The YMC Application Search is now available onlineJul 28, 2011This collection encompasses the full spectrum of YMC HPLC applications into a single volume covering all RP, IEX, SEC, HILIC and NP separation mechanisms...
Read MoreBIA Separations Awarded by KAPPA-Health as a Model SME in EU Co-funded ProjectsJul 27, 2011BIA Separations, Austrian-Slovenian developer and manufacturer of CIM® short monolithic chromatographic columns optimized for the separation and purification of large bio-molecules on laboratory and industrial scale, announces that it has received the KAPPA-HEALTH AWARD 2011 for being one of the most successful research-intensive and high-tech SMEs in European Union...
Read MoreTAP Biosystems Installs First ambr 48 System at Major European Pharma To Improve the Productivity of Cell Line Development for Antibody TherapeuticsJul 27, 2011TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is delighted to announce it has installed a 48 bioreactor version of its advanced micro bioreactor system (ambrTM) system in one of Europe's largest pharma companies. The system will assist in predicting how antibody-expressing cell lines will behave in large scale bioreactors...
Read MoreWhitehouse Scientific sponsors Filtration SocietyJul 27, 2011In recent years The Filtration Society's annual conference and exhibition has grown in scope and scale, and this year's event, which takes filter media as its focus, again looks set to attract delegates from around the world. The ‘Filter Media 5' conference and exhibition, with associated short course and workshop covering media in gas and liquid filtration, takes place on 12-13 October 2011 at the Ramada Hotel, Christleton, Chester, UK. Whitehouse Scientific is once again one of the primary sponsors...
Read MoreFisher Scientific Announces Up to 40% Savings on Illustra Ready-To-Go PCR BeadsJul 27, 2011
Fisher Scientific, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, today announced savings of up to 40 percent on GE Life Sciences illustra™ Ready-To-Go PCR beads and PCR purification kits. The offer ends 31 July 2011.
Read MoreMalvern particle characterization supports cost control in solar cell manufactureJul 27, 2011Worldwide demand for photovoltaic (PV) solar cells is fuelling the emergence of a strong manufacturing sector across Europe and Asia. In support, the Sysmex FPIA-3000 Flow Particle Image Analyzer from Malvern Instruments is being used to aid cost control and waste reduction by providing the particle size and shape data necessary for effective recycling of the high value slurries used in cutting silicon wafers...
Read MoreThe Laboratory ReVolution ContinuesJul 26, 2011The world's first digital analytical syringe and 2010 R&D100 award winner, eVol®, continues to revolutionize laboratory liquid handling with brand new features available from June 2011. The new eVol® 2011 firmware includes these features incorporated as a result of user feedback...
Read MoreEuropean Bioinformatics Institute Drives Genomics Research With GJul 25, 2011The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), which hosts the world's largest public collection of molecular biology databases, is using the pan-European GÉANT research network and JANET, the UK research network, to help biologists share vital data across the globe...
Read MoreFisher Scientific UK celebrates the success of its 20th Science World event.Jul 25, 2011Hosted at Magna Science Centre in Rotherham, 600 people attended Science World 2011 making it the biggest outside of London in its history. The event has already received rave reviews from the many customers, suppliers and staff that attended and has been hailed as "the highpoint of the UK Laboratory exhibition circuit"...
Read MoreiPS Academia Japan, Inc. to Distribute Cellular Dynamics' iCell Products in JapanJul 25, 2011Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) today announced an agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc., who will distribute CDI's iCell® Cardiomyocytes, the first commercially available product based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in Japan. This distribution agreement brings the vision of the two pioneers of iPSC technology, Dr. James Thomson and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a step closer to making the technology widely available to researchers worldwide and thus impacting human health and biological research...
Read MoreNew research at the University of Leicester to contribute to more effective drug designJul 22, 2011A cutting-edge research project at the University of Leicester is aiming to improve the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Figures show that cardiovascular diseases remain the number one killer in Western countries, particularly heart attacks, and most recently a warning has been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, will increase by as much as 80% in some regions throughout the world in the near future.
Read MoreVacuum Expo 2011 will open its doors on October 18 & 19 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry Jul 22, 2011Vacuum Expo provides a sizeable and comprehensive exhibition that involves industry leaders presenting new ideas. Delivered with a passion for vacuum technology, Vacuum Expo's remit is to provide a meeting place for users of vacuum technologies and to be a venue for education and training in the use and measurement of vacuum in general industry, in science and manufacturing. It embraces industry needs and challenges for vacuum coating in emerging sectors such as in photovoltaics and LED manufacture and in optical thin films...
Read MoreRental option for LIMS offers Jul 22, 2011London-based LIMS developer, Two Fold Software Limited, is looking to protect prospective customers from wasting time and valuable capital installing the wrong LIMS solution for their requirements with a rental payment option for its Qualoupe LIMS solution...
Read MoreSage-N Research Signs an Exclusive Agreement with The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center to License Technology for Microbial IdentificationJul 21, 2011Sage-N Research, Inc., the world leader in computational proteomics, today announced that it entered into an exclusive license agreement with the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) to commercialize a revolutionary new platform for rapid and sensitive detection and identification of pathogenic microorganisms in fluid media...
Read MoreAsia Flow Chemistry Systems Experience Global SuccessJul 20, 2011Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has announced that its Asia flow chemistry systems have already sold globally. Two months after its launch, systems have sold into South America, North America, Europe and Asia. Syrris is delighted that the unique benefits of the Asia flow chemistry systems have been recognised on a global scale in a short time-frame and forecasts a continued increase in customer sales throughout 2011...
Read MoreBiotage Announces Peptide Research Collaboration with the Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology in Florence, ItalyJul 20, 2011Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced a collaborative research agreement with The Laboratory of Peptide & Protein Chemistry & Biology (PeptLab) located in Florence, Italy. The renowned peptide research facility, led by Professor Anna Maria Papini, has agreed to contribute technical input towards the future development of Biotage related products as well as provide training facilities for demonstrating Biotage's range of peptide synthesis, purification and resin products...
Read MoreUbichem Research Acquisition to Enable Further Growth of Pharma Services BusinessJul 19, 2011The majority share of Ubichem Research Ltd, a leading provider of chemistry services to the drug development sector, through Ubichem Pharma Services, has been acquired by financial investment company Lochlomond Holding Limited, owned by Marton Szoke, and is now independent of Ubichem Plc in the UK. The remaining minority share of Ubichem Research remains in the ownership of Mr. József Répási, Managing Director of Ubichem Research Ltd...
Read MorePrecise Determination of Sulfur in Organic & Inorganic CompoundsJul 19, 2011Using methodology refined and validated over many years - Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) is able to offer a routine service for micro determination of Sulfur in organic and inorganic compounds with analytical uncertainty of less than ±0.3% absolute. The Sulfur method is covered by the company's ISO 17025 and UKAS accreditation...
Read MoreProstate cancer drug developers win Royal Society of Chemistry awardJul 19, 2011A team of scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has won a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) award for the discovery and clinical development of prostate cancer drug abiraterone. Professor Mike Jarman and colleagues at the ICR have been honoured with the 2011 RSC Teamwork in Innovation Award.
Read MoreITT to acquire YSI Incorporated; deal strengthens companyJul 18, 2011ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and privately held YSI Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ITT to acquire, via merger, YSI, a leading developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water monitoring. The financial terms of the proposal were not disclosed. YSI had 2010 global revenues of $101 million and employs 390 people at several facilities...
Read MoreCresset Releases New Command-Line Applications and Workflow Components Including Free Download of its Core XED Force FieldJul 15, 2011Cresset announces the release of a range of new command-line interfaces and free workflow components for its popular Field based molecular design tools. New command-line interfaces and workflow components have been released for FieldStere, FieldAlign and FieldView. In addition, Cresset has released a number of core tools based on its unique XED force field including XedeX, a Field based conformation hunter, and XedMin, a ligand minimizer that is available for free download...
Read MoreSage-N Research Sorcerer Platform Implemented by the University at Buffalo for Reliable and Simple Protein IdentificationJul 14, 2011Sage-N Research, Inc., the world leader in supplying Integrated Data Appliances (IDAs) for proteomics research, announced that the State University of New York at Buffalo's pharmaceutical sciences research group has chosen the Sage-N Research SORCERERTM platform to assist with its advanced proteomics research...
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This collection encompasses the full spectrum of YMC HPLC applications into a single volume covering all RP, IEX, SEC, HILIC and NP separation mechanisms...
BIA Separations, Austrian-Slovenian developer and manufacturer of CIM® short monolithic chromatographic columns optimized for the separation and purification of large bio-molecules on laboratory and industrial scale, announces that it has received the KAPPA-HEALTH AWARD 2011 for being one of the most successful research-intensive and high-tech SMEs in European Union...
TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is delighted to announce it has installed a 48 bioreactor version of its advanced micro bioreactor system (ambrTM) system in one of Europe's largest pharma companies. The system will assist in predicting how antibody-expressing cell lines will behave in large scale bioreactors...
In recent years The Filtration Society's annual conference and exhibition has grown in scope and scale, and this year's event, which takes filter media as its focus, again looks set to attract delegates from around the world. The ‘Filter Media 5' conference and exhibition, with associated short course and workshop covering media in gas and liquid filtration, takes place on 12-13 October 2011 at the Ramada Hotel, Christleton, Chester, UK. Whitehouse Scientific is once again one of the primary sponsors...
Worldwide demand for photovoltaic (PV) solar cells is fuelling the emergence of a strong manufacturing sector across Europe and Asia. In support, the Sysmex FPIA-3000 Flow Particle Image Analyzer from Malvern Instruments is being used to aid cost control and waste reduction by providing the particle size and shape data necessary for effective recycling of the high value slurries used in cutting silicon wafers...
The world's first digital analytical syringe and 2010 R&D100 award winner, eVol®, continues to revolutionize laboratory liquid handling with brand new features available from June 2011. The new eVol® 2011 firmware includes these features incorporated as a result of user feedback...
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), which hosts the world's largest public collection of molecular biology databases, is using the pan-European GÉANT research network and JANET, the UK research network, to help biologists share vital data across the globe...
Hosted at Magna Science Centre in Rotherham, 600 people attended Science World 2011 making it the biggest outside of London in its history. The event has already received rave reviews from the many customers, suppliers and staff that attended and has been hailed as "the highpoint of the UK Laboratory exhibition circuit"...
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) today announced an agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc., who will distribute CDI's iCell® Cardiomyocytes, the first commercially available product based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in Japan. This distribution agreement brings the vision of the two pioneers of iPSC technology, Dr. James Thomson and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a step closer to making the technology widely available to researchers worldwide and thus impacting human health and biological research...
A cutting-edge research project at the University of Leicester is aiming to improve the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Figures show that cardiovascular diseases remain the number one killer in Western countries, particularly heart attacks, and most recently a warning has been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, will increase by as much as 80% in some regions throughout the world in the near future.
Vacuum Expo provides a sizeable and comprehensive exhibition that involves industry leaders presenting new ideas. Delivered with a passion for vacuum technology, Vacuum Expo's remit is to provide a meeting place for users of vacuum technologies and to be a venue for education and training in the use and measurement of vacuum in general industry, in science and manufacturing. It embraces industry needs and challenges for vacuum coating in emerging sectors such as in photovoltaics and LED manufacture and in optical thin films...
London-based LIMS developer, Two Fold Software Limited, is looking to protect prospective customers from wasting time and valuable capital installing the wrong LIMS solution for their requirements with a rental payment option for its Qualoupe LIMS solution...
Sage-N Research, Inc., the world leader in computational proteomics, today announced that it entered into an exclusive license agreement with the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) to commercialize a revolutionary new platform for rapid and sensitive detection and identification of pathogenic microorganisms in fluid media...
Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris has announced that its Asia flow chemistry systems have already sold globally. Two months after its launch, systems have sold into South America, North America, Europe and Asia. Syrris is delighted that the unique benefits of the Asia flow chemistry systems have been recognised on a global scale in a short time-frame and forecasts a continued increase in customer sales throughout 2011...
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced a collaborative research agreement with The Laboratory of Peptide & Protein Chemistry & Biology (PeptLab) located in Florence, Italy. The renowned peptide research facility, led by Professor Anna Maria Papini, has agreed to contribute technical input towards the future development of Biotage related products as well as provide training facilities for demonstrating Biotage's range of peptide synthesis, purification and resin products...
The majority share of Ubichem Research Ltd, a leading provider of chemistry services to the drug development sector, through Ubichem Pharma Services, has been acquired by financial investment company Lochlomond Holding Limited, owned by Marton Szoke, and is now independent of Ubichem Plc in the UK. The remaining minority share of Ubichem Research remains in the ownership of Mr. József Répási, Managing Director of Ubichem Research Ltd...
Using methodology refined and validated over many years - Warwick Analytical Service (WAS) is able to offer a routine service for micro determination of Sulfur in organic and inorganic compounds with analytical uncertainty of less than ±0.3% absolute. The Sulfur method is covered by the company's ISO 17025 and UKAS accreditation...
A team of scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has won a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) award for the discovery and clinical development of prostate cancer drug abiraterone. Professor Mike Jarman and colleagues at the ICR have been honoured with the 2011 RSC Teamwork in Innovation Award.
ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and privately held YSI Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ITT to acquire, via merger, YSI, a leading developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water monitoring. The financial terms of the proposal were not disclosed. YSI had 2010 global revenues of $101 million and employs 390 people at several facilities...
Cresset announces the release of a range of new command-line interfaces and free workflow components for its popular Field based molecular design tools. New command-line interfaces and workflow components have been released for FieldStere, FieldAlign and FieldView. In addition, Cresset has released a number of core tools based on its unique XED force field including XedeX, a Field based conformation hunter, and XedMin, a ligand minimizer that is available for free download...