After 70 years of success, ElectrothermalMar 20, 2012Electrothermal, a Bibby Scientific company, now has its first-ever catalogue, complementing the Electrothermal website launched last summer. In addition to showcasing the entire range of heating, cooling and stirring equipment for laboratories, Electrothermal's newly published catalogue features three recent innovations. STEM Integrity 6 Reaction Station is a top-of-the-range product with superb accuracy and independent heating and stirring control at each of its six reaction cell positions. A much-loved product in the US, the Mel-Temp Melting Point Apparatus has been completely rejuvenated for a worldwide market, and the IA9000 series Melting Point Apparatus benefits from a major specification upgrade...
Read MoreXCAM is UKMar 20, 2012XCAM Ltd has been named winner of the national Innovation Award at the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards 2012, held in Cardiff on the 13th March. The UK Awards are recognised as the top business awards in the national Life Sciences sector and the Innovation Award marks out XCAM as the leading innovator in the sector over the past year...
Read MoreLife Technologies introduces first FLI-approved real-time PCR test to detect JohneMar 20, 2012
Kit enables veterinarians to detect one of Germany's most costly cattle disease in 24 hours, rather than 16 weeks
Life Technologies Corporation today introduced its first Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI)-approved real-time PCR test to rapidly detect the bacterium that causes Johne's Disease, a debilitating infection that is among the most costly to control in dairy cattle in Germany and around the world...
Read MoreTTP Labtech Delivers Hit-Picking Excellence at the University of MichiganMar 20, 2012An exciting technological collaboration integrating TTP Labtech's mosquito® X1 automated nanolitre pipettor with a well-known microplate mover has been set up, bringing an innovative hit-picking solution to the University of Michigan. This fully automated system is being utilised by the University's High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core, Centre for Chemical Genomics, to automate the selection and processing of compound hits from screens, using their 150,000 strong library...
Read MoreXenoGesis Limited exceeds first quarter targetsMar 20, 2012Just four months into trading from its Nottingham UK base, XenoGesis Limited has exceeded its initial sales targets by more than 300%. The BioCity Nottingham contract research organisation began trading in early November and was providing laboratory-based drug analysis services to major global pharmaceutical clients from day one...
Read MoreBiobank Graz Reports On Micronic Sample StorageMar 20, 2012Europe's largest biorepository - Biobank Graz (Graz, Austria) has reported on its use of sample storage consumables and data management software from Micronic Europe to safeguard its blood, serum and plasma samples. Biobank Graz is a non-profit making service facility of the Medical University Graz, which supports the search for the underlying causes of disease and improvements in disease diagnosis and therapy...
Read MoreMastersizer 3000 particle size analyzer makes Analytica debutMar 20, 2012Malvern Instruments' new Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer will make its Analytica debut on Stand No A1.320 (April 17-20, Munich). This state-of-the-art, small footprint instrument is designed for smart particle sizing, delivering precise, high-resolution wet and dry sample measurement from 10 nm to 3.5 mm. New sample dispersion units provide a solution for every application, including the dry dispersion of fragile particles, while simple intuitive software drives user-defined measurements and simplifies method development....
Read MoreAstech Projects Provides Leading Pharmaceutical Company with Bespoke Analytical Technology PlatformsMar 19, 2012A successful collaboration between the leading automation systems developer, Astech Projects with a pioneering research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company has been detailed in the poster, entitled ‘Technology Implementation for Analysis of Inhaled Products'. Having been recently presented at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference and exhibition, the poster details how bespoke analytical technology platforms in support of Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) testing have been implemented within the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) inhaled testing laboratories using a Quality by Design approach...
Read MoreWaters ACQUITY UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography Takes Pittcon EditorsMar 19, 2012Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) was today awarded the prestigious 2012 Pittcon Editors’ Gold Award for the new Waters® ACQUITY UPC2™ System as the best new product at the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Employing the principle of UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography™ (UPC2), ACQUITY UPC2 System expands the boundaries of reverse phase liquid chromatography (LC) and of gas chromatography (GC) separations and offers a replacement option for normal phase chromatography...
Read MoreATL to Exhibit Data Automation and Laboratory Information Management System Solutions at 2012 CA-NV AWWA Spring ConferenceMar 19, 2012Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a premier supplier of Laboratory Data Management Solutions, will be exhibiting in booth #416 at the 2012 California-Nevada AWWA Spring Conference April 2-5, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California. ATL will feature its revolutionary Laboratory Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, TITAN®, which represents the next generation in Laboratory Information Management Solutions... Read MoreCellMade Targets Inflammatory Biology Products and ServicesMar 19, 2012CellMade,a specialist provider of biomarker and drug discovery support for inflammation research, announces the launch of its new website. Reflecting the company's leading position in using human cell-based technology to better inform research decisions, the new site features free poster and protocol downloads as well as updated information on the CellInsightTM platform and REACT-lipidTM service...Read MoreBruker Celebrates Double Award Win at Pittcon 2012Mar 19, 2012The new GC-MS platform from Bruker Chemical and Applied Markets (CAM) Division - SCION TQTM - picked up two prestigious awards at last week's Pittcon in Orlando, Florida. First up was the presentation of the 4th Annual Reader's Choice Award for Gas Chromatography Products, sponsored by Laboratory Equipment Magazine. Hot on the heels of this success, came the news that SCION TQ was the recipient of the 2012 Pittcon Editors' Choice Silver Award, given for the best new products at the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy...
Read MoreSLS collaborates with the Telegraph Business Club to produce a business videoMar 16, 2012The Telegraph Business Club, a website that produces articles, reports and case studies to support entrepreneurs, owner-managers and dynamic professionals, identified Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as a company that would be of interest to others as part of their case study programme. TRACC films, on behalf of the Telegraph, approached SLS with a view to producing a 6 minute video that considered SLS as a business, how it differentiated itself from its competitors, focussed on the needs of customers and delivered consistent growth in a challenging market...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Wins ScientistsMar 16, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific Easy-nLC 1000 has received a Scientist's Choice Award from SelectScience, the leading online resource for applied chemists, clinical chemists and life scientists. The split-free, nano-?ow liquid chromatograph is the readers' choice for Best New Separations Product. The award ceremony for the Scientists' Choice Award took place on the show floor at Pittcon 2012, being held from March 11-15, in Orlando...
Read MoreLessons in sizing up surface scienceMar 14, 2012Associate Professor Albena Ivanisevic and her team in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University (US) are so pleased with results from the department's Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system that they have purchased two further instruments for teaching purposes. Part of the Malvern Instruments materials characterization portfolio, the Zetasizer Nano light scattering system has a reputation for ease-of-use, robust performance, and low maintenance, making it the ideal tool for use in multi-application, multi-user environments and for educating newcomers in the science of particle characterization....
Read MoreConnecting the World of MicrofluidicsMar 14, 2012Dolomite's new Multiflux® range proves to be a huge success with over 130 customers using the innovative microfluidic connectors and interfaces since their launch in February 2011. Microfluidic specialist Dolomite has announced that Multiflux® has significantly exceeded all expectations for market take-up with sales in over 30 countries. The novel range of microfluidic connectors and interfaces provides users with fast and reliable multi-way fluidic connections, between chips, pumps, valves and other fluidic modules, increasing user flexibility without disruptions to the fluid flow...
Read MorePriorclave Supply Autoclaves to New Academic Health Science Centre FacilityMar 14, 2012Priorclave was awarded the contract to supply a number of medium-capacity laboratory autoclaves to Imperial College London's new scientific research building, the Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, which will be officially opened later this year...
Read MoreLife Sciences Industry Leader, Dr John Brown, Joins BioCity Nottingham BoardMar 14, 2012Dr John Brown CBE FRSE has been appointed as a non-executive Director to the Board of BioCity Nottingham Ltd, which runs one of Europe's largest bioscience business incubators. His arrival comes just two months after the launch of BioCity Scotland, and marks another step-change in the growth ambitions of the company...
Read MoreBioCity Scotland launches BioEntrepreneur Boot CampMar 14, 2012BioCity Scotland, the newly-opened life sciences cluster in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, has announced its first BioEntrepreneur Boot Camp, a three-day intensive business development programme designed to prepare scientists to be their own boss. Running from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th April, and sponsored by North Lanarkshire Council, the programme is designed for anyone thinking of starting a life sciences company or in the early stage of company development...
Read MoreTwo European neuroscientists awarded the Mar 14, 2012The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation announced today that The Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit and Karen Steel for their unique, world-leading contributions to our understanding of the genetic regulation of the development and functioning of the ear, and for elucidating the causes of many of the hundreds of inherited forms of deafness.
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Ensures Quality Tissue Cutting for Human Protein Atlas ProjectMar 13, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Human Protein Atlas Project is using its Thermo Scientific HM355S automated microtome and Section Transfer System to create high-quality tissue sections during tissue microarray (TMA) production. As part of the project, and as an external TMA production service, Uppsala-based Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) tissue profiling group has cut more than 200,000 slides from over 1400 TMAs to date. To achieve this, SciLifeLab required a versatile microtome that would accommodate a variety of tissue types with a choice of manual and mechanised cutting. The HM355S met these needs...
Read MoreCambridge Viscosity, Leader in Viscosity Measurement, Joins PAC Family of Laboratory and Online Process AnalyzersMar 12, 2012PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce that Cambridge Viscosity (CVI), the global leader in small sample fluid viscosity measurement, has joined the PAC group...
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Electrothermal, a Bibby Scientific company, now has its first-ever catalogue, complementing the Electrothermal website launched last summer. In addition to showcasing the entire range of heating, cooling and stirring equipment for laboratories, Electrothermal's newly published catalogue features three recent innovations. STEM Integrity 6 Reaction Station is a top-of-the-range product with superb accuracy and independent heating and stirring control at each of its six reaction cell positions. A much-loved product in the US, the Mel-Temp Melting Point Apparatus has been completely rejuvenated for a worldwide market, and the IA9000 series Melting Point Apparatus benefits from a major specification upgrade...
XCAM Ltd has been named winner of the national Innovation Award at the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards 2012, held in Cardiff on the 13th March. The UK Awards are recognised as the top business awards in the national Life Sciences sector and the Innovation Award marks out XCAM as the leading innovator in the sector over the past year...
Kit enables veterinarians to detect one of Germany's most costly cattle disease in 24 hours, rather than 16 weeks
An exciting technological collaboration integrating TTP Labtech's mosquito® X1 automated nanolitre pipettor with a well-known microplate mover has been set up, bringing an innovative hit-picking solution to the University of Michigan. This fully automated system is being utilised by the University's High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core, Centre for Chemical Genomics, to automate the selection and processing of compound hits from screens, using their 150,000 strong library...
Just four months into trading from its Nottingham UK base, XenoGesis Limited has exceeded its initial sales targets by more than 300%. The BioCity Nottingham contract research organisation began trading in early November and was providing laboratory-based drug analysis services to major global pharmaceutical clients from day one...
Europe's largest biorepository - Biobank Graz (Graz, Austria) has reported on its use of sample storage consumables and data management software from Micronic Europe to safeguard its blood, serum and plasma samples. Biobank Graz is a non-profit making service facility of the Medical University Graz, which supports the search for the underlying causes of disease and improvements in disease diagnosis and therapy...
Malvern Instruments' new Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer will make its Analytica debut on Stand No A1.320 (April 17-20, Munich). This state-of-the-art, small footprint instrument is designed for smart particle sizing, delivering precise, high-resolution wet and dry sample measurement from 10 nm to 3.5 mm. New sample dispersion units provide a solution for every application, including the dry dispersion of fragile particles, while simple intuitive software drives user-defined measurements and simplifies method development....
A successful collaboration between the leading automation systems developer, Astech Projects with a pioneering research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company has been detailed in the poster, entitled ‘Technology Implementation for Analysis of Inhaled Products'. Having been recently presented at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference and exhibition, the poster details how bespoke analytical technology platforms in support of Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) testing have been implemented within the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) inhaled testing laboratories using a Quality by Design approach...
Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) was today awarded the prestigious 2012 Pittcon Editors’ Gold Award for the new Waters® ACQUITY UPC2™ System as the best new product at the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Employing the principle of UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography™ (UPC2), ACQUITY UPC2 System expands the boundaries of reverse phase liquid chromatography (LC) and of gas chromatography (GC) separations and offers a replacement option for normal phase chromatography...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a premier supplier of Laboratory Data Management Solutions, will be exhibiting in booth #416 at the 2012 California-Nevada AWWA Spring Conference April 2-5, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California. ATL will feature its revolutionary Laboratory Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, TITAN®, which represents the next generation in Laboratory Information Management Solutions... 
CellMade, a specialist provider of biomarker and drug discovery support for inflammation research, announces the launch of its new website. Reflecting the company's leading position in using human cell-based technology to better inform research decisions, the new site features free poster and protocol downloads as well as updated information on the CellInsightTM platform and REACT-lipidTM service...
The new GC-MS platform from Bruker Chemical and Applied Markets (CAM) Division - SCION TQTM - picked up two prestigious awards at last week's Pittcon in Orlando, Florida. First up was the presentation of the 4th Annual Reader's Choice Award for Gas Chromatography Products, sponsored by Laboratory Equipment Magazine. Hot on the heels of this success, came the news that SCION TQ was the recipient of the 2012 Pittcon Editors' Choice Silver Award, given for the best new products at the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy...
The Telegraph Business Club, a website that produces articles, reports and case studies to support entrepreneurs, owner-managers and dynamic professionals, identified Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as a company that would be of interest to others as part of their case study programme. TRACC films, on behalf of the Telegraph, approached SLS with a view to producing a 6 minute video that considered SLS as a business, how it differentiated itself from its competitors, focussed on the needs of customers and delivered consistent growth in a challenging market...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific Easy-nLC 1000 has received a Scientist's Choice Award from SelectScience, the leading online resource for applied chemists, clinical chemists and life scientists. The split-free, nano-?ow liquid chromatograph is the readers' choice for Best New Separations Product. The award ceremony for the Scientists' Choice Award took place on the show floor at Pittcon 2012, being held from March 11-15, in Orlando...
Associate Professor Albena Ivanisevic and her team in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University (US) are so pleased with results from the department's Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system that they have purchased two further instruments for teaching purposes. Part of the Malvern Instruments materials characterization portfolio, the Zetasizer Nano light scattering system has a reputation for ease-of-use, robust performance, and low maintenance, making it the ideal tool for use in multi-application, multi-user environments and for educating newcomers in the science of particle characterization....
Dolomite's new Multiflux® range proves to be a huge success with over 130 customers using the innovative microfluidic connectors and interfaces since their launch in February 2011. Microfluidic specialist Dolomite has announced that Multiflux® has significantly exceeded all expectations for market take-up with sales in over 30 countries. The novel range of microfluidic connectors and interfaces provides users with fast and reliable multi-way fluidic connections, between chips, pumps, valves and other fluidic modules, increasing user flexibility without disruptions to the fluid flow...
Priorclave was awarded the contract to supply a number of medium-capacity laboratory autoclaves to Imperial College London's new scientific research building, the Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, which will be officially opened later this year...
Dr John Brown CBE FRSE has been appointed as a non-executive Director to the Board of BioCity Nottingham Ltd, which runs one of Europe's largest bioscience business incubators. His arrival comes just two months after the launch of BioCity Scotland, and marks another step-change in the growth ambitions of the company...
BioCity Scotland, the newly-opened life sciences cluster in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, has announced its first BioEntrepreneur Boot Camp, a three-day intensive business development programme designed to prepare scientists to be their own boss. Running from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th April, and sponsored by North Lanarkshire Council, the programme is designed for anyone thinking of starting a life sciences company or in the early stage of company development...
The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation announced today that The Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit and Karen Steel for their unique, world-leading contributions to our understanding of the genetic regulation of the development and functioning of the ear, and for elucidating the causes of many of the hundreds of inherited forms of deafness.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Human Protein Atlas Project is using its Thermo Scientific HM355S automated microtome and Section Transfer System to create high-quality tissue sections during tissue microarray (TMA) production. As part of the project, and as an external TMA production service, Uppsala-based Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) tissue profiling group has cut more than 200,000 slides from over 1400 TMAs to date. To achieve this, SciLifeLab required a versatile microtome that would accommodate a variety of tissue types with a choice of manual and mechanised cutting. The HM355S met these needs...
PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce that Cambridge Viscosity (CVI), the global leader in small sample fluid viscosity measurement, has joined the PAC group...