Our newest microplate reader deserves a new website. Please check out our new CLARIOstar® featured on our new website.

Featuring easier and more intuitive navigation, along with a sleek and modernized interface, the new site allows users to access thousands of available applications and information forms, as well as filter information and instrument comparisons according to research interests and needs. Getting a quote on one of our instruments has never been easier. Dr. EJ Dell, International Marketing Director, is enthusiastic about the new site: “We are thrilled to offer existing and potential customers a more useful, efficient, and engaging experience in navigating and accessing information about our fantastic microplate readers...

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, will be launching the µDAWN™ at Pittcon 2014

The µDAWN is the world’s first multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector that can be coupled to any UHPLC system in order to determine absolute molecular weights and sizes of polymers, peptides, and proteins or other biopolymers directly, without resorting to column calibration or reference standards. Wyatt Technology’s µDAWN connects to the Optilab® UT-rEX™, the first refractive index detector for UHPLC....

Freeman Technology, a global provider of powder testing instruments, and GEA Pharma Systems, a company that specialises in the design and development of processing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, are collaborating to advance the application of continuous wet granulation and drying technology in the pharmaceutical industry.

A world of cloak-and-dagger pharmaceuticals has come a step closer with the development of stealth compounds programmed to spring into action when they receive the signal. 

Researchers at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy have designed and tested large molecular complexes that will reveal their true identity only when they’ve reached their intended target, like disguised saboteurs working deep behind enemy lines. The compounds have been developed as part of a five-year programme funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) called “Bar-Coded Materials”. The cloak each spherical complex wears is perhaps more a plastic mac: a sheath of biocompatible polymer that encapsulates and shrouds biologically active material inside, preventing any biological interaction so long as the shield remains in place...

A new study from the University of Surrey, published today in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), found that the daily rhythms of our genes are disrupted when sleep times shift. 

Researchers placed twenty-two participants on a 28-hour day in a controlled environment without a natural light-dark cycle.  As a result, their sleep-wake cycle was delayed by four hours each day, until sleep occurred 12 hours out of sync with their brain clock and in the middle of what would have been their normal ‘daytime’. The team then collected blood samples to measure the participants’ rhythms of gene expression.....

Medilink East Midlands, the region’s life science industry association is assisting the region’s life science SMEs to access Horizon 2020 (H2020), a new €70 billion stream of EU grant funding launched this month, January 2014.

Medilink delivers the region’s Healthcare and Bioscience iNet, and is equipped with the skills and expertise to be able to offer SMEs operating in the healthcare, medical technology and pharmaceutical industries a head start in their applications for funding, as well as strategic direction, guidance and advise on which funding channels to pursue. H2020 is the result of a merger of three different funding streams and has been established to implement the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation from 2014-2020....

Point-of-care analyzer meets all standards set by independent certifying bodies

Global IT spending will increase at a cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.6% to reach $40.8bn by 2017, predicts Ovum.

According to new figures from the global analyst firm, highest growth will be in the Asia-Pacific region, in the small to mid-sized enterprise subsector, and in the BI and analytics solution area. In its latest Global Life Sciences IT spending forecast* Ovum reveals that the increase in IT spending will be fuelled in large part by the growth in data analysis and related technologies, the acquisition of systems to comply with new regulatory requirements, and increased spending on applications that advance operating efficiency and automation. Asia-Pacific will continue to...

Titian Software installs Mosaic at four new CRO sites in China

Titian Software completes a highly successful 2013 with the announcement that its Mosaic sample management software has been installed at four major Contract Research Organisation (CRO) sites in China. Titian has seen increased demand for Mosaic in China, both at independent Chinese institutions, and in the Chinese facilities of global companies, and the recent installations include Genscript and Pharmaron. At the sites, Mosaic has been implemented to streamline compound management, providing teams with rest-assured inventory management, tracking and supply of samples for efficient workflow set-ups, with complete traceability...

Significant improvements in assay reagents and availability of High Throughput Screen (HTS)-compatible readers has propelled fluorescence lifetime (FLT) technology to the vanguard of cost-effective screening technologies.

TTP Labtech has consolidated its position in the field with today’s announcement of the purchase of assets from AssayMetrics Limited, Cardiff, UK a leading company in FLT. The acquisition enhances TTP Labtech’s new ameon™ system equipped with real-time decay curve analysis (RT-DCA), licensed from Fluorescence Innovations Inc (Minneapolis, US). The ameon represents the next generation of FLT reader technology providing a combination of speed, precision, and data quality that can be readily exploited in HTS workflows...

Lingonberries almost completely prevented weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet.

A study at Lund University in Sweden has found - whereas the ‘super berry’ açai led to increased weight gain. The Scandinavian berries also produced lower blood sugar levels and cholesterol. The Lund University research team used a type of mouse that easily stores fat and therefore can be regarded as a model for humans who are overweight and at risk of diabetes.....

Diffuse Reflectance Imaging validated for early non-invasive detection of malignant and pre-malignant tumours

A team of Indian cancer researchers led by Dr Narayanan Subhash has developed a simple, non-invasive spectral imaging system that holds out the possibility of rapid, inexpensive mass screening for oral cancers in dental and clinical settings. Even in the hands of non-clinical staff, it is capable of real-time discrimination of healthy oral tissue from pre-malignant and malignant tissues with accuracy comparable to the gold standard histopathology of a biopsy sample....

Scientists all over the world have been monitoring the statistical distribution of weather patterns over extended periods of time to measure the potential affects and significance of climate change.

This research not only studies past fluctuations, but also is used to predict future shifts in our climate and its global environmental impact. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a leading environmental research center that focuses on the United Kingdom’s national scientific activities in Antarctica. Some of their current research includes long-term monitoring of global climate change via ice core sample analysis of the polar ice caps....

Offering attractive procurement strategies will boost adoption of high-end tools

Wyatt Technology San Francisco Bay Area Protein & Biotech Users Meeting

The meeting will host two to three expert speakers, ‘how-to’ sessions presented by Wyatt Application Scientists, updates on our latest products, and small group discussions covering topics such as:Biophysical characterization. Formulation and stability. Orthogonal techniques. Large aggregates and sub-visible particles. Biomolecular interactions...

Integrated DNA Technologies Presents at Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics 

Michel Cannieux, PhD, MBA, Director of Product Commercialization, Synthetic Biology at IDT discussed a novel, rapid and reliable method to build and clone genes of interest at a fraction of the cost of full gene synthesis. The talk, entitled “Rapid and Reliable Gene Construction with gBlocks™ Gene Fragments and Gibson Assembly™ Method” took place at 12.00 on December 11. As double stranded, sequence verified DNA blocks up to 750 base pairs, gBlocks Gene Fragments have high sequence fidelity. As a result, they are ideal for use in a broad range of biological applications....

A new case study, describing the use of the Matrix Tracker software in the mortuary in an NHS Hospital Trust, has been published by Autoscribe Ltd and is available for download.

Matrix Tracker replaced the original paper-based tracking system which was deemed to be unacceptable since it is difficult to audit or back-up. Matrix Tracker was chosen for this application because the tracking software offered by the provider of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) used in the main hospital lacked the flexibility to allow the function of the system to be altered beyond a few simple settings, as well as being expensive..

Priorclave Appoints Scientific Equipment Dealer to Spearhead Ireland Growth

Priorclave has appointed Brennan & Company as its southern Ireland agent with responsibility for sales of its complete range of laboratory autoclaves.  Lee Oakley, Sales Director of Priorclave is delighted with the new appointment since Brennan & Company are well established in Ireland as a major supplier of highly specialised technological equipment to the Scientific, Medical and Industrial markets, and comments “I am convinced this is the right partnership, our steam steriliser range complements their current product range and their knowledge level extremely well...

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), a world leader in instrumentation for trace organic analysis, has announced the launch of a variable-energy electron ionisation source technology for GC–MS, Select-eV®.

By enabling the energy of ionising electrons to be changed, Select-eV breaks new ground in the field of GC–MS. It allows the production of reference-quality electron ionisation mass spectra with conventional full-fragmentation patterns, and repeatable ‘soft-ionisation’ spectra exhibiting reduced fragmentation and an enhanced molecular ion. Previous attempts to develop soft electron ionisation have been compromised by a dramatic drop in sensitivity.....

When adapting a fluorescent protein assay from a confocal microscope to a microplate format, researchers no longer need filters thanks to new LVF Monochromators™ in the CLARIOstar® microplate reader from BMG LABTECH.

There are two options for filtering light into wavelengths when using a microplate reader. Filters offer higher performance thanks to greater light transmission and wider bandwidths; monochromators offer greater flexibility. Past research has stated that monochromators cannot perform many assays, due to the poor performance of monochromator-based readers. The main reason is the need for wider bandwidths, monochromators only have fixed or adjustable bandwidths up to 30 nm....

The new Distimatic, available from Radleys has made large volume, solvent evaporation easy for the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol.

Dr. Luke Elliot and Professor Kevin Booker-Milburn from the School of Chemistry have invested in the Distimatic system to assist with the scale-up of photochemical reactions, a process that requires relatively dilute conditions. They reported “... we found solvent evaporation was becoming a major bottle-neck to further scale-up within the confines of a conventional lab fume-cupboard. Simply attending to the basic processes of evaporation, refilling and emptying flasks, required a surprising amount of time. All this time is saved by the Distimatic, since it fully takes over after pressing a few buttons. This allows more time to be spent focussing on the chemistry...

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, announces that it has been ranked among the winners of The Analytical Scientist’s 2013 Innovation Awards (TASIAs). 

Honored is Wyatt’s Optilab UT-rEX, the first refractive index detector of its kind for UHPLC systems. The innovative Optilab UT-rEX uses a combination of miniaturized components, cutting-edge semiconductor photodiode technology and proprietary computer algorithms to enable it to be added to any UHPLC system. The TASIAs recognize products that enhance preparation, separation, identification or quantitation and contribute to making the world safer and the diagnosis of disease more effective...