Freeman Technology Inc. team takes to the road for PTXiMar 30, 2012Freeman Technology brings a new dimension to the 2012 PTXi/International Powder & Bulk Solids show (8-10 May 2012, Rosemont, IL) following the establishment of its US subsidiary in January this year. US National Sales Specialist Mike Delancy and Applications Specialist John Yin will be available on the Freeman Technology booth to demonstrate the company's FT4 Powder Rheometer and to discuss individual powder processing challenges...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments opens new multipurpose facility in HoustonMar 30, 2012On 19 March 2012, and just one week after moving in, materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has officially opened a new multipurpose facility in Houston, Texas. At 22,000 sq. ft. the new building is double the size of Malvern’s previous premises in Houston and houses state-of-the-art laboratories, product development, manufacturing and commercial operations. The site will be a Center of Excellence for the company’s separations products, as well as providing applications development and demonstration facilities for all Malvern systems...
Read MoreAvid Nano in Next Generation DLS Development InitiativeMar 29, 2012Avid Nano Limited (High Wycombe, UK), manufacturers of innovative dynamic light scattering (DLS) systems are to develop new technology for identification and size measurement of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment. Avid Nano have joined a consortium of SMEs and the European Commission under the European Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in an effort to properly assess the fate and potential safety risks associated with ENPs being increasingly deployed in such everyday things as paints, cosmetics, sunscreens, deodorants and medicines...
Read MorePittcon 2012 Releases Conference SummaryMar 29, 2012
The Pittcon 2012 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that this year's conference and exposition for laboratory science attracted15,754 attendees (conferees and exhibitor personnel) to the annual event, which was held in Orlando, Florida, March 11-15. Twenty-nine percent of the conferees were from 89 countries outside the United States...
A multidisciplinary team from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden Hospital, which receives funding from Cancer Research UK*, has won a prestigious global award for its success in taking new cancer drugs from concept to patients.
This is the first time the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Team Science Award has been won outside the US...
Read MoreWaters Partner with IrelandMar 28, 2012Irish National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) and Waters Corporation announced today they have formed a multi-level partnership designed to support advanced concepts and deliver the promise of more effective biotherapeutic innovations addressing the world's most challenging diseases through both training and research...
Read MoreHow much Metrohm is there in a smartphone?Mar 28, 2012Anyone who picks up a smartphone or tablet nowadays can almost take it for granted that it contains an HDI printed circuit board from AT&S, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality PCBs for the Mobile Devices sector. AT&S has concentrated the manufacture of these high-tech products at its plant in Shanghai. As far as the monitoring and optimization of the coating process in the acidic copper bath are concerned, wet chemical analytical techniques such as titration and cyclic voltammetric stripping (CVS) play an important role. In this area AT&S in Shanghai relies on systems from Metrohm.
Read MoreMalvern team will lead light scattering workshop at PEGS summitMar 28, 2012Drs Kevin Mattison, Ulf Nobbmann and Jean-Luc Brousseau of Malvern Instruments will lead a workshop on ‘Light Scattering – Theory, Do’s & Don’ts, and Data Interpretation’ at the 8th Annual PEGS - Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit, which takes place in Boston MA, from April 30 - May 4, 2012...
Read MoreJ.G. Finneran Launches New Catalog WebsiteMar 26, 2012J.G. Finneran Associates, an innovative manufacturer of sample containment products for chromatography, biotechnology and environmental analysis, announced the launch of its new website at www.jgfinneran.com. Those familiar with the old site will notice the change to the site design immediately by the tastefully subtle, earth-tone color palette, coupled with a sleek and simple interface that provides an easier, more satisfying browsing experience...
Read MoreMagic Distillation - IKA launches evaporator videoMar 26, 2012What would it be like... if you could just disappear from the daily lab routine? As easily and quickly as liquid escapes from the rotary evaporator? This is the fantasy in the new IKA® image video...
Read MorePartisil and Partisphere HPLC column ranges acquired by Hichrom from Whatman/GE HealthcareMar 23, 2012Hichrom Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Partisil® and Partisphere® HPLC column consumable product line from Whatman, a division of GE Healthcare. Based in the UK, Hichrom are a leading European manufacturer and distributor of HPLC columns, consumables and media, with manufacturing facilities accredited to both ISO9001 (Quality) and ISO14001 (Environmental) standards...
Read MoreJoin MalvernMar 23, 2012
Join one of Malvern Instruments UK seminars in April and learn how to develop better products by understanding the size, shape, chemistry and rheological behaviour of materials. These one-day events, which combine expert presentations with hands-on sessions, are taking place in Newport (17 April), Ascot (18 April), Stirling (25 April) and Bradford (26 April)...
Read MoreNew Independent Data Presented at Leading Cell Therapies Conference Shows TAP BiosystemsMar 22, 2012TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is delighted to announce two posters presented at the recent Scale-Up and Manufacturing of Cell-Based Therapies Conference that demonstrate how the ambrTM micro bioreactor system can determine optimal bioprocessing parameters for producing pathogen-free, red blood cells (RBCs) from human stem cells (HSCs)...
Read MoreJSR Expands its Biomedical Business by Investing in BIA Separations' Unique Purification TechnologyMar 22, 2012JSR Corporation President: Mitsunobu Koshiba and BIA Separations Managing Director and CEO: Aleš Štrancar announced that they have entered a strategic partnership which includes a minor equity position by JSR on November 14th 2011. As a result of this investment, JSR and BIA Separations have started a joint global marketing and sales effort and collaborative R&D activities in the area of downstream purification as part of the manufacturing of vaccine, DNA and antibody based medicines...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Creates New iPhone App for Selecting Bottles and CarboysMar 22, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has created a free iPhone and Android app for the selection of Thermo Scientific Nalgene bottles, carboys and vials. Based on their specific laboratory needs, users simply insert a Nalgene® catalog number or search terms and the intuitive app recommends the most appropriate container from our extensive inventory of almost 700 choices. Results are based on the specific properties for chemical resistance, autoclavability, inertness, temperature tolerance and a host of other parameters and certifications for the customers' individual lab activity...
Read MoreBMG LABTECH is attending ARABLAB 2012Mar 22, 2012BMG LABTECH, the Microplate Reader Company, based in Ortenberg, Germany will be exhibiting at ARABLAB 2012 from March 26-29th. Visit Booth #408 to get a personal introduction to the SPECTROstar Nano and the POLARstar Omega microplate readers. The SPECTROstar Nano represents a revolution in ultra-fast, full spectrum absorbance measurements for assays such as ELISA, DNA, RNA, and protein determination. Compatible with microplates, cuvettes, and low volume samples down to 2 µL, the SPECTROstar Nano is ideal for all laboratories seeking the finest absorbance microplate reader...
Read MoreTaking special care of dangerous pathogens with TecanMar 22, 2012The P4 Inserm-Jean Mérieux laboratory in Lyon is Europe's largest high security pathogen laboratory, and relies on the flexibility, robustness and reliability of Tecan's Infinite® 200 PRO monochromator-based microplate reader for use with Risk Group 4 pathogens including the Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Nipah and Hendra viruses. Stéphane Mely, Biological Technics Engineer in the in vitro experimentation and diagnostic team at P4, explained: "We chose the Infinite 200 PRO specifically for absorbance-, luminescence- and fluorescence-based assays performed in accordance with very special BSL4 conditions...
Read MoreGnome far from home in Global Gravity ExperimentMar 21, 2012You would weigh more at the South Pole than at the equator, or even in the UK. That's the scientific theory proven by a globe-trotting gnome called Kern who has just made it to the pole in the latest leg of a worldwide gravity experiment. In a scientific twist to the well-known Travelling Gnome Prank, the Gnome Experiment's aim is to bring together scientists, schools and the general public in a global investigation into gravity...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Launches European Seminar Series: Mar 21, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced its seminar series "New Frontiers in Water Analysis." Planned for major European cities between March and December of 2012, the seminars will focus on recent changes to Europe's water analysis regulations (the EU Water Framework Directive), ramifications for laboratories performing routine water analysis and research and advancements in applicable analytical methods and technologies...
Read MoreDevelopment of new drugs from deep sea organisms to be highlighted at symposium Mar 21, 2012Pioneering research being conducted in Aberdeen, to develop new medicines for diseases such as cancer, will come under the spotlight today (Wednesday March 21). A symposium hosted by the University of Aberdeen will showcase the cutting-edge work being conducted at the institution to harness the potential of unique marine organisms from the depths of the world's oceans to create new pharmaceuticals...
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Freeman Technology brings a new dimension to the 2012 PTXi/International Powder & Bulk Solids show (8-10 May 2012, Rosemont, IL) following the establishment of its US subsidiary in January this year. US National Sales Specialist Mike Delancy and Applications Specialist John Yin will be available on the Freeman Technology booth to demonstrate the company's FT4 Powder Rheometer and to discuss individual powder processing challenges...
On 19 March 2012, and just one week after moving in, materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has officially opened a new multipurpose facility in Houston, Texas. At 22,000 sq. ft. the new building is double the size of Malvern’s previous premises in Houston and houses state-of-the-art laboratories, product development, manufacturing and commercial operations. The site will be a Center of Excellence for the company’s separations products, as well as providing applications development and demonstration facilities for all Malvern systems...
Avid Nano Limited (High Wycombe, UK), manufacturers of innovative dynamic light scattering (DLS) systems are to develop new technology for identification and size measurement of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment. Avid Nano have joined a consortium of SMEs and the European Commission under the European Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in an effort to properly assess the fate and potential safety risks associated with ENPs being increasingly deployed in such everyday things as paints, cosmetics, sunscreens, deodorants and medicines...
The Pittcon 2012 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that this year's conference and exposition for laboratory science attracted15,754 attendees (conferees and exhibitor personnel) to the annual event, which was held in Orlando, Florida, March 11-15. Twenty-nine percent of the conferees were from 89 countries outside the United States...
NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, report on how the Radboud University Nijmegen is applying nanoparticle tracking analysis for the characterization of self-assembled nanomotors...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report on the use of their CCR1000 as a mini reactor (in-situ Raman cell) at the University of South Carolina...
A multidisciplinary team from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden Hospital, which receives funding from Cancer Research UK*, has won a prestigious global award for its success in taking new cancer drugs from concept to patients. 
Irish National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) and Waters Corporation announced today they have formed a multi-level partnership designed to support advanced concepts and deliver the promise of more effective biotherapeutic innovations addressing the world's most challenging diseases through both training and research...
Anyone who picks up a smartphone or tablet nowadays can almost take it for granted that it contains an HDI printed circuit board from AT&S, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality PCBs for the Mobile Devices sector. AT&S has concentrated the manufacture of these high-tech products at its plant in Shanghai. As far as the monitoring and optimization of the coating process in the acidic copper bath are concerned, wet chemical analytical techniques such as titration and cyclic voltammetric stripping (CVS) play an important role. In this area AT&S in Shanghai relies on systems from Metrohm.
Drs Kevin Mattison, Ulf Nobbmann and Jean-Luc Brousseau of Malvern Instruments will lead a workshop on ‘Light Scattering – Theory, Do’s & Don’ts, and Data Interpretation’ at the 8th Annual PEGS - Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit, which takes place in Boston MA, from April 30 - May 4, 2012...
J.G. Finneran Associates, an innovative manufacturer of sample containment products for chromatography, biotechnology and environmental analysis, announced the launch of its new website at www.jgfinneran.com. Those familiar with the old site will notice the change to the site design immediately by the tastefully subtle, earth-tone color palette, coupled with a sleek and simple interface that provides an easier, more satisfying browsing experience...
What would it be like... if you could just disappear from the daily lab routine? As easily and quickly as liquid escapes from the rotary evaporator? This is the fantasy in the new IKA® image video...
Hichrom Limited are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Partisil® and Partisphere® HPLC column consumable product line from Whatman, a division of GE Healthcare. Based in the UK, Hichrom are a leading European manufacturer and distributor of HPLC columns, consumables and media, with manufacturing facilities accredited to both ISO9001 (Quality) and ISO14001 (Environmental) standards...
Join one of Malvern Instruments UK seminars in April and learn how to develop better products by understanding the size, shape, chemistry and rheological behaviour of materials. These one-day events, which combine expert presentations with hands-on sessions, are taking place in Newport (17 April), Ascot (18 April), Stirling (25 April) and Bradford (26 April)...
TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is delighted to announce two posters presented at the recent Scale-Up and Manufacturing of Cell-Based Therapies Conference that demonstrate how the ambrTM micro bioreactor system can determine optimal bioprocessing parameters for producing pathogen-free, red blood cells (RBCs) from human stem cells (HSCs)...
JSR Corporation President: Mitsunobu Koshiba and BIA Separations Managing Director and CEO: Aleš Štrancar announced that they have entered a strategic partnership which includes a minor equity position by JSR on November 14th 2011. As a result of this investment, JSR and BIA Separations have started a joint global marketing and sales effort and collaborative R&D activities in the area of downstream purification as part of the manufacturing of vaccine, DNA and antibody based medicines...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has created a free iPhone and Android app for the selection of Thermo Scientific Nalgene bottles, carboys and vials. Based on their specific laboratory needs, users simply insert a Nalgene® catalog number or search terms and the intuitive app recommends the most appropriate container from our extensive inventory of almost 700 choices. Results are based on the specific properties for chemical resistance, autoclavability, inertness, temperature tolerance and a host of other parameters and certifications for the customers' individual lab activity...
BMG LABTECH, the Microplate Reader Company, based in Ortenberg, Germany will be exhibiting at ARABLAB 2012 from March 26-29th. Visit Booth #408 to get a personal introduction to the SPECTROstar Nano and the POLARstar Omega microplate readers. The SPECTROstar Nano represents a revolution in ultra-fast, full spectrum absorbance measurements for assays such as ELISA, DNA, RNA, and protein determination. Compatible with microplates, cuvettes, and low volume samples down to 2 µL, the SPECTROstar Nano is ideal for all laboratories seeking the finest absorbance microplate reader...
The P4 Inserm-Jean Mérieux laboratory in Lyon is Europe's largest high security pathogen laboratory, and relies on the flexibility, robustness and reliability of Tecan's Infinite® 200 PRO monochromator-based microplate reader for use with Risk Group 4 pathogens including the Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Nipah and Hendra viruses. Stéphane Mely, Biological Technics Engineer in the in vitro experimentation and diagnostic team at P4, explained: "We chose the Infinite 200 PRO specifically for absorbance-, luminescence- and fluorescence-based assays performed in accordance with very special BSL4 conditions...
You would weigh more at the South Pole than at the equator, or even in the UK. That's the scientific theory proven by a globe-trotting gnome called Kern who has just made it to the pole in the latest leg of a worldwide gravity experiment. In a scientific twist to the well-known Travelling Gnome Prank, the Gnome Experiment's aim is to bring together scientists, schools and the general public in a global investigation into gravity...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced its seminar series "New Frontiers in Water Analysis." Planned for major European cities between March and December of 2012, the seminars will focus on recent changes to Europe's water analysis regulations (the EU Water Framework Directive), ramifications for laboratories performing routine water analysis and research and advancements in applicable analytical methods and technologies...
Pioneering research being conducted in Aberdeen, to develop new medicines for diseases such as cancer, will come under the spotlight today (Wednesday March 21). A symposium hosted by the University of Aberdeen will showcase the cutting-edge work being conducted at the institution to harness the potential of unique marine organisms from the depths of the world's oceans to create new pharmaceuticals...