SP Industries, Inc., (“Scientific Products”) a leading global provider of fill-finish drug manufacturing solutions, lyophilizers, and laboratory equipment and supplies, is now going to market as ATS Life Sciences Scientific Products. Scientific Products was acquired by industry-leading automation solutions provider, ATS Corporation, in November 2021, to better support the needs of customers throughout the lifecycle of pharmaceutical development and production, as well as in diagnostics and broader life sciences...
Inify Laboratories, a company providing fully digitalized laboratory services within prostate cancer diagnostics, has completed its new laboratory – including staffing up with skilled professionals – in less than a year. “The laboratory has been finished in record time. We now have an ultramodern AI-based laboratory, and a dedicated team with a broad spectrum of expertise within digital pathology,” says CEO Fredrik Palm at Inify Laboratories...
Precisa Gravimetrics AG is delighted to announce that it has successfully passed the EU/OIML and UKCA certification for their 520 PT and PB analytical and precision balances, designed and manufactured in Switzerland. The EU/OIML and UKCA certification provides assurance to Precisa Series 520 balance users that their equipment can be verified meet the official standards required by governmental bodies and industry regulations...
The globally positioned Eppendorf Group is expanding its production operation in the Chinese market. The company signed a contract for a new production site in Shanghai metropolitan region on February 8. Eppendorf centrifuges will be made here for the local market. “This is an important and strategic step for our company,” says Dr. Wilhelm Plüster, Eppendorf Chief Technology Officer. “It will strengthen the company’s global positioning and our worldwide production network.” ...
The BPMT program is a new NIH incubator with a collaborative reach across 11 NIH institutes, whose goal is to accelerate patient access to safe, effective, cutting-edge medical devices to diagnose and/or treat disorders of the nervous system. During each year of the contract, the BPMT incubator aims to support the development of multiple novel technologies from pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies...
Breakthrough in diagnostics testing enables ‘facial recognition for germs’. Nicolas Shiaelis and Dr Nicole Robb, Oxford University scientists and co-founders of health tech company Pictura Bio, have developed a world-first diagnostic, test powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses such as influenza and COVID-19 within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab...
Agilent Technologies Inc. highlights a suite of automated laboratory workflow solutions at the SLAS2023 International Conference and in San Diego. Agilent is also honored to receive an SLAS Lab of the Future designation, signifying going beyond automated instrumentation and bringing complete integrated automated workflow solutions to the lab. Agilent is a leader in advancing automation solutions to help customers improve efficiency and reproducibility across their entire pipeline...
In this year's calculation of the gender pay gap for the company KNAUER, the management had expected a value of less than two percent, in line with the development of recent years. This year KNAUER witnessed a small sensation, because according to the latest figures from the company's Equal Opportunities Officer, the wage gap in the classic sense has not only disappeared, but the women in the company now earn on average even 1.36% more than their male colleagues...
Carterra Inc., the world leader in innovative technologies enabling high-throughput biology, launched its latest HT-SPR instrument, the LSAXT, at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, CA. The LSAXT brings augmented sensitivity to Carterra’s highly successful LSA platform enabling additional applications throughout drug discovery and development at throughput levels unseen in any other instrument...
Organic solvents that are commonly used in various chemical processes have significant financial costs and can be environmentally damaging. Therefore, a key goal for both industrial and academic labs is to reduce their use in favour of green solvent alternatives. Here Paul Vanden Branden, director and product manager at laboratory equipment supplier SciMed, discusses the potential of supercritical CO2 for replacing environmentally damaging solvents, such as hexane, in separations and extractions...
The new generation of epMotion boasts a range of enhancements aimed at improving user experience, without compromising its trusted performance. The device will maintain its high degree of flexibility, wide range of accessories options, and large selection of available methods. The epMotion offers unparalleled precision and accuracy in liquid handling, with a user-friendly interface and customizable protocols...
From 9 to 11 May 2023, the laboratory world will meet in Hannover at LABVOLUTION, the European trade fair for laboratory technology and optimised laboratory workflows. Digitisation, artificial intelligence and sustainability will be at the centre of the trade fair for the smart laboratory in 2023. As the leading trade fair for digitalisation in the laboratory, LABVOLUTION 2023 not only showcases innovative lab technology, infrastructure and automation, as well as solutions for optimised laboratory workflows...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ pipetting platforms are being used to streamline the liquid handling steps involved in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), contributing to the early detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and helping to direct patients onto the appropriate care pathway as soon as possible. AMR has become one of the largest threats currently facing public health, with morbidity and mortality rates rising dramatically across the world...
Biotage has entered into an agreement to acquire Astrea Bioseparations, a high-growth chromatography solutions provider from Gamma Biosciences, a global life sciences platform formed by KKR to address the advanced therapy market with best-in-class bioprocessing solutions. The enterprise value for Astrea is approximately MUSD 190, subject to any closing adjustments and potential milestone-based payments...
Linkam Scientific presents a new cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) research paper at the Microscopy Conference 2023 (MC2023), Darmstadt, Germany: ‘New principle and robot for vitrification of cryo-EM samples with controllable sample thickness and real-time optical inspection’. Lead author of the paper, Linkam’s senior research scientist Dr. Michael Schwertner, will present new findings in cryo-EM at...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, will have a full team of dedicated professionals and informative programming at the upcoming Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) International Conference and Exhibition. The show will take place February 25 – March 1, 2023, at the San Diego Convention Center...
Delivering a boost to immuno-oncology and immunotherapy researchers, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with leading life science research and clinical diagnostics products company Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Bio-Rad’s exceptionally bright, high-performing new StarBright™ Dyes will be available to Cytek to develop and commercialize reagent products to support high-parameter applications on Aurora and Northern Lights™ flow cytometry systems...
Automata, a leading automation company powering life sciences labs, has announced it is partnering with the Advanced Sequencing Facility (ASF) at The Francis Crick Institute, a world-leading laboratory at the forefront of genomics, to unlock the power of open, integrated automation for genomics sample preparation. Integrated automation will support the Crick’s cutting-edge advanced genomics laboratory with greater walkaway time, R&D flexibility and data quality than ever before...
Gilson has launched two new interactive versions of their Fluid News promotional brochures, packed with exclusive special offers, product highlights and resources to make lab life easier for scientists. Gilson's Biotech Fluid News brochure focuses on lab solutions where quality, safety and compliance are paramount, perfect for Biotech, Pharma and Scientific Research applications. Gilson's Academia Fluid News edition highlights their range of dedicated products aimed at scientists from academia, education, healthcare and life sciences...
Tecan and Element Biosciences, Inc. – the developer of an innovative DNA sequencing platform disrupting genomics – are collaborating to offer a true benchtop NGS workflow with MagicPrep™ NGS* and the AVITI™ System. The collaboration will bring together Tecan’s automation expertise and Element Biosciences’ unique sequencing technologies, employing proprietary chemistries from both companies to deliver a hands-free NGS solution offering unprecedented performance and flexibility for a benchtop set-up...
Achieving reliably precise weighing results in a laboratory setting is of utmost importance. The three most critical factors are selecting the right high-quality balance, understanding how to use it, and mitigating environmental factors that can impact results. Learn how to identify and mitigate external influences that can negatively impact weighing results. The OHAUS Weighing Guide is packed with valuable, in-depth information created to help you understand weighing and various concepts within the weighing industry..
Benchling – the cloud R&D powering the biotechnology industry – launches a new whitepaper in partnership with AstraZeneca, exploring how AstraZeneca has become the first company to recycle critical DNA constructs at scale, reducing the cost of creating DNA constructs by 80-90%. The whitepaper explores how AstraZeneca’s combined team of computational and molecular biologists, along with Benchling, have created the FRAGLER (FRAGment recycLER), a novel solution for the whole DNA synthesis industry..
SP Industries, Inc., (“Scientific Products”) a leading global provider of fill-finish drug manufacturing solutions, lyophilizers, and laboratory equipment and supplies, is now going to market as ATS Life Sciences Scientific Products. Scientific Products was acquired by industry-leading automation solutions provider, ATS Corporation, in November 2021, to better support the needs of customers throughout the lifecycle of pharmaceutical development and production, as well as in diagnostics and broader life sciences...
Inify Laboratories, a company providing fully digitalized laboratory services within prostate cancer diagnostics, has completed its new laboratory – including staffing up with skilled professionals – in less than a year. “The laboratory has been finished in record time. We now have an ultramodern AI-based laboratory, and a dedicated team with a broad spectrum of expertise within digital pathology,” says CEO Fredrik Palm at Inify Laboratories...
Precisa Gravimetrics AG is delighted to announce that it has successfully passed the EU/OIML and UKCA certification for their 520 PT and PB analytical and precision balances, designed and manufactured in Switzerland. The EU/OIML and UKCA certification provides assurance to Precisa Series 520 balance users that their equipment can be verified meet the official standards required by governmental bodies and industry regulations...
The globally positioned Eppendorf Group is expanding its production operation in the Chinese market. The company signed a contract for a new production site in Shanghai metropolitan region on February 8. Eppendorf centrifuges will be made here for the local market. “This is an important and strategic step for our company,” says Dr. Wilhelm Plüster, Eppendorf Chief Technology Officer. “It will strengthen the company’s global positioning and our worldwide production network.” ...
The BPMT program is a new NIH incubator with a collaborative reach across 11 NIH institutes, whose goal is to accelerate patient access to safe, effective, cutting-edge medical devices to diagnose and/or treat disorders of the nervous system. During each year of the contract, the BPMT incubator aims to support the development of multiple novel technologies from pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies...
Breakthrough in diagnostics testing enables ‘facial recognition for germs’. Nicolas Shiaelis and Dr Nicole Robb, Oxford University scientists and co-founders of health tech company Pictura Bio, have developed a world-first diagnostic, test powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses such as influenza and COVID-19 within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab...
Agilent Technologies Inc. highlights a suite of automated laboratory workflow solutions at the SLAS2023 International Conference and in San Diego. Agilent is also honored to receive an SLAS Lab of the Future designation, signifying going beyond automated instrumentation and bringing complete integrated automated workflow solutions to the lab. Agilent is a leader in advancing automation solutions to help customers improve efficiency and reproducibility across their entire pipeline...
In this year's calculation of the gender pay gap for the company KNAUER, the management had expected a value of less than two percent, in line with the development of recent years. This year KNAUER witnessed a small sensation, because according to the latest figures from the company's Equal Opportunities Officer, the wage gap in the classic sense has not only disappeared, but the women in the company now earn on average even 1.36% more than their male colleagues...
Carterra Inc., the world leader in innovative technologies enabling high-throughput biology, launched its latest HT-SPR instrument, the LSAXT, at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, CA. The LSAXT brings augmented sensitivity to Carterra’s highly successful LSA platform enabling additional applications throughout drug discovery and development at throughput levels unseen in any other instrument...
Organic solvents that are commonly used in various chemical processes have significant financial costs and can be environmentally damaging. Therefore, a key goal for both industrial and academic labs is to reduce their use in favour of green solvent alternatives. Here Paul Vanden Branden, director and product manager at laboratory equipment supplier SciMed, discusses the potential of supercritical CO2 for replacing environmentally damaging solvents, such as hexane, in separations and extractions...
The new generation of epMotion boasts a range of enhancements aimed at improving user experience, without compromising its trusted performance. The device will maintain its high degree of flexibility, wide range of accessories options, and large selection of available methods. The epMotion offers unparalleled precision and accuracy in liquid handling, with a user-friendly interface and customizable protocols...
From 9 to 11 May 2023, the laboratory world will meet in Hannover at LABVOLUTION, the European trade fair for laboratory technology and optimised laboratory workflows. Digitisation, artificial intelligence and sustainability will be at the centre of the trade fair for the smart laboratory in 2023. As the leading trade fair for digitalisation in the laboratory, LABVOLUTION 2023 not only showcases innovative lab technology, infrastructure and automation, as well as solutions for optimised laboratory workflows...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ pipetting platforms are being used to streamline the liquid handling steps involved in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), contributing to the early detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and helping to direct patients onto the appropriate care pathway as soon as possible. AMR has become one of the largest threats currently facing public health, with morbidity and mortality rates rising dramatically across the world...
Biotage has entered into an agreement to acquire Astrea Bioseparations, a high-growth chromatography solutions provider from Gamma Biosciences, a global life sciences platform formed by KKR to address the advanced therapy market with best-in-class bioprocessing solutions. The enterprise value for Astrea is approximately MUSD 190, subject to any closing adjustments and potential milestone-based payments...
Linkam Scientific presents a new cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) research paper at the Microscopy Conference 2023 (MC2023), Darmstadt, Germany: ‘New principle and robot for vitrification of cryo-EM samples with controllable sample thickness and real-time optical inspection’. Lead author of the paper, Linkam’s senior research scientist Dr. Michael Schwertner, will present new findings in cryo-EM at...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, will have a full team of dedicated professionals and informative programming at the upcoming Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) International Conference and Exhibition. The show will take place February 25 – March 1, 2023, at the San Diego Convention Center...
Delivering a boost to immuno-oncology and immunotherapy researchers, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with leading life science research and clinical diagnostics products company Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Bio-Rad’s exceptionally bright, high-performing new StarBright™ Dyes will be available to Cytek to develop and commercialize reagent products to support high-parameter applications on Aurora and Northern Lights™ flow cytometry systems...
Automata, a leading automation company powering life sciences labs, has announced it is partnering with the Advanced Sequencing Facility (ASF) at The Francis Crick Institute, a world-leading laboratory at the forefront of genomics, to unlock the power of open, integrated automation for genomics sample preparation. Integrated automation will support the Crick’s cutting-edge advanced genomics laboratory with greater walkaway time, R&D flexibility and data quality than ever before...
Gilson has launched two new interactive versions of their Fluid News promotional brochures, packed with exclusive special offers, product highlights and resources to make lab life easier for scientists. Gilson's Biotech Fluid News brochure focuses on lab solutions where quality, safety and compliance are paramount, perfect for Biotech, Pharma and Scientific Research applications. Gilson's Academia Fluid News edition highlights their range of dedicated products aimed at scientists from academia, education, healthcare and life sciences...
Tecan and Element Biosciences, Inc. – the developer of an innovative DNA sequencing platform disrupting genomics – are collaborating to offer a true benchtop NGS workflow with MagicPrep™ NGS* and the AVITI™ System. The collaboration will bring together Tecan’s automation expertise and Element Biosciences’ unique sequencing technologies, employing proprietary chemistries from both companies to deliver a hands-free NGS solution offering unprecedented performance and flexibility for a benchtop set-up...
Achieving reliably precise weighing results in a laboratory setting is of utmost importance. The three most critical factors are selecting the right high-quality balance, understanding how to use it, and mitigating environmental factors that can impact results. Learn how to identify and mitigate external influences that can negatively impact weighing results. The OHAUS Weighing Guide is packed with valuable, in-depth information created to help you understand weighing and various concepts within the weighing industry..
Benchling – the cloud R&D powering the biotechnology industry – launches a new whitepaper in partnership with AstraZeneca, exploring how AstraZeneca has become the first company to recycle critical DNA constructs at scale, reducing the cost of creating DNA constructs by 80-90%. The whitepaper explores how AstraZeneca’s combined team of computational and molecular biologists, along with Benchling, have created the FRAGLER (FRAGment recycLER), a novel solution for the whole DNA synthesis industry..