Team also publishes paper examining ability to distinguish between protein aggregates and oil droplets in biopharmaceutical formulations

Coriolis Pharma (Martinsried, Germany) has become the first pharmaceutical contract research organization in the world to routinely use Archimedes, a new analytical instrument supplied by Malvern Instruments. Coriolis Pharma specializes in formulation development for biopharmaceuticals such as proteins, peptides and vaccines and offers a wide variety of services to support product development...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an accurate and reproducible method that uses an innovative ion chromatography system for the determination of methylamine (or monomethylamine, MMA) in drug products.

Application Note (AN) 1057: Determination of Methylamine in Drug Productsdemonstrates simple off-line sample preparation followed by an on-line step to complete the sample preparation before analysis. This approach requires only 32 min per analysis. The method uses a cation-exchange column and the eluent is produced by aneluent generator to preclude the labor and potential error associated with eluent preparation...

Fisher Scientific UK celebrates the success of its 22^nd Science World event

The 22nd Science World – ‘the Fisher Scientific Laboratory Experience’, took place on Thursday 10th October at the Point, Manchester. Over 500 customers attended on show day, networking with 80 of the UK’s top manufacturers of laboratory products and Fisher Scientific colleagues.  The atmosphere was buzzing in this new, state of the art facility.  Highlights included: seminars by Marcus du Sautoy and Ben Goldacre; back by popular request Professor Hal Sosabowski; plus opportunities for customers to meet Oscar the Robot and Miss Ballooniverse....

Skuldtech and AB Science to renew their collaboration agreement, as part of a project financed by Bpifrance, to bring to market a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease and a companion diagnostic

Skuldtech, a genomic biomarker company specialized in developing diagnostic tests, announces today that it has secured EUR 1 million in funding from Bpifrance (French public financing structure) as part of a project on Alzheimer's disease that has received funding of EUR 8.6 million in total. The program is planned to last for four years, with the first results expected in 2018...

Royal Society of Chemistry’s outreach programme gains NMR capability

Spectroscopy in a Suitcase is an outreach programme which gives more than 10,000 A-level students in the UK each year the chance to experience hands-on spectroscopy. The strategy of the programme is to cover the principles of spectroscopic techniques, as well as use real-life contexts to demonstrate the applications of the techniques. For the first time, the Thermo Scientific™ picoSpin™ 45 benchtop NMR spectrometer from Cole-Parmer will allow Welsh students to experience NMR spectroscopy.  Previously there had been no opportunity to demonstrate this technology because traditional NMR requires fixed installation...

As one of Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of advanced water purification equipment, Purite will naturally be taking a stand at Lab Innovations 2013, a forum for discovering innovation at the heart of the global laboratory industry. 

The aim of Lab Innovations 2013 is to introduce visitors to the very latest technology that provides cost-cutting solutions, increased productivity, and higher ROI for business. Anyone visiting Purite’s stand will find efficient water purification solutions that offer all of those qualities. Purite’s staff will be on hand to demonstrate both their considerable expertise in water purification technology and the capabilities of the company’s Labwater cartridges...

Visit Purite on stand number F4

Cleaver Scientific and Biocenter Collaboration is Appreciated at the University Of Pécs in Hungary

Gel Electrophoresis specialists CLEAVER SCIENTIFIC Ltd (CSL) and their Hungarian distributor Biocenter recently exhibited at and sponsored the 11^th International Symposium on Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) and related peptides. The event, staged at the University of Pécs in Hungary at the end of August, was an excellent example of the successful collaboration between CSL and their Hungarian distributor...

Engineers at The Technology Partnership (TTP) have discovered a way to break through the Faraday Cage that prevents the entry or escape of an electromagnetic field through a metallic enclosure.

While the Faraday Cage effect does have useful applications from preventing leakage from microwave ovens to lightning strike protection and screening data cables, TTP’s new patent-pending Fluxor technology will have major benefits for power and data transfer through metal shielding. TTP is already using the technology for monitoring fluid levels in steel pipes, taking readings from medical implants and measuring data from inside high-performance F1 engines...

Andor Zyla high-speed cameras power novel four-lens light-sheet microscope to deliver whole embryo images in under ten seconds.

TA Instruments Acquires Scarabaeus Mess- und Produktionstechnik GmbH 

TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of Scarabaeus Mess- und Produktionstechnik GmbH (Wetzlar, Germany), a privately held manufacturer of instrumentation and software for physical property measurements of rubber and rubber processing. Terry Kelly, President of TA Instruments commented on the acquisition: “This market is a natural fit for TA Instruments. We have existing expertise and a large customer base using thermal analysis and rheology among rubber producers and manufacturers....

French Bacteriologist Receives Half Million Pound Prize

The 2013 Balzan Prizewinners 750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 610,000; USD 800,000; GBP 515,000) for each of the four subjects. Half of the amount must be destined by the winners to research projects. The names of the 2013 Balzan Prizewinners were proclaimed today in a public announcement: Pascale Cossart (France), Institut Pasteur, Paris, for Infectious diseases: basic and clinical aspects André Vauchez (France), Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre, for Medieval History Manuel Castells (Spain), University of Southern California (USA), for Sociology Alain Aspect (France), École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, for Quantum Information Processing and Communication...

Revised METTLER TOLEDO Sensor Product Guide Saves Time

METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce the launch of the latest version of its interactive, web-based Electrode ValueBox. This downloadable electrode identification and troubleshooting toolkit, which features a revised electronic Sensor ProductGuide, will help METTLER TOLEDO customers choose the right electrode in less time, enabling easy optimization of delicate values such as pH. Particularly for pH measurements, subtle electrode composition shifts capture electron transfer in various solution types...

Diatron MI Plc and Medicon Hellas SA have recently signed an exclusive supply agreement for an extensive range of high quality clinical chemistry reagents for use on the Diatron Pictus range of Clinical chemistry analyzers in all international markets but excludes the USA.

All reagents will be manufactured by Medicon Hellas, Greece exclusively for Diatron and have been specifically designed with the Diatron analyzers in mind, so the combination of analyzer and reagents allows customers to enjoy features and benefits that are only normally possible on high cost Clinical Chemistry systems. Initially, the reagent range will consist of 60 test parameters ( Substrates, Enzymes, Electrolytes and Specific proteins) which have been developed to meet needs and  demands of today’s modern clinical chemistry laboratory so have excellent precision, linearity, sensitivity, on-board stability and calibration stability...

Frost & Sullivan: Hospitals and laboratories look for cost-effective test panels enabling simultaneous autoimmune diseases testing

Successful autoimmune disease awareness campaigns are encouraging patients to seek clinical diagnostics even for general symptoms such as fatigue and gastrointestinal distress, spurring the global autoimmune disease diagnostics market. The rising incidence of gastrointestinal autoimmune conditions, primarily celiac disease, also promotes testing. As a result, market revenue is estimated to reach $1.0 billion in 2018 from $712.5 million in 2012, according to the new Global Autoimmune Disease Diagnostics Market analysis from Frost & Sullivan...

Sygnature Discovery, a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services, today announced that it has been selected by CellCentric, a biotechnology company with a scientific foundation in epigenetics, to progress small molecule inhibitor drug discovery against a specific deubiquitinase (DUB) enzyme which has been demonstrated to play a key role in the progression of prostate cancer.

CellCentric recently received £4.3 million through further venture investment and an award from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board’s BioMedical Catalyst Fund, to further fuel the DUB programme through to small molecule clinical candidates.  The new agents act upon the androgen receptor (AR) pathway, which is gaining significant interest from the pharmaceutical industry. CellCentric’s approach has the potential to modulate AR and AR splice variants, which could be key to overcoming many of the drug resistance mechanisms which limit the clinical benefit of existing approved and developmental therapeutic agents...

BiOptix formally announced the European expansion of the BiOptix Innovators Program at MipTec & BioValley Life Sciences Week.

During the event, the company is launching the BiOptix Innovators Program into Europe, with an emphasis on partnering with key research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology/drug discovery firms.  The BiOptix Innovators Program is a unique and innovative product evaluation platform that allows customers to try BiOptix SPR technology independently in their lab, on their timeframe and with complete customer and technical support during the evaluation...

Leading UK digital clinical imaging specialists, Vision Source, announce their appointment as Panasonic's authorized specialist dealer for imaging products for use in the medical and life science environments.

Vision Source is very pleased to announce their appointment as UK authorized specialist dealer for Panasonic's imaging products from Industrial Medical Vision division. Further to acquiring assets and the hiring of staff from former dealers, Optivision, Vision Source are committed to a seamless integration of Panasonic's products into their portfolio offering users old and new continued excellent service and support....

Hospitals in Nottingham will become the first in the world to take advantage of an electronic blood-tracking system allowing nurses to use Apple iPods at the bedside.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has agreed the deal with leading healthcare technology company MSoft eSolutions to implement the technology at Nottingham City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre. The Trust already has a strong working relationship with MSoft which last year decided to introduce its Bloodhound solution following a rigorous tender process. 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...

New International Science Consortium Receives Accredited Stakeholder Status With Key European Agency

For more than a decade, PETA US has been the scientific leader among animal-protection organisations worldwide, providing the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with technical expertise in modern, reliable, non-animal research and testing methods...

Huber Kältemaschinenbau has launched a new mobile website in German and English customised for all available mobile devices.

Huber Kältemaschinenbau, the temperature control specialist, has optimised its website for smartphones and tablets. The site has been designed to fit screens of all mobile devices and uses a simpler design, resulting in faster loading times and a user-friendly navigation. The layout is automatically adapted to the monitor resolution of different mobile devices...

VolitionRx Limited (OTC: VNRX), a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today entered into an agreement with Active Motif, a leading provider of kits and reagents to enable epigenetics research.

The terms of the agreement will see Active Motif become the co-exclusive (with VolitionRx) distributor of the NuQ® product line to scientists and researchers in Europe, the United States and Japan. The NuQ® range of products is based on the Nucleosomics® platform, which identifies and quantifies nucleosome structural features such as histone modifications and variations, DNA methylation patterns and nucleosome-protein adducts. The initial range comprises 15 immunoassays across four families, each of which captures intact nucleosomes and detects a specific feature...

AMSBIO has announced a new on-demand webinar entitled 'CometAssay: Detecting single and double strand DNA breaks in individual cells'.

Presented by Dr Sandra Woodgate, a Subject Matter Expert for this technique., this informative webinar explores how the Comet Assay quantitates DNA damage and repair from in vivo and in vitro samples of eukaryotic cells. The comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) is a technique to easily and rapidly detect and quantitate DNA fragmentation associated with DNA damage caused by apoptosis and cytotoxicity. The technique can be particularly useful in the field of genotoxicity testing, human biomonitoring, cellular response to DNA damage, and for screening cancer therapeutics...