Metrohm and FOSS have entered into a strategic alliance strengthening the two companies’ leading positions in their respective key markets. In this strategic alliance, Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of FOSS NIR instruments for the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and environmental sectors

“Metrohm will extend its product offering beyond the company’s traditional focus on solutions for wet-chemistry analytical techniques thereby benefiting our customers with new possibilities both in laboratory and process analysis”, said Dr. Christoph Fässler, CEO of Metrohm....

Frost & Sullivan will present global trends, challenges and opportunities with a focus on Europe at the 2^nd Biosimilars Congregation in London this month

New cloud solution empowers pharmaceutical sales teams with integrated email to maximize productivity

Autoscribe will be demonstrating the flexibility and scalability offered by its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) at the ArabLab exhibition. Autoscribe will be exhibiting on the booth of its local distributor, Laboratory Automation Services Middle East FX-LLC 

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is used to help with the characterization of polymeric nanoparticles synthesized as drug carrier systems. This work is being carried out at Saarland University, Saarbrücken in Germany by Dr Christian Ruge and his colleagues

Microfluidics expert Dolomite has reported an exceptional 20% year-on-year growth in 2012

Thanks to the launch of a number of novel microfluidic products including the Porous Media Chip specially designed for petrochemical research, a range of compact Electro-Osmotic Pumps for easy integration into microfluidic systems as well as an innovative Closed-Loop Flow Control System which can be used together with Dolomite’s Mitos P-Pump for better control of micro-scale flow rates

Metrohm is pleased to invite professionals from academic research, public authorities, and the private sector to the 1^st Metrohm Environmental Analysis Symposium

Join us in this 3-day event and catch up with the latest analytical methods during presentations and practical demonstrations. Discuss challenges in environmental analysis with experts and colleagues from all over the world and enjoy three days of inspiring learning in the beautiful Appenzellerland. Participants will get to know the latest analytical solutions developed by Metrohm for environmental analysis and can test them in practice. There will be plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas and discuss questions with Metrohm’s application chemists as well as peers from research and various industries. Guest speakers include specialists from environmental laboratories, authorities, standards organizations, and academia...

Scientists at the University of Toronto, Canada, have chosen generations of Tecan microplate readers to monitor the effects of environmental or drug perturbation on molecularly barcoded yeasts

Vortex Overhead Stirring Systems from Asynt Ltd. have helped Parogle Technologies (Liverpool, UK) improve the efficiency with which they synthesise novel dendritic vinyl polymers using solution or emulsion free radical polymerisation reactions

Malvern Instruments’ new series of web-based Imaging Masterclasses kicks off on 26 February 2013 with an introduction to imaging for particle characterization

The series will then continue through the year and will cover a broad range of imaging topics. Alongside this will run the laser diffraction Masterclass series which will discuss subjects including wet method development, dry method development, optical property selection and specification setting...

A pioneering drug development team at the University of Aberdeen has received a £1.5M funding boost to accelerate the progress of multiple novel drug leads to tackle cancer and diseases such as debilitating inflammatory conditions

Scottish Enterprise and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have provided financial support for the innovative work which takes to the next level research first developed at the University a decade ago, which created novel therapies based on the immune system of one of the most ancient species on the planet - sharks...

Autoscribe has invited a number of biobanking experts to share their views and experiences on how to meet compliance regulations yet retain the flexibility to meet individual application requirements at three seminars to be held in the UK

Scottish First Minister Rt. Hon Alex Salmond MSP has welcomed today’s news that a major new pharmaceutical drug discovery initiative is to be centred at BioCity Scotland in Lanarkshire, in partnership with the University of Dundee

Swedish-French scientist in the field of attosecond physics honored

The winner of this year's Carl Zeiss Research Award, one of the most renowned honors in optics, goes to Professor Anne L’Huillier from Lund University in Sweden. L’Huillier is being honored for her pioneering work in the field of high harmonic generation which has laid the foundation for the generation of attosecond impulses and enabled key advances in attosecond physics."Professor L’Huillier not only described the theory of attosecond technology, but also verified it experimentally”, stated the jury in announcing its decision. Her works enables further development and application of this technology...

Despite challenging economic conditions and in the face of fierce competition, Shimadzu UK has achieved sales order growth of 30% in the last two years

This growth has been achieved across many products in the formidable Shimadzu range including GC, GCMS, LC, LCMS, Spectroscopy, TOC and Material Testing Solutions. A long-established company, Shimadzu is a global presence in mass spectrometry, chromatography, atomic spectroscopy and thermal analysis, and is known for its high quality engineering and robust, technically advanced scientific instrumentation...

EMA and FDA recommend mRNA testing in ADME-Tox studies for superior sensitivity

Plexpress, developer of the innovative TRAC (Transcript Analysis with the aid of Affinity Capture) platform for high-throughput gene expression analysis,has announced dedicated ADME-Tox programs for contract research organizations (CROs). This follows FDA draft guidance suggesting measurement of CYP mRNA levels for ADME-Tox studies, and EMA final guidelines stating that mRNA analysis should be used in drug interaction studies in order to increase the sensitivity of assays...

Worthington Biochemical's NEW 2013-14 Catalog & Product Guide features enzymes, biochemicals and primary cell isolation kits for applications in Life Science Research, Diagnostics & Biotechnology

With the introduction of the Morphologi G3-ID system last year, Malvern Instruments is providing researchers with the ability to apply morphologically directed Raman spectroscopy to a range of different sample types

Ability to provide complete and cost-effective solutions for pharma and biotechnology firms drives uptake of CRO services

Cresset Group, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, announces that ProMining Therapeutics Ltd has chosen to license sparkV10 for assistance in its hit-to-lead optimization efforts

Using a Uniqsis FlowSyn™ flow reactor system - Sygnature Discovery, a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical industry, has reported results demonstrating how the system allows them to perform traditionally hazardous chemistries in a controlled manner

Screening 1000, the research project conducted by Provence Technologies, is set up to find and market a new ultra-pure molecule