Whirl-Pak bags and Moldex safety products now available from SLSSep 27, 2011As the UK's largest independent laboratory supplier, SLS are very pleased to announce that customers can now buy Whirl-Pak® bags and Moldex safety products from us. Manufactured by Nasco who have a world renowned reputation for quality, Whirl-Pak bags are made from linear low density and low density virgin polyethylene which ensures a very clear film with high strength. Ideal for sample applications, Whirl-Pak® bags feature patented puncture proof tabs for ease of closure and are post manufacture sterilised for absolute product confidence - lot numbers on cartons provide traceability to official sterility documentation...
Read MoreNew Catalogue: Kinesis Premium Quality Chromatography Vials, Caps & ClosuresSep 26, 2011Kinesis Ltd has published its latest Chromatography Vials, Caps & Closures Catalogue. The increasing demands of today's HPLC, LC/MS and GC analyses make the choice of consumables increasingly important. Kinesis Vials, Caps & Closures are made to the most exacting standards, ensuring contamination free sample handling and complete autosampler compatibility...
Read MoreManaging a Successful LIMS Project: The Definitive GuideSep 26, 2011This free guide from Autoscribe is designed to help you through the complex process of implementing a LIMS or Sample Tracking system. Written for individuals and project teams in small laboratories through to enterprise/global operations it provides information that will help you avoid many of the potential problems and pitfalls encountered in the LIMS selection and buying process...
Read MoreGilson Launches Pipetman Lifetime WarrantySep 26, 2011Gilson has launched a lifetime warranty for Pipetman® pipettes in the UK, which guarantees its products will continue providing precise pipetting solutions for many years, even for the entire career of the user. This comes after several reports of Gilson Pipetman® pipettes still in service after 40 plus years...
Read MoreQuotient Bioresearch Announces First Use of Bruker Maldi Biotyper for Bacterial IdentificationSep 23, 2011Quotient Bioresearch has today announced its adoption of Bruker's MALDI Biotyper for bacterial identification, following a successful year-long trial. The announcement, made at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) where Quotient presented a series of posters, places the company in a unique position as the first GLP laboratory to adopt the technology for routine bacterial identification as part of its portfolio of services for antimicrobial development...
Read MoreAMSBIO and Chondrex Cooperate On Arthritis & Inflammation ResearchSep 23, 2011AMSBIO has announced a pan European partnership with Chondrex Inc. to market their high quality arthritis and inflammation reagents to academics and pharmaceutical companies that do research in these fields. The range includes a suite of high quality reagents such as highly purified cartilage collagen and collagen monoclonal antibodies to provide scientists with the necessary tools to study the pathogenesis as well as to develop and screen potential therapeutics for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)...
Read MoreControversies of ocean science in spotlight as world marine experts arrive in AberdeenSep 23, 2011Experts with opposing views on some of most critical issues facing the planet will be in Scotland next week at a major international gathering of 1,000 marine scientists. The World Conference on Marine Biodiversity has been brought to Scotland by the Universities of Aberdeen and St Andrews, and takes place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre between September 26 and 30...
Read MoreTitian Software to Host 2011 UGM in PhiladelphiaSep 23, 2011Leading sample management software provider, Titian Software, has announced that its 2011 US User Group Meeting (UGM) will take place on September 28-29 2011 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Conference Center, Philadelphia, PA. The UGM is being held back to back with the IQPC 7th Annual CMI 2011 Compound Management & Integrity Summit...
Read MoreHydrogen peroxide decontamination key for infection control professionalsSep 22, 2011Hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology is one of the hot topics at this year?s Infection Prevention Society annual conference. Six scientific posters are being presented on HPV at Infection Prevention 2011, held at the Bournemouth International Centre 19-21 September...
Read MoreSygnature Chemical Services becomes Sygnature Discovery to better reflect its Integrated Drug Discovery Service-OfferingSep 22, 2011Sygnature Chemical Services, a leading provider of drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical industry, has today become Sygnature Discovery. Due to an unprecedented demand for Sygnature's services from clients in the USA and Europe over the past 12 months and the addition of bioscience to its in-house capabilities, Sygnature has been renamed Sygnature Discovery to better reflect the portfolio of integrated drug discovery services that it now offers. Sygnature currently employs over 50 laboratory-based medicinal chemists and in vitro biologists in its modern, purpose-built facility in BioCity Nottingham...
Read MoreLeading Speakers Discuss Hot Topics for TTP LabTechSep 22, 2011TTP LabTech today announced its latest webinar entitled "Optimising automated low volume, high value protein crystallisation screening", to be held on Thursday 29th September 2011 at 3pm GMT (4pm European Time, 10am eastern standard time). Distinguished speakers from both academia and industry will discuss the benefits of TTP LabTech's mosquito® Crystal and mosquito LCP specialised nanolitre pipetting platforms for their crystallisation studies/trials.
Read MoreGuide to Selecting an IR Camera for R&D ApplicationsSep 21, 2011Drawing upon over 50 years experience of designing and supplying thermal imaging cameras for Research and Development applications - FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions have developed an informative new guide entitled '7 Things to Know When Selecting an IR Camera for Research & Development'...
Read MorePharco Pharma NV/SA Leverages Advantages of Cloud Computing with the Implementation of Veeva CRMSep 21, 2011Pharco Pharma NV/SA, a rapidly growing pharmaceutical company specialising in prescribed, OTC medications (OTX) and food supplements, has implemented Veeva CRM to support its salesforce in Belgium. Pharco required an affordable and intuitive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application that was both pharma-specific and easily adaptable. The company turned to Veeva CRM, the leading cloud-based solution for the global pharma and biotech industry...
Read MoreRandox Toxicology Present Forensic Drug Screening Solutions at SOFT-TIAFT, San Francisco, 2011Sep 21, 2011Randox Toxicology is a proud Tier I sponsor of the Joint SOFT- TIAFT International Conference and Expo being held in San Francisco from 26th – 30th September...
Read MoreQuotient announces agreement with Phico Therapeutics and first application of RapidFACT for nasal deliverySep 21, 2011Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch (Quotient), today announced an agreement with UK-based biotech, Phico Therapeutics (Phico). Quotient will undertake a RapidFACTTM program to optimise nasal delivery of Phico's SASPjectTM PT1.2, an antibiotic protein technology that offers a new approach for the treatment of serious life-threatening bacterial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
Read MoreCarl Zeiss helps pupils focus on their WorldSep 20, 2011Children at Longworth Primary School in Oxfordshire were treated recently to the sight of everyday objects from the world around them in exquisite detail, thanks to a live microscopy workshop organised by Carl Zeiss. The event was the brainchild of Dr Oliver Clarke, a Business Manager at Carl Zeiss, and was held as part of the school's Summer Fete. A Stemi 2000 C stereo microscope complete with the Educational version of the AxioCam ERc5s digital camera was set up in one of...
Read MoreGet Social with AnachemSep 20, 2011Keep up to date with all the latest news on Anachem products and offers, plus interesting information on laboratory life through Facebook, Twitter and the Anachem blog. Receive an exclusive discount with your next order by simply ‘liking' Anachem's Facebook page. By doing this you will find the latest news on product innovations, money saving deals, hints and tips on pipetting techniques and calibration...
Read MoreJoin BMG LABTECH at MipTec 2011Sep 20, 2011BMG LABTECH - The Microplate Reader Company - will be highlighting their innovative microplate reader solutions, exhibiting scientific posters and presenting a symposium at MipTec 2011 in Basel, Switzerland from September 20th-22nd 2011...
Read MoreProtagen and VELA Form Strategic Partnership Sep 19, 2011Vela Laboratories, Vienna, one of the leading companies in the area of GMP-compliant potency and release testing of Biopharmaceuticals, and Protagen AG, Dortmund, a GMP-certified specialist in the characterization of protein drugs form a strategic alliance in customer based analytics and marketing & sales...
Read MoreInSphero and INTEGRA Announce CooperationSep 19, 2011
Integra Biosciences and InSphero AG, a pioneering developer of advanced 3-dimensional microtissue models, have announced today that they will cooperate on providing high performance liquid-handling solutions for 3D cell culture...
Read MorePANalytical expands with ultramodern X-ray tube factory in EindhovenSep 19, 2011PANalytical, the global leading supplier of analytical X-ray instrumentation, services and software, has relocated its X-ray tube manufacturing to a new factory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. PANalytical is the only supplier of analytical X-ray systems that also develops and produces its own X-ray tubes, which are an essential part of the instrumentation. The ultramodern Eindhoven facility has been built to further strengthen and exploit this technological advantage...
Read MoreCombining Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics for Single-Cell ResearchSep 16, 2011Fluidigm Corporation has announced a collaboration with BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), to co-host a public seminar series on the isolation and analysis of single cells. Entitled 'A Powerful Technique for Single-Cell Analysis', the public seminar series will showcase cell isolation using the BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter and analysis using the Fluidigm BioMark HD System.
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