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Wyatt Technology Instruments Employed to Develop Alternative Materials to Silicone Breast Implants
Feb 2, 2012
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, today announced that Professor Judit E. Puskas at the University of Akron has developed a system using its instrumentation that will also help to solve a prevalent and particularly controversial material science challenge. The researchers are employing the multi detector system to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants. This development will be welcomed by many as faulty Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants are causing global concern about implant safety, and as a result, alternative materials are sought...
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Analytik partners with world-leading data analysis software vendor, CAMO Software, for the UK & Irish markets.
Feb 1, 2012
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce a partnership with CAMO Software. This allows both companies to strengthen their client offering by combining CAMO's market leading multivariate data analysis and process monitoring software with the expertise and local presence of Analytik...
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JPK reports on how graphenes are being studied using AFM to better characterize their properties at the Humboldt University in Berlin
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JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on a keynote paper in Nano Letters where Dr Nikolai Severin and his co-workers from the group of Professor Jürgen P. Rabe have applied JPK's NanoWizard®II Ultra system to improve their understanding of the properties of graphene...
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New stream created for ELA 2012
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Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, has incorporated Separation and Detection as one of the eight available conference streams. Originally presented as Advances in Separation Technology at the inaugural ELA conference in 2011, Separation and Detection has been created to enable delegates to attend all the talks and to increase their knowledge in these closely related and expanding fields. Separation and Detection will feature a combination of keynote presentations from renowned speakers including...
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Tecan injects new life into environmental science
Jan 31, 2012
Picarro, a laboratory instrument manufacturer specializing in isotope analysis for the environmental sector, is using Tecan's Cavro
®
Centris Pumps as part of an innovative atmospheric water vapor isotope analyzer. Based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS), the Picarro analyzer provides environmental scientists with important information on the movement and cycling of water around the world...
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BioTek Sparkles as Diamond Sponsor at SLAS 2012
Jan 31, 2012
BioTek Instruments is excited to attend the premier SLAS 2012 Conference and Exhibition as a Diamond Sponsor! The exhibition will be held February 4-8, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. BioTek will feature their full complement of microplate instrumentation and software technologies at Booth 529 in addition to tutorials, seminars and poster presentations. Stop by the booth to play a scavenger hunt game and a chance to win an iPad...
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OGT founder Professor Sir Ed Southern awarded the 2011 MRC Millennium Medal
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Professor Sir Ed Southern, founder of Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), a provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has been awarded the 2011 Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal. Sir Ed becomes one of only four researchers to have received the prize since it was inaugurated in the year 2000, which recognises an MRC-funded scientist whose outstanding research has made a major contribution towards the health and wealth of our society...
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Manufacturing Excellence Award for Leica Biosystems Nussloch
Jan 31, 2012
Leica Biosystems GmbH in Nussloch has won the Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Award 2011 in the Customer Focus category. With a workforce of 336 employees, the German plant in Nussloch near Heidelberg makes products for different stages of specimen preparation in the histopathological laboratory. These include cryostats and microtomes for ultra-thin sections of tissue as well as automatic coverslippers and tissue processors to produce high-quality samples that can be kept for extremely long periods of time without loss of quality...
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Carl Zeiss Celebrates 10 Years of CrossBeam FIB-SEM Technology
Jan 31, 2012
University of Delaware receives tenth anniversary shipment Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a company of the Carl Zeiss Group and leading provider of light, laser-scanning and electron and ion beam microscopes, today announced the celebration of its tenth anniversary of the CrossBeam
©
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Copley Scientific showcases market leading inhaler testing systems at Analytica 2012
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Genentech Initiates First-in-Human Study with NovImmune
Jan 30, 2012
NovImmune announced today that Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), initiated a First-in-Human study with anti-IL-17 (NI-1401, RG7624), a fully human monoclonal antibody designed to specifically and selectively bind to the human IL-17 family of cytokines. The anti-IL-17 antibody was generated at NovImmune and licensed to Genentech in July 2010. The initiation of the Phase I clinical trial triggers a milestone payment from Genentech of an undisclosed amount...
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Life Technologies Installs TAP
Jan 30, 2012
TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce it has installed a Fill-It
TM
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with US EPA to Improve Holding Time and MDLs for Chromate in Drinking Water
Jan 30, 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce that its participation in the secondary validation of US EPA Method 218.7 for hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in processed drinking water is complete. Cr(VI) is a toxic compound regulated by the EPA for certain wastewaters. Our scientists have been participating in a collaborative project with the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water in Cincinnati to improve the holding time and sensitivity of US EPA Method 218.6...
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Productivity gains using Mastersizer 3000 add value in raw material testing
Jan 30, 2012
Particle size analysis of raw materials is often a necessary but routine task where speed and efficiency are critical to decision-making and the smooth operation of a manufacturing process. The Mastersizer 3000 from Malvern Instruments supports improved productivity through fast, fully automated measurement and cleaning, combined with instrument and data analysis software that streamlines every aspect of the instrument's use. In-built intelligence supports each measurement, from the outset through to a successful conclusion. The result is robust and reliable data produced with ease and efficiency and minimal operator input...
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During the times of the Web 2.0 era, today is yesterday. Constant optimization of an internet presence is a must. Besides "visible" constant updates and optimizations, we worked simultaneously on the relaunch of our homepage. Now it is comprehensively designed and revised and this in multiple regards the tried and proven was upgraded and new features implemented...
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New histology line-up addresses inconsistent preparation of samples in biomedical research and diagnostics
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Cresset Launches Flexible Chemistry Service Program: CompChem on Demand
Jan 27, 2012
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New public-private consortium to further develop the power of high throughput, high content RNAi screening through convergence with micropatterning-based cell assays
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CYTOO, a company that specializes in micropattern-enhanced cell-based assays, has teamed up with Cenix B
i
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Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, a world leader in bioinnovation, has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Nottingham-based research and development company, Upperton Limited, to offer customers a new albumin conjugation solution. By linking drugs to Novozymes' new Recombumin Flex recombinant human albumin (rAlbumin), using conjugation, their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties can be dramatically enhanced. As a result...
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Advion Appoints Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments, Ltd. as Exclusive Chinese Distributor of its Compact Mass Spectrometer
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Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, has appointed Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments, Ltd. (UATIL) as the exclusive distributor for the expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) approximately half the size, and half the price, of existing single quadrupole mass spectrometers on the market. The newly-released and shipment-ready CMS was introduced to the Chinese market this past week with joint visits to leading CROs and academic and government research site...
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BMG LABTECH is a Diamond Sponsor of the First Annual SLAS 2012
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The first inaugural SLAS will take place February 6-8
th
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Spinnovation expands into the US
Jan 25, 2012
Spinnovation announces that it further anchors its presence in the US market through the collaboration with Quantum Tessera in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. This exciting extension to the business came after the Company trebled the number of clients in the biotech and pharma markets last year. Internationally renowned specialist in the field of biologics, Dr Edward Zartler from Quantum Tessera, will be working with Spinnovation to develop biologic and biosimilar characterisation markets in the US...
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Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, today announced that Professor Judit E. Puskas at the University of Akron has developed a system using its instrumentation that will also help to solve a prevalent and particularly controversial material science challenge. The researchers are employing the multi detector system to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants. This development will be welcomed by many as faulty Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants are causing global concern about implant safety, and as a result, alternative materials are sought...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce a partnership with CAMO Software. This allows both companies to strengthen their client offering by combining CAMO's market leading multivariate data analysis and process monitoring software with the expertise and local presence of Analytik...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on a keynote paper in Nano Letters where Dr Nikolai Severin and his co-workers from the group of Professor Jürgen P. Rabe have applied JPK's NanoWizard®II Ultra system to improve their understanding of the properties of graphene...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2012, has incorporated Separation and Detection as one of the eight available conference streams. Originally presented as Advances in Separation Technology at the inaugural ELA conference in 2011, Separation and Detection has been created to enable delegates to attend all the talks and to increase their knowledge in these closely related and expanding fields. Separation and Detection will feature a combination of keynote presentations from renowned speakers including...
Picarro, a laboratory instrument manufacturer specializing in isotope analysis for the environmental sector, is using Tecan's Cavro® Centris Pumps as part of an innovative atmospheric water vapor isotope analyzer. Based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS), the Picarro analyzer provides environmental scientists with important information on the movement and cycling of water around the world...
BioTek Instruments is excited to attend the premier SLAS 2012 Conference and Exhibition as a Diamond Sponsor! The exhibition will be held February 4-8, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. BioTek will feature their full complement of microplate instrumentation and software technologies at Booth 529 in addition to tutorials, seminars and poster presentations. Stop by the booth to play a scavenger hunt game and a chance to win an iPad...
Professor Sir Ed Southern, founder of Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), a provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has been awarded the 2011 Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal. Sir Ed becomes one of only four researchers to have received the prize since it was inaugurated in the year 2000, which recognises an MRC-funded scientist whose outstanding research has made a major contribution towards the health and wealth of our society...
Leica Biosystems GmbH in Nussloch has won the Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Award 2011 in the Customer Focus category. With a workforce of 336 employees, the German plant in Nussloch near Heidelberg makes products for different stages of specimen preparation in the histopathological laboratory. These include cryostats and microtomes for ultra-thin sections of tissue as well as automatic coverslippers and tissue processors to produce high-quality samples that can be kept for extremely long periods of time without loss of quality...
University of Delaware receives tenth anniversary shipment Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a company of the Carl Zeiss Group and leading provider of light, laser-scanning and electron and ion beam microscopes, today announced the celebration of its tenth anniversary of the CrossBeam© FIB-SEM technology. In honor of the tenth anniversary, a ceremony was held at the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, who have acquired an AURIGA 60 CrossBeam workstation. The system is the first major acquisition...
Copley Scientific is exhibiting its market leading inhaled product testing systems at Analytica 2012 (17-20 April; Munich, Germany), together with instruments from the company's comprehensive range of solid dosage testing equipment. Inhaler testing systems from Copley Scientific are used throughout the pharmaceutical industry and are supported by a team with specialist knowledge and expertise in this area...
NovImmune announced today that Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), initiated a First-in-Human study with anti-IL-17 (NI-1401, RG7624), a fully human monoclonal antibody designed to specifically and selectively bind to the human IL-17 family of cytokines. The anti-IL-17 antibody was generated at NovImmune and licensed to Genentech in July 2010. The initiation of the Phase I clinical trial triggers a milestone payment from Genentech of an undisclosed amount...
TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce it has installed a Fill-ItTM, benchtop automated vial filling system at Life Technologies, one of the world's largest suppliers of cell lines and reagents for life science research. The Fill-It system will be used to improve the accuracy of processing large batches of cryovials and will reduce the risk of staff acquiring a repetitive strain injury (RSI)...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce that its participation in the secondary validation of US EPA Method 218.7 for hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in processed drinking water is complete. Cr(VI) is a toxic compound regulated by the EPA for certain wastewaters. Our scientists have been participating in a collaborative project with the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water in Cincinnati to improve the holding time and sensitivity of US EPA Method 218.6...
Particle size analysis of raw materials is often a necessary but routine task where speed and efficiency are critical to decision-making and the smooth operation of a manufacturing process. The Mastersizer 3000 from Malvern Instruments supports improved productivity through fast, fully automated measurement and cleaning, combined with instrument and data analysis software that streamlines every aspect of the instrument's use. In-built intelligence supports each measurement, from the outset through to a successful conclusion. The result is robust and reliable data produced with ease and efficiency and minimal operator input...
During the times of the Web 2.0 era, today is yesterday. Constant optimization of an internet presence is a must. Besides "visible" constant updates and optimizations, we worked simultaneously on the relaunch of our homepage. Now it is comprehensively designed and revised and this in multiple regards the tried and proven was upgraded and new features implemented...
At the December 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), BioCision, LLC launched a novel and comprehensive line of products to standardise procedures related to immunohistochemistry, slide staining and sorting, tissue dissection, cell harvesting, and tissue embedding. The response of ASCB attendees to the CoolSink H line - consisting of 10 new products - was overwhelmingly positive...
Cresset, innovative provider of software and services for molecule designers has launched a new service program that will enable scientists to outsource computational chemistry work at a high value daily rate. With the introduction of CompChem on Demand, Cresset's services division will now provide computational chemistry services on a daily basis, without requiring a long-term project commitment. The program allows customers to pre-pay for flexible service days,..
CYTOO, a company that specializes in micropattern-enhanced cell-based assays, has teamed up with Cenix B
Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, a world leader in bioinnovation, has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Nottingham-based research and development company, Upperton Limited, to offer customers a new albumin conjugation solution. By linking drugs to Novozymes' new Recombumin Flex recombinant human albumin (rAlbumin), using conjugation, their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties can be dramatically enhanced. As a result...
Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, has appointed Universal Analytical and Testing Instruments, Ltd. (UATIL) as the exclusive distributor for the expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) approximately half the size, and half the price, of existing single quadrupole mass spectrometers on the market. The newly-released and shipment-ready CMS was introduced to the Chinese market this past week with joint visits to leading CROs and academic and government research site...
The first inaugural SLAS will take place February 6-8th in San Diego, California with BMG LABTECH being a proud diamond sponsor of the event. Stop by booth #921 to see The Microplate Reader Company and to see what is new with microplate reader technology. Amongst the things to see are: the PHERAstar FS, the gold-standard for HTS instruments; the SPECTROstar Nano, the only 1536 absorbance reader that can capture a full UV-Vis spectrum in less than a second per well; and the new Atmospheric Control Unit with dual independent gas intake valves, making the FLUOstar Omega the ultimate cell-based microplate reader...
Spinnovation announces that it further anchors its presence in the US market through the collaboration with Quantum Tessera in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. This exciting extension to the business came after the Company trebled the number of clients in the biotech and pharma markets last year. Internationally renowned specialist in the field of biologics, Dr Edward Zartler from Quantum Tessera, will be working with Spinnovation to develop biologic and biosimilar characterisation markets in the US...