AMSBIO has announced further expansion of its tissue biorepository and collection services to now include blood products from human donors with auto-immune and neurological conditions.

Whole blood, plasma, serum, PBMCs and cerebrospinal fluid samples are available from a wide variety of donors.  In addition AMSBIO is now able to offer collection services of patient samples that meet the demographic and medical history requirements of specific research studies. Drawing upon over 20 years of serving this market - AMSBIO has established one of the most comprehensive ranges of tissue products to advance personalised medicine by putting these valuable samples in the hands of leading researchers...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new gas chromatography (GC) method for the analysis and quantifying of residual solvents in pharmaceutical products and excipients as a result of the production process according to the U.S. Pharmaceutical Method (USP) 467.

In this method, concentration limits are set for each solvent, and 53 solvents are analyzed and grouped according to their health hazards, including Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. This method features the use of a valve-and-loop sampling system that simplifies headspace analytical methods, the Thermo Scientific™ TriPlus™ 300 Headspace Autosampler, which, combined with innovative chromatography software, met the analytical requirements of the USP Method 467 with full auditing capability...

Anasys Instruments reports on the recent publication from the University of Illinois which describes the development of a novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale based on AFM-IR. The work is described in a paper published in the Review of Scientific Instruments 84.

For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-based measurements of chemistry and chemical properties of materials were generally not possible, until now...

Legionnaires’ Disease has recently been in the headlines due to a number of serious outbreaks around the world.

Researchers at the Ensminger Lab, part of the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada, are using Tecan’s Infinite^® M200 PRO plate reader and Gas Control Module (GCM™) to study host-pathogen interactions for Legionella bacteria. Alex Ensminger discussed the laboratory’s approach to studying this potentially deadly pathogen: “Legionella pneumophila normally grows inside amoebae and protozoa, and we need to understand how these pathogens interact with both their natural hosts and patients’ lungs. A key part of this research is to monitor bacterial growth under stable conditions, which is a very labor?intensive process when performed manually.”

New Customer Application Note Available from Wyatt Technology

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, publishes new application note highlighting a study made by Florida State University. Authored by Tsz Kin Martin Tsui, Claudius Mundoma and Hong Li from Florida State University, the paper showcases how the Wyatt DynaPro dynamic light scattering (DLS) system can be used to characterize homogeneity and stability of a heterodimeric protein complex (HPC) under various buffer conditions. The results demonstrate that the pH of the buffer solutions influences the sample homogeneity and stability...

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research studies of the nanophysics group to couple the chemical information of STED microscopy with the high resolution spatial and force measurements provided by AFM to study biological samples in liquid.

The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) was founded in 2003 in the city of Genova to promote Italy's technological development and advanced education. Professor Alberto Diaspro is the Director of the Department of Nanophysics. His research includes the design, realization and utilization of optical and biophysical instrumentation such as far-field super resolution optical microscopy and nanoscopy, conventional and confocal microscopy, two-photon fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy architecture, and scanning probe microscopy (STM, SNOM, AFM). This last area has led to collaborations with JPK Instruments... 

PREP 2014:  27th International Symposium, Exhibits and Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Adsorption Processes and Related Separation Techniques  

Save the dates! PREP 2014 July 20 - 23, 2014 Boston, MA, USA. Premier arena for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in Preparative and Process Chromatography, Separation Science and Technology. PREP 2014 is where scientists, engineers, and suppliers of media, equipment, and technology from around the world come to focus on the cutting-edge areas of preparative and process chromatography, to learn how to solve today's practical problems, and to prepare for the future...

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being applied in the Chemical Engineering Department of the California Institute of Technology to study nanoparticle-based therapeutics being developed for the treatment of illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer's.

The central theme of the Mark E Davis research group at Caltech is the use of chemical engineering concepts (synthetic chemistry and analytical engineering problem solving) to answer important fundamental questions in the physical and life sciences. Current research entails designs for the synthesis of inorganic and hybrid, organic-inorganic materials for catalysis and biocompatible materials for the delivery of macromolecular therapeutics...

Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) has produced an analytical service note that demonstrates the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) specroscopic data the company is able to routinely achieve. 

Drawing upon expertise in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, petrochemical and environmental markets - Warwick Analytical Service is able to offer NMR as an analytical service for structural elucidation of chemical structure, deformulation of products, quantification of mixture components, kinetic and temperature studies of reaction mixtures and calculation of impurity levels.  In addition – WAS is able to routinely offer NMR characterisation of polymers to elucidate structure, co-monomer ratios, end groups and average molecular weight...

Major Protein Structure Discovery Achieved Using TTP Labtech’s mosquito LCP Innovative liquid handling technology a key factor in the world’s first structural analysis of class B GPCRs

For the first time, researchers have been able to successfully report the structure of a Class B G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) using lipidic cubic phase (LCP) protein crystallisation. The work performed at Heptares, a leading drug discovery and development company, and published this week in Nature, details the structural identification of the stress receptor, corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 (CRF1). This pioneering discovery opens up the technique to an entirely new group of molecules with important roles in the development of diseases as diverse as diabetes, osteoporosis, depression and anxiety...

Ultrahigh accuracy imaging modality (UAIM) technique provides more than 200% accuracy improvement compared with conventional low-light imaging

Super resolution localization microscopy techniques, which allow the capture of images with a higher resolution than the diffraction limit of approx. 250 nm, are breaking new ground in our understanding of subcellular structures and the movement of individual molecules within cells. However, the positional accuracy attained by these powerful techniques has been limited by the pixelation and noise generated by CCD and EMCCD detectors...

Recognising Technology’s Novel Method of Improving Liquid Handling Efficiency              

Redd&Whyte, an expert supplier of liquid handling automation for drug discovery and life science research applications, is delighted to announce its innovative Preddator low-volume microplate dispenser has been awarded the “ELRIG Technology Prize”, which recognises the most interesting automation seen at the recent ELRIG Robotics and Automation Conference...

Custom system will ultimately enable DKMS Life Science Lab to type several thousand samples per week

Fluidigm announced an agreement to develop and supply a customized version of its high- throughput library prep system to the DKMS (Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mbH) Life Science Lab. The new system will help the DKMS accelerate its research to fight against blood cancer by ultimately enabling it to characterize the HLA genes from several thousand samples a week for its donor registry...

International panel of experts bestows seal of quality to products featuring outstanding designs

At the awards ceremony on 1 July 2013, the ZEISS Microscopy business group received the renowned red dot award: product design for the Axio Zoom.V16 zoom microscope. In 19 categories, the jury selected the product with the most successful product concept from the total 4,662 entries. Following the ceremony, the product will be on display in a special four-week exhibition at the red dot design museum at the Aalto Theater in Essen...

ThinCert cell culture inserts from Greiner Bio-One, a technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, offer a real alternative to animal testing.

From 11 July 2013, trade in cosmetics tested on animals will be prohibited in EU member states under the EU Cosmetics Regulation. This applies to both end products and individual ingredients. Perfectly replicated skin models consisting of human skin cells – from surgical waste, for example – feature the same properties and functions as normal human skin...

The European Society for Translational Medicine (EUSTM) is a global non-profit neutral platform for the advancement and progress of Translational Medicine. 

Translational medicine has gained significant attention from academia, funding bodies, health care policy makers as well as pharma and biotech industry due to its promise to enhance overall quality of global health care. The society's goal is to facilitate research and development of novel and affordable diagnostic tools and treatments for clinical disorders affecting global population...

A UK COMPANY which offers an innovative solution to recruit and retain global participants for medicine clinical trials has secured an investment of more than £250,000 from a group of investors.

In this latest video you will hear why people are choosing F-DSi Gas Generators over their other competitors.

End users talk about their experience of using FDGSi gas generators and share their feedback on the products and quality of service provided. Whatever are your needs, F-DSi gas generators enable you to produce Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Pure Air with purities higher than 99,9999%.

Wouldn't it be great if you could just swap all of your old pipettes for the latest ergonomic pipetting technology available? Well, now you can with Anachem's New Rainin LTS Swap Out Programme.

Where's the catch? Well there just simply isn't one. By signing up to the Anachem LTS Swap Out Scheme you can benefit from the latest pipetting technology in the new Rainin Pipet-Lite XLS pipettes, fixed consumable costs for two years and no pipette servicing costs for the first year. This programme really will help you stretch your consumables budget and grants further whilst protecting everyone in the lab from the risk of developing Repetitive Strain Injuries...

Oncodesign officially receives AAALAC's accreditation mark, in recognition of 18 years of consultation, investment and ethical commitment in the area of animal experimentation in cancer research

Oncodesign, a contract research laboratory for the discovery of new anticancer therapies, today announces that its Dijon-based research center has received AAALAC certification. AAALAC, the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International, is an internationally recognized association for assessment and accreditation in the field of animal experimentation. AAALAC accreditation is a voluntary undertaking rather than a regulatory requirement. To date, more than 700 institutions in 29 countries have received this accreditation...

The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) has named Professor Eric Blair at the University of Leeds and Professor Oliver Hanemann at Plymouth University as recipients of the 2013 DHT Summer Studentship awards.

The DHT scheme, now in its second year, enables undergraduates to extend their studies over the summer period by gaining practical lab experience, using non-animal approaches, that will further our understanding of devastating diseases. Each award is worth up to £1,440 over a maximum 8 week period, with a separate budget of up to £500 available for consumables...

iPad winner at Anglia Ruskin University praises convenience of the Bibby Scientific webshop

Angela Wheatley, a Biochemistry Teaching Technician at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, is June’s winner in the iPad draw on Bibby Scientific’s webshop. Ms Wheatley won the iPad with her online purchase of a Techne 3Prime personal cycler. Prize draws have taken place in May and June this year, with the final chance to win an iPad being in July. Through the webshop customers can directly purchase products from all four of Bibby Scientific’s Techne, Electrothermal, Stuart and Jenway brands...