UK-France Joint PhD Defence ProgrammeJan 17, 2012The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is calling for universities and laboratories to submit research ideas to its latest PhD funding programme as part of the UK-France defence partnership. The joint programme between Dstl and the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) was launched in 2011. Five PhDs were funded in 2011, two from the UK and three from France. They are addressing a variety of interests, including autonomous underwater vehicles, meta-materials and vehicle armour...
Read MoreSports Drug Testing Lab Accelerates Sample PreparationJan 17, 2012Genevac has announced an applications report that details how its miVac Duo sample concentrator has been used by a leading testing laboratory to develop a new sample preparation method to help curb sports doping. Recent developments in applying mass spectrometry to proteomics means that it is becoming feasible for doping laboratories to routinely detect and confirm the abuse of peptide hormones by sportsmen and women. Using mass spectrometry to detect and confirm the abuse of peptide hormones is preferred to the use of immunoassay techniques as the methodology is able to... Read MoreNon-Intrusive Verification of Spent Nuclear FuelJan 17, 2012Channel Systems Inc. has placed an order with Resolve Optics Ltd to supply a new lightweight version of the 80-200mm focal length UV Zoom lens developed for use with their Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD). Spent nuclear fuel emits a faint ultraviolet Cerenkov light when gamma rays from fuel assemblies interact with electrons in the cooling pond water. The DCVD equipped with UV Zoom lens provides a highly-effective system that captures the Cerenkov image of spent fuel for analysis and comparison...
Read MoreELA Life Science Awards Take Centre Stage for a Second YearJan 13, 2012Select Biosciences are thrilled to announce that following the unquestionable success of the inaugural Life Science Awards in 2011, the second annual awards ceremony will be held on the evening of 29th May at the Radisson Blu hotel, Hamburg, Germany. Celebrating the achievements of industry leaders and pioneering scientists, the ceremony precedes the second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH)...
Read MoreOlympus releases the new CX22 series of microscopes for use in educational and routine microscopyJan 13, 2012Olympus has today released the new CX22 microscopes for routine and educational microscopy. Building on the success of the CX21 series of microscopes, the CX22 series feature significant improvements for convenient microscopic observations. Without compromising on image quality, these microscopes provide a bigger field of view and increased flexibility when it comes to altering the height of the eye point. The quick and easy setting of different viewing heights makes this microscope series perfect for use in an educational setting where users are changing frequently...
Read MorePittcon 2012 Announces New Short CoursesJan 13, 2012The Pittcon Organizing Committee is pleased to announce new courses for the 2012 Short Course program which runs March 10 through March 15, 2012. Short Courses offer skill-building and career enhancing training by industry experts; range from half-day up to two-day classes; and include beginner, intermediate, and advanced level curricula.
Read MoreRapid growth continues for SistemicJan 13, 2012Sistemic, the stem cell and drug development technology company, has won a substantial Scottish Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise. The grant forms part of a £1M planned investment programme which, on the back of a very successful year for the company, will see Sistemic more than double the size of its operation. To accommodate the expanded research team, the company is relocating to customised laboratories during the first half of 2012...
Read MorePioneering publication reports first ratiometric, single-protein red fluorescent pH sensor in live neuronsJan 12, 2012The importance that intracellular pH plays in cell biology is highlighted in a new paper published by the American Chemical Society. Written by a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School led by Professor Gary Yellen, it reports the engineering of the first ratiometric, single-protein red fluorescent sensor of pH, called pHRed, and its use to image intracellular pH in live neuronal cells...
Read MoreTecanJan 12, 2012Tecan's Infinite® M1000 multimode microplate readerhas enabled scientists in theDepartment of Cellular Biology and Anatomy at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU), USA, to develop a high throughput system for reporter-based drug screening assays in living zebrafish disease models1. Dr Jeff Mumm, Assistant Professor at GHSU, explained: "Quantitative microplate reader systems have revolutionized the pace of drug discovery, enabling the development of reporter-based in vitro and in silico assays that allow high throughput screening (HTS). However, biological validation...
Read MoreNew degree will deliver scientists to tackle links between diet and disease Jan 12, 2012A new University of Aberdeen degree is set to deliver a fresh breed of scientists to address the links between diet and diseases including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nutri-genomics is an emerging area of scientific research which looks at the relationship between what we eat, disease and our own individual genetic make-up...
Read MoreDr Ian Smith founder and global medical director of Synexus awarded an MBE in the QueenJan 11, 2012Dr Ian Smith was awarded an MBE ‘for services to Health Research' in the Queen's New Years honours list. Dr Smith is founder and global medical director of Synexus which has been attributed with pioneering important developments in the clinical trial industry. The business, which Dr Smith started in 1992, has since grown to become the world's largest multinational company dedicated to the recruitment and running of clinical trials at its own dedicated research centres on behalf of its clients in pharma and CROs. Synexus has 26 research centres in nine countries across Asia, Africa and Europe...
Read MoreVinyl Compounds choose Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance MQC Benchtop NMR system for quality control of their PVC-based productsJan 11, 2012Oxford Instruments, the supplier of benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), is pleased to report that Vinyl Compounds have purchased a new MQC Benchtop NMR system. This underscores their commitment to the best quality products through investment in the latest QC instrumentation...
Read MoreThe NanoChemistry group at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) uses NanoSight's NTA system for nanoparticle characterizationJan 11, 2012NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, describes how the Nano Chemistry group at DTU Copenhagen is utilizing nanoparticle tracking analysis, NTA, in its research and teaching programs. The NanoChemistry group at the Department of Chemistry at DTU in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen, is led by Professor Jens Ulstrup...
Read MoreBioTek Opens Shanghai Office to Meet Increased Chinese Growth DemandsJan 11, 2012BioTek Instruments is pleased to announce the establishment of their second China office located in Shanghai's Pudong district, Zhangjiang Pharma Valley. This new office will compliment BioTek's Beijing office that opened in 2007, and will serve BioTek's growing Chinese customer base. BioTek's President and CEO Briar Alpert noted that the Pudong district is regarded as a driving force in China's pharmaceutical and biotechnology development, and is an increasingly important research and development center for the global pharmaceutical market...
Read MoreAutoscribe launches US operationJan 11, 2012The formation of Autoscribe Informatics Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Autoscribe Ltd, has been announced. Based in Falmouth, MA. USA, it gives Autoscribe, the developers of Matrix software products, a much stronger presence in the US and Canadian markets. Zumatrix Inc. operated as Autoscribe's North American distributor for the past 12 years. Autoscribe Informatics Inc. was formed by the transfer of Zumatrix's staff and assets and began operations on 3 January 2012...
Read MoreJan 10, 2012Award-winning medical technology spin-out company, Ai2 Limited has secured £1.75M in a joint investment from managers of the North West Fund for Biomedical, SPARK Impact and MTI Firms, managers of UMIP Premier Fund. The deal, which saw MTI invest £950k and SPARK Impact, invest £800k, allows the Manchester University spin-out to continue development of its cutting edge technology...
Read MoreNon-invasive instrument for skin cancer screening demonstratedJan 10, 2012Now, a joint US-Dutch team under the direction of Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University, US, has developed a non-invasive probe capable of both morphological and biochemical characterization of skin cancers. The portable instrument combines a Raman spectroscopy (RS) system with an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device and enables sequential acquisition of co-registered OCT and RS data sets...
Read MoreISO Releases New Standard for the Determination of BromateJan 10, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce its bromate analysis solutions are fully compliant with the new ISO standard for bromate analysis by ion chromatography (IC) titled, Water quality - Determination of dissolved bromate - Method using ion chromatography (IC) and post column reaction (PCR) (ISO 11206:2011(E)). The standard adds improved limits of detection and simplifies the lab work compared to ISO 15061:2001...
Read MoreAnalytik announces the Mini-Spectrometer for the quality control of LEDs as part of a new relationship with GL Optic.Jan 9, 2012Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, have linked up with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of spectroradiometers for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace...
Read MoreHighly flexible Multi-Groups LIMS software delivers cost savings plus huge global reporting benefitsJan 9, 2012Ground-breaking LIMS software developer, Two Fold Software Limited has added a versatile Multi-Groups capability to its innovative Qualoupe LIMS solution. The software enhancement offers complete data management flexibility for organizations and companies that not only have multiple sites but also include multiple laboratories within each site...
Read MoreCaframoJan 9, 2012Quicker delivery at a lower cost. Caframo’s overhead stirrer line and accessories are now in stock in Rotterdam in the Netherlands...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific and PREMIER Biosoft to Co-market SimGlycan SoftwareJan 6, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and PREMIER Biosoft, today announced an agreement to co-market PREMIER Biosoft's SimGlycan® software. The agreement aims to advance glycobiology by dramaticallyspeeding the characterization of complex glycans through automated interpretation of the rich data produced by Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer systems...
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The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is calling for universities and laboratories to submit research ideas to its latest PhD funding programme as part of the UK-France defence partnership. The joint programme between Dstl and the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) was launched in 2011. Five PhDs were funded in 2011, two from the UK and three from France. They are addressing a variety of interests, including autonomous underwater vehicles, meta-materials and vehicle armour...
Genevac has announced an applications report that details how its miVac Duo sample concentrator has been used by a leading testing laboratory to develop a new sample preparation method to help curb sports doping. Recent developments in applying mass spectrometry to proteomics means that it is becoming feasible for doping laboratories to routinely detect and confirm the abuse of peptide hormones by sportsmen and women. Using mass spectrometry to detect and confirm the abuse of peptide hormones is preferred to the use of immunoassay techniques as the methodology is able to...
Channel Systems Inc. has placed an order with Resolve Optics Ltd to supply a new lightweight version of the 80-200mm focal length UV Zoom lens developed for use with their Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD). Spent nuclear fuel emits a faint ultraviolet Cerenkov light when gamma rays from fuel assemblies interact with electrons in the cooling pond water. The DCVD equipped with UV Zoom lens provides a highly-effective system that captures the Cerenkov image of spent fuel for analysis and comparison...
Select Biosciences are thrilled to announce that following the unquestionable success of the inaugural Life Science Awards in 2011, the second annual awards ceremony will be held on the evening of 29th May at the Radisson Blu hotel, Hamburg, Germany. Celebrating the achievements of industry leaders and pioneering scientists, the ceremony precedes the second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH)...
Olympus has today released the new CX22 microscopes for routine and educational microscopy. Building on the success of the CX21 series of microscopes, the CX22 series feature significant improvements for convenient microscopic observations. Without compromising on image quality, these microscopes provide a bigger field of view and increased flexibility when it comes to altering the height of the eye point. The quick and easy setting of different viewing heights makes this microscope series perfect for use in an educational setting where users are changing frequently...
The Pittcon Organizing Committee is pleased to announce new courses for the 2012 Short Course program which runs March 10 through March 15, 2012. Short Courses offer skill-building and career enhancing training by industry experts; range from half-day up to two-day classes; and include beginner, intermediate, and advanced level curricula.
Sistemic, the stem cell and drug development technology company, has won a substantial Scottish Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise. The grant forms part of a £1M planned investment programme which, on the back of a very successful year for the company, will see Sistemic more than double the size of its operation. To accommodate the expanded research team, the company is relocating to customised laboratories during the first half of 2012...
The importance that intracellular pH plays in cell biology is highlighted in a new paper published by the American Chemical Society. Written by a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School led by Professor Gary Yellen, it reports the engineering of the first ratiometric, single-protein red fluorescent sensor of pH, called pHRed, and its use to image intracellular pH in live neuronal cells...
Tecan's Infinite® M1000 multimode microplate reader has enabled scientists in the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU), USA, to develop a high throughput system for reporter-based drug screening assays in living zebrafish disease models1. Dr Jeff Mumm, Assistant Professor at GHSU, explained: "Quantitative microplate reader systems have revolutionized the pace of drug discovery, enabling the development of reporter-based in vitro and in silico assays that allow high throughput screening (HTS). However, biological validation...
A new University of Aberdeen degree is set to deliver a fresh breed of scientists to address the links between diet and diseases including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nutri-genomics is an emerging area of scientific research which looks at the relationship between what we eat, disease and our own individual genetic make-up...
Dr Ian Smith was awarded an MBE ‘for services to Health Research' in the Queen's New Years honours list. Dr Smith is founder and global medical director of Synexus which has been attributed with pioneering important developments in the clinical trial industry. The business, which Dr Smith started in 1992, has since grown to become the world's largest multinational company dedicated to the recruitment and running of clinical trials at its own dedicated research centres on behalf of its clients in pharma and CROs. Synexus has 26 research centres in nine countries across Asia, Africa and Europe...
Oxford Instruments, the supplier of benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), is pleased to report that Vinyl Compounds have purchased a new MQC Benchtop NMR system. This underscores their commitment to the best quality products through investment in the latest QC instrumentation...
NanoSight, leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology, describes how the Nano Chemistry group at DTU Copenhagen is utilizing nanoparticle tracking analysis, NTA, in its research and teaching programs. The NanoChemistry group at the Department of Chemistry at DTU in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen, is led by Professor Jens Ulstrup...
BioTek Instruments is pleased to announce the establishment of their second China office located in Shanghai's Pudong district, Zhangjiang Pharma Valley. This new office will compliment BioTek's Beijing office that opened in 2007, and will serve BioTek's growing Chinese customer base. BioTek's President and CEO Briar Alpert noted that the Pudong district is regarded as a driving force in China's pharmaceutical and biotechnology development, and is an increasingly important research and development center for the global pharmaceutical market...
The formation of Autoscribe Informatics Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Autoscribe Ltd, has been announced. Based in Falmouth, MA. USA, it gives Autoscribe, the developers of Matrix software products, a much stronger presence in the US and Canadian markets. Zumatrix Inc. operated as Autoscribe's North American distributor for the past 12 years. Autoscribe Informatics Inc. was formed by the transfer of Zumatrix's staff and assets and began operations on 3 January 2012...
Award-winning medical technology spin-out company, Ai2 Limited has secured £1.75M in a joint investment from managers of the North West Fund for Biomedical, SPARK Impact and MTI Firms, managers of UMIP Premier Fund. The deal, which saw MTI invest £950k and SPARK Impact, invest £800k, allows the Manchester University spin-out to continue development of its cutting edge technology...
Now, a joint US-Dutch team under the direction of Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University, US, has developed a non-invasive probe capable of both morphological and biochemical characterization of skin cancers. The portable instrument combines a Raman spectroscopy (RS) system with an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device and enables sequential acquisition of co-registered OCT and RS data sets...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce its bromate analysis solutions are fully compliant with the new ISO standard for bromate analysis by ion chromatography (IC) titled, Water quality - Determination of dissolved bromate - Method using ion chromatography (IC) and post column reaction (PCR) (ISO 11206:2011(E)). The standard adds improved limits of detection and simplifies the lab work compared to ISO 15061:2001...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation to the UK and Ireland, have linked up with German company, GL Optic, for the supply of spectroradiometers for use in both quality control and research applications for the growing lighting marketplace...
Ground-breaking LIMS software developer, Two Fold Software Limited has added a versatile Multi-Groups capability to its innovative Qualoupe LIMS solution. The software enhancement offers complete data management flexibility for organizations and companies that not only have multiple sites but also include multiple laboratories within each site...
Quicker delivery at a lower cost. Caframo’s overhead stirrer line and accessories are now in stock in Rotterdam in the Netherlands...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and PREMIER Biosoft, today announced an agreement to co-market PREMIER Biosoft's SimGlycan® software. The agreement aims to advance glycobiology by dramatically speeding the characterization of complex glycans through automated interpretation of the rich data produced by Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer systems...