Visitors to ACHEMA 2015 have been invited by Porvair Sciences to Stand F44 in Halle 4.2 to see their expansive range of application optimised microplates and microplate equipment.
For labs involved with fraction collecting, compound storage, plate replication and mixing applications - Porvair has developed a genuine 2.00 ml 96 round well deep well plate that enables scientists to use the full 2.00 ml well capacity. Manufactured under class 10,000 conditions from ultra-pure grade polypropylene the 2.00ml 96 ROUND well deep well plates are certified as RNase / DNase free and contain no measurable contaminants that could otherwise leach out and affect the sample...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, today announced its G:BOX Chemi XX6 is being used by scientists at Northumbria University for imaging chemiluminescent enzymes and other proteins on Western blots.
This is contributing to rapidly providing researchers with accurate information on changes in protein in chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Researchers in the Department of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University in the UK are using a G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager to analyse enzymes and other proteins on chemiluminescent Western blots. This is allowing scientists there to accurately quantify the amount of drug metabolising enzymes that are...
Patients with pneumonia can initially be treated with most common antibiotics.
According to research carried out by University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands, they are just as effective as the more expensive alternatives. The fact that bacteria are less likely to become resistant to these beta-lactam antibiotics is an additional benefit. The results of this study were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Various types of antibiotics are available to patients who are hospitalized with...
The UK is to get its first three Proton Beam Therapy centres, marking a significant breakthrough in the provision of cancer treatment.
Cardiff-based Proton Partners International Ltdis to open the treatment centres in Cardiff, London and Northumberland by 2017 and the first – Cardiff - will be operational next year. The centres will be available for NHS patients from England, Scotland and Wales, medically-insured private patients and self-paying patients. Proton Partners International has been formed following discussions between Professor Sir Chris Evans, the leading...
A new twin-vessel freeze dryer system for research and formulation
Telstar has developed LyoBeta Mini, (W94cm x H76cm x D63cm), a compact version of the LyoBeta twin-vessel pilot-scale freeze dryer specifically designed for small scale formulation, research and development work. Taking up minimal bench space, the new LyoBeta Mini has been designed for applications in experimentation, research and formulation to develop recipes in pharmaceutical freeze-drying processes. The new version of the...
AMSBIO has launched, at the ‘Frontiers in Stem Cells & Cancer' EMBL-EMBO Symposium, a guide that illustrates a variety of organoids grown from different tissues by leading international research groups using BME 2 reduced growth factor extracellular matrix that is available from the company.
Organoids are organ-like structures that can be formed by 3D cell culture and differentiation of stem cells or organ progenitors. Organoids are capable of recapitulating aspects of organ function in in vitro. The current research and therapeutic potential of organoids include organogenesis models, drug testing, tumor / disease models, toxicity screening, personalised medicine and regenerative medicine / organ replacement. BME 2 reduced growth...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group strengthens its biopharmaceutical offering through the acquisition of ASEPCO® Corporation (Asepco).
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies, has acquired Asepco through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for £7.0 million. Asepco, based in California USA, specialises in the design and manufacture of high purity aseptic valves and magnetic mixers for the bioprocessing industry. Asepco is a natural extension of the Watson-Marlow...
A new customer survey published early in 2015 by Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe, has shown an across-the-board increase in customer satisfaction levels compared to a similar survey carried out in 2013.
In addition response levels to the survey, which was conducted in both the USA and UK, was up nearly fourfold. The survey contains a number of questions which allow customers to rate some aspect of the Matrix LIMS products or the service provided by Autoscribe on a scale of 1-10. Every survey question with this metric showed an improvement. Autoscribe Managing Director, John Boother, said: “We are absolutely delighted with...
BioTek Instruments, a global leader in microplate instrumentation technology, recently received the '2014 Supplier of the Year' award from Fisher Scientific, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The award was presented to BioTek in Phoenix, Arizona at Fisher Scientific’s annual meeting. Fisher Scientific annually presents this award to the supplier that best exemplifies outstanding overall performance and support in a number of categories including percent growth, marketing participation, new product development and on time delivery to help grow Fisher’s North American business. This prestigious award was presented by David Koi...
A test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors’ ability to work out which women are at increased risk of developing breast cancer, a major study of more than 65,000 women has shown.
Improving the accuracy of risk analysis using genetic screening could guide breast cancer prevention in several ways – for instance by offering high-risk women increased monitoring, personalised advice and preventative therapies. The research, a collaboration of hundreds of research institutions led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The University of Cambridge, showed that a test for differences in 77 separate letters...
Kinesis and Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) are pleased to announce Kinesis as an approved distribution partner for the SGE Analytical Science (SGE) range of Chromatography Consumables in the US.
SGE is a Trajan brand, established in 1960 and integrated into Trajan in 2013. The SGE brand is well known for its diamond syringe quality and is the global market leader in niche areas such as autosampler syringes and GC inlet liners. Trajan’s focus is on developing and commercializing technologies that enable analytical systems to be more selective, sensitive and specific for biological, environmental or food related measurements especially...
The first Photonics Technology Roadshow of 2015 visited the University of Southampton in March for a special event celebrating the launch of an EPSRC funded project on the manufacturing and application of Chalcogenide glasses including an exhibition of over 40 companies and a programme of technology tutorials.
Attendance numbers beat previous records for a one-day Roadshow event. Partners within the Chalcogenide Advanced Materials Partnership (ChAMP) conference at Southampton (Heriot-Watt, Exeter, Oxford and Cambridge Universities) were welcomed by Dan Hewak, who leads the ChAMP Partnership. He explained, "Unlike many large research collaborations which hold open days near the end of their project to communicate their results, we...
Offering Medical Laboratories a One-stop Shop for Calibrating a Range of Laboratory Equipment to Comply with ISO 15189
Sartorius UK, a leading laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, is delighted to announce that it has been granted an extension to its UKAS ISO17025 for servicing centrifuges. This means that medical laboratories can now access UKAS accredited servicing for on-site or remote testing and calibration of pipettes, balances and centrifuges from one UK-based supplier.As part of the drive for standardised quality testing in the UK, medical laboratories...
Greg Clark MP, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities, has announced today that The N8 Research Partnership has secured multi-million pound funding for a programme which is set to transform food security research in the UK.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has awarded The N8 Research Partnership – a partnership of the eight research-intensive universities in the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York) – a grant of £7,999,254 through its Catalyst Fund to develop its Agri-Food Resilience programme. This will be matched equally by the N8 universities. A multi-disciplinary initiative...
The microplate reader specialist exhibits at Labotec 2015
BMG LABTECH showcases its multimode microplate reader CLARIOstar® at Labotec from 6th- 7th of May in Lausanne, visitors have the possibility to see the CLARIOstar® with new Atmospheric Control Unit and the Gold Standard microplate reader for High-Throughput Screening, the PHERAstar FS. Visit booth # D12 to see what BMG LABTECH’s instruments can do...
Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, is pleased to announce that Mercachem, a leading European contract research organization, has chosen Cresset’s Torch and Spark software to support their growing medicinal chemistry service business.
Torch is a molecular design and SAR analysis application. Spark is a powerful bioisosteric replacement tool which is excellent for generating new chemical ideas for your project. “Mercachem delivers outstanding discovery and medicinal chemistry on a contract basis to global clients,” says Dr Gerhard Müller, Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry at Mercachem. “Computational tools are an essential part of our workflow and...
Freeman Technology, a global leader in powder characterisation, has published ‘The Value of Powder Testing’, the third in the company’s series of educational guides on powder characterisation for industrial applications.
The new booklet focuses on how to assess the economic benefits that a powder tester can deliver and explains how these may vary considerably depending on the instrumentation selected. All three guides, including, ‘An Introduction to Powders’ and ‘Choosing a Powder Tester’, are written in an easy to understand, straightforward style and are now available for download at http://www.freemantech.co.uk/_ebook/. The new guide addresses...
The new Sartorius semi-micro balances feature unsurpassed weighing technology available within their 5-digit class in the standard market segment today.
We offer a unique selection, giving you five different models to choose from. These semi-micro balances deliver outstanding performance at an affordable price. Plus, they are backed by the excellent quality standards of products “Made in Germany”.
Whitehouse Scientific, a world-renowned producer of calibration microspheres, helped celebrate the landmark 50th anniversary of The Filtration Society’s annual international conference and exhibition as an established and major sponsor.
Taking place at the Riverside Innovation Centre, Chester, UK, over 100 international visitors joined the two day event, which featured the presentation of over twenty technical papers by international industry experts and a ‘full to capacity’ trade exhibition, showcasing the latest technologies in wet and dry filtration. Dr Graham Rideal, CEO of Whitehouse Scientific and science correspondent for The Filtration Society, said, “The conference...
The PRESTO® family continues to grow. JULABO introduces two additional highly dynamic temperature control systems: the process circulators PRESTO® A45 and A45t. The PRESTO® A45 and A45t expand JULABO’s portfolio of the completely newly developed PRESTO® family. Thanks to highly efficient technology and powerful components, the process circulators are suited for particularly demanding temperature controls tasks in laboratories and industrial plants;
Sherwood Scientific's Model 420 and Model 425 Flame Photometers now come with 420 BlueNotes software.
This eagerly anticipated product launch not only enables the instruments to perform sample analyses outside the linear response range but also facilitates measurement of all elements simultaneously. Supplied free with all newly-built Model 420 and 425 instruments, the 420 BlueNotes package greatly increases the utility of these dual channel flame photometers....
The new HALO Glycan HPLC stationary phase is a high performance material specifically targeted for separations of highly polar oligosaccharides, and particularly protein-linked glycans and glycopeptides, by hydrophilic interactive liquid chromatography (HILIC). The phase has a highly polar ligand containing 5 hydroxyl groups, which is attached to a 2.7micron Fused-Core silica particle via novel proprietary linkage chemistry....
For labs involved with fraction collecting, compound storage, plate replication and mixing applications - Porvair has developed a genuine 2.00 ml 96 round well deep well plate that enables scientists to use the full 2.00 ml well capacity. Manufactured under class 10,000 conditions from ultra-pure grade polypropylene the 2.00ml 96 ROUND well deep well plates are certified as RNase / DNase free and contain no measurable contaminants that could otherwise leach out and affect the sample...
This is contributing to rapidly providing researchers with accurate information on changes in protein in chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Researchers in the Department of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University in the UK are using a G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager to analyse enzymes and other proteins on chemiluminescent Western blots. This is allowing scientists there to accurately quantify the amount of drug metabolising enzymes that are...
According to research carried out by University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands, they are just as effective as the more expensive alternatives. The fact that bacteria are less likely to become resistant to these beta-lactam antibiotics is an additional benefit. The results of this study were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Various types of antibiotics are available to patients who are hospitalized with...
Cardiff-based Proton Partners International Ltdis to open the treatment centres in Cardiff, London and Northumberland by 2017 and the first – Cardiff - will be operational next year. The centres will be available for NHS patients from England, Scotland and Wales, medically-insured private patients and self-paying patients. Proton Partners International has been formed following discussions between Professor Sir Chris Evans, the leading...
Telstar has developed LyoBeta Mini, (W94cm x H76cm x D63cm), a compact version of the LyoBeta twin-vessel pilot-scale freeze dryer specifically designed for small scale formulation, research and development work. Taking up minimal bench space, the new LyoBeta Mini has been designed for applications in experimentation, research and formulation to develop recipes in pharmaceutical freeze-drying processes. The new version of the...
Organoids are organ-like structures that can be formed by 3D cell culture and differentiation of stem cells or organ progenitors. Organoids are capable of recapitulating aspects of organ function in in vitro. The current research and therapeutic potential of organoids include organogenesis models, drug testing, tumor / disease models, toxicity screening, personalised medicine and regenerative medicine / organ replacement. BME 2 reduced growth...
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies, has acquired Asepco through its parent company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, for £7.0 million. Asepco, based in California USA, specialises in the design and manufacture of high purity aseptic valves and magnetic mixers for the bioprocessing industry. Asepco is a natural extension of the Watson-Marlow...
In addition response levels to the survey, which was conducted in both the USA and UK, was up nearly fourfold. The survey contains a number of questions which allow customers to rate some aspect of the Matrix LIMS products or the service provided by Autoscribe on a scale of 1-10. Every survey question with this metric showed an improvement. Autoscribe Managing Director, John Boother, said: “We are absolutely delighted with...
The award was presented to BioTek in Phoenix, Arizona at Fisher Scientific’s annual meeting. Fisher Scientific annually presents this award to the supplier that best exemplifies outstanding overall performance and support in a number of categories including percent growth, marketing participation, new product development and on time delivery to help grow Fisher’s North American business. This prestigious award was presented by David Koi...
Improving the accuracy of risk analysis using genetic screening could guide breast cancer prevention in several ways – for instance by offering high-risk women increased monitoring, personalised advice and preventative therapies. The research, a collaboration of hundreds of research institutions led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The University of Cambridge, showed that a test for differences in 77 separate letters...
SGE is a Trajan brand, established in 1960 and integrated into Trajan in 2013. The SGE brand is well known for its diamond syringe quality and is the global market leader in niche areas such as autosampler syringes and GC inlet liners. Trajan’s focus is on developing and commercializing technologies that enable analytical systems to be more selective, sensitive and specific for biological, environmental or food related measurements especially...
Attendance numbers beat previous records for a one-day Roadshow event. Partners within the Chalcogenide Advanced Materials Partnership (ChAMP) conference at Southampton (Heriot-Watt, Exeter, Oxford and Cambridge Universities) were welcomed by Dan Hewak, who leads the ChAMP Partnership. He explained, "Unlike many large research collaborations which hold open days near the end of their project to communicate their results, we...
Sartorius UK, a leading laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, is delighted to announce that it has been granted an extension to its UKAS ISO17025 for servicing centrifuges. This means that medical laboratories can now access UKAS accredited servicing for on-site or remote testing and calibration of pipettes, balances and centrifuges from one UK-based supplier.As part of the drive for standardised quality testing in the UK, medical laboratories...
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has awarded The N8 Research Partnership – a partnership of the eight research-intensive universities in the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York) – a grant of £7,999,254 through its Catalyst Fund to develop its Agri-Food Resilience programme. This will be matched equally by the N8 universities. A multi-disciplinary initiative...
BMG LABTECH showcases its multimode microplate reader CLARIOstar® at Labotec from 6th- 7th of May in Lausanne, visitors have the possibility to see the CLARIOstar® with new Atmospheric Control Unit and the Gold Standard microplate reader for High-Throughput Screening, the PHERAstar FS. Visit booth # D12 to see what BMG LABTECH’s instruments can do...
Torch is a molecular design and SAR analysis application. Spark is a powerful bioisosteric replacement tool which is excellent for generating new chemical ideas for your project. “Mercachem delivers outstanding discovery and medicinal chemistry on a contract basis to global clients,” says Dr Gerhard Müller, Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry at Mercachem. “Computational tools are an essential part of our workflow and...
The new booklet focuses on how to assess the economic benefits that a powder tester can deliver and explains how these may vary considerably depending on the instrumentation selected. All three guides, including, ‘An Introduction to Powders’ and ‘Choosing a Powder Tester’, are written in an easy to understand, straightforward style and are now available for download at http://www.freemantech.co.uk/_ebook/. The new guide addresses...
We offer a unique selection, giving you five different models to choose from. These semi-micro balances deliver outstanding performance at an affordable price. Plus, they are backed by the excellent quality standards of products “Made in Germany”.
Taking place at the Riverside Innovation Centre, Chester, UK, over 100 international visitors joined the two day event, which featured the presentation of over twenty technical papers by international industry experts and a ‘full to capacity’ trade exhibition, showcasing the latest technologies in wet and dry filtration. Dr Graham Rideal, CEO of Whitehouse Scientific and science correspondent for The Filtration Society, said, “The conference...
The PRESTO® family continues to grow. JULABO introduces two additional highly dynamic temperature control systems: the process circulators PRESTO® A45 and A45t. The PRESTO® A45 and A45t expand JULABO’s portfolio of the completely newly developed PRESTO® family. Thanks to highly efficient technology and powerful components, the process circulators are suited for particularly demanding temperature controls tasks in laboratories and industrial plants;
This eagerly anticipated product launch not only enables the instruments to perform sample analyses outside the linear response range but also facilitates measurement of all elements simultaneously. Supplied free with all newly-built Model 420 and 425 instruments, the 420 BlueNotes package greatly increases the utility of these dual channel flame photometers....
The new HALO Glycan HPLC stationary phase is a high performance material specifically targeted for separations of highly polar oligosaccharides, and particularly protein-linked glycans and glycopeptides, by hydrophilic interactive liquid chromatography (HILIC). The phase has a highly polar ligand containing 5 hydroxyl groups, which is attached to a 2.7micron Fused-Core silica particle via novel proprietary linkage chemistry....