell Migration research program at the Beatson Institute, part of Cancer Research UK. His work focuses on developing fluorescence microscopy approaches to study the cellular and molecular dynamics of metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Metastasis is linked to mortality in most types of cancer, and a matter of intense investigation around the world. Metastatic invasion is challenging to study...
A new ASTM International standard will help users undertake shear testing using the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer®.
Entitled, ‘Standard Test Method for Shear Testing of Powders using the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer Shear Cell’, ASTM D7891 details the apparatus and procedures for evaluating the incipient failure properties of a powder under consolidation, including the determination of parameters such as Cohesion, Unconfined Yield Strength and Flow Function. D7891 has been published by Subcommittee D18.24 on Characterization and...
After the success of our inaugural event, Oxford Global Conferences are proud to announce the 2nd Annual Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Asia Congress will be taking place on the 23rd & 24th June 2015 in Singapore.
Consisting of over 40 presentations across four interactive streams, the event is a unique opportunity for over 175 experts working in molecular diagnostics, microbiology, genome sequencing technologies and infectious diseases to come together to discuss the latest developments and research results that shape the current landscape of the industry. Streams across the two days include: Cutting Edge Detection Technologies and Molecular...
Quotient Clinical, the Translational Pharmaceutics® Company, has announced the publication of results from an Enabled-First-in-Human (Enabled-FIH) program conducted for the Janssen WAVE Early Development unit.
The integrated pharmaceutical development and first-in-human clinical program was designed to develop an optimal oral formulation, in parallel with the assessment of single and multiple dose safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a highly selective small molecule c-Met tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The clinical phase, which was conducted under a single, adaptive protocol, was completed in only six months. The single ascending...
Horizon to provide human genomic reference standards to assure quality and performance of Transgenomic’s Multiplexed ICE COLD-PCR kits
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, and Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology and inherited diseases through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced...
Oxford Global Conferences are thrilled to announce that registration has now opened for the 5th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Asia Congress and co-located 3rd Annual Single Cell Analysis Asia Congress.
Taking place on the 13th & 14th October 2015 in Singapore, the conference will provide over 175 international NGS and Single Cell experts the unique opportunity to hear highly acknowledged senior-level professionals discussing the latest developments in NGS technologies, protein sequencing and gene synthesis. Leaders will discuss the latest advances in NGS for therapeutic research and Single Cell Omics & Analysis technologies. Unmissable for those...
Eppendorf AG's new app offers a variety of useful aids for everyday laboratory work in addition to product information that has been optimized for mobile devices.
"Making daily laboratory work easier for our users: that's the comprehensive claim we want mobile users to experience with our new app," says Frank Thormählen, Director of Technical Writing at Eppendorf. The Eppendorf app offers customers the following functions: Complete digital catalogue with laboratory and bioprocess products – after initial loading usable even when offline. The advantage to using the catalogue online is access to additional...
New Feature Can Capture up to 3,000 Frames per Second
Photometrics launched its new LightSpeed mode for the Evolve 512 Delta EMCCD Camera. LightSpeed mode maximizes image acquisition rates for dynamic live cell, high-speed events enabling frame rates of up to 2,400 frames per second (fps). The new mode, which will be featured on all new Evolve 512 Delta cameras, will be unveiled at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting taking place in Washington, DC November 15-19.
PointMan used for non-invasive analysis for T790M mutations of EGFR
EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, announces that its PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology has been identified as an easy and useful method for non-invasively determining plasma EGFR T790M mutation status in late stage lung cancer patients. This is according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2015, April 18 - 22, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a scientific poster entitled...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has introduced Sartoclear Dynamics®, a clarification system featuring new single-use technology for harvesting mammalian cell cultures with high cell densities.
Continuous improvements in growth media and cell lines have elevated biomass concentrations in bioprocesses. Therefore, these increasingly higher concentrations place growing challenges on the purification process. As body feed filtration has proved to be the best solution to solve similar challenges in related industries, Sartorius Stedim Biotech has now developed this robust technology for biotech applications. Specially designed for cGMP processing...
Huber Kältemaschinenbau shows Temperature Control Solutions for Laboratory and Process Industry
At ACHEMA 2015 Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents a range of new and improved temperature control solutions from -125 to +425 °C for research laboratory and process industry. On a 208 m² stand, visitors can expect an interesting cross-section of the Huber product range, including Unistats, Unichillers and classic bath circulators, as well as specialised equipment and ATEX solutions. One focus of the presentation is the Unistat series of dynamic...
The majority of gastric cancers harbor genomic alterations (GAs) associated with potential benefit from targeted therapies, according to a new study published in The Oncologist on April 16, 2015.
These findings suggest a role for genotype-directed management of locally advanced and metastatic gastric cancer. To date, the ERBB2 amplification is the only GA in advanced gastric cancer associated with a survival benefit in response to targeted therapy. However, because most patients with gastric cancer do not harbor this rare alteration, most cannot benefit from targeted therapy under current practice guidelines. To identify additional...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier of the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched a new version of its proven stainless steel fermentor/bioreactor BIOSTAT® D-DCU.
The compact and modular, in-situ sterilizable system is suitable for microbial and cell cultures and is supplied in working volumes of 10 to 200 liters. Typical application areas for the BIOSTAT® D-DCU include the process development and production of small-batch biopharmaceutics, vaccines, enzymes, along with antibiotics and other secondary metabolites.
Savings of up to 50% offered to help upskill workforces in the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors
Pharmaceutical Training International (PTI), the leading supplier of online and public event-based training courses for the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors, is now providing up to 50% concession per learner per course. Following its recent introduction of innovative game-based e-learning modules, PTI is providing the opportunity to make substantial savings on its full range of training courses to start-ups and SMEs (with fewer than...
INTEGRA has published a new customer video from the Institute of Clinical Chemistry research group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in which researcher Christina Thomas reviews how the VOYAGER multichannel pipette has accelerated their sample screening and genotyping assays.
As laboratories need to process more and more samples per day, they are facing the challenge to increase their throughput in the most efficient and economical way. Especially screening applications require handling and manipulating many samples between different formats. Traditionally this process often involved the use of single channel pipettes which is slow, inefficient and prone to errors. Using INTEGRA’s VOYAGER handheld pipette, with...
This work is being presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. This workflow combines optical microscopy and histology with high resolution mass spectrometry including online and remote access, annotation, and sharing capabilities. “Histology Guided Mass Spectrometry enables clinical researchers to indicate where to perform targeted mass spectrometry on groups of cells, while still in their laboratory...
Founded in 1839, Boston University has over 33,000 students. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering house the Optical Characterization and Nanophotonics (OCN) laboratory at Boston University. Here, research focuses on developing, and applying, advanced optical characterization techniques to the study of solid-state and biological phenomena, at the nanoscale. The group uses Renishaw Raman spectrometers to measure strain in 2D materials and the...
The images taken with the CytoSMART™ Device are transmitted into the cloud, enabling researchers to view their cell culture outside of the actual cell culture lab at any given time through a web browser, whether via a computer, tablet or smartphone. CytoSMART™ System offers a number of benefits to researchers, including 24 hour peace of mind that their cells are safe and well, all without them ever having to step foot in the lab. It also provides a...
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was founded in 1918. It is Israel's premier university as well as its leading research institution. It stresses excellence and offers a wide array of study opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, exact sciences and medicine. The university encourages multi-disciplinary activities in Israel and overseas and serves as a bridge between academic research and its social and industrial applications... 
Flagship Biosciences, the leading service provider of tissue image analysis solutions, announced today the utilization of its wet assay development and image analysis quantification capabilities for RNAscope® RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) from Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD), a technology and market leader in the field of molecular pathology and developer of cell and tissue-based analysis tools. The two companies will work to optimize...
BiTE antibodies are recombinant fusion proteins consist of two single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) of different antibodies. One is bound to T-cells by CD3 receptor, the other to a tumor cell via a tumor specific molecule. BiTEs create a quite important class of artificial bi-specific monoclonal antibodies for the application of anti-cancer drugs...
Professor Kurt I Anderson is the Group Leader of the Tumour Cell Migration research program at the Beatson Institute, part of Cancer Research UK. His work focuses on developing fluorescence microscopy approaches to study the cellular and molecular dynamics of metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Metastasis is linked to mortality in most types of cancer, and a matter of intense investigation around the world. Metastatic invasion is challenging to study...
Entitled, ‘Standard Test Method for Shear Testing of Powders using the Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer Shear Cell’, ASTM D7891 details the apparatus and procedures for evaluating the incipient failure properties of a powder under consolidation, including the determination of parameters such as Cohesion, Unconfined Yield Strength and Flow Function. D7891 has been published by Subcommittee D18.24 on Characterization and...
Consisting of over 40 presentations across four interactive streams, the event is a unique opportunity for over 175 experts working in molecular diagnostics, microbiology, genome sequencing technologies and infectious diseases to come together to discuss the latest developments and research results that shape the current landscape of the industry. Streams across the two days include: Cutting Edge Detection Technologies and Molecular...
The integrated pharmaceutical development and first-in-human clinical program was designed to develop an optimal oral formulation, in parallel with the assessment of single and multiple dose safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a highly selective small molecule c-Met tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The clinical phase, which was conducted under a single, adaptive protocol, was completed in only six months. The single ascending...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, and Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology and inherited diseases through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced...
Taking place on the 13th & 14th October 2015 in Singapore, the conference will provide over 175 international NGS and Single Cell experts the unique opportunity to hear highly acknowledged senior-level professionals discussing the latest developments in NGS technologies, protein sequencing and gene synthesis. Leaders will discuss the latest advances in NGS for therapeutic research and Single Cell Omics & Analysis technologies. Unmissable for those...
"Making daily laboratory work easier for our users: that's the comprehensive claim we want mobile users to experience with our new app," says Frank Thormählen, Director of Technical Writing at Eppendorf. The Eppendorf app offers customers the following functions: Complete digital catalogue with laboratory and bioprocess products – after initial loading usable even when offline. The advantage to using the catalogue online is access to additional...
Photometrics launched its new LightSpeed mode for the Evolve 512 Delta EMCCD Camera. LightSpeed mode maximizes image acquisition rates for dynamic live cell, high-speed events enabling frame rates of up to 2,400 frames per second (fps). The new mode, which will be featured on all new Evolve 512 Delta cameras, will be unveiled at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting taking place in Washington, DC November 15-19.
EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, announces that its PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology has been identified as an easy and useful method for non-invasively determining plasma EGFR T790M mutation status in late stage lung cancer patients. This is according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2015, April 18 - 22, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a scientific poster entitled...
Continuous improvements in growth media and cell lines have elevated biomass concentrations in bioprocesses. Therefore, these increasingly higher concentrations place growing challenges on the purification process. As body feed filtration has proved to be the best solution to solve similar challenges in related industries, Sartorius Stedim Biotech has now developed this robust technology for biotech applications. Specially designed for cGMP processing...
At ACHEMA 2015 Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents a range of new and improved temperature control solutions from -125 to +425 °C for research laboratory and process industry. On a 208 m² stand, visitors can expect an interesting cross-section of the Huber product range, including Unistats, Unichillers and classic bath circulators, as well as specialised equipment and ATEX solutions. One focus of the presentation is the Unistat series of dynamic...
These findings suggest a role for genotype-directed management of locally advanced and metastatic gastric cancer. To date, the ERBB2 amplification is the only GA in advanced gastric cancer associated with a survival benefit in response to targeted therapy. However, because most patients with gastric cancer do not harbor this rare alteration, most cannot benefit from targeted therapy under current practice guidelines. To identify additional...
The compact and modular, in-situ sterilizable system is suitable for microbial and cell cultures and is supplied in working volumes of 10 to 200 liters. Typical application areas for the BIOSTAT® D-DCU include the process development and production of small-batch biopharmaceutics, vaccines, enzymes, along with antibiotics and other secondary metabolites.
Pharmaceutical Training International (PTI), the leading supplier of online and public event-based training courses for the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors, is now providing up to 50% concession per learner per course. Following its recent introduction of innovative game-based e-learning modules, PTI is providing the opportunity to make substantial savings on its full range of training courses to start-ups and SMEs (with fewer than...
As laboratories need to process more and more samples per day, they are facing the challenge to increase their throughput in the most efficient and economical way. Especially screening applications require handling and manipulating many samples between different formats. Traditionally this process often involved the use of single channel pipettes which is slow, inefficient and prone to errors. Using INTEGRA’s VOYAGER handheld pipette, with...