An automated dynamic light scattering system from Malvern Instruments has become established as an essential part of the analytical toolkit used by SARomics Biostructures AB, a leading provider of protein 3D structure determination and structure-based drug design services.

The Zetasizer APS automated plate sampling system is supporting the systematic study of the aggregation behavior of proteins, a fundamental component of the services provided by SARomics Biostructures. The company, which is based in Lund, Sweden within the biotech cluster of the Medicon Valley, is a research-intensive organization with clients around the world. The Zetasizer APS is a robust, simple-to-operate system that uses laser light scattering to determine a number of parameters associated...

Norovirus season is upon us and Bioquell has issued tools to help combat the spread.

The two documents are now available to download from the company’s website. The first one is an application sheet which gives useful information as per how to arrest this annual outbreak. The second one is an educational infographic with facts about the virus, its impact and the ways to tackle it. Norovirus, or the diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V) bug, is a highly contagious winter scourge for which there is no treatment...

A novel Parkinson's vaccine will now be tested in a clinical Phase I trial in Austria by an EU-funded consortium.

The vaccine was developed by the Austrian biotech company AFFiRiS AG and targets a protein called alpha-Synuclein. The protein plays a key role in the onset and progression of Parkinson's as well as multiple system atrophy (MSA), an orphan disease. This vaccine has the potential to modify disease progression, rather than only symptomatic improvements available with current treatment strategies. The start of the...

This award is recognition of both Pierre Fabre's expertise in dermatology, one of its development priorities, and of its ability to form public-private partnerships, such as that established with the University of Bordeaux

Recognition for major progress

Each year, the Prix Galien award distinguishes recent therapeutic innovations, made available to the public. It is conferred after an evaluation by an independent panel of experts and eminent specialists. Its renown and prestige have made it the highest distinction in the field. Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, a subsidiary of Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetics, was distinguished today by the Prix Galien award (France) for Hemangiol®, an oral pediatric propranolol solution specifically developed for some severe infantile hemangiomas. Hemangiol® was successively approved...

Today ZoBio (Leiden, The Netherlands) and Domainex Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) announce a collaboration with FORMA Therapeutics (Watertown, MA, USA) to provide NMR-based structural biology services for a substantial panel of FORMA drug targets.

The goal of the collaboration is to use ZoBio’s expertise in protein nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to elucidate the molecular basis for compound-target interaction, to complement ongoing X-ray crystallography approaches. NMR is currently the only alternative to crystallography capable of elucidating atomic resolution, 3D structural information. Under the agreement, ZoBio will design and express protein variants suitable for structural studies, to support FORMA’s oncology drug discovery research. In addition, Domainex will apply its Combinatorial Domain Hunting technology to...

Precisely engineered cell line will facilitate a new revenue stream and enable faster, more efficient production of therapeutic antibodies

Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that its Bioproduction division has shipped its first commercially available engineered CHO cell line for use in manufacturing of therapeutic antibodies. Horizon’s innovative licensing model brings these cutting edge bioproduction cells within reach of...

Huber Kältemaschinenbau to open a new branch establishment in the United States - the new US affiliate will be responsible for sales and service for USA, Canada and Mexico

Huber Kältemaschinenbau continues its international expansion. From this date, the expert for high precision thermoregulation headquartered in Offenburg, Germany will be represented in the USA by a new branch establishment. Under the name of "Huber USA Inc.", the new US affiliate will directly serve end users and dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Huber USA will be located in Cary, NC close to the Raleigh-Durham International...

Team identifies ‘markers’ to spot old cells in the body – offering hope in the fight against cancer and ageing

A new advance in biomedical research at the University of Leicester could have potential in the future to assist with tackling diseases and conditions associated with ageing – as well as in treating cancer. The research, which has shown promise in clinical samples, has been published in the prestigious scientific journal, Cell Death and Disease. The group of scientists coordinated by Dr Salvador Macip from the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab and...

Analysis of thousands of NHS records has uncovered a link between an increased dosage of insulin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and a heightened risk of death in patients.

In a report published today in the journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers from Cardiff University were also able to show a correlation between patients treated with a higher dosage of insulin and a raised risk of cancer development, heart attacks and stroke. Researchers identified these trends by scrutinizing the medical history of 6,484 patients with type 2 diabetes extracted from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Patients were on average aged 64 at the beginning of the study in 2000, and were followed for an average of...

Matrix Innovation, a world leader in the development of speciality resins, offers a wide variety of resins and polymers for organic and peptide synthesis.

Their diverse range, covering both standard and custom synthesis products, is now distributed in the UK by Cambio. With a strong emphasis on innovation and research in the field of polymer development, supported by a highly skilled team of chemists at the company’s R&D facility in Quebec, Canada, Matrix Innovation is ready to meet your custom needs. Matrix Innovation manufactures several hundred chemical products for research at...

FMI’s NEW Video unlocks the secret to precision valveless piston pumping through a series of 3D pump animations and  HD graphic illustrations. 

This high definition streaming video also contains supporting technical descriptions, as well as specific advantages CeramPump® technology offers. For over 55 years, critical medical, analytical, laboratory, industrial, and OEM instrumentation applications requiring precision metering and dosing have relied on Fluid Metering, Inc.’s (FMI) CeramPump® valveless piston pumping technology. The CeramPump’s® innovative pumping...

Microbiology specialist Lab M will showcase its new convenient culture media product ranges at Arab Health, which takes place 26-29 January 2015 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

With a commitment to providing high quality products that aid laboratories in their efforts to optimise efficiency and workflow, Lab M has long been recognised for its comprehensive portfolio of dehydrated culture media (DCM).  Now a number of these formulations are available as Pinnacle™ pre-poured plates and µPREP™ ready-to-reconstitute bags for ease of use in any laboratory. Lab M’s µPREP™ ‘just-add-water’ range of...

Reliable proficiency testing supports external quality assurance programs in the U.S. food, beverage, animal feed, and pharmaceutical industries

ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, and LGC, a leading global producer and distributor of reference materials and proficiency testing (PT) programs, announce a new agreement to provide high-quality proficiency testing programs supporting the food, beverage, animal feed, and pharmaceutical quality control markets in the United States. As part of its ongoing mission to acquire, authenticate, preserve, develop...

Experience virtual reality any time, any place – in December 2014, at a price of 99 dollars, ZEISS is launching a mobile Virtual Reality (VR) headset – the ZEISS VR ONE – that works with smartphones featuring display sizes of between 4.7 and 5.2 inches. 

The Indian pharmaceutical market accounts for more than 10% of global drug production.

It is one of the country’s biggest employers, with more than 340,000 Indian employees dedicated to an industry that is worth in excess of $22 billion, and pharmaceutical exports of some $14.7 billion in 2013, with 55% heading to highly regulated Western markets. Zydus Cadila, a fully integrated, global healthcare provider and the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India, recently decided to improve its solid oral dosage form production...

ZEISS announces the sublicensing of Lattice light sheet microscopy, also called Bessel beam plane illumination microscopy, to Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i).

ZEISS and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus had signed an exclusive license agreement for the commercialization of Lattice light sheet microscopy earlier this year. By granting the exclusive sublicense to 3i, ZEISS is contributing to making Lattice light sheet microscopy available to scientists and early adopters in a timely manner. 3i will sell and support the development system based on Dr. Eric Betzig’s original design...

The Pittcon marketing department is pleased to announce the release of its official conference and exposition mobile app, Pittcon 2015. 

The app, available for free download in the App Store for iOS and Android devices and the Kindle Fire, serves as a valuable resource tool before, during and after the event. It acts as an all-inclusive real-time show guide containing details on exhibiting companies, technical sessions, Conferee Networking sessions and short courses. The Pittcon mobile conference app was developed by ATIV Software and is built on the EventPilot meeting...

The microbiome is a new concept that will be heard of increasingly in the next few years. 

It relates to the bacteria in our gut which outnumber our human cells 10-1.  It turns out that not only they are the majority, but they are in control as well!  A packed meeting, the third in the Core Exploring the Science of Digestion series, heard how the microbiome may influence mood, personality and possibly intelligence as well as playing a key role in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract such as C. difficile, Crohn’s disease and...

Lab M is seeing demand grow quickly for the company’s recently launched µPrep™ Half Fraser Broth ISO (+FAC), a complete primary enrichment broth designed for use in the isolation of Listeria spp. from foodstuffs.

Media in Lab M’s µPrep™ range are supplied ready-to-reconstitute in 20 litre bags. They are designed primarily for high throughput laboratories where speed, convenience, reliability and cost-effectiveness are high priorities. “Since we launched µPrep™ Half Fraser Broth ISO (+FAC) in July 2014, customers have been very clear that simple reconstitution with no mess and no autoclaving is a significant factor in their choice of media format...

A Morphologi G3-ID particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments is opening cutting-edge research opportunities in environmental science at the School of Science, Environment and Engineering, Southern Cross University (SCU), in Australia.

The Morphologi G3-ID, which is sold and supported in Australia by ATA Scientific, combines automated particle imaging with Raman spectroscopy to deliver particle size, morphology and chemical identification of particles within a dispersion. The technique is helping users to better understand the composition and behavior of natural particles within the environment and is generating substantial cost and efficiency savings in areas that...

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, announces the opening of their US offices in Southern California on 1st January, 2015.

Heading up this new organization is Dr Stefan Kaemmer who has been appointed General Manager of US Operations.  Respected German technology leaders, JPK Instruments, are pleased to announce the opening of the first USA-based offices. With more than twelve years supplying nanoscale solutions worldwide for researchers in the bio, life and materials sciences, JPK is to open their offices in Southern California to support users across the...

In collaboration with scientists from the European Union Reference Laboratory for Dioxins and PCBs in Feed and Food, Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a simple, reliable and robust method for detecting and confirming low levels of dioxins in food and feed samples using a triple quadrupole gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS) system equipped with an autosampler.

Application Note 10406: Validation of GC-MS/MS for Detection and Confirmation of Low-Level Dioxins illustrates the excellent selectivity and sensitivity of this GC-MS/MS System for low levels of dioxins, even in complex matrices. Dioxins are a group of chemically-related compounds, including polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and some dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These compounds are...