Xylem’s YSI brand of biochemistry analyzers provides a simple yet critical solution to monitoring the secondary fermentation process in both bioprocessing and life science applications.
During the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development attendees see an Azul Airways AMJ 700 flying overhead. It’s not just any AMJ 700 – it’s fueled by renewable jet biofuel made from cane sugar. In California, a lab manager at a winery producing Chardonnay varietals is working through the bacterial fermentation process, which converts malic acid to lactic acid to decrease the acidity of the wine. This crucial step will soften the taste, to ultimately make it more palatable to his customers...
Event Date: June 27, 2013 at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Multi-mode microplate readers are a useful tool for cell-based assays. These instruments use PMT-based optics to provide a cell population-averaged assay signal relative to assay controls that can quantify biomolecule expression, activation, inhibition and post-translational modulation. Fluorescence microscopy allows the analysis of sub-populations of cells or even analysis of a single cell, depending on the magnification used...
Read MoreCan an improvement in pipetting deliver cost savings and protect staffJun 24, 2013
New White Paper on Pipetting Ergonomics aims to protect researchers
Pipetting is a forceful and repetitive activity, and there is a strong association between pipetting and the occurrence of repetitive motion injuries. In fact, pipetting for just over an hour a day over the course of a year is enough to put researchers at risk, and the chances increase exponentially with workload and age. A new white paper about “The Ergonomics of Pipetting” has now been published by METTLER TOLEDO...
The Pittcon Exposition Committee is now accepting booth space reservations for Pittcon 2014, which will be held March 3-6, 2014, at McCormick Place, North America's premier convention facility, located in Chicago, Illinois.
The discounted rate of $2,300 for a standard 10' x 10' space is available to all exhibitors until July 15, 2013. The cost per booth after July 15, is $2,700. Those who wish to be included in the first round of booth assignments should have their agreements submitted by the end of July, as floor placements will begin August 2013...
TTP Labtech, global developer and manufacturer of innovative, high quality, automated laboratory equipment, has signed an agreement with Dart NeuroScience, LLC (DNS), a specialised pharmaceutical company, to supply its modular compound storage and retrieval systems, comPOUND® and comPILER®. The platform will enable the safe, long-term storage of the newly formed and rapidly expanding DNS small molecule compound libraries, supporting the company’s quest to discover innovative drugs and targeted therapies for life-long cognitive vitality and the treatment of memory disorders...
FREE NanoSight Webinar on the use of Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis in Drug Delivery Research.
NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, address the challenges of nanoparticle control and analysis in the latest of their popular webinar program. On Thursday 6th June, NanoSight hosted a webinar to look at how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) is used to as a characterization tool during the development of drug delivery systems. During the webinar NanoSight.....
Titan Enterprises has established itself as a leading developer of high quality flowmeters for a broad range of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), private label and bespoke customer applications.
Drawing upon over 40 years’ experience - Titan's knowledgeable team can offer either an off-the-shelf meter or fully bespoke flow measurement system designed for a particular application whether it is a low cost OEM solution or a specialist flowmeter in exotic materials you are looking for...
Link Technologies have launched their new, free product guide with practical application notes and protocols
Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has announced the release of its 2013/14 Product Guide. The new guide, complete with brand new products and associated application notes, is a comprehensive resource for researchers and manufacturers in oligonucleotide biochemistry, including oligo synthesis and modification...
Supplied in the UK by Cambio and produced by Epicentre® (an Illumina company), the TotalScript™ RNA-Seq kit is a low-input library preparation kit.
This kit enables researchers to quickly create high complexity RNA-seq libraries from as little as 1 – 5 ng of intact total RNA, without the need for ribosome RNA removal or Poly(A) encrichment. The rapid, 5-hour procedure dramatically reduces the amount of time spent creating sample libraries, and the flexible protocol can be adapted to match researchers’ desired rRNA content and transcript coverage...
BioTek Instruments, Inc., continues their global expansion in the microplate-based technology market with the establishment of BioTek Japan.
Managed by Mr. Satoshi Sagara, the new direct sales and service organization in Tokyo will focus on growing BioTek's brand and expanding the sales network in Japan. BioTek Japan will be fully functional by July 1, 2013. Long-time partner and distributor, DS Pharma Biomedical Co., Ltd., will work closely with BioTek Japan to ensure a seamless transition. BioTek Japan will continue to work with existing distributor, Central Scientific Comm., Inc., to grow the Japanese business...
The advanced Spectroline®Bi-O-Vision™ Series transilluminators feature two workstations, producing both 312nm ultraviolet and white light.
The TD-1000R model offers fixed-intensity while the TVD-1000R model offers variable-intensity control of either UV or white light. These units are continuously adjustable from 100% down to 50%. This enables life science researchers to select medium wavelength ultraviolet or white light illumination to view fluorescent gels or visible blots...
INTEGRA has released a new video demonstrating a solid phase extraction (SPE) microplate method for reproducible, high throughput isolation of high-quality DNA-free total RNA.
Large scale gene expression screening projects require reliable high-throughput methods to isolate high quality RNA from a large number of samples. To meet this need, a growing number of commercial 96-well format RNA isolation kits are now available. Typically such kits are compatible with commonly used 96-well plate vacuum manifolds enabling the extraction (isolation) procedure to be accelerated...
A new application note from Porvair Sciences details a protocol for its Chromatrap® ChIP assay kit that has been developed to enrich epigenetic marks from primary human tissue cells.
Chromatrap® Pro-A, the novel solid-based matrix for chromatin immunoprecipitation assays (ChIP) has been successfully used for isolation of high quality chromatin from difficult biopsy material. Focusing on an application to precipitate epigenetic marks from primary endometrial stromal cells - results show high abundant epigenetic marks from 1 million cells isolated from a tissue biopsy, with selective amplification of positive gene targets relative to negative IgG and negative gene loci....
The G-Sphere range of Molecular Standards from Phthisis Diagnostics has expanded to include both parasites and viruses. Synthetic controls for Norovirus , both the common GI and GII genogroups, are now available in the UK, exclusively from Alpha Laboratories.G-Sphere controls provide stable, consistent, safe and abundant material for use in molecular applications such as PCR....
Syngene US Appoints Product Specialist and Manufacturer’s Representative to Support Growth in Demand for Unique Image Analysis Technology
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to announce that it is continuing to strengthen its North American presence with the appointment of a US Product Support Specialist and a manufacturer’s representative to expertly sustain the growth in demand for Syngene’s unrivalled image analysis systems by US life scientists...
Center Recognized by Waters Centers of Innovation Program for Research into Food and Flavor Chemistry
At a ceremony at the University of Minnesota, Waters welcomed the Flavor Research and Education Center within the Food Science and Nutrition Department at the University of Minnesota into its Centers of Innovation Program. The Flavor Research and Education Center under the direction of Prof. Devin Peterson and Prof. Gary Reineccius strives to develop a science-based understanding of food flavor and related chemistry, in particular, flavor generation, characterization of flavor compounds, and flavor delivery in foodstuffs....
The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research (DHT) has appointed a senior scientist from Unilever to spearhead its ambition to replace the use of animals in medical research.
Brett Cochrane, who has a PhD in molecular microbiology and more than six years’ post-doctoral experience within Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, helped drive Unilever’s efforts to identify and assess new technologies to replace the use of animals in research. Brett represented Unilever on industry and European Commission collaborations such as the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA). During this activity Brett led the Stem Cell Fundamental Science task force, was a key participant on the Platform on Science and co-organised two large and influential Stem Cell Workshops at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, introduced the Spinsolve™ compact NMR spectrometer at Pittcon 2013 in Philadelphia, USA.
This benchtop instrument brings fast, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to the chemistry bench and the chemistry classroom. Initial sales have been made to university groups and companies in Australia, Europe and the USA. For chemistry education, the ability to make a meaningful measurement and get on and off the instrument in about one minute redefines how NMR can be incorporated into the teaching laboratory....
Thriving Whitehouse Scientific celebrates 30 years in business
In 1983, pre-internet and in a year that saw early public access to mobile phones and the first incarnation of Microsoft Word, Dr Graham Rideal set about applying his unique scientific experience and expertise to the development of glass microsphere standards whose hallmark is absolute reliability and traceability. Thirty years on, Whitehouse Scientific is a thriving global business with a product range that encompasses the best in calibration standards and is a world leader in fields that include particle size standards, sieve calibration and filter cut point testing - an achievement that the company is celebrating throughout this 30th year...
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, today announced the expansion of its biomarker testing service capabilities with the launch of flow cytometry services at its North America facility.
The service supports exploratory and GLP-requiring studies, and includes full and flexible assay development, validation and sample testing services using clinically established flow cytometry instrumentation. The launch completes the significant investment Merck Millipore has made over the past two years to develop flow cytometry services globally, building on the existing industry-leading flow cytometry capabilities of the company's European testing site in Oxford, UK...
Read MoreWaters Introduces the SYNAPT G2-Si to Its Mass Spectrometer Product LineJun 13, 2013
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) has unveiled the new Waters® SYNAPT® G2-Si Mass Spectrometer at the 61st conference of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS).
The company is also previewing its UNIFI® CCS Research Edition and the new TransOmics Version 2.0 informatics products for the new SYNAPT G2-Si mass spectrometer and demonstrating their benefits for a variety of small molecule applications and cutting-edge Omics-focused research. The SYNAPT G2-Si System integrates a third dimension of resolution and separation power into a new suite of untargeted and targeted LC/MS/MS workflows. This powerful new tool gives researchers a means with which to gain a deeper understanding of molecular biology and disease mechanisms, to develop the next generation of healthcare treatments or chemical materials, or to screen food products or environmental samples for contaminants...
Pipetting is a forceful and repetitive activity, and there is a strong association between pipetting and the occurrence of repetitive motion injuries. In fact, pipetting for just over an hour a day over the course of a year is enough to put researchers at risk, and the chances increase exponentially with workload and age. 
The discounted rate of $2,300 for a standard 10' x 10' space is available to all exhibitors until July 15, 2013. The cost per booth after July 15, is $2,700. Those who wish to be included in the first round of booth assignments should have their agreements submitted by the end of July, as floor placements will begin August 2013...
Managed by Mr. Satoshi Sagara, the new direct sales and service organization in Tokyo will focus on growing BioTek's brand and expanding the sales network in Japan. BioTek Japan will be fully functional by July 1, 2013. Long-time partner and distributor, DS Pharma Biomedical Co., Ltd., will work closely with BioTek Japan to ensure a seamless transition. BioTek Japan will continue to work with existing distributor, Central Scientific Comm., Inc., to grow the Japanese business...
Large scale gene expression screening projects require reliable high-throughput methods to isolate high quality RNA from a large number of samples. To meet this need, a growing number of commercial 96-well format RNA isolation kits are now available. Typically such kits are compatible with commonly used 96-well plate vacuum manifolds enabling the extraction (isolation) procedure to be accelerated...
The G-Sphere range of Molecular Standards from Phthisis Diagnostics has expanded to include both parasites and viruses. Synthetic controls for Norovirus , both the common GI and GII genogroups, are now available in the UK, exclusively from Alpha Laboratories.G-Sphere controls provide stable, consistent, safe and abundant material for use in molecular applications such as PCR....
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to announce that it is continuing to strengthen its North American presence with the appointment of a US Product Support Specialist and a manufacturer’s representative to expertly sustain the growth in demand for Syngene’s unrivalled image analysis systems by US life scientists...
Brett Cochrane, who has a PhD in molecular microbiology and more than six years’ post-doctoral experience within Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, helped drive Unilever’s efforts to identify and assess new technologies to replace the use of animals in research. 
This benchtop instrument brings fast, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy to the chemistry bench and the chemistry classroom. Initial sales have been made to university groups and companies in Australia, Europe and the USA. For chemistry education, the ability to make a meaningful measurement and get on and off the instrument in about one minute redefines how NMR can be incorporated into the teaching laboratory....
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The service supports exploratory and GLP-requiring studies, and includes full and flexible assay development, validation and sample testing services using clinically established flow cytometry instrumentation. The launch completes the significant investment Merck Millipore has made over the past two years to develop flow cytometry services globally, building on the existing industry-leading flow cytometry capabilities of the company's European testing site in Oxford, UK...
