TTP LabTech Supports World leading ScienceJul 14, 2011TTP LabTech was delighted to announce the results of the "Win an Acumen" and "Win a Mosquito" competitions, as part of the closing celebrations of the inaugural European Lab Automation Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of a year's, free fully supported, use of TTP LabTech's laser imaging cytometer, Acumen® eX3, was...
Read MoreScience and Innovation Celebrated at ELA with the Life Science AwardsJul 13, 2011Select Biosciences, are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Life Science Awards. Successful candidates were presented their awards by prestigious speakers and industry leaders at an evening ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg. The awards were a prelude to the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, Europe's first and largest event dedicated to Life Science automation...
Read MoreUniversity of Sheffield choose Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments to monitor the rapid and efficient production of nanolatexesJul 13, 2011Prof Steven Armes and his research team in the Department of Chemistry, at The University of Sheffield in the UK, are using a Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments to monitor the rapid and efficient production of nanolatexes. This single instrument can determine both the particle size distribution and also monitor the zeta potential, making it an ideal characterisation tool for following the in situ synthesis of many types of polymer colloids, such as latexes, microgels or colloidal nanocomposite particles...
Read MoreImplementation of Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS at IPRC Enhances the CompanyJul 12, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that International Pharmaceutical Research Center (IPRC) has implemented Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS (laboratory information management system) to improve productivity of its Phase I clinical trials unit while enabling compliance with current regulatory requirements. Since the implementation of Watson LIMS at IPRC's Phase I unit, the company has benefited from significant productivity improvements...
Read MoreJPK's ForceRobot system produces high volume single molecule force spectroscopy results at the University of NebraskaJul 12, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of the Medical School at the University of Nebraska. The Department has selected the JPK ForceRobot® 300 system to extend their studies applying atomic force microscopy, AFM, in the measurement of single molecule force spectroscopy...
Read MoreNew Metrohm brochure and webpage 'Biofuel analysis'Jul 12, 2011Metrohm is pleased to introduce 'Biofuel analysis', a free-of-charge brochure summarizing the company’s complete know-how (applications and instrumentation) on the analysis of biodiesel as well as bioethanol. The content of the brochure is also available online...
Read MoreBig Win for Small Particles: BMG LABTECH announces the fouth winner of the SPECTROstar Nano contestJul 11, 2011BMG LABTECH is proud to announce that the fourth SPECTROstar Nano will be going to Finland to aid in developing a discovery platform for pharmaceutical nanoparticles at the University of Helsinki. "The discovery platform for pharmaceutical nanoparticles relies on an unconventional combination of modern methods. It will open important new horizons and it is expected to fundamentally renew the field of drug delivery."...
Read MoreEvonik Goldschmidt use custom titration system to determine iodine valueJul 11, 2011Evonik Goldschmidt is a leading manufacturer of fine chemicals for the cosmetics and other industries. In their wet chemistry QC lab in Essen, Germany, they use a customized Metrohm system to determine the iodine value in their steady stream of samples...
Read MoreRandox look forward to AACC/ASCLS Clinical Lab Expo 2011Jul 11, 2011Randox (booth #1301) is proud to be an exhibitor at the upcoming AACC/ASCLS Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo to be held in Atlanta 26th – 28th July 2011. The AACC/ASCLS is the largest clinical lab expo in the world. This year it is set to be as popular as ever. Hosting more than 650 exhibitors covering 1,800 booths the 2011 AACC Clinical Lab Expo will cover the entire clinical diagnostic spectrum from automation to OEM...
Read MoreLab MJul 8, 2011Microbiology specialist Lab M has unveiled a brand new website that brings together a wide range of supplies for the microbiology laboratory and offers convenient online purchasing. It details the full range of Lab M's microbiological culture media and supplements, together with a growing number of complementary products for the microbiology laboratory...
Read MoreTitertek Instruments, Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH Have Joined ForcesJul 7, 2011Titertek Instruments, Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH have joined forces. The new company brand name is Titertek-Berthold. The company will continue to operate from the sites in Huntsville, AL, USA and Pforzheim, Germany. Titertek-Berthold has developed a coherent product and market strategy that is presented on the new website...
Read MoreBioCentrum Obtains a Certificate of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)Jul 6, 2011BioCentrum, part of the Selvita Group, received a certificate of compliance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). The certificate was awarded after a successfully completed verification by the Bureau for Chemical Substances (institution of governmental administration granting GLP certificates)...
Read MoreSartorius Stedim Biotech and RAUMEDIC Sign Partnership AgreementJul 6, 2011Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading pharma and biotech supplier, and RAUMEDIC, a leading worldwide OEM manufacturer of medical- and pharmaceutical-grade polymer components and systems, announced the signing of a global partnership agreement. This covers arrangements concerning the mutual development of innovative fluid systems and marketing of single-use tubing, which RAUMEDIC produces for and will supply to Sartorius Stedim Biotech on a long-term basis...
Read MoreBio-Chem Fluidics Educates Customers with New Applications BlogJul 6, 2011To increase knowledge and creativity among its customer base of design engineers, Bio-Chem Fluidics has launched its Technology and Applications Blog. The new blog features technical articles to deepen readers' understanding of its line of valves and micro-pumps. The blog will also include examples of prior application successes as well as practices to avoid, to aid engineers with their future designs and help them avoid problems before they start...
Read MoreBiochrom Now Offers Tech Support in North AmericaJul 6, 2011Biochrom, a global manufacturer of analytical instruments is pleased to announce a NEW dedicated North American technical support team for its Spectrophotometers, Plate Readers and Plate Washer business. The Technical Support Team is based out of Holliston...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Enables IrelandJul 6, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the University of Dublin has purchased the Maybridge Ro3 Diversity Fragment library for use in a new drug discovery program. As an institution known for its world-class biomedical research, the University is the first organization in the Republic of Ireland to undertake a fragment-based screening programme. With possible applications in the fight against viral replication, bacterial infections and Alzheimer's disease, this research has the potential to provide significant therapeutic advances...
Read MoreDrySyn range chosen for new anticancer medicinal chemistry labJul 5, 2011Asynt's versatile and cost-effective DrySyn heating blocks have been selected to equip an important new medicinal chemistry laboratory for the Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) at Newcastle University...
Read MoreProductive Handheld Liquid Handling ToolsJul 5, 2011INTEGRA has announced that it will display its range of productive, handheld liquid handling tools at the inaugural European Lab Automation congress to be held in Hamburg (June 30th - July 1st 2011). The new generation of INTEGRA liquid handling tools uniquely bridge the gap between the power and productivity of automated liquid handlers and the simplicity and ease of use of manual systems...
Read MoreIntomics expands client portfolioJul 4, 2011Intomics and AstraZeneca partner to accelerate drug discovery initiatives through data mining. AstraZeneca's knowledge within a range of diseases will be combined with Intomics' unique data analysis services to improve drug discovery projects...
Read MoreAvid Nano Reports Strong Demand for Dynamic Light Scattering ProductsJul 4, 2011Avid Nano (High Wycombe, UK) has announced strong international sales for its Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) products for the year ending 30th April 2011. Ken Cunningham, Managing Director commented " In the last year - researchers in a growing number of major pharmaceutical companies and leading academic institutions have appreciated the high performance, reliability and outstanding ease of use of our W130i and have invested in the system"...
Read MoreNew Advice Service on Laboratory MonitoringJul 4, 2011Sample security is vital in any laboratory working in a regulated environment and relies heavily on equipment selection and implementing an effective laboratory monitoring system. This can be a complex process with impacts on many functions and disciplines. A new consultancy service from IKS International (Rosmalen, the Netherlands) has been created to make that process as straightforward and economical as possible, drawing on the organisation's many years of experience in this field...
Read MoreCertified web-based training courses for haematology and clinical chemistry suit shift work patternsJul 4, 2011Following the ongoing success of HORIBA Medical - UK's newly introduced e-Learning programme, HeLP, these web-based training courses have now secured CPD accreditation from the IBMS. Upon the successful completion of one of the haematology or clinical chemistry focused e-learning courses, the CPD code will be printed on the final certificate. Participants can then enter this code onto their personal on-line portfolio as proof of learning...
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TTP LabTech was delighted to announce the results of the "Win an Acumen" and "Win a Mosquito" competitions, as part of the closing celebrations of the inaugural European Lab Automation Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of a year's, free fully supported, use of TTP LabTech's laser imaging cytometer, Acumen® eX3, was...
Select Biosciences, are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Life Science Awards. Successful candidates were presented their awards by prestigious speakers and industry leaders at an evening ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg. The awards were a prelude to the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, Europe's first and largest event dedicated to Life Science automation...
Prof Steven Armes and his research team in the Department of Chemistry, at The University of Sheffield in the UK, are using a Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments to monitor the rapid and efficient production of nanolatexes. This single instrument can determine both the particle size distribution and also monitor the zeta potential, making it an ideal characterisation tool for following the in situ synthesis of many types of polymer colloids, such as latexes, microgels or colloidal nanocomposite particles...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that International Pharmaceutical Research Center (IPRC) has implemented Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS (laboratory information management system) to improve productivity of its Phase I clinical trials unit while enabling compliance with current regulatory requirements. Since the implementation of Watson LIMS at IPRC's Phase I unit, the company has benefited from significant productivity improvements...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of the Medical School at the University of Nebraska. The Department has selected the JPK ForceRobot® 300 system to extend their studies applying atomic force microscopy, AFM, in the measurement of single molecule force spectroscopy...
Metrohm is pleased to introduce 'Biofuel analysis', a free-of-charge brochure summarizing the company’s complete know-how (applications and instrumentation) on the analysis of biodiesel as well as bioethanol. The content of the brochure is also available online...
BMG LABTECH is proud to announce that the fourth SPECTROstar Nano will be going to Finland to aid in developing a discovery platform for pharmaceutical nanoparticles at the University of Helsinki. "The discovery platform for pharmaceutical nanoparticles relies on an unconventional combination of modern methods. It will open important new horizons and it is expected to fundamentally renew the field of drug delivery."...
Randox (booth #1301) is proud to be an exhibitor at the upcoming AACC/ASCLS Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo to be held in Atlanta 26th – 28th July 2011. The AACC/ASCLS is the largest clinical lab expo in the world. This year it is set to be as popular as ever. Hosting more than 650 exhibitors covering 1,800 booths the 2011 AACC Clinical Lab Expo will cover the entire clinical diagnostic spectrum from automation to OEM...
Microbiology specialist Lab M has unveiled a brand new website that brings together a wide range of supplies for the microbiology laboratory and offers convenient online purchasing. It details the full range of Lab M's microbiological culture media and supplements, together with a growing number of complementary products for the microbiology laboratory...
Titertek Instruments, Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH have joined forces. The new company brand name is Titertek-Berthold. The company will continue to operate from the sites in Huntsville, AL, USA and Pforzheim, Germany. Titertek-Berthold has developed a coherent product and market strategy that is presented on the new website...
BioCentrum, part of the Selvita Group, received a certificate of compliance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). The certificate was awarded after a successfully completed verification by the Bureau for Chemical Substances (institution of governmental administration granting GLP certificates)...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading pharma and biotech supplier, and RAUMEDIC, a leading worldwide OEM manufacturer of medical- and pharmaceutical-grade polymer components and systems, announced the signing of a global partnership agreement. This covers arrangements concerning the mutual development of innovative fluid systems and marketing of single-use tubing, which RAUMEDIC produces for and will supply to Sartorius Stedim Biotech on a long-term basis...
To increase knowledge and creativity among its customer base of design engineers, Bio-Chem Fluidics has launched its Technology and Applications Blog. The new blog features technical articles to deepen readers' understanding of its line of valves and micro-pumps. The blog will also include examples of prior application successes as well as practices to avoid, to aid engineers with their future designs and help them avoid problems before they start...
Biochrom, a global manufacturer of analytical instruments is pleased to announce a NEW dedicated North American technical support team for its Spectrophotometers, Plate Readers and Plate Washer business. The Technical Support Team is based out of Holliston...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the University of Dublin has purchased the Maybridge Ro3 Diversity Fragment library for use in a new drug discovery program. As an institution known for its world-class biomedical research, the University is the first organization in the Republic of Ireland to undertake a fragment-based screening programme. With possible applications in the fight against viral replication, bacterial infections and Alzheimer's disease, this research has the potential to provide significant therapeutic advances...
Asynt's versatile and cost-effective DrySyn heating blocks have been selected to equip an important new medicinal chemistry laboratory for the Northern Institute for Cancer Research (NICR) at Newcastle University...
INTEGRA has announced that it will display its range of productive, handheld liquid handling tools at the inaugural European Lab Automation congress to be held in Hamburg (June 30th - July 1st 2011). The new generation of INTEGRA liquid handling tools uniquely bridge the gap between the power and productivity of automated liquid handlers and the simplicity and ease of use of manual systems...
Intomics and AstraZeneca partner to accelerate drug discovery initiatives through data mining. AstraZeneca's knowledge within a range of diseases will be combined with Intomics' unique data analysis services to improve drug discovery projects...
Avid Nano (High Wycombe, UK) has announced strong international sales for its Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) products for the year ending 30th April 2011. Ken Cunningham, Managing Director commented " In the last year - researchers in a growing number of major pharmaceutical companies and leading academic institutions have appreciated the high performance, reliability and outstanding ease of use of our W130i and have invested in the system"...
Sample security is vital in any laboratory working in a regulated environment and relies heavily on equipment selection and implementing an effective laboratory monitoring system. This can be a complex process with impacts on many functions and disciplines. A new consultancy service from IKS International (Rosmalen, the Netherlands) has been created to make that process as straightforward and economical as possible, drawing on the organisation's many years of experience in this field...
Following the ongoing success of HORIBA Medical - UK's newly introduced e-Learning programme, HeLP, these web-based training courses have now secured CPD accreditation from the IBMS. Upon the successful completion of one of the haematology or clinical chemistry focused e-learning courses, the CPD code will be printed on the final certificate. Participants can then enter this code onto their personal on-line portfolio as proof of learning...