MedaPhor is pleased to announce that is has opened a US subsidiary, MedaPhor North America, Inc.

MedaPhor, the global provider of advanced ultrasound education and training for medical professionals, is pleased to announce that is has opened a US subsidiary, MedaPhor North America, Inc. and expanded its US sales team, to sell its ScanTrainer range of ultrasound simulators in the US and Canada. The company doubled sales for the third consecutive year and now has over 100 systems installed in major hospitals in 11 countries around the world. Its lead product, ScanTrainer, is a virtual reality based ‘real feel’ ultrasound-training simulator that enables trainees, of any level, to literally feel what they see on the computer screen in order to develop the complex mix of cognitive skills and eye-hand movement coordination required to learn all the key ultrasound scanning skills...

GEA Pharma Systems supports new pharmaceutical research centre at SKKU in South Korea 

GEA Pharma Systems has provided solid dose processing technology for a new Pharmaceutical Process Research Centre (PPRC) at South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). The new centre will provide academic and commercial research facilities for under graduate, post graduate, post doctorate students and the wider pharmaceutical industry in South Korea and underlines GEA’s long-term commitment to the South Korean market. The GEA-SKKU, as it is now known, was opened by Professor Hyuck Chung, Dean of the university’s School of Pharmacy, on 17 December, 2013...

Scientists working at the Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology are benefitting from MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA) 384

Scientists working at the Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin, Germany, are benefitting from the low volume pipetting capability of a MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA) 384 for siRNA and small molecule screening. Martin Neuenschwander, an automation scientist working in Dr Jens Peter von Kries’ Screening Unit at the FMP, explained: “We have been using laboratory automation for small molecule screens for several years, and have four Freedom EVO^® 200 platforms equipped with a variety of liquid handling arms...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform to measure specific analytes in beer samples, distinguish between different samples, and study beer stability. Application Note 1065: Gradient HPLC Method for Analysis of Beer Polyphenols, Proanthocyanidins, and Bitter Acids Using a Novel Spectro-Electro Array Platform demonstrates a method that provides accurate and sensitive measurements that cannot be obtained using ultraviolet detection alone, as well as metabolomic approaches that can be used to study fermentation, product stability, and authenticity issues...

Watson-Marlow OEM pumps ideal for automated laboratory instrumentation

At Analytica 2014 Greiner Bio-One will be presenting an innovative solution for storing biological samples in biorepositories. 

At Analytica 2014 from 1 to 4 April in Munich, Greiner Bio-One, a technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, will be presenting an innovative solution for storing biological samples in biorepositories. Greiner Bio-One has been developing and producing products for cryogenic storage for 30 years. With the new Cryo.s biobanking tubes, Greiner Bio-One is expanding its product portfolio to include a solution for high-throughput sample storage in automated storage systems....

The power of mass detection delivered to the lab bench

Microsaic Systems, the high technology company developing,  marketing and manufacturing next generation mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, will showcase its latest innovative products offering enhanced productivity and time and cost savings at PITTCON (booth 1051). The new MiDas™ interface unit allows simple connectivity of Microsaic’s miniaturised mass detector, the 4000 MiD™, for on line and off line analysis....

BioTek Instruments, Inc., proudly announces that their Cytation™ 3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader is a finalist in the 2014 Edison Awards^® competition.

The distinguished awards, inspired by Thomas Edison's persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. Award winners will be announced April 30, 2014 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. Cytation 3 is among those finalists recognized by a distinguished panel of senior business executives and academics for innovation and excellence. Patented Cytation 3 combines automated digital microscopy and conventional multi-mode microplate detection to provide both rich phenotypic and well-based quantitative analyses in a streamlined workflow...

Analytik reports on the work of the Food & Environmental Research Agency

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, reports on the work of the Food & Environmental Research Agency where they have carried out studies on engineered nanoparticles using various particle sizing techniques, notably differential centrifugal sedimentation analysis...

John comes to LabAnswer with 20 years of R&D experience. Most recently, he was with Schrödinger, LLC, where he was Vice President of Professional Services and Solutions.

John’s focus was to expand Schrodinger’s footprint in scientific informatics. Previously, John was Global Director of Scientific Informatics and Solutions at Accelrys, Inc. It was there that John helped bring both the concept of Biological Entity Registration and Next Generation LIMS to market.  In addition, John and his teams were responsible for building small and large molecule design environments. Before he joined Accelrys, he was the Philadelphia Site Head, Global Chair of the Structural Biology Domain, and head of US Lab Automation for the Discovery Informatics Department at GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. Prior to GSK, John spent many years at Merck and Co., Inc. with varying roles in biological and chemical informatics as well as computational science methods and modeling...

The MVV Energie AG won the great Analytik Jena quote campaign related to the proven SPECORD^® device.

The Analytik Jena AG awarded a price for the best customer quote as part of a Germany-wide customer competition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their SPECORD^® product series. "I am happy about the great participation of our customers in the campaign and the many creative contributions which made it very hard for us to decide. This is not only an expression of a high level of satisfaction but also of the great loyalty of the customers to our instruments and the company Analytik Jena", says Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the business unit Analytical Instrumentation at the Analytik Jena AG...

Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their stages in the study of pharmaceutical processes at the Robert Gordon University, Scotland.

The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences at the Robert Gordon University have been using Linkam systems to look at the behavior of drugs at varying temperatures. This relatively young university was awarded with the prestigious "The Sunday Times Best Modern University in the UK" in 2012 with the School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences being one of the key factors contributing to this recognition...

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has released a new quality management systems standard on laboratory internal audit programs.

A laboratory audit program is critical to ensuring laboratories meet applicable requirements for quality system essentials assessments. QMS15-A—Laboratory Internal Audit Program; Approved Guideline provides guidance for how a laboratory can establish an internal audit program to enhance the quality of its services through continual improvement. Whereas an audit program defines the “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” and “how” of meeting requirements for internal auditing, the audit process describes the details of how to conduct individual laboratory internal audits...

Pittcon 2014 Announces Exposition Highlights

This year’s exposition welcomes 114 first-time exhibiting companies. The Pittcon 2014 Exposition, which takes place March 3-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, will include 926 exhibitors (count as of February 10, 2014) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis...

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) launches an open competition for funding today for research to inform the work of NHS Blood and Transplant.

Universities in England are invited to enter into a research partnership with NHSBT, to drive forward priority blood and transplantation research in four priority areas. Speaking about the partnership funding initiative, Lorna Williamson, Medical and Research Director at NHSBT said: "I am delighted that the National Institute for Health Research continues to recognise the importance of blood and transplantation research....

Antibody search engine CiteAb, which has developed an international user base since its launch in March 2013, has today announced its spinout from the University of Bath.

CiteAb was founded in 2013 by Dr Andrew Chalmers from the University’s Department of Biology & Biochemistry, in collaboration with Bath-based web development company Storm Consultancy, run by University of Bath graduates David Kelly and Adam Pope. CiteAb has disrupted the industry by becoming the first global antibody search engine that combines free listing with impartial ranking by citations. It is now the largest antibody search engine in a $2billion industry, and ranked number one by Google....

Andor Technology joins Oxford Instruments to drive growth

Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high-technology tools for industry and research has recently acquired Andor.  Andor is a market leading supplier of high performance cameras, microscope systems and software for the physical science and life science industries. Andor will continue to focus on growing their existing core markets and will spearhead Oxford Instruments strategic expansion into the Nano-Bio arena. Jonathan Flint, Chief Executive of Oxford Instruments explains, “We want to be part of a future which sees the use of nanotechnology tools in the biological arena, for both analysis and eventually fabrication of bio materials...

Operational business benefits from a good project business 

Orang-utans may venture down from their arboreal habitat in the Bornean rainforest more often than previous anecdotal observations indicated.

Liverpool John Moores University's Professor Serge Wich, alongside Marc Ancrenaz and colleagues conducted a large-scale analysis of orang-utan terrestriality using comprehensive camera-trapping data from 16 sites across Borneo. Their research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, provides evidence of male and female orang-utans of all ages travelling on the ground. The study suggests that orang-utans may potentially be more resilient to drastic habitat change than previously thought...

MSOFT’s Bloodhound Selected to Boost Patient Safety at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Patients living in West Sussex will benefit from the introduction of a range of innovative blood-tracking systems. MSoft eSolutions’ Bloodhound solution will be implemented at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which has three hospitals – St Richard’s in Chichester, Southlands in Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing Hospital. Bloodhound controls access to and from all blood fridges, while a bedside management system allows each bar-coded blood unit to be matched with the patient’s bar-coded wristband in a matter of seconds...

Research advances in novel pathways produce innovative antidiabetic drugs, which will pave the way for successful market penetration

Porvair Sciences has announced that it will be showing its latest specialist microplates and microplate equipment at the forthcoming Pittcon 2014 (Chicago), Analytica 2014 (Munich) and Genomics Research 2014 (San Francisco) exhibitions.

Visitors to Pittcon Booth 4021 and Analytica Stand B2.320A will be able to see Porvair’s complete range of automation friendly microplates and equipment. On display will be the Ultravap Mistral - Porvair's new generation robot-compatible nitrogen blow down station. For many years, Porvair Sciences has led the field in nitrogen blow down evaporation. The UltraVap Mistral makes it even easier to integrate an automatic dry down step into your automated liquid handling protocol. Combining uncompromising high quality with an affordable price...