Redd&Whyte, an expert supplier of liquid handling automation for drug discovery and life science research applications, today announced its Preddator system has been integrated in an assay workcell by AstraZeneca, to meet a generic high throughput nano-litre dispensing application. Using the Preddator system, the assay run time has been significantly reduced, while maintaining the dispensing consistency and flexibility of the original workcell.

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At Lab Innovations 2013 (6-7 Nov 2013, Birmingham UK), Lab M will discuss the further extension of its Captivate™ range of Immunomagnetic Separation products for the isolation of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains associated with foodborne infection.

Captivate™ O45 is in the final stages of testing ahead of launch early in 2014 and will take the number of E. coli products in the Captivate™ range to eight. The range already covers most of the requirements in pending European regulation and, with the addition of Captivate™ O45, will fully meet the ‘Big Six’ testing requirements for meat products in the USA....

Visit Lab M on stand number D4

Tim Freeman, Managing Director of Freeman Technology, will deliver the keynote lecture at ‘Powder Technology in Pharma, Food, Chemistry and Metallurgy’, a new course at the University of Lund, Sweden, October 23-25 designed to support those tackling challenges in powder research and processing. 

The course will help attendees to develop a better understanding of powder behaviour, of the tools available for powder characterisation, and of modern processing technology. It is suitable for those working in academia or industry, in R&D or production. Tim Freeman’s lecture will look at the basics of powder behaviour, focusing especially on powder flowability which has a defining influence on the efficiency of many processes....

Cepheid will be showcasing the latest developments in molecular diagnostics on Stand 925 in Hall 4 at this year’s IBMS Biomedical Science Congress in Birmingham.

Running from the 23^rd to the 25^th of September, this biennial event is one of the highlights of the medical diagnostics industry calendar and will give delegates the opportunity to explore the latest advancements in this ever­ changing field. Visitors to the Cepheid stand will be offered a glimpse at the future of molecular diagnostics with the GeneXpert Infinity-48s workstation. The latest addition to the acclaimed GeneXpert^® range of automated diagnostics instruments, this consolidated platform enables a comprehensive menu of tests to be run on a single system, by a single operator, using the Company’s unique cartridge technology...

Tecan’s Infinite^® M200 PRO microplate reader is helping researchers at the University of Salzburg, Austria, to monitor cell growth of microaerophilic bacteria.

Univ-Prof Dr Silja Wessler, Professor in Microbiology, explained: “We research a wide range of cellular signal transduction pathways initiated by the interaction of host cells with pathogens like Helicobacter pylori, and were approached to beta test the new Gas Control Module (GCM™) for the Infinite M200 PRO. The instrument’s potential was soon very clear, and we bought a system almost straightaway. We use a variety of techniques for our work, including culturing of microaerophilic organisms, immunofluorescence, cytokine ELISAs, reporter gene assays and cell migration assays and, because the Tecan reader is so flexible, we can use it for virtually all of our experiments...

Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical solutions to the UK and Ireland, report on the application of the ASD, a PANalytical company, LabSpec 4 portable Vis-NIR spectrometer in the characterisation of samples at the National Soil Resources Institute at Cranfield University.

The National Soil Resources Institute is located at Cranfield University where it leads the University's research on soil science to better understand the physical, chemical and biological processes that make up soil systems and provide the capacity for soil-based ecosystem services. Dr Abdul Mounem Mouazen has a background in the application of engineering principles to soil and water management, with specific applications in soil dynamics, tillage, traction, compaction, mechanical weeding, soil remediation and management...

Warwick Analytical Service has reported on analysis it carried out on behalf of Buckinghamshire County Council (UK) who were investigating a serious case of illegal dumping of dangerous chemicals.

As a result of laboratory analytical service data produced by Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) - Buckingham County Council (BCC) was able to successfully prosecute this criminal act. In this 'fly tipping' incident two drums of Sodium Hydroxide each containing significant amounts of the chemical were dumped in a location known to the Council and local police to be an area of where these activities occur regularly....

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a simple and accurate method to quantify four key antibiotics in dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) using high-performance liquid chromatography with charged aerosol detection.

Application Note (AN) 1055: Determination of Virginiamycin, Erythromycin, and Penicillin in Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles demonstrates the ability of a specialized protein and peptide column to efficiently separate and resolve the target antibiotics within 15 min, followed by column cleanup and equilibration for a total analysis time of 25 min. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised concern over food-producing animals consuming DDGS with antibiotic residues, which potentially may lead to increased antibiotic resistance in humans and animals...

Long time Malvern Instruments team member Dr Alan Rawle was recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Dr Rawle has worked extensively with laser diffraction and other particle characterization techniques for more than two decades and the RSC fellowship recognizes his services to chemistry and continued contribution to analytical science.Based primarily in the US and serving as Malvern’s Divisional Applications Manager, Dr Rawle is currently on a six-month secondment to Malvern’s global headquarters in the UK...

Glen Creston – ‘Leaders in Size reduction’ will take the stage again at the Recycling Waste Management exhibition held in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Critics say ‘Glen Creston manufactures and supplies an extensive range of quality standard machines for grinding, mixing, crushing and dispersion applications as well as bespoke machines to customer's requirements for grinding and crushing applications’. In the lead role, following a successful career crushing a wide range of materials from coal to power station bottom ash, will be the newly re-developed Roller Crusher. The Swing hammer mill and Endecotts Test sieves will be in supporting roles, following their successful run last year.

Analytik Jena UK will be celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the SPECORD^® range of spectrophotometers at the Lab Innovations exhibition by showing the SPECORD^® 210 Plus double beam UV/Vis instrument. The multi N/C 3100 and the multi N/C UV HS TOC analysers will also be on show, reflecting the fact that the company also has decades of experience in this field of analysis.

New ZEISS Xradia 810 Ultra X-ray microscope extends the reach and value of 3D imaging for science and industry

ZEISS is introducing a new X-ray microscopy (XRM) solution that increases throughput for three-dimensional imaging at the nanoscale by up to 10 times. Using a series of technical innovations to achieve better contrast, and in turn faster acquisition, the new ZEISS Xradia 810 Ultra revolutionizes the X-ray imaging model in scientific and industrial research labs worldwide. Introduced at the 2013 Microscopy and Microanalysis conference in Indianapolis, the microscope system is available to order now...

Leading UK digital clinical imaging specialists, Vision Source, announce their appointment as Leica Biosystems authorized distributors for their clinical microscopes.

Vision Source is very pleased to announce their appointment as UK authorized distributors for Leica Biosystems range of clinical microscopes. Further to acquiring assets and the hiring of staff from former dealers, Optivision, Vision Source are committed to a seamless integration of Leica's products into their portfolio offering users old and new continued excellent service and support. Product specialist, David Knipe, heads up this new business division for Vision Source...

Dr E Neil Lewis, Chief Technology Officer at Malvern Instruments and Head of the company’s Bioscience Development Initiative, will speak at the International BioAnalytical Congress taking place in Berlin (Germany) on 11 and 12 September 2013.

Thanks to a new computational model, doctors will now be able to calculate the risk of older patients with type 2 diabetes developing dementia. Doctors can now estimate if patients have a higher risk of developing dementia or if they are less at risk.

The fact that, on average, diabetes patients are twice as likely to develop dementia as people without diabetes was already known. However, there are major differences between patients and it is unknown which factors determine the risk of diabetes patients developing dementia. Insight into who has a high risk of developing dementia is important, as it may be possible to influence these factors in the early stage of diabetes...

Purite will show how its water purification systems actively improve performance for many laboratory customers around the world at the Institute of Biomedical Science Congress in Birmingham in September. On show will be Purite’s popular centralised water purification and distribution unit the Integra HP.

The unit automatically provides a reliable, high quality, continuous pure water supply, for chemical and clinical analysers and other laboratory equipment, saving time and granting a vital level of precision and reliability for laboratory users. The Integra HP, which has been installed in laboratories around the world, is one of Purite’s most popular automatic water purification and distribution systems. The compact yet robust nature of the system makes it ideal for laboratories that require outstanding and reliable water purification with additional versatility and features...

Celebrating 10 years of PCR polymerase innovation with launch of new colored PCR reagents   

New proprietary tracking dyes within high-fidelity DNA polymerase and qPCR master mixes facilitate easier, more accurate PCR set-up for researchers. The Thermo Scientific Phusion Green High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase and Luminaris Color qPCR master mixes utilize proprietary tracking dyes to speed up the pipetting process. By providing a visual confirmation, the mixes are designed to vastly reduce the chance of human error, while also decreasing the number of procedural steps required. Most importantly, the dyes have been engineered not to interfere with the reaction or any downstream applications...

WHEATON® Offers a Turnkey Solution for CHO Cell Bioproduction

WHEATON® CELLineTM Bioreactor combined with an optimized CHO medium formulation by Irvine Scientific expedites small-scale antibody and protein production.  WHEATON® and Irvine Scientific have collaborated to introduce a high yield, small-scale solution for bioproduction. The solution consists of a WHEATON® CELLine™ bioreactor flask paired with Irvine Scientific’s BalanCD™ CHO Growth A animal component-free, chemically-defined medium....

SPECTRO Analytical UK will showcase the new SPECTROBLUE TI inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) at Lab Innovations 2013 (6 - 7 November 2013, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK).

This innovative system extends the company’s SPECTROBLUE ICP-OES product line, offering automatic dual plasma observation. This optimizes linearity and dynamic range, while enabling high-sensitivity measurement of toxic elements, which makes it especially suitable for environmental analyses. While matrix effects are drastically reduced, it can accurately determine levels of alkali/earth alkali elements in complex alkali matrices....

Visit Spectro Analytical on stand number A23

Olympus introduces new advanced optical modules for increased flexibility in its inverted microscope frame design.

The IX3 series can now be further optimised for a wider range of live cell imaging applications including in vitro fertilisation, with motorised functionality for accuracy and easy operation. Extending the capabilities of the fully customisable IX3 inverted microscope frame, Olympus has expanded its range of compatible, interchangeable optical modules. Ease-of-use and accuracy are vastly improved via new motorised components, which also present a cost-efficient means to gradually upgrade to a fully motorised microscope system....

Olympus will exhibit its BX3 upright microscope systems and VS120 virtual slide scanner at ECP 2013. Designed specifically to meet the needs of a range of pathology applications, the systems ensure robust diagnosis and discovery alongside ergonomic operation.    

Enhancing the workflow of research and diagnostic centres alike, the latest range of Olympus pathology microscope systems and accessories will be on show at the 25^th European Congress of Pathology (ECP) 2013, 31 August – 4 September in Lisbon, Portugal. Delegates can visit booth 14 to view the Olympus BX3 range of upright microscopes and the Olympus VS120 virtual slide scanner...