New University spinout to help human and animal healthAug 9, 2011A new biotech company has been spun out of the University of Aberdeen to provide new ‘tools' to help researchers trying to understand the biology and process of diseases that affect humans and animals. Vertebrate Antibodies (VAb) Limited will produce and commercialise antibodies - which are created within the laboratory and mimic antibodies produced naturally in our own bodies - for life sciences researchers...
Read MoreChina Medical Technologies and Leica Microsystems Announce CollaborationAug 9, 2011China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED) (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments, today announced that they have established a sales, research and development collaboration to co-develop and market automated FISH kits to be used on the Leica BOND system. CMED will sell the Automated FISH Kits in China and Leica will have an option to sell the FISH kits in the rest of the world...
Read MoreCambridge Technology Company ionscope helps researchers make heart discoveryAug 9, 2011SICM, a high resolution microscopy technique, has been used by a team of researchers to identify a drug that could one day be used to prevent abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmia. The study, published in Hepatology[1] this week, was enabled by SICM, which is the result of 7 years of research and development by ionscope Ltd. The global market for SICM equipment is supplied using patented technology from ionscope's offices in Cambridge, UK...
Read MoreMajor Research Centre Reduces PCR Setup Costs with the NanodropAug 8, 2011The Innovadyne Nanodrop II and Nanodrop Express liquid handlers from IDEX are market leaders in low volume, non-contact sample handling. These instruments can aspirate and dispense both samples and reagents across a wide range of biological applications. The Nanodrop has a wide dynamic volume range from 50nl to 500µl allowing procedures to utilize both small and large volumes without compromising accuracy or precision. Because of their unique combination of syringes and patented microsolenoid valves, samples are isolated, providing a valve-free fluid pathway that eliminates cross-contamination concerns...
Read MoreZ Polarizer: a Unique Converter Presents New AdvantagesAug 8, 2011A direct laser writing technique for production of radial polarization converter also called as Z polarizer was developed by Workshop of Photonnics in cooperation with prof. Peter G. Kazansky.
Read MoreLinkam TS1400 high temperature stage selected by the Bodnar Group at Virginia Tech to study geological specimensAug 8, 2011Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report the use of their 1400°C high temperature stage to study silicate melt inclusions in the Fluids Research Group of the Geosciences Department at Virginia Tech. Researchers in the Fluids Research Group at Virginia Tech are concerned with the distribution, properties and role of fluids in and on the Earth, from its surface (shallow Earth's crust) to its deep interior (Earth's mantle)...
Read MoreField experience and new measurement challenges drive enhancements to MalvernAug 5, 2011Working in conjunction with mineral and metallurgical processing specialists Outotec (Espoo, Finland), and following more than a year's experience in the field, Malvern Instruments has introduced a new version of the Insitec L particle size analyzer. The Insitec L provides a robust solution for real-time measurement of slurries and emulsions...
Read MorePfizer Selects Exco InTouchAug 5, 2011Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, has announced that its novel eDiary technologies have been selected by Pfizer, the world's leading pharmaceutical company, as part of the first ever Participatory Patient-Centered (PPC) clinical trial. The pilot study will utilize Exco InTouch's leading eDiary technologies to enable patients to participate regardless of location, age or proximity to site...
Read MoreJenwayAug 4, 2011For the first time, Jenway's Model 6800 spectrophotometer is available with comprehensive IQ/OQ documentation, satisfying the requirements of customers, particularly those in the pharmaceutical sector and other regulated industries. Installation qualification documentation enables customers to ensure that they install their equipment correctly, in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines...
Read MoreMalvernAug 4, 2011"Good value and excellent performance is a combination that will warm the heart of any academic polymer scientist," said Professor Kenneth J Wynne of the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, when asked about his 11-year use of Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems from Malvern Instruments...
Read MoreStratophase Successfully Completes Bio-Detection ProjectAug 4, 2011Stratophase, a specialist in real-time chemical and biochemical measurement, has announced the successful completion of the Portable Direct Immunoassay Diagnosis Devices for Animals and Humans (PDIDDAH) project. Using Stratophase's proprietary optical microchip technology, the goal of the proof-of-principle study was to assess the feasibility of using a self-contained, portable detection unit to accurately identify the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The £1 million project, co-funded by the UK government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Recognized by Computerworld as a 2011 Honors Laureate for Visionary Application of Information TechnologyAug 4, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that IDG's Computerworld Honors Program has selected it as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors organizations that create and use information technology to promote and advance public welfare, contribute to the greater good of society and change the world for the better...
Read MoreSLS receive Environment Index Aug 3, 2011Business in the Community (BiTC) - Yorkshire and Humber has recognised Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as a ‘High scoring new entrant' in the 2011 Environment Index, as a result of their focussed approach to environmental management and performance. SLS, established in 1991, have also been accredited with a Bronze award for achieving a 75% index score; well above the 48% average achieved by 2011's other new entrants...
Read MoreSyrrisAug 3, 2011Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has received extremely positive feedback following its Flow Chemistry and Automated Process Chemistry workshop seminars, held last month in Bangkok, Thailand. The two seminar streams featured technology overviews, case studies and practical sessions, producing an informative and educational forum. Following this success, Syrris plans to launch a series of workshops and seminars for its existing users and potential new customers...
Read MoreDecode the world of oligosAug 2, 2011Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has recently launched its quarterly newsletter: Decoded. Structured in an educational format, the newsletter features regular sections such as ‘your research', where readers can learn about research applications and findings. With additional sections dedicated to explaining fundamental scientific principles, tips and ideas to streamline your research, as well as a light hearted science-humor feature...
Read MoreUniversity of Melbourne student wins Malvern poster prize at UK Colloids 2011Aug 2, 2011The winner of the Malvern Instruments £250 prize for the best student poster presented at the recent UK Colloids 2011 conference was Thakshila Balasuriya from The University of Melbourne, for her work describing ‘Dynamic Forces between Bubbles with Switchable Peptide Surfactants'. Thakshila is a third year PhD student in the Dynamic Interfacial Forces Group...
Read MoreMalvern Instruments and Paraytec enter into development and technology licensing agreementAug 1, 2011Malvern Instruments Ltd (Malvern, UK) and Paraytec Ltd (York, UK) have entered into a development and licensing agreement that will see Paraytec's ActiPix® technology being added to Malvern's materials characterization portfolio. The agreement will give Malvern exclusive rights to further develop, market and sell ActiPix® UV area imaging technology in specific fields of use related to the characterization of complex fluids for applications in biopharmaceuticals, foods and personal care industrial sectors...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Publishes Comprehensive Sample Preparation Reference GuideJul 29, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the Thermo Scientific HyperSep SPE column Applications Notebook. Highlighting the vital importance of sample preparation within the analytical laboratory, the HyperSepTM SPE column range provides a resource for the purification of a wide range of analytes. Containing information on the full list of HyperSep columns available...
Read MoreBibby Scientific brands take centre stage in SingaporeJul 29, 2011Following the recent opening of Bibby Scientific's new sales office for Asia, the company's main dealer in Singapore, Advantech, hosted a two-day seminar presenting Jenway®, Stuart® and Techne® products. The first day of the Bibby Scientific event was attended by 19 different dealers covering the Asia region, who were briefed on a wide range of Stuart benchtop science equipment, Jenway analytical instrumentation and Techne products for life science and industrial applications...
Read MoreAutomated Sample Preparation for Targeted ResequencingJul 28, 2011Fluidigm has announced that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has purchased an Access ArrayTM System to automate its sample preparation for targeted resequencing. The Access Array System enhances the capabilities of powerful next-generation sequencing platforms by allowing the preparation of several sample libraries in parallel...
Read MoreBiobasedWorld at ACHEMA aims to put bio-economy technologies in the global spotlightJul 28, 2011The bio-economy will be interfacing with the real world at BiobasedWorld at ACHEMA. The event will allow participants to meet key players from the global bio-based value chain and enable them to discuss new technologies, processes, latest developments and ideas at one time in one place...
Read MoreLess noise, cleaner data: FT4 Powder Rheometer proves critical to modelling studies at RCPE GrazJul 28, 2011Researchers at the RCPE (Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering) in Graz, Austria, are finding the reproducibility of the FT4 Powder Rheometer from Freeman Technology crucial to the success of their work on modelling powder behaviours. The RCPE is a unique internationally operating European research institute in the area of pharmaceutical process and product development, and a focal point for rational and science-based development of novel pharmaceutical drug products, as well as their manufacturing processes...
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A new biotech company has been spun out of the University of Aberdeen to provide new ‘tools' to help researchers trying to understand the biology and process of diseases that affect humans and animals. Vertebrate Antibodies (VAb) Limited will produce and commercialise antibodies - which are created within the laboratory and mimic antibodies produced naturally in our own bodies - for life sciences researchers...
China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED) (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, and Leica Biosystems, a division of Leica Microsystems, a world leader in microscopes and scientific instruments, today announced that they have established a sales, research and development collaboration to co-develop and market automated FISH kits to be used on the Leica BOND system. CMED will sell the Automated FISH Kits in China and Leica will have an option to sell the FISH kits in the rest of the world...
SICM, a high resolution microscopy technique, has been used by a team of researchers to identify a drug that could one day be used to prevent abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmia. The study, published in Hepatology[1] this week, was enabled by SICM, which is the result of 7 years of research and development by ionscope Ltd. The global market for SICM equipment is supplied using patented technology from ionscope's offices in Cambridge, UK...
The Innovadyne Nanodrop II and Nanodrop Express liquid handlers from IDEX are market leaders in low volume, non-contact sample handling. These instruments can aspirate and dispense both samples and reagents across a wide range of biological applications. The Nanodrop has a wide dynamic volume range from 50nl to 500µl allowing procedures to utilize both small and large volumes without compromising accuracy or precision. Because of their unique combination of syringes and patented microsolenoid valves, samples are isolated, providing a valve-free fluid pathway that eliminates cross-contamination concerns...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments report the use of their 1400°C high temperature stage to study silicate melt inclusions in the Fluids Research Group of the Geosciences Department at Virginia Tech. Researchers in the Fluids Research Group at Virginia Tech are concerned with the distribution, properties and role of fluids in and on the Earth, from its surface (shallow Earth's crust) to its deep interior (Earth's mantle)...
Working in conjunction with mineral and metallurgical processing specialists Outotec (Espoo, Finland), and following more than a year's experience in the field, Malvern Instruments has introduced a new version of the Insitec L particle size analyzer. The Insitec L provides a robust solution for real-time measurement of slurries and emulsions...
For the first time, Jenway's Model 6800 spectrophotometer is available with comprehensive IQ/OQ documentation, satisfying the requirements of customers, particularly those in the pharmaceutical sector and other regulated industries. Installation qualification documentation enables customers to ensure that they install their equipment correctly, in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines...
"Good value and excellent performance is a combination that will warm the heart of any academic polymer scientist," said Professor Kenneth J Wynne of the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, when asked about his 11-year use of Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems from Malvern Instruments...
Stratophase, a specialist in real-time chemical and biochemical measurement, has announced the successful completion of the Portable Direct Immunoassay Diagnosis Devices for Animals and Humans (PDIDDAH) project. Using Stratophase's proprietary optical microchip technology, the goal of the proof-of-principle study was to assess the feasibility of using a self-contained, portable detection unit to accurately identify the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The £1 million project, co-funded by the UK government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that IDG's Computerworld Honors Program has selected it as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors organizations that create and use information technology to promote and advance public welfare, contribute to the greater good of society and change the world for the better...
Business in the Community (BiTC) - Yorkshire and Humber has recognised Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) as a ‘High scoring new entrant' in the 2011 Environment Index, as a result of their focussed approach to environmental management and performance. SLS, established in 1991, have also been accredited with a Bronze award for achieving a 75% index score; well above the 48% average achieved by 2011's other new entrants...
Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has received extremely positive feedback following its Flow Chemistry and Automated Process Chemistry workshop seminars, held last month in Bangkok, Thailand. The two seminar streams featured technology overviews, case studies and practical sessions, producing an informative and educational forum. Following this success, Syrris plans to launch a series of workshops and seminars for its existing users and potential new customers...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has recently launched its quarterly newsletter: Decoded. Structured in an educational format, the newsletter features regular sections such as ‘your research', where readers can learn about research applications and findings. With additional sections dedicated to explaining fundamental scientific principles, tips and ideas to streamline your research, as well as a light hearted science-humor feature...
The winner of the Malvern Instruments £250 prize for the best student poster presented at the recent UK Colloids 2011 conference was Thakshila Balasuriya from The University of Melbourne, for her work describing ‘Dynamic Forces between Bubbles with Switchable Peptide Surfactants'. Thakshila is a third year PhD student in the Dynamic Interfacial Forces Group...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the Thermo Scientific HyperSep SPE column Applications Notebook. Highlighting the vital importance of sample preparation within the analytical laboratory, the HyperSepTM SPE column range provides a resource for the purification of a wide range of analytes. Containing information on the full list of HyperSep columns available...
Following the recent opening of Bibby Scientific's new sales office for Asia, the company's main dealer in Singapore, Advantech, hosted a two-day seminar presenting Jenway®, Stuart® and Techne® products. The first day of the Bibby Scientific event was attended by 19 different dealers covering the Asia region, who were briefed on a wide range of Stuart benchtop science equipment, Jenway analytical instrumentation and Techne products for life science and industrial applications...
Fluidigm has announced that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has purchased an Access ArrayTM System to automate its sample preparation for targeted resequencing. The Access Array System enhances the capabilities of powerful next-generation sequencing platforms by allowing the preparation of several sample libraries in parallel...
The bio-economy will be interfacing with the real world at BiobasedWorld at ACHEMA. The event will allow participants to meet key players from the global bio-based value chain and enable them to discuss new technologies, processes, latest developments and ideas at one time in one place...
Researchers at the RCPE (Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering) in Graz, Austria, are finding the reproducibility of the FT4 Powder Rheometer from Freeman Technology crucial to the success of their work on modelling powder behaviours. The RCPE is a unique internationally operating European research institute in the area of pharmaceutical process and product development, and a focal point for rational and science-based development of novel pharmaceutical drug products, as well as their manufacturing processes...