Customers celebrate the launch of Tecan AustraliaJun 11, 2012Tecan recently invited customers from around Australasia to mark the inauguration of Tecan Australia as a fully owned Tecan subsidiary, with a series of launch events in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The creation of Tecan Australia reflects Tecan's uniquely strong commitment to the Australasian market, and will provide customers in Australia, New Zealand and surrounding territories with an even better service, thanks to a new facility in Melbourne and local presence in several major cities...
Read MoreA Simple, Cost-Effective Route to Parallel CrystallisationJun 8, 2012Asynt has supplied the Wilson Structural Chemistry Research Group at the University of Bath (Bath, UK) with a custom DrySyn heating block system.
The adapted DrySyn system, designed by Asynt in conjunction with the University of Bath, is being used to help simplify and accelerate development of crystallisation methodology to selectively control polymorph formation, and to generate multi-component crystals with favourable target physical properties such as optical effects, solubility and porosity...
Read MoreIsogenica, Cresset Group and Biolauncher Secure Funding from UKJun 8, 2012Isogenica and Biolauncher, Cambridge UK together with Cresset Group, Welwyn Garden City UK announce funding from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK's innovation agency, for a £1M project to develop a highly-scalable approach to small molecule drug discovery.
The funding enables the consortium to develop an integrated platform to identify diverse small molecules active against drug targets using very large peptide libraries to explore chemical space. The consortia's objective is to demonstrate that this platform provides a new scalable approach to the early stage drug discovery challenges that is rapid, cost effective and applicable to intracellular, extracellular and membrane bound drug targets...
Read MoreXEI Scientific reports on how Nanolab uses Evactron SoftClean Chamber for specimen cleaningJun 7, 2012XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, announces their new Evactron® SoftCleanTM specimen cleaning chamber is being used at Nanolab Technologies.
Nanolab Technologies are based in California offering cutting edge technology and expertise for Failure Analysis, Advanced Microscopy and FIB circuit edit services. Comprised of an experienced team of analysts using state of the art equipment, Nanolab delivers guaranteed accuracy and results...
Read MoreDefiniens Expands Functionality of Its Leading Solution for Quantitative Digital Pathology with Gene Probe AnalysisJun 7, 2012Definiens Tissue Studio Now Supports the Detection of Spot-like Signals from In Situ Hybridization Assays
Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced that Definiens Tissue Studio® 3.5 now supports the automated analysis of in situ hybridization assays, including SISH, CISH, FISH and dual-ISH...
Read MoreLeading prostate cancer researchers elected to Academy of Medical SciencesJun 7, 2012Two eminent researchers from and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have been elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their efforts to defeat prostate cancer.
Professor Johann de Bono and Professor Rosalind Eeles are among 46 new Fellows chosen this year for their outstanding contributions to the medical sciences. They join around 1,000 existing Fellows spanning the fields of laboratory science, clinical academic medicine, veterinary science, dentistry, medical and nursing care...
Read MoreBeckman Coulter, Inc. Obtains CLIA Certificate, Licensure for Clinical SequencingJun 7, 2012
Certification Paves the Way for Genetic Testing of Patient Samples by Beckman Coulter Genomics
Beckman Coulter, Inc. has obtained a CLIA* Certificate of Registration, along with Massachusetts State Licensure, allowing Beckman Coulter Genomics to begin accepting clinical samples for genetic sequencing - the most technically complex CLIA category - and to provide those results to physicians for their use in treating, diagnosing and preventing disease in patients...
Given the increasing demand for long-term storage of clinical samples, compound stores are becoming increasingly important. Same is the case with automated liquid handling units that can perform blood fractionation, sample preparation, capping and decapping of vials, automated pipetting and sample transfers with the help of robotic arms...
Read MorePlexpress and SBW Partner to Offer TRAC Gene Expression AnalysisJun 7, 2012CRO adds TRAC to service portfolio for pre-clinical ADME-Tox studies
Plexpress, developer of the innovative TRAC platform for high-throughput gene expression analysis, has announced it will partner with SBW to provide SBW's customers with access to Plexpress' novel technology. SBW, a contract research organisation serving the drug discovery market, will offer Plexpress' pre-validated TRAC Cytochrome P450 (CYP) family multiplex assays as part of its portfolio for investigating in vitro drug interactions and pre-clinical ADME-Tox profiles...
Read MoreExternal Thread Sample Storage Tube Provides Significant Space SavingsJun 7, 2012Micronic Europe announces that it has secured exclusive worldwide rights to market Octygen - the first externally threaded, 2D coded, 0.50ml screw cap sample storage tube.
At just 25.6mm tall and offering a massive 475 microlitres working volume - Octygen uses just 60% of the space typical 0.50ml 96-well screw cap tubes use to store the same volume. Consequently the increased storage density possible with Octygen translates into direct savings on your storage costs...
Read MoreCM Technologies Cell-IQ now available from D.I. Biotech in KoreaJun 6, 2012CM Technologies has appointed D.I. Biotech as the South Korean distributor of its powerful CellIQ® live cell imaging platform, further expanding its network of suppliers and reaffirming its commitment to providing the best long-term cellular imaging and analysis instrumentation to researchers around the world... Read MoreFreeman Technology ACHEMA presentations focus on improving powder processingJun 6, 2012Powder characterisation company Freeman Technology is exhibiting the company's universal powder tester, the FT4 Powder Rheometer, at ACHEMA 2012 (Frankfurt, Germany; 18-22 June 2012), and members of the team will be speaking at congress sessions.
Mobius® CellReady bioreactor provides a disposable, single-use platform for industrial production of stem cells
Facilitates consistent, reproducible large scale expansion of adult stem cells
Read MoreMedilink East Midlands leads UK in new European biomaterials collaborationJun 6, 2012Medilink East Midlands has been named as the UK partner for Biomat-IN, the newly established €1.24 million biomaterials innovation network which spans the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. With biomaterials now being used in many medical applications - such as dental restoration, heart valves and prosthetic hips - Biomat-IN brings companies and academics together to pool their skills and resources...
Read MoreWorldJun 1, 2012The University of Nottingham will be the base for the world's first Liquid Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy (LiPPS) machine, a high performance tool that will increase the UK's competitiveness in a range of high-value industrial sectors including semiconductors, aerospace, pharmaceuticals and automotives...
Read MoreCollaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan AnnouncedJun 1, 2012In situ ultramicrotome turns ZEISS FE-SEM into high speed 3D cell and tissue imaging system
Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes' operation and performance. In this joint project, the companies will promote the development and sales of a system which provides high-resolution 3D data of resin embedded cell and tissue samples...
Read MoreThe world's smallest footprint EMR (EPR/ESR) system will be presented by Oxford Instruments at ACHEMA, FrankfurtMay 30, 2012Oxford Instruments, the supplier of Magnetic Resonance solutions for QA laboratories in the food, agricultural, healthcare, polymer, and energy sectors, will present their latest benchtop EMR and NMR systems at ACHEMA 2012...
Freeze drying microscopy is an established technique that allows observation and recording of sample structure during freeze-drying. This enables collapse temperature to be determined, as well as observation of many other events such as crystallisation and the effects of thermal treatment.
Read MoreNew Extended Range of Agilent Technologies Poroshell HPLC Column Phases available from Crawford ScientificMay 30, 2012Buy 3 Poroshell columns for the price of two through Crawford Scientific until the end of June
Poroshell columns containing Superficially Porous particles are unique in that they are manufactured using a single stage coacservation process to improve the reproducibility and ruggedness of the final particle. Offering extremely high efficiencies, Poroshell 120 columns are now available in a wide variety of chemistries to deliver the selectivity required alongside improved resolution and short run times...
Read MoreMalvern presenter at ISPAC 2012 aims to answer the challenges of biopolymer characterizationMay 30, 2012Separations expert Bert Postma from Malvern Instruments will talk about the challenges of biopolymer characterization at the International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization 2012 (ISPAC) being held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, June 10-12, 2012. Malvern is also a sponsor and exhibitor at the event. The company offers a wide range of instrumentation for characterizing many different types of polymer, enabling the rapid generation of information on molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, branching, conformation, rheological properties, morphology and particle size...
Read MoreProject team on the cusp of a cure for back painMay 29, 2012Scientists working on a potential cure for chronic back pain through hydrogel injections that can regenerate damaged discs are set to unveil their research at a major conference and exhibition next month.
The Hydrogel Delivery For The Back project at Sheffield Hallam University has pioneered a minimally invasive injection that contains stem cells, growth factors and inhibitors in a package that would be injected directly into the intervertebral discs of patients.
Read MoreIntegrating Robotics for Automated Liquid HandlingMay 29, 2012Liquid Handling & Robotics Conference Stream at ELA 2012
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012 has incorporated a new conference stream dedicated to the advances in Liquid Handling and Robotics as one of the eight conference streams, contributing to the ELA conference at the Congress Center Hamburg, Germany from 30th-31st May. New to ELA 2012, this stream aims to present an informative overview of liquid handling, as well as the recent advances in the field, including optimising liquid handling techniques and the factors affecting method transfer...
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Tecan recently invited customers from around Australasia to mark the inauguration of Tecan Australia as a fully owned Tecan subsidiary, with a series of launch events in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The creation of Tecan Australia reflects Tecan's uniquely strong commitment to the Australasian market, and will provide customers in Australia, New Zealand and surrounding territories with an even better service, thanks to a new facility in Melbourne and local presence in several major cities...
The adapted DrySyn system, designed by Asynt in conjunction with the University of Bath, is being used to help simplify and accelerate development of crystallisation methodology to selectively control polymorph formation, and to generate multi-component crystals with favourable target physical properties such as optical effects, solubility and porosity...
The funding enables the consortium to develop an integrated platform to identify diverse small molecules active against drug targets using very large peptide libraries to explore chemical space. The consortia's objective is to demonstrate that this platform provides a new scalable approach to the early stage drug discovery challenges that is rapid, cost effective and applicable to intracellular, extracellular and membrane bound drug targets...
Nanolab Technologies are based in California offering cutting edge technology and expertise for Failure Analysis, Advanced Microscopy and FIB circuit edit services. Comprised of an experienced team of analysts using state of the art equipment, Nanolab delivers guaranteed accuracy and results...
Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced that Definiens Tissue Studio® 3.5 now supports the automated analysis of in situ hybridization assays, including SISH, CISH, FISH and dual-ISH...
and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have been elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their efforts to defeat prostate cancer.
Beckman Coulter, Inc. has obtained a CLIA* Certificate of Registration, along with Massachusetts State Licensure, allowing Beckman Coulter Genomics to begin accepting clinical samples for genetic sequencing - the most technically complex CLIA category - and to provide those results to physicians for their use in treating, diagnosing and preventing disease in patients...
Given the increasing demand for long-term storage of clinical samples, compound stores are becoming increasingly important. Same is the case with automated liquid handling units that can perform blood fractionation, sample preparation, capping and decapping of vials, automated pipetting and sample transfers with the help of robotic arms...
Plexpress, developer of the innovative TRAC platform for high-throughput gene expression analysis, has announced it will partner with SBW to provide SBW's customers with access to Plexpress' novel technology. SBW, a contract research organisation serving the drug discovery market, will offer Plexpress' pre-validated TRAC Cytochrome P450 (CYP) family multiplex assays as part of its portfolio for investigating in vitro drug interactions and pre-clinical ADME-Tox profiles...
At just 25.6mm tall and offering a massive 475 microlitres working volume - Octygen uses just 60% of the space typical 0.50ml 96-well screw cap tubes use to store the same volume. Consequently the increased storage density possible with Octygen translates into direct savings on your storage costs...
CM Technologies has appointed D.I. Biotech as the South Korean distributor of its powerful CellIQ® live cell imaging platform, further expanding its network of suppliers and reaffirming its commitment to providing the best long-term cellular imaging and analysis instrumentation to researchers around the world...
Powder characterisation company Freeman Technology is exhibiting the company's universal powder tester, the FT4 Powder Rheometer, at ACHEMA 2012 (Frankfurt, Germany; 18-22 June 2012), and members of the team will be speaking at congress sessions.
Mobius® CellReady bioreactor provides a disposable, single-use platform for industrial production of stem cells
Medilink East Midlands has been named as the UK partner for Biomat-IN, the newly established €1.24 million biomaterials innovation network which spans the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. With biomaterials now being used in many medical applications - such as dental restoration, heart valves and prosthetic hips - Biomat-IN brings companies and academics together to pool their skills and resources...
The University of Nottingham will be the base for the world's first Liquid Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy (LiPPS) machine, a high performance tool that will increase the UK's competitiveness in a range of high-value industrial sectors including semiconductors, aerospace, pharmaceuticals and automotives...
Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes' operation and performance. In this joint project, the companies will promote the development and sales of a system which provides high-resolution 3D data of resin embedded cell and tissue samples...
Oxford Instruments, the supplier of Magnetic Resonance solutions for QA laboratories in the food, agricultural, healthcare, polymer, and energy sectors, will present their latest benchtop EMR and NMR systems at ACHEMA 2012...
Freeze drying microscopy is an established technique that allows observation and recording of sample structure during freeze-drying. This enables collapse temperature to be determined, as well as observation of many other events such as crystallisation and the effects of thermal treatment.
Poroshell columns containing Superficially Porous particles are unique in that they are manufactured using a single stage coacservation process to improve the reproducibility and ruggedness of the final particle. Offering extremely high efficiencies, Poroshell 120 columns are now available in a wide variety of chemistries to deliver the selectivity required alongside improved resolution and short run times...
Separations expert Bert Postma from Malvern Instruments will talk about the challenges of biopolymer characterization at the International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization 2012 (ISPAC) being held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, June 10-12, 2012. Malvern is also a sponsor and exhibitor at the event. The company offers a wide range of instrumentation for characterizing many different types of polymer, enabling the rapid generation of information on molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, branching, conformation, rheological properties, morphology and particle size...
The Hydrogel Delivery For The Back project at Sheffield Hallam University has pioneered a minimally invasive injection that contains stem cells, growth factors and inhibitors in a package that would be injected directly into the intervertebral discs of patients.
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012 has incorporated a new conference stream dedicated to the advances in Liquid Handling and Robotics as one of the eight conference streams, contributing to the ELA conference at the Congress Center Hamburg, Germany from 30th-31st May. New to ELA 2012, this stream aims to present an informative overview of liquid handling, as well as the recent advances in the field, including optimising liquid handling techniques and the factors affecting method transfer...