Dolomite and Cavendish Laboratory develop innovative device for optical micromanipulation of cellsAug 19, 2011Dolomite and Cavendish Laboratory have designed a glass microfluidic device for a novel laser tool that allows the study of mechanical properties of cells using optical stretching...
Read MoreLink Technologies to exhibit at the Sixth Cambridge Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry and BiologyAug 17, 2011Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has today announced that it will be heavily involved in this year's Cambridge Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Biology, Cambridge, UK (4-7 September 2011). As well as exhibiting and presenting a poster at the event, the company is also sponsoring a student bursary award worth £500..
Read MoreIsogenica, Biolauncher and Cresset Biomolecular Discovery forge alliance to bring powerful target-to-drugs platform to marketAug 16, 2011Isogenica Ltd today announced a collaborative joint venture with Biolauncher Ltd (Cambridge, UK) and Cresset Biomolecular Discovery Ltd (Welwyn Garden City, UK) to develop an innovative end-to-end therapeutic discovery platform. Under the terms of the collaboration the parties will integrate their expertise in peptide library design, evolutionary screening, next generation sequencing, state of the art structural analytics, and molecular field-based computational chemistry to identify active compounds against high-value therapeutic targets...
Read MoreBioFocus extends collaboration with Usher III InitiativeAug 16, 2011BioFocus has announced that it has expanded a collaboration with the Usher III Initiative, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on developing treatments for Usher syndrome type III, a rare genetic disorder that causes the loss of hearing and vision...
Read MoreThe 16th Desty Memorial Lecture for Innovation In Separation Science.Aug 15, 2011The 16th Desty Memorial Lecture for Innovation In Separation Science will take place in its established home of the Royal Institution of Great Britain on the 5th October 2011. This was the building above all others that Denis Desty enjoyed. He, like all the other great scientists enjoyed the dissemination of science to the widest possible audience and was inspired by the Royal Institution...
Read MoreSize of baby in womb as an indicator of childhood asthma and allergiesAug 15, 2011Researchers at Aberdeen have discovered links between the growth of a baby in the womb and the likelihood of the child going onto develop childhood asthma. In a paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the University of Aberdeen team also found links between the rate an unborn baby grows and its chances of developing eczema and hayfever...
Read MoreWhitehouse Scientific prominent at PSA 2011Aug 15, 2011Read MoreMalvern exhibits new Automated RealTime Milling System at PowtechAug 15, 2011Malvern Instruments will show the very latest in particle characterization systems. Exhibits will include Sturtevant's Micronizer® Jet Mill displayed together with a Malvern Insitec particle size analyzer and the Schenck AccuRate Feeder as the first time international introduction of ARTMiS, a new jointly developed Automated RealTime Milling System...
Read MoreCopley Scientific extends capabilitiesAug 15, 2011Copley Scientific is expanding the team at its Nottingham, UK, headquarters, most recently adding a new product support engineer, to meet increasing demands from its rapidly growing international business. At the same time the company has successfully extended its ISO certification to include the equipment design process, further enhancing its credentials to also offer bespoke technical solutions for the pharmaceutical industry...
Read MoreWyatt Technology MALS Fulfils Latest European Pharmacopoeia Standard for HES CharacterizationAug 12, 2011Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular characterization, announces that its Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) instruments represent the latest European Pharmacopoeia (EP) requirements for hydroxyethyl starch (HES) characterization...
Read MoreAmerican Chemical Society calls Patent Reform bill H.R. 1249 critical to U.S. economic recovery Aug 12, 2011The American Chemical Society (ACS) said Thursday that for a nation facing a looming deficit and difficult cuts to entitlements, passing H.R. 1249 and streamlining America's patent application process is one of the single-most productive steps Congress can take to improve the economy...
Read MoreWatson-Marlow technology installed at significant new Irish research facilityAug 12, 2011The newly-opened National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin - a global centre of excellence for training and research in biopharmaceuticals - has been equipped with technology from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group. The €57million Institute, which was officially opened on 9 June 2011, is a world-class bioprocessing facility, built as the result of a collaboration between University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and the Institute of Technology, Sligo...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Announces ICP-MS Solution to Address Serious Concerns Regarding Chromium VI in Drinking WaterAug 12, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a highly sensitive ICP-MS solution for chromium measurement in drinking water, including the potentially carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI). The Thermo Scientific XSERIES 2 ICP-MS is able to detect levels of chromium VI at less than 0.01 parts per billion (ppb), which is significantly lower than the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines of 0.5 ppb...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific GC/MS and LC/MS Instrumentation Selected by the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) to Ensure Food SafetyAug 11, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), an executive agency of the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has selected Thermo Scientific GC-MS and LC-MS systems for accurate, rapid and cost-efficient analysis of food products...
Read MoreCompany receives Aug 11, 2011Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced that it has received a funding award of £1.16 million from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. As part of the project, OGT will develop a tumour profiling assay based on targeted panel enrichment and next generation sequencing (NGS)...
Read MoreRoche Diagnostics Supports European UnionAug 11, 2011The xCELLigence RTCA System of Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is being used in the European Union's DETECTIVE ("Detection of endpoints and biomarkers for repeated dose toxicity using in vitro systems") Project, a joint study funded by the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) and the European Commission, where Roche is a member of the consortium . The DETECTIVE Project encompasses fifteen scientific and commercial partners from different EU states under the leadership of Professor Dr. Jürgen Hescheler from the University of Cologne, a pioneer in producing cardiomyocytes from stem cells...
Read MoreQuotient announces new RapidFACT program with MediGeneAug 11, 2011Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch (Quotient), today announced an agreement with MediGene AG (MediGene), the German biotechnology company, to undertake a RapidFACTTM formulation development and clinical testing program on RhuDex®, subject to ethical and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approval...
Read MoreThe Chemnitz University of Technology selects JPK's NanoWizard AFM system for the characterization of polymeric and biological materialsAug 10, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to report on the research work from the Chemical Physics group of Professor Robert Magerle of the Chemnitz University of Technology...
Read MoreLyophilization Cycle Development & OptimizationAug 10, 2011SP Scientific has announced, in response to widespread enthusiastic participant response to its previous hands-on laboratory training courses in freeze drying techniques, new dates for a Fall 2011 programme...
Read MoreSyrris posts a series of educational and informative videos on its website and YouTube channelAug 10, 2011Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has developed a series of educational videos on its Atlas automated chemistry systems. Available to view at www.syrris.com/videos, the extensive video portfolio includes: Atlas Overview, Atlas jacketed vessels, Atlas calorimeter and Atlas software.
Read More'Lab Time ShareAug 9, 2011A new concept in the pharmaceutical field - 'Lab Time Share', which provides companies with flexible ways to access expertise, lab space, high end equipment and qualified staff, has been developed by Yorkshire based Agenda 1 Analytical Services...
Read MoreCarl Zeiss Obtains License from University of California for Illumination TechniqueAug 9, 2011Carl Zeiss has received a license from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of "Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy" (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy...
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Dolomite and Cavendish Laboratory have designed a glass microfluidic device for a novel laser tool that allows the study of mechanical properties of cells using optical stretching...
Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has today announced that it will be heavily involved in this year's Cambridge Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Biology, Cambridge, UK (4-7 September 2011). As well as exhibiting and presenting a poster at the event, the company is also sponsoring a student bursary award worth £500..
Isogenica Ltd today announced a collaborative joint venture with Biolauncher Ltd (Cambridge, UK) and Cresset Biomolecular Discovery Ltd (Welwyn Garden City, UK) to develop an innovative end-to-end therapeutic discovery platform. Under the terms of the collaboration the parties will integrate their expertise in peptide library design, evolutionary screening, next generation sequencing, state of the art structural analytics, and molecular field-based computational chemistry to identify active compounds against high-value therapeutic targets...
BioFocus has announced that it has expanded a collaboration with the Usher III Initiative, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on developing treatments for Usher syndrome type III, a rare genetic disorder that causes the loss of hearing and vision...
The 16th Desty Memorial Lecture for Innovation In Separation Science will take place in its established home of the Royal Institution of Great Britain on the 5th October 2011. This was the building above all others that Denis Desty enjoyed. He, like all the other great scientists enjoyed the dissemination of science to the widest possible audience and was inspired by the Royal Institution...
Researchers at Aberdeen have discovered links between the growth of a baby in the womb and the likelihood of the child going onto develop childhood asthma. In a paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the University of Aberdeen team also found links between the rate an unborn baby grows and its chances of developing eczema and hayfever...
Malvern Instruments will show the very latest in particle characterization systems. Exhibits will include Sturtevant's Micronizer® Jet Mill displayed together with a Malvern Insitec particle size analyzer and the Schenck AccuRate Feeder as the first time international introduction of ARTMiS, a new jointly developed Automated RealTime Milling System...
Copley Scientific is expanding the team at its Nottingham, UK, headquarters, most recently adding a new product support engineer, to meet increasing demands from its rapidly growing international business. At the same time the company has successfully extended its ISO certification to include the equipment design process, further enhancing its credentials to also offer bespoke technical solutions for the pharmaceutical industry...
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular characterization, announces that its Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) instruments represent the latest European Pharmacopoeia (EP) requirements for hydroxyethyl starch (HES) characterization...
The American Chemical Society (ACS) said Thursday that for a nation facing a looming deficit and difficult cuts to entitlements, passing H.R. 1249 and streamlining America's patent application process is one of the single-most productive steps Congress can take to improve the economy...
The newly-opened National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin - a global centre of excellence for training and research in biopharmaceuticals - has been equipped with technology from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group. The €57million Institute, which was officially opened on 9 June 2011, is a world-class bioprocessing facility, built as the result of a collaboration between University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and the Institute of Technology, Sligo...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a highly sensitive ICP-MS solution for chromium measurement in drinking water, including the potentially carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI). The Thermo Scientific XSERIES 2 ICP-MS is able to detect levels of chromium VI at less than 0.01 parts per billion (ppb), which is significantly lower than the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines of 0.5 ppb...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), an executive agency of the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has selected Thermo Scientific GC-MS and LC-MS systems for accurate, rapid and cost-efficient analysis of food products...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced that it has received a funding award of £1.16 million from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. As part of the project, OGT will develop a tumour profiling assay based on targeted panel enrichment and next generation sequencing (NGS)...
The xCELLigence RTCA System of Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is being used in the European Union's DETECTIVE ("Detection of endpoints and biomarkers for repeated dose toxicity using in vitro systems") Project, a joint study funded by the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) and the European Commission, where Roche is a member of the consortium . The DETECTIVE Project encompasses fifteen scientific and commercial partners from different EU states under the leadership of Professor Dr. Jürgen Hescheler from the University of Cologne, a pioneer in producing cardiomyocytes from stem cells...
Quotient Clinical, a business unit of Quotient Bioresearch (Quotient), today announced an agreement with MediGene AG (MediGene), the German biotechnology company, to undertake a RapidFACTTM formulation development and clinical testing program on RhuDex®, subject to ethical and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approval...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to report on the research work from the Chemical Physics group of Professor Robert Magerle of the Chemnitz University of Technology...
SP Scientific has announced, in response to widespread enthusiastic participant response to its previous hands-on laboratory training courses in freeze drying techniques, new dates for a Fall 2011 programme...
Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has developed a series of educational videos on its Atlas automated chemistry systems. Available to view at www.syrris.com/videos, the extensive video portfolio includes: Atlas Overview, Atlas jacketed vessels, Atlas calorimeter and Atlas software.
A new concept in the pharmaceutical field - 'Lab Time Share', which provides companies with flexible ways to access expertise, lab space, high end equipment and qualified staff, has been developed by Yorkshire based Agenda 1 Analytical Services...
Carl Zeiss has received a license from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of "Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy" (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy...