OGT sequencing workshop at ESHG 2011 attracts over 130 delegatesSep 1, 2011Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, recently announced details of its new targeted sequencing service as part of a workshop at the European Society of Human Genetics Conference (ESHG 2011) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The workshop, entitled "Adding value through analysis", attracted over 130 delegates and featured presentations from OGT team members discussing the key elements of the service...
Read MoreComparative evaluation confirms superior performance of Metrohm electrode for pH measurement in fuel ethanolAug 31, 2011Independent confirmation of the outstanding performance of Metrohm's EtOH-Trode for pH measurement in fuel ethanol: in an evaluation of different combined glass electrodes by means of an interlaboratory comparison, the Metrohm EtOH electrode with ground-joint diaphragm excelled by its outstanding precision. While all the electrodes with aqueous KCl filling solution and single liquid junction presented equivalent results, only the Metrohm electrode with its double liquid junction and one other electrode presented acceptable repeatability limit values...
Read MoreCherwell Laboratories goes paper-free on Redipor productsAug 31, 2011Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in the manufacture of prepared microbiological media and supply of environmental monitoring instrumentation for pharmaceutical and related industries, has introduced paper-free labelling on all of its Redipor® products. All prepared media product labelling has now been migrated from paper to gloss white polypropylene labels to reduce risk of particulate contamination in sterile environments, such as cleanrooms and isolators, where Cherwell's products are frequently used...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Recognized as Winner of the 2011 Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards for Fourth Year in a RowAug 31, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it is a 2011 winner of Microsoft Corporation's Life Sciences Innovation Awards. This is the fourth consecutive year that the company has been recognized by Microsoft, demonstrating Thermo Fisher's leading position as a provider of innovative enterprise informatics solutions to the life sciences industry...
Read MoreBMG LABTECH to showcase Innovative Microplate Reading Solutions at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2011Aug 31, 2011BMG LABTECH - The Microplate Reader Company - will be exhibiting their innovative microplate reader solutions at the ELRIG Drug Discovery 2011 in Manchester, UK. Visit our booth K 6 & 7 on September 7th and 8th to find out more about our life science and high-throughput screening solutions...
Read MoreMalvernAug 31, 2011Malvern Instruments has developed a new diffusion barrier method to eliminate protein denaturation when measuring zeta potential using electrophoretic light scattering. Utilising a U-shaped disposable capillary cell, the new method delivers significant improvement in the accuracy and repeatability of zeta potential results for proteins. Ultimately, the method makes protein characterization with Malvern's Zetasizer range even easier. A new application note explaining the technology and its applications is available...
Read MoreSpinnovation Biologics Offers Service Choices To Meet individual Analysis Needs For Bioprocess OptimizationAug 31, 2011As demand increases for better ways to develop, control and manufacture biologics and biosimilars, Spinnovation Biologics has developed three different options for accessing its services for biologics production: Pay per Sample, Contract Analysis and Custom Services. All are designed to provide clients with the most efficient and appropriate access to Spinnovation Biologics' fast (from 5 working days), detailed and cost-effective bioanalysis services, according to their own specific requirements...
Read MoreWhitehouse Scientific adds another experienced scientist to teamAug 26, 2011Whitehouse Scientific is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Brocklehurst as Senior Scientist specialising in R&D. Keith, who is one of the UK's leading experts in particle characterisation, took up this new position in July 2011, bringing additional analytical expertise and applying even greater focus to the development of new particle size and shape standards. Furthermore, Keith will apply his auditing skills to the development of new instrumentation for precision certification of reference standards and filter calibration...
Read MoreCresset and Redx Pharma announce Major Drug Discovery CollaborationAug 26, 2011Cresset and Redx Pharma are pleased to announce that they have signed a major drug discovery collaboration. The collaboration gives Redx Pharma access to Cresset's publicly available and proprietary computational chemistry technologies for use on their portfolio of drug discovery programs. In addition Cresset will provide consulting services in the area of candidate selection across a broad range of therapeutic areas and targets...
Read MoreTest kit identifies genetic risk of thrombosisAug 26, 2011Astra Biotech GmbH announces a new genetic test kit which identifies hereditary thrombophilia - a significant risk factor in the development of potentially life-threatening deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In line with the company's aim of facilitating disease prevention and improving quality of life, the Astra Thrombosis kit detects three common mutations which disrupt the blood coagulation mechanism...
Read MoreUK enterprise zones "good news" for scientists and engineersAug 25, 2011UK Government plans to create 13 new enterprise zones have been welcomed by former IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) technical vice president Nigel Perry. The zones are designed to boost economic growth and ministers believe that 30,000 new jobs could be created by 2015 by giving cheaper business rates, superfast broadband and lower levels of planning control...
Read MoreAMSBIO moves to support the Glycobiology research communityAug 25, 2011AMSBIO has announced a package of initiatives to support the Glycobiology research community following the recent announcement by Seikagaku Corporation that they plan to discontinue their research reagents and glycobiology biochemicals business as of September 30th 2011...
Read MoreBioFocus enters collaboration with Michael J. Fox FoundationAug 25, 2011BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing therapies for Parkinson's disease. Under the agreement, BioFocus will perform fragment-based screening, assay development and hit-finding programs, to identify compounds that have the basis for a novel Parkinson's disease diagnostic test...
Read MoreGilson PIPETMAN G now available through SLSAug 24, 2011Now available through SLS and a new addition to the PIPETMAN® range is PIPETMAN® G which offers the lowest pipetting forces in the market. Unlike the other manual pipettors in the PIPETMAN® range which utilise a dry-seal piston, Pipetman G incorporates a completely redesigned and lubricated piston system. This has resulted in pipetting forces being reduced by upto 50% vs PIPETMAN® Neo whilst maintaining Gilson's reputation for robustness...
Read MoreCamlab saves Aug 24, 2011Laboratory products supplier Camlab has slashed inventory costs and achieved 99 per cent stock accuracy with warehouse management solutions from Balloon One. In 12 months, this saved Camlab £100,000 in stock costs. Camlab expects to use the software to reduce stock holdings further while maintaining customer service excellence...
Read MoreFluidigm launch Customer Web VideosAug 24, 2011Fluidigm has added a new genre - customer web videos to the wide array of topical information (publications, application notes, posters, newsletters, press releases) available from its website. Eve Marquis, Marketing Manager of Fluidigm Europe commented "Online video creates a more personal interaction between Fluidigm and our target audience in Single Cell, Gene Expression, SNP Genotyping, Next Generation Sequencing and Copy Number Variation markets...
Read MoreChromatrap technology assists development of state-of-the-art pediatric healthcareAug 23, 2011Porvair Filtration Group has announced that the Childrens Research Institute at the Medical College of Wisconsin (www.chw.org) has used the company's ChromatrapTM technology to develop more efficient and more precise Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays...
Read MoreHORIBA Medical and Path Links publish LEAN white paperAug 23, 2011A ‘LEAN' alternative to Total Laboratory Automation
HORIBA Medical, in collaboration with its customers Mick Chomyn and Martin Fottles from Path Links Pathology Service, has published a white paper on the application of LEAN principles to Healthcare entitled "TLA - the ‘LEAN' Alternative". Focusing on the elimination of waste, LEAN principles offer a variety of tools and techniques to achieve this aim. The white paper focuses on the practical application of these principles based on the experiences of this large UK hospital laboratory group...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Collaboration with U.K. Health Protection Agency Yields Significant Development in Understanding Toxicity of the New E. coli StrainAug 22, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. the world leader in serving science, today announced that its collaboration with the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the U.K. has led to a significant development in mapping the proteome of the organism responsible for the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe. Using Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry technology, HPA researchers have identified the protein toxins expressed by the deadly strain, which has resulted in 37 deaths and made nearly 3,400 people ill...
Read MoreHow to Become an Expert on HPLC - Training Courses in IrelandAug 22, 2011Mourne Training Services will deliver three training courses on HPLC topics at two locations in Ireland during October, which together provide comprehensive instruction on how to develop HPLC methods and how to troubleshoot HPLC problems...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Wins the R&D 100 Award for its Groundbreaking Capillary Ion Chromatography SystemAug 22, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced that its Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-5000 Capillary Ion Chromatography (IC) system has been named an R&D 100 award winner by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine. This award recognizes the system as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced the past year. The Dionex ICS-5000 delivers unmatched precision, accuracy, and sensitivity in the environmental, food and beverage, bioscience, biofuel and power generation industries...
Read MoreJPK Instruments extends the European sales team with two new members in GermanyAug 19, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Neicke and Dr. Elmar Hartmann as new members of the sales team...
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Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, recently announced details of its new targeted sequencing service as part of a workshop at the European Society of Human Genetics Conference (ESHG 2011) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The workshop, entitled "Adding value through analysis", attracted over 130 delegates and featured presentations from OGT team members discussing the key elements of the service...
Independent confirmation of the outstanding performance of Metrohm's EtOH-Trode for pH measurement in fuel ethanol: in an evaluation of different combined glass electrodes by means of an interlaboratory comparison, the Metrohm EtOH electrode with ground-joint diaphragm excelled by its outstanding precision. While all the electrodes with aqueous KCl filling solution and single liquid junction presented equivalent results, only the Metrohm electrode with its double liquid junction and one other electrode presented acceptable repeatability limit values...
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in the manufacture of prepared microbiological media and supply of environmental monitoring instrumentation for pharmaceutical and related industries, has introduced paper-free labelling on all of its Redipor® products. All prepared media product labelling has now been migrated from paper to gloss white polypropylene labels to reduce risk of particulate contamination in sterile environments, such as cleanrooms and isolators, where Cherwell's products are frequently used...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it is a 2011 winner of Microsoft Corporation's Life Sciences Innovation Awards. This is the fourth consecutive year that the company has been recognized by Microsoft, demonstrating Thermo Fisher's leading position as a provider of innovative enterprise informatics solutions to the life sciences industry...
BMG LABTECH - The Microplate Reader Company - will be exhibiting their innovative microplate reader solutions at the ELRIG Drug Discovery 2011 in Manchester, UK. Visit our booth K 6 & 7 on September 7th and 8th to find out more about our life science and high-throughput screening solutions...
Malvern Instruments has developed a new diffusion barrier method to eliminate protein denaturation when measuring zeta potential using electrophoretic light scattering. Utilising a U-shaped disposable capillary cell, the new method delivers significant improvement in the accuracy and repeatability of zeta potential results for proteins. Ultimately, the method makes protein characterization with Malvern's Zetasizer range even easier. A new application note explaining the technology and its applications is available...
As demand increases for better ways to develop, control and manufacture biologics and biosimilars, Spinnovation Biologics has developed three different options for accessing its services for biologics production: Pay per Sample, Contract Analysis and Custom Services. All are designed to provide clients with the most efficient and appropriate access to Spinnovation Biologics' fast (from 5 working days), detailed and cost-effective bioanalysis services, according to their own specific requirements...
Whitehouse Scientific is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Brocklehurst as Senior Scientist specialising in R&D. Keith, who is one of the UK's leading experts in particle characterisation, took up this new position in July 2011, bringing additional analytical expertise and applying even greater focus to the development of new particle size and shape standards. Furthermore, Keith will apply his auditing skills to the development of new instrumentation for precision certification of reference standards and filter calibration...
Cresset and Redx Pharma are pleased to announce that they have signed a major drug discovery collaboration. The collaboration gives Redx Pharma access to Cresset's publicly available and proprietary computational chemistry technologies for use on their portfolio of drug discovery programs. In addition Cresset will provide consulting services in the area of candidate selection across a broad range of therapeutic areas and targets...
Astra Biotech GmbH announces a new genetic test kit which identifies hereditary thrombophilia - a significant risk factor in the development of potentially life-threatening deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In line with the company's aim of facilitating disease prevention and improving quality of life, the Astra Thrombosis kit detects three common mutations which disrupt the blood coagulation mechanism...
UK Government plans to create 13 new enterprise zones have been welcomed by former IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) technical vice president Nigel Perry. The zones are designed to boost economic growth and ministers believe that 30,000 new jobs could be created by 2015 by giving cheaper business rates, superfast broadband and lower levels of planning control...
AMSBIO has announced a package of initiatives to support the Glycobiology research community following the recent announcement by Seikagaku Corporation that they plan to discontinue their research reagents and glycobiology biochemicals business as of September 30th 2011...
BioFocus announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing therapies for Parkinson's disease. Under the agreement, BioFocus will perform fragment-based screening, assay development and hit-finding programs, to identify compounds that have the basis for a novel Parkinson's disease diagnostic test...
Now available through SLS and a new addition to the PIPETMAN® range is PIPETMAN® G which offers the lowest pipetting forces in the market. Unlike the other manual pipettors in the PIPETMAN® range which utilise a dry-seal piston, Pipetman G incorporates a completely redesigned and lubricated piston system. This has resulted in pipetting forces being reduced by upto 50% vs PIPETMAN® Neo whilst maintaining Gilson's reputation for robustness...
Laboratory products supplier Camlab has slashed inventory costs and achieved 99 per cent stock accuracy with warehouse management solutions from Balloon One. In 12 months, this saved Camlab £100,000 in stock costs. Camlab expects to use the software to reduce stock holdings further while maintaining customer service excellence...
Fluidigm has added a new genre - customer web videos to the wide array of topical information (publications, application notes, posters, newsletters, press releases) available from its website. Eve Marquis, Marketing Manager of Fluidigm Europe commented "Online video creates a more personal interaction between Fluidigm and our target audience in Single Cell, Gene Expression, SNP Genotyping, Next Generation Sequencing and Copy Number Variation markets...
Porvair Filtration Group has announced that the Childrens Research Institute at the Medical College of Wisconsin (www.chw.org) has used the company's ChromatrapTM technology to develop more efficient and more precise Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. the world leader in serving science, today announced that its collaboration with the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the U.K. has led to a significant development in mapping the proteome of the organism responsible for the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe. Using Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry technology, HPA researchers have identified the protein toxins expressed by the deadly strain, which has resulted in 37 deaths and made nearly 3,400 people ill...
Mourne Training Services will deliver three training courses on HPLC topics at two locations in Ireland during October, which together provide comprehensive instruction on how to develop HPLC methods and how to troubleshoot HPLC problems...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced that its Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-5000 Capillary Ion Chromatography (IC) system has been named an R&D 100 award winner by an independent judging panel and the editors of R&D Magazine. This award recognizes the system as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced the past year. The Dionex ICS-5000 delivers unmatched precision, accuracy, and sensitivity in the environmental, food and beverage, bioscience, biofuel and power generation industries...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Neicke and Dr. Elmar Hartmann as new members of the sales team...