Bruker CAM division will be out in full force at Pittcon 2013, in Philadelphia, March 17-21. Bruker has delivered a range of truly innovative analytical instruments unmatched in their fields and able to tackle the most challenging applications
At Bruker booth #2935, the double-award winning SCION GC-MS TQ will again be featured, following its Silver Medal awarded by the Pittcon Editors last year. Alongside the GC-MS/MS is another of the Bruker quadrupole instruments, the EVOQ LC-MS/MS TQ, launched last year in Japan but making its first appearance at Pittcon. The latest addition to the Bruker CAM family of analytical products is the recently launched aurora Elite ICP-MS, also making its first appearance at Pittcon...
Read MoreIonSense Introduces the DART GSX System for the Agilent GC/MSD; First Commercial Ambient Ionization System for the Popular GC/MS Instrument Mar 18, 2013
Further Extends DART Rapid Screening Capabilities to Food Safety and Forensics Laboratories; New Product to Be Exhibited at the Pittcon Conference and Exhibition
IonSense, Inc. today introduced the DART® GSX™ System for the Agilent® GC/MSD, for the first time enabling ambient ionization on a GC/MS instrument. Customers with Agilent GC/MS instruments will now be able to add Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) capability to their labs and enjoy the benefits of rapid analysis with little or no sample preparation, and simplified spectral analysis...
Experts from Malvern Instruments, a company renowned for its light scattering technology, will present a one-day course entitled ‘Fundamentals of Particle Size Analysis with an Emphasis on Light Scattering Techniques’ at Pittcon 2013
The course will be delivered by Dr Alan Rawle, Applications Manager and Dr Ulf Nobbmann, GPC/SEC Product Manager – Americas, on 19 March 2013 at 8.30am. This valuable short course will introduce the basics of particle size analysis to those new to the field. The emphasis will be on the essentials of laser diffraction and dynamic light scattering (DLS) but other techniques such as sieving, sedimentation and electrozone counting will also be covered...
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2013 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology - an annual international research prize of US$25,000. The prize is awarded to one young scientist for his or her outstanding contributions to neurobiology research. Researchers who are 35 years of age or younger are invited to apply by June 15, 2013. The prize winner is selected by a committee of independent experts in the field, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern...
PIXELTEQ will demonstrate its micro-patterned optical filter solutions during Pittcon 2013. The company’s micro-patterning technology is used to create custom pixel-scale filter arrays on optics, wafers and active devices including photodiodes and camera sensors
New PixelSensor photodiodes feature integrated narrow-band detection across ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near infrared (NIR) – creating new opportunities for optical sensors by simplifying and shrinking the optical path for compact multispectral device design. Multispectral camera demos will highlight the benefits of imaging application-specific spectral bands at the show from March 18-21 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center...
Read MoreCambio now supplies EpicentreMar 14, 2013
Cambio, distributor of molecular biology reagents and consumables to scientific research laboratories within the UK, has added an innovative new product to its portfolio
ARTseq™ (Active mRNA Translation) ribosome profiling kits, produced by Epicentre, enable users to create RNA sequence libraries from ribosome-protected mRNA. This novel technique is used to investigate translational control, measure gene expression, identify translation start sites and predict protein abundance, making them ideal for use in life science laboratories...
Using a SP Scientific LyoStar Freeze Drying System, leading pharmaceutical process development experts - GILYOS GmbH (Wuerzburg, Germany) will participate in a research program called "FORMOsA" which was recently funded with about two million euros by the German Bavarian Research Foundation. The project focuses on age-related muscle atrophy (sarcopenia)
In this project, GILYOS will be actively involved in the formulation development and freeze drying process design and optimization of follistatin for subcutaneous application. Follistatin is a messenger substance which is present in almost all types of tissue. The protein effectively inhibits myostatin which, in turn, plays a key role in skeletal muscle atrophy. Follistatin might therefore be a promising substance for treating sarcopenia...
Read MoreXEI Scientific reports on the patent awarded recently on their TEM Wand for plasma cleaningMar 14, 2013
XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports on the recent announcement that the company has been awarded a patent for its innovative TEM Wand™ technology
January 8th, 2013, was an important day in the history of XEI Scientific. The date marked the release of US Patent number 8,349,125 B2 entitled a "Cleaning Device for Transmission Electron Microscopes." The device described here is the XEI TEM Wand. It is being used to remove hydrocarbon contamination from the sample introduction and pole piece regions of TEMs. The Wand consists of a plasma cleaning device mounted on a hollow rod that replaces the specimen holder and is inserted into the instrument just as if a sample is being exchanged...
Read MoreMolecular Devices to attend Drug Discovery Innovations and Interact 2013Mar 13, 2013
Molecular Devices will be showcasing their ImageXpress® Micro XL, FLIPR® Calcium 6 assay kits and SpectraMax® i3 during Drug Discovery Innovations and Interact 2013
The SpectraMax® i3 Multi-Mode Detection Platform is available as a stand-alone reader with three broad detection modes: luminescence, absorbance, and fluorescence. Users are then given the option to upgrade to additional applications and detection modes which expands the system's detection capability making it highly versatile, and able to offer application options far exceeding those of standard readers. Additional detection modules include cellular imaging with the SpectraMax® MiniMax™ Imaging Cytometer, and cartridges for Time-Resolved Fluorescence, Fluorescence Polarization, and AlphaScreen® assays...
Read MorePittcon 2013 Announces Exposition HighlightsMar 12, 2013
Global Exposition includes 1,011 companies from 29 countries
The Pittcon 2013 Exposition, which takes place March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will include 1,011 exhibitors (count as of March 1, 2013) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis....
Read MoreDefiniens and Advanced Cell Diagnostics Introduce RNAscope SpotStudio - Early Access Program StartedMar 12, 2013
Quantitative biomarker analysis advanced by alliance between Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Definiens, providers of breakthrough platform for in situ RNA biomarker detection and leading image analysis technology for digital pathology
Definiens and Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) today unveiled the details of the RNAscope SpotStudio image analysis software to attendees at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference meeting in San Francisco, USA. The software has already been sold to a top pharmaceutical company and a leading academic medical center under an early access program. This advanced image analysis solution brings objective and accurate quantification to RNA in situ hybridization and enables a new generation of diagnostic applications based on single cell analysis. For the first time, gene expression can be measured quantitatively at single-cell resolution and interpreted by pathologists within histopathological context...
Speakers will discuss trends and opportunities in image and data analysis for digital pathology at Harvard Medical School in Boston
Definiens, the global leader of image and data analysis solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced it will host more than 20 distinguished speakers at the 4th International Definiens Symposium, featuring discussions on image and data analysis in digital pathology. The symposium will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center on Harvard Medical School campus in Boston, MA on May 13-15, 2013...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their popular FDCS196 and DSC600 stages for cell microencapsulation and immunoisolation research at the University of South Carolina, USA
A group of scientists from the University of South Carolina (USC) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are working on a jointly funded doctorial training programme, based at USC, investigating ways of using cell microencapsulation to protect cells from the undesired immune response known as immunoisolation. For this work, they have used Linkam's temperature stages, the FDCS196 and DSC600.
Read MoreThe National University Hospital in Seoul trusts in LeicaMar 11, 2013
When it comes to super-sensitivity and super-resolution, there’s no getting around the Leica TCS SP8 STED
The Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (SNUH) in Korea offers super-sensitive and super-resolution imaging with the advanced high-end imaging system Leica TCS SP8 STED to its more than 400 researchers. For the wide range of applications from simple cell biology to reperfusion live experiments, the institute’s confocal microscopy core facility requires a high-performing system featuring the best possible sensitivity and super-resolution. The decision for the Leica TCS SP8 STED was made after a thorough comparison of various confocal systems in terms of technical design and imaging results...
Tests based on next-generation sequencing with Roche’s GS Junior System
The Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service of Upper Austria has become the first laboratory in Europe to receive accreditation from the European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) for the use of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tests based on next-generation sequencing with Roche’s GS Junior System. This new method will allow more precise and much more rapid tissue-typing and donor selection for stem cell transplants than has been possible to date. In addition, the HLA testing method previously only used for research will now also be available as a standard routine diagnostic procedure...
Leading technologists from Malvern Instruments, the materials characterization experts, will be presenting at Powtech
Dr Alan Rawle, a highly-respected figure in the field of light scattering will present “Attrition of FCC catalysts studied by pressure size titration (PST) in laser diffraction dry dispersion” while Dr Debbie Huck, an authority on imaging, will present “Component specific particle characterization of particulate-based products.” Look out too for live instrument demos throughout the 3 days and networking events around Partec...
Read MoreATL and iCD Partner Up at Pittcon 2013 to Exhibit Data Automation and Laboratory Information Management System SolutionsMar 6, 2013
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a premier supplier of Laboratory Data Management Solutions and ATL's European partner, the Institute for Consulting and Data Handling (iCD), will again be exhibiting together at PITTCON
ATL will be unveiling its new Sample Master® iLIMS - a 100 percent web-based version of our Sample Master® LIMS, built on .NET framework. Sample Master® iLIMS boasts a brand new look and feel, perfect for those organizations with multiple US locations or global operations, and an interest in utilizing tablet technology (iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Trimble, etc.). The software will leverage the modularity and user friendliness for which Sample Master® has become known, with additional new features and integration with the latest version of Result Point®...
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, have incorporated a multi-detector array size exclusion chromatography (SEC) system from Malvern Instruments (Viscotek TDA –Triple Detector Array) at the laboratory’s powerful small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) beamline to improve the productivity and quality of detailed protein characterization work
Use of the Viscotek TDA triple detector array system prior to analysis provides complementary biophysical data and simultaneously purifies samples for measurement. This results in more information and better quality data from each experiment. This innovative set-up is not only limited to the institute itself, but is widely accessible to structural biology researchers via BioStructX, a European Commission initiative that creates a single gateway to Europe’s leading synchrotron facilities...
New application laboratories, sales and service offices and customer facilities
The UK manufacturing and sales divisions of Carl Zeiss have cemented their roots in Cambridge with an expansion of their existing production site and the construction of new application laboratories, sales and service offices and customer facilities. Coldhams Lane in Cambridge has been home to Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd for some years. Due to the sustained growth in international orders, the business has acquired neighbouring premises in order to increase production of their scanning electron microscopes, including EVO, ∑IGMA and process specific tools...
Read MoreEndecotts - Mar 4, 2013
Visit Endecotts at the AGG1 show 19th - 21st March 2013 Booth 2713
Endecotts particle analysis equipment is used worldwide in many laboratories. The company offers a wide range of sieves with different sizes, depths, choice of materials and certified degrees of inspection to meet every National and International standard and virtually every specification, including ISO 3310 and ASTM E-11. Endecotts also offer a wide range of shakers suitable for all types of sieving and samples - shakers designed to produce the optimum sieving action for fast reproducible results....
Read MoreMerck Millipore Publishes White Paper: Effective In Vitro Bioanalytical Assays for Comparing Pharmacodynamics of Biosimilar Monoclonal AntibodiesMar 1, 2013
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, today announced the publication of a white paper, "Effective In Vitro Bioanalytical Assays for Comparing Pharmacodynamics of Biosimilar Monoclonal Antibodies", which describes both regulatory and technical aspects of comparability studies for the development of biosimilars
Describes novel ligand-binding assays developed to streamline evaluation of biosimilars
Details use of flow cytometry and surface plasmon resonance to quantify binding of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies to molecules mediating cytotoxicity
Assays provide valuable preclinical data about drug properties and their physiological interactions without the need for animal experiments
High quality long-read sequencing technology is providing new insights into previously unsequenced regions of the Human Reference Genome
Roche announced today that a consortium consisting of researchers from Penn State University, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and Roche 454 Life Sciences is working on a new comprehensive de novo assembly of a human genome to augment and supplement the current human reference genome sequence. The team has presented the latest results today at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) congress in Marco Island, Florida
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At Bruker booth #2935, the double-award winning SCION GC-MS TQ will again be featured, following its Silver Medal awarded by the Pittcon Editors last year. Alongside the GC-MS/MS is another of the Bruker quadrupole instruments, the EVOQ LC-MS/MS TQ, launched last year in Japan but making its first appearance at Pittcon. The latest addition to the Bruker CAM family of analytical products is the recently launched aurora Elite ICP-MS, also making its first appearance at Pittcon...
IonSense, Inc. today introduced the DART® GSX™ System for the Agilent® GC/MSD, for the first time enabling ambient ionization on a GC/MS instrument. Customers with Agilent GC/MS instruments will now be able to add Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) capability to their labs and enjoy the benefits of rapid analysis with little or no sample preparation, and simplified spectral analysis...
The course will be delivered by Dr Alan Rawle, Applications Manager and Dr Ulf Nobbmann, GPC/SEC Product Manager – Americas, on 19 March 2013 at 8.30am. This valuable short course will introduce the basics of particle size analysis to those new to the field. The emphasis will be on the essentials of laser diffraction and dynamic light scattering (DLS) but other techniques such as sieving, sedimentation and electrozone counting will also be covered...
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2013 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology - an annual international research prize of US$25,000. The prize is awarded to one young scientist for his or her outstanding contributions to neurobiology research. Researchers who are 35 years of age or younger are invited to apply by June 15, 2013. The prize winner is selected by a committee of independent experts in the field, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern...
New PixelSensor photodiodes feature integrated narrow-band detection across ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near infrared (NIR) – creating new opportunities for optical sensors by simplifying and shrinking the optical path for compact multispectral device design. Multispectral camera demos will highlight the benefits of imaging application-specific spectral bands at the show from March 18-21 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center...
ARTseq™ (Active mRNA Translation) ribosome profiling kits, produced by Epicentre, enable users to create RNA sequence libraries from ribosome-protected mRNA. This novel technique is used to investigate translational control, measure gene expression, identify translation start sites and predict protein abundance, making them ideal for use in life science laboratories...
In this project, GILYOS will be actively involved in the formulation development and freeze drying process design and optimization of follistatin for subcutaneous application. Follistatin is a messenger substance which is present in almost all types of tissue. The protein effectively inhibits myostatin which, in turn, plays a key role in skeletal muscle atrophy. Follistatin might therefore be a promising substance for treating sarcopenia...
January 8th, 2013, was an important day in the history of XEI Scientific. The date marked the release of US Patent number 8,349,125 B2 entitled a "Cleaning Device for Transmission Electron Microscopes." The device described here is the XEI TEM Wand. It is being used to remove hydrocarbon contamination from the sample introduction and pole piece regions of TEMs. The Wand consists of a plasma cleaning device mounted on a hollow rod that replaces the specimen holder and is inserted into the instrument just as if a sample is being exchanged...
The SpectraMax® i3 Multi-Mode Detection Platform is available as a stand-alone reader with three broad detection modes: luminescence, absorbance, and fluorescence. Users are then given the option to upgrade to additional applications and detection modes which expands the system's detection capability making it highly versatile, and able to offer application options far exceeding those of standard readers. Additional detection modules include cellular imaging with the SpectraMax® MiniMax™ Imaging Cytometer, and cartridges for Time-Resolved Fluorescence, Fluorescence Polarization, and AlphaScreen® assays...
The Pittcon 2013 Exposition, which takes place March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will include 1,011 exhibitors (count as of March 1, 2013) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis....
Definiens and Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) today unveiled the details of the RNAscope SpotStudio image analysis software to attendees at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference meeting in San Francisco, USA. The software has already been sold to a top pharmaceutical company and a leading academic medical center under an early access program. This advanced image analysis solution brings objective and accurate quantification to RNA in situ hybridization and enables a new generation of diagnostic applications based on single cell analysis. For the first time, gene expression can be measured quantitatively at single-cell resolution and interpreted by pathologists within histopathological context...
A group of scientists from the University of South Carolina (USC) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are working on a jointly funded doctorial training programme, based at USC, investigating ways of using cell microencapsulation to protect cells from the undesired immune response known as immunoisolation. For this work, they have used Linkam's temperature stages, the FDCS196 and DSC600.
The Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (SNUH) in Korea offers super-sensitive and super-resolution imaging with the advanced high-end imaging system Leica TCS SP8 STED to its more than 400 researchers. For the wide range of applications from simple cell biology to reperfusion live experiments, the institute’s confocal microscopy core facility requires a high-performing system featuring the best possible sensitivity and super-resolution. The decision for the Leica TCS SP8 STED was made after a thorough comparison of various confocal systems in terms of technical design and imaging results...
The Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service of Upper Austria has become the first laboratory in Europe to receive accreditation from the European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) for the use of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tests based on next-generation sequencing with Roche’s GS Junior System. This new method will allow more precise and much more rapid tissue-typing and donor selection for stem cell transplants than has been possible to date. In addition, the HLA testing method previously only used for research will now also be available as a standard routine diagnostic procedure...
Dr Alan Rawle, a highly-respected figure in the field of light scattering will present “Attrition of FCC catalysts studied by pressure size titration (PST) in laser diffraction dry dispersion” while Dr Debbie Huck, an authority on imaging, will present “Component specific particle characterization of particulate-based products.” Look out too for live instrument demos throughout the 3 days and networking events around Partec...
ATL will be unveiling its new Sample Master® iLIMS - a 100 percent web-based version of our Sample Master® LIMS, built on .NET framework. Sample Master® iLIMS boasts a brand new look and feel, perfect for those organizations with multiple US locations or global operations, and an interest in utilizing tablet technology (iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Trimble, etc.). The software will leverage the modularity and user friendliness for which Sample Master® has become known, with additional new features and integration with the latest version of Result Point®...
Use of the Viscotek TDA triple detector array system prior to analysis provides complementary biophysical data and simultaneously purifies samples for measurement. This results in more information and better quality data from each experiment. This innovative set-up is not only limited to the institute itself, but is widely accessible to structural biology researchers via BioStructX, a European Commission initiative that creates a single gateway to Europe’s leading synchrotron facilities...
The UK manufacturing and sales divisions of Carl Zeiss have cemented their roots in Cambridge with an expansion of their existing production site and the construction of new application laboratories, sales and service offices and customer facilities. Coldhams Lane in Cambridge has been home to Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd for some years. Due to the sustained growth in international orders, the business has acquired neighbouring premises in order to increase production of their scanning electron microscopes, including EVO, ∑IGMA and process specific tools...
Endecotts particle analysis equipment is used worldwide in many laboratories. The company offers a wide range of sieves with different sizes, depths, choice of materials and certified degrees of inspection to meet every National and International standard and virtually every specification, including ISO 3310 and ASTM E-11. Endecotts also offer a wide range of shakers suitable for all types of sieving and samples - shakers designed to produce the optimum sieving action for fast reproducible results....
Describes novel ligand-binding assays developed to streamline evaluation of biosimilars
Roche announced today that a consortium consisting of researchers from Penn State University, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and Roche 454 Life Sciences is working on a new comprehensive de novo assembly of a human genome to augment and supplement the current human reference genome sequence. The team has presented the latest results today at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) congress in Marco Island, Florida