Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2015 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 35 years of age or younger are invited to apply by June 15, 2015. The winner and finalists are selected by a committee of independent scientists, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern. The 2014 prize was won by the US scientist Eiman Azim...
The VIAFLO ASSIST from INTEGRA reduces the need for traditional handheld pipetting to a minimum, relieving lab personnel from activities that may cause repetitive stress injuries.
Handheld pipetting requires practice to achieve steady reproducible pipetting results. Typical parameters influencing performance are tip immersion depth and pipetting angle. The automated pipetting capability of VIAFLO ASSIST ensures these parameters are always the same, resulting in increased reproducibility and thus better results. To use the VIAFLO ASSIST, simply mount a VIAFLO II electronic pipette onto the pipette adapter, choose a protocol and...
FLEXYTE® assays harness the power and potential of fluorescence lifetime technology
A strategic alliance has been formed for the marketing and sale of a complete fluorescence lifetime (FLT) technology comprising Almac Group’s proprietary FLEXYTE® FLT reagents and assays, and TTP Labtech’s new ameon® microplate reader. Customers can now gain full access to support, and buy equipment and essential reagents all from TTP Labtech, underpinned, behind the scenes, by Almac's manufacturing and new assay development...
The latest Interim Report published this morning by the O’Neill Commission takes up some of the recommendations made by the world’s first charity Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) dedicated to developing drugs against antibiotic resistant infections.
The report states we should ‘Make existing drugs go further: a systematic programme of re-examining existing antibiotics could test whether changing the dosing or combining them with other agents or other antimicrobials could slow down the spread of drug resistance and treat ‘resistant infections’ more effectively’. This is precisely the research programme ANTRUK aims to follow. The charity is seeking to find Antibiotic Resistance Breakers...
Biofortuna Ltd, the UK based molecular diagnostics company specialising in its proprietary freeze dried diagnostics and contract services, announces raising £1.5m in its latest funding round.
The £1.5m funding was supported by all the company’s current investors; Foresight VCTs, Catapult Ventures, Enterprise Ventures, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, private investors and management. The new funding is for Biofortuna to develop a portfolio of new molecular diagnostic assays with the aim of providing easy to use, one step diagnostics that address complex genotyping issues. In addition, the company will...
Hydrogen peroxide-based automated room decontamination (ARD) systems for hospitals have received lots of attention in recent years.
Their efficacy at eliminating unwanted pathogens from surfaces makes them ideal for infection control in hospitals and bioburden management in pharmaceutical production. Several systems are available on the market, typically hydrogen peroxide vapour from 35% w/w hydrogen peroxide (HPV) and aerosolised hydrogen peroxide from 5-6% w/w hydrogen peroxide (AHP). Although in principle, both systems use hydrogen peroxide...
TxCell SA, a biotechnology company developing innovative, cost-effective, personalized T cell immunotherapies using antigen specific regulatory T-cells (Ag-Tregs) for severe chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announces the receipt of EUR 1.7 million from Bpifrance.
The money is granted for clinical development of TxCell’s lead product candidate Ovasave(R), for which a placebo-controlled phase IIb clinical study, CATS29, is ongoing in refractory Crohn’s disease. Top line results of this study are expected at the end of 2016 / early 2017. This support from Bpifrance for the clinical development of Ovasave is in the form of an interest-free innovation loan entitled Prêt à Taux Zéro pour l’Innovation...
Biological Industries (BI), a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of life science products for the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched innovative hMSC differentiation kits for research and stem cell based therapies.
“This is a unique line of serum-free and xeno-free differentiation kits, providing the ability to efficiently differentiate hMSC from various sources into adipocytes, chondrocytes and osteoblasts,” said David Fiorentini, Director of Research & Development. All three kits are serum free and xeno free: MSC Go Osteogenic XF™ - Rapid differentiation of osteogenic (Complete, ready-to-use), MSC Go Adipogenic XF™ -Basal medium and supplements mix...
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published Quality System Regulation for Laboratory-Developed Tests: A Practical Guide for the Laboratory.
This guide converts the requirement complexities of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations into plain language, offering intuitive assistance on how to conform to the Quality System Regulation (QSReg), 21 CFR 820, when creating laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). This CLSI practical guide can help laboratorians learn how to address the new demands, beyond the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments...
Viscometers, Rheometers, Texture Analyzers and Powder Flow Testers
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has released their new 2015 full-color catalog with complete details on all product lines. The 2015 Catalog introduces the new DV1 Viscometer, Brookfield’s lowest-cost, continuous sensing digital viscometer. Enhancements to the top-of-the-line RST Rheometer for quick, automatic gap setting on cone/plate models are announced. Several new and improved texture fixtures for measuring tablet strength, cheese stringiness, and hair...
Asynt announces a new range of high quality, non-ducted fume cupboards designed to sit on a standard laboratory bench.
Available in standard widths from 550mm to 900mm wide, all Asynt fume cupboards are fully compliant with COSHH regulations and international standards including BS7989:2001 for filtration fume / particulate cupboards. During manufacture, every aspect of the cabinet, from the electrics to the metalwork, is meticulously checked and monitored to ensure high reliability, optimal operation and safety is achieved. All Asynt fume cupboards employ...
Continued growth in sales of ultra high-speed cameras has been reported by market leader – Specialised Imaging across its range of products.
Wai Chan, Managing Director of Specialised Imaging, commented “Over the last year we have achieved strong growth in our user base of Kirana high-speed digital video cameras. Delivering high resolution and high speed (up to 5 million frames / second) data acquisition in an affordable, yet no-compromise camera design the easy-to-use Kirana has appealed to many organizations investing in the benefits of ultra high-speed...
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, will be exhibiting at Pittcon 2015 & giving a paper on transmission Raman imaging.
The inVia system enables users to study the widest range of samples with the broadest range of Raman imaging techniques. Renishaw's unique suite of complementary imaging options make it easy for users to get the chemical and structural information they need. On booth #2808, Renishaw's experts will explain the collective benefits of each technique and how the addition of transmission Raman provides maximum flexibility. Applications Scientist, Pippa Law, will give a...
Merck Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck, today announced the introduction of its AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E water purification systems.
These new systems have been developed to provide clinical laboratories with an economical and reliable water purification solution for daily water volumes of up to 3000 L. The AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E systems rely on two powerful technologies to produce water quality meeting Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute® (CLSI®) Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water standards. State-of-the-art, proven Elix® electrodeionization (EDI) technology ensures constant water quality...
SP Industries, Inc. (SP), a leading designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, biological drug manufacturing solutions, laboratory supplies and specialty glassware, announced today that it has acquired privately held Stability Environments, Inc. a global provider of Walk-in Environmental Rooms, Glassware Dryers, Chambers and accessory products.
“Stability Environments has a well-earned reputation for producing high quality, often customized equipment and chambers supported by a knowledgeable manufacturing team” stated SP Industries CEO Bill Downs. “Their product portfolio serves a diverse range of end user market segments including pharmaceutical, scientific, industrial and healthcare and is complementary to the current SP Scientific portfolio of concentrators, freeze...
As part of its rapidly expanding range of analytical tools for materials characterization, Malvern Instruments will showcase a new chromatography system and detectors at Pittcon 2015 (Mar 8th – 12th, New Orleans, USA). New additions to Malvern’s recently acquired MicroCal microcalorimetry range will also be on display.
The new systems will be shown alongside the Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer, complete with its recently introduced HydroSight imaging and Hydro SV small volume liquid dispersion accessories. Visitors can also explore nanoparticle characterization with the Zetasizer Nano and NanoSight Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) systems, and morphological and chemical characterization with the Morphologi G3-ID, also...
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is delighted to announce a landmark agreement with Danone Nutricia Research in support of 0by25 – an ISN human rights initiative which aims to eliminate preventable deaths from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) worldwide by 2025.
This new funding is part of a global partnership between the two organizations aimed at advancing nephrology around the world. In June 2013, during the ISN World Congress of Nephrology in Hong Kong, Giuseppe Remuzzi, ISN President, presented a human rights case statement entitled “0by25” which advocates that nobody should die of preventable and treatable Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). AKI is a major global...
Combined technologies may identify all mutations in gene sequences associated with clinical utility of targeted cancer therapies
EKF Molecular Diagnostics has agreed a collaboration with specialist medtech company ANGLE plc, to investigate the combination of ANGLE’s Parsortix circulating tumour cell (CTC) harvesting platform with EKF Molecular’s PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology as a liquid biopsy. If successful, the resulting simple blood test could enable the investigation of unexpected ultra-low level mutations in a patient’s cancer for...
Areas of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
The Pittcon sponsors, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. SSP Call for Nominations. The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of applied spectroscopy. Nomination deadline is March 31, 2015...
ZEISS has developed and released the new software solution ZEISS AutoAnalysis.
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
University of Leicester team find for the first time when and why dopamine releasing cells in the forebrain are activated
Dopamine releasing cells in the forebrain are difficult to access in most vertebrates so the researchers examined transparent hatchling zebrafish
They used a technique called electrophysiology to capture electrical signals from dopamine neurons in the forebrain whist simultaneously observing motor activity in the spinal cord
Research could impact on understanding of conditions such as schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease...
A completely new gel permeation/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) platform from Malvern Instruments breaks new ground in delivering the high performance, ease of use and productivity demanded in today’s analytical laboratories.
Malvern’s innovative OMNISEC platform integrates highly efficient sample separation via the OMNISEC RESOLVE module and high sensitivity analysis using OMNISEC REVEAL, a fully integrated multi-detector array. The system has applications wherever there is a need for detailed analysis and understanding of natural or synthetic polymers, proteins and macromolecules. GPC/SEC is a two-step analytical process that involves separating a...
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 35 years of age or younger are invited to apply by June 15, 2015. The winner and finalists are selected by a committee of independent scientists, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern. The 2014 prize was won by the US scientist Eiman Azim...
Handheld pipetting requires practice to achieve steady reproducible pipetting results. Typical parameters influencing performance are tip immersion depth and pipetting angle. The automated pipetting capability of VIAFLO ASSIST ensures these parameters are always the same, resulting in increased reproducibility and thus better results. To use the VIAFLO ASSIST, simply mount a VIAFLO II electronic pipette onto the pipette adapter, choose a protocol and...
A strategic alliance has been formed for the marketing and sale of a complete fluorescence lifetime (FLT) technology comprising Almac Group’s proprietary FLEXYTE® FLT reagents and assays, and TTP Labtech’s new ameon® microplate reader. Customers can now gain full access to support, and buy equipment and essential reagents all from TTP Labtech, underpinned, behind the scenes, by Almac's manufacturing and new assay development...
The report states we should ‘Make existing drugs go further: a systematic programme of re-examining existing antibiotics could test whether changing the dosing or combining them with other agents or other antimicrobials could slow down the spread of drug resistance and treat ‘resistant infections’ more effectively’. This is precisely the research programme ANTRUK aims to follow. The charity is seeking to find Antibiotic Resistance Breakers...
The £1.5m funding was supported by all the company’s current investors; Foresight VCTs, Catapult Ventures, Enterprise Ventures, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, private investors and management. The new funding is for Biofortuna to develop a portfolio of new molecular diagnostic assays with the aim of providing easy to use, one step diagnostics that address complex genotyping issues. In addition, the company will...
Their efficacy at eliminating unwanted pathogens from surfaces makes them ideal for infection control in hospitals and bioburden management in pharmaceutical production. Several systems are available on the market, typically hydrogen peroxide vapour from 35% w/w hydrogen peroxide (HPV) and aerosolised hydrogen peroxide from 5-6% w/w hydrogen peroxide (AHP). Although in principle, both systems use hydrogen peroxide...
The money is granted for clinical development of TxCell’s lead product candidate Ovasave(R), for which a placebo-controlled phase IIb clinical study, CATS29, is ongoing in refractory Crohn’s disease. Top line results of this study are expected at the end of 2016 / early 2017. This support from Bpifrance for the clinical development of Ovasave is in the form of an interest-free innovation loan entitled Prêt à Taux Zéro pour l’Innovation...
“This is a unique line of serum-free and xeno-free differentiation kits, providing the ability to efficiently differentiate hMSC from various sources into adipocytes, chondrocytes and osteoblasts,” said David Fiorentini, Director of Research & Development. All three kits are serum free and xeno free: MSC Go Osteogenic XF™ - Rapid differentiation of osteogenic (Complete, ready-to-use), MSC Go Adipogenic XF™ -Basal medium and supplements mix...
This guide converts the requirement complexities of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations into plain language, offering intuitive assistance on how to conform to the Quality System Regulation (QSReg), 21 CFR 820, when creating laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). This CLSI practical guide can help laboratorians learn how to address the new demands, beyond the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments...
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has released their new 2015 full-color catalog with complete details on all product lines. The 2015 Catalog introduces the new DV1 Viscometer, Brookfield’s lowest-cost, continuous sensing digital viscometer. Enhancements to the top-of-the-line RST Rheometer for quick, automatic gap setting on cone/plate models are announced. Several new and improved texture fixtures for measuring tablet strength, cheese stringiness, and hair...
Available in standard widths from 550mm to 900mm wide, all Asynt fume cupboards are fully compliant with COSHH regulations and international standards including BS7989:2001 for filtration fume / particulate cupboards. During manufacture, every aspect of the cabinet, from the electrics to the metalwork, is meticulously checked and monitored to ensure high reliability, optimal operation and safety is achieved. All Asynt fume cupboards employ...
Wai Chan, Managing Director of Specialised Imaging, commented “Over the last year we have achieved strong growth in our user base of Kirana high-speed digital video cameras. Delivering high resolution and high speed (up to 5 million frames / second) data acquisition in an affordable, yet no-compromise camera design the easy-to-use Kirana has appealed to many organizations investing in the benefits of ultra high-speed...
The inVia system enables users to study the widest range of samples with the broadest range of Raman imaging techniques. Renishaw's unique suite of complementary imaging options make it easy for users to get the chemical and structural information they need. On booth #2808, Renishaw's experts will explain the collective benefits of each technique and how the addition of transmission Raman provides maximum flexibility. Applications Scientist, Pippa Law, will give a...
These new systems have been developed to provide clinical laboratories with an economical and reliable water purification solution for daily water volumes of up to 3000 L. The AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E systems rely on two powerful technologies to produce water quality meeting Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute® (CLSI®) Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water standards. State-of-the-art, proven Elix® electrodeionization (EDI) technology ensures constant water quality...
“Stability Environments has a well-earned reputation for producing high quality, often customized equipment and chambers supported by a knowledgeable manufacturing team” stated SP Industries CEO Bill Downs. “Their product portfolio serves a diverse range of end user market segments including pharmaceutical, scientific, industrial and healthcare and is complementary to the current SP Scientific portfolio of concentrators, freeze...
The new systems will be shown alongside the Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer, complete with its recently introduced HydroSight imaging and Hydro SV small volume liquid dispersion accessories. Visitors can also explore nanoparticle characterization with the Zetasizer Nano and NanoSight Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) systems, and morphological and chemical characterization with the Morphologi G3-ID, also...
This new funding is part of a global partnership between the two organizations aimed at advancing nephrology around the world. In June 2013, during the ISN World Congress of Nephrology in Hong Kong, Giuseppe Remuzzi, ISN President, presented a human rights case statement entitled “0by25” which advocates that nobody should die of preventable and treatable Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). AKI is a major global...
EKF Molecular Diagnostics has agreed a collaboration with specialist medtech company ANGLE plc, to investigate the combination of ANGLE’s Parsortix circulating tumour cell (CTC) harvesting platform with EKF Molecular’s PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology as a liquid biopsy. If successful, the resulting simple blood test could enable the investigation of unexpected ultra-low level mutations in a patient’s cancer for...
The Pittcon sponsors, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP), are pleased to announce the call for nominations for four prestigious annual awards that will be presented at Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. SSP Call for Nominations. The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of applied spectroscopy. Nomination deadline is March 31, 2015...
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
Malvern’s innovative OMNISEC platform integrates highly efficient sample separation via the OMNISEC RESOLVE module and high sensitivity analysis using OMNISEC REVEAL, a fully integrated multi-detector array. The system has applications wherever there is a need for detailed analysis and understanding of natural or synthetic polymers, proteins and macromolecules. GPC/SEC is a two-step analytical process that involves separating a...