For the chemists and students who are working hard to make scientific discoveries and improvements for the future, it’s vital that their labs and work areas are safe and free from potentially harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds). ION Science is pleased to have supplied its leading handheld VOC gas detector, the Tiger, to help monitor air quality at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry GSK Centre for Sustainable Chemistry...
The UC Berkeley study, published in collaboration with Biotium, offers a breakthrough chemical strategy for designing new fluorescent dyes optimized for STORM super-resolution microscopy. Biotium, a leading life science reagent supplier and producer of innovative dyes, has collaborated with Professor Ke Xu at University of California, Berkeley to generate a strategy for improving the photoswitching behavior of rhodamine dyes for optimal (d)STORM [(direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy] performance...
Nuclera, a Cambridge, UK-based biotech company developing cutting-edge benchtop protein printing technologies, announces the opening of its US subsidiary located in Boston, MA. The addition of this new US facility in the rapidly growing biotechnology hub of greater Boston USA is a critical step in the company’s plans and will pave the way for the delivery of Nuclera’s revolutionary eProteinTM desktop bioprinter, offering unprecedented speed and convenience for biotherapeutics, agribiotech and other markets...
Gilson has released the new 2022 Product Guide that contains their latest liquid handling, purification and extraction instruments which help make lab life easier. Gilson, who is a leading global manufacturer of sample management and purification technologies for the life sciences industry, have advanced their guide to be even more interactive and useful. It has been designed to help signpost customers through to online tools and resources which will help them discover the right solutions for their applications....
BioChromato Inc reports how the renowned Chemistry Research Laboratories (CRL) at Oxford University (UK) are using several Smart Evaporator C1 units to support their drug discovery activities in therapeutic areas including oncology and regenerative medicine. The Smart Evaporator C1 units, ably supported by local agent – Asynt, have found wide ranging use by the medicinal chemistry team....
IonSense, the leading provider of Direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART) for rapid mass spectral analysis of a large variety of samples, has announced its ground-breaking DART-MS technology has been selected as part of a new drug screening program, piloting in five states across the United States. The pilot program is testing drugs and drug paraphernalia using highly accurate fast detection mass spectrometry enabled by IonSense’s DART, to identify the contents of drugs within minutes...
Do you want to know how to choose the right column for your separation? Then check out our new technical note focusing on how to select the perfect LC column! In this technical note, the differences in selectivity and resulting separation behaviour of various phases are shown. Primary and secondary interactions between the analyte and stationary phase are explained for each phase. Two application examples demonstrate how these interactions affect your analysis...
Ball mills are powerful size reduction tools which produce fine grind sizes due to high energy input. The resulting temperature increase inside the grinding jar can be challenging for some applications. In this free live webinar on February 2nd, RETSCH discusses solutions for temperature-controlled ball milling and shares tips and tricks how to keep your sample material cool. Our milling experts will give a live demonstration from the application lab, so don’t miss out on this interesting webinar!...
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2022 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2022....
Asynt has supplied AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) with two ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stands to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry systems. AMT's Coflore flow reactor range was developed to provide truly scalable flow chemistry solutions in a laboratory environment. Coflore technology provides efficient active-mixing even at very low flow rates, providing versatility...
Gilson’s AmpliPur® Expert Tips, perfect for molecular biology applications, are in stock, ready-to-ship. Gilson’s AmpliPur Expert Tips are equipped with filters that protect precious samples from cross-contamination and are designed to fit various manual and electronic pipette brands for maximum convenience on the bench. If you would like to try a FREE tip sample in your lab, simply complete the online request form...
The life science group Sartorius is expanding its bioanalytics portfolio by acquiring a majority stake in ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH. The laboratory technology company based in Jena, Germany, develops, manufactures and markets solutions for the automated analysis, selection and isolation of cells. With these solutions, ALS enables life science customers to significantly reduce time to result and cost in cell line development and antibody discovery...
Pittcon, scheduled March 5-9, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, will not be held as an in-person event due to the continuous impact of COVID-19. This decision did not come lightly; however, in the face of health and safety risks resulting from the ever-increasing communicability of emerging COVID-19 strains, this was a decision we had to make. As much as we all hoped to carry forward with an in-person Pittcon, we value the wellness of you and all our participants infinitely more....
Malvern Panalytical, a company providing advanced analysis and services solutions for the pharma drug product development, as well as services and solutions for other industries, has announced its acquisition of Creoptix AG, a specialist bioanalysis sensor company. The acquisition forms a critical part of Malvern Panalytical’s strategy to expand its capabilities in support of drug discovery...
In Libya, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has installed laboratory containers from Waldner, which were completely planned and designed in Wangen im Allgäu, Southern Germany. These laboratory capacities are intended to increase the accessibility of PCR tests in the region. On behalf of the German government, GIZ supports developing and emerging countries in the fight against corona...
The Eppendorf Research® plus single-channel pipette line-up with variable volume has been certified with an “ACT®” Environmental Impact Factor Label by the “My Green Lab®” non-profit organization. By emphasizing Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) around manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life, the ACT label makes it easier for labs to choose more sustainable products....
Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide partnership. But medications against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. With the support of the Bavarian Research Foundation, a Munich research team has developed a protein which has reliably prevented infection by the virus and its variants in cell culture tests...
Insightful Science, the software company enabling the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, announce that it has completed the transaction to acquire Protein Metrics, Inc., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical protein characterization and proteomics analysis software. The acquisition expands the Company’s R&D value chain to widen the biopharmaceutical protein analysis arena, unblocking data analysis bottlenecks currently associated with large-scale protein studies...
Get to know the significant advantages of YMC-Triart Bio C4! This new application note shows why this stationary phase is the ideal choice for the analysis of cyclic peptides. These compounds are highly valuable drug candidates since their cyclic ring structure provides various advantages over their linear counterpart. This is the reason why they are increasingly becoming the focus in biopharmaceutical research...
Ivor Campbell discusses recruitment challenges within UK diagnostics industry. Ivor Campbell is Managing Director of Stirlingshire-based Snedden Campbell, a search company for the medical technology industry. Even before the Covid pandemic struck there were signs of significant growth in the UK in vitro diagnostics industry. 2019, the last year for which figures are available, saw its market increase by 3.1%, compared with a rise of just 0.3% in France and a fall of 0.4% in Germany, its nearest competitors...
Indica Labs, a leading provider of computational pathology software and services, is proud to announce that following ISO13485 certification, HALO AP® has received a CE Mark for use in primary diagnosis within the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK. The HALO AP platform was developed by Indica Labs to address the specific needs of anatomic pathology labs by supporting a wide range of tissue-based workflows...
AMSBIO has announced new additions to its portfolio of tools for COVID-19 research - two monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Spike RBD (B.1.1.529, Omicron Variant) protein and neutralizes its interaction with ACE2. The human ACE2 receptor is found on the surface of type I and II pneumocytes, endothelial cells, and ciliated bronchial epithelial cells. Research has shown that ACE2 mediates COVID-19 infection through direct binding of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein....
For the chemists and students who are working hard to make scientific discoveries and improvements for the future, it’s vital that their labs and work areas are safe and free from potentially harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds). ION Science is pleased to have supplied its leading handheld VOC gas detector, the Tiger, to help monitor air quality at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry GSK Centre for Sustainable Chemistry...
The UC Berkeley study, published in collaboration with Biotium, offers a breakthrough chemical strategy for designing new fluorescent dyes optimized for STORM super-resolution microscopy. Biotium, a leading life science reagent supplier and producer of innovative dyes, has collaborated with Professor Ke Xu at University of California, Berkeley to generate a strategy for improving the photoswitching behavior of rhodamine dyes for optimal (d)STORM [(direct) stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy] performance...
Nuclera, a Cambridge, UK-based biotech company developing cutting-edge benchtop protein printing technologies, announces the opening of its US subsidiary located in Boston, MA. The addition of this new US facility in the rapidly growing biotechnology hub of greater Boston USA is a critical step in the company’s plans and will pave the way for the delivery of Nuclera’s revolutionary eProteinTM desktop bioprinter, offering unprecedented speed and convenience for biotherapeutics, agribiotech and other markets...
Gilson has released the new 2022 Product Guide that contains their latest liquid handling, purification and extraction instruments which help make lab life easier. Gilson, who is a leading global manufacturer of sample management and purification technologies for the life sciences industry, have advanced their guide to be even more interactive and useful. It has been designed to help signpost customers through to online tools and resources which will help them discover the right solutions for their applications....
BioChromato Inc reports how the renowned Chemistry Research Laboratories (CRL) at Oxford University (UK) are using several Smart Evaporator C1 units to support their drug discovery activities in therapeutic areas including oncology and regenerative medicine. The Smart Evaporator C1 units, ably supported by local agent – Asynt, have found wide ranging use by the medicinal chemistry team....
IonSense, the leading provider of Direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART) for rapid mass spectral analysis of a large variety of samples, has announced its ground-breaking DART-MS technology has been selected as part of a new drug screening program, piloting in five states across the United States. The pilot program is testing drugs and drug paraphernalia using highly accurate fast detection mass spectrometry enabled by IonSense’s DART, to identify the contents of drugs within minutes...
Do you want to know how to choose the right column for your separation? Then check out our new technical note focusing on how to select the perfect LC column! In this technical note, the differences in selectivity and resulting separation behaviour of various phases are shown. Primary and secondary interactions between the analyte and stationary phase are explained for each phase. Two application examples demonstrate how these interactions affect your analysis...
Ball mills are powerful size reduction tools which produce fine grind sizes due to high energy input. The resulting temperature increase inside the grinding jar can be challenging for some applications. 
Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2022 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2022....
Asynt has supplied AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) with two ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stands to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry systems. AMT's Coflore flow reactor range was developed to provide truly scalable flow chemistry solutions in a laboratory environment. Coflore technology provides efficient active-mixing even at very low flow rates, providing versatility...
Gilson’s AmpliPur® Expert Tips, perfect for molecular biology applications, are in stock, ready-to-ship. Gilson’s AmpliPur Expert Tips are equipped with filters that protect precious samples from cross-contamination and are designed to fit various manual and electronic pipette brands for maximum convenience on the bench. If you would like to try a FREE tip sample in your lab, simply complete the online request form...
The life science group Sartorius is expanding its bioanalytics portfolio by acquiring a majority stake in ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH. The laboratory technology company based in Jena, Germany, develops, manufactures and markets solutions for the automated analysis, selection and isolation of cells. With these solutions, ALS enables life science customers to significantly reduce time to result and cost in cell line development and antibody discovery...
Pittcon, scheduled March 5-9, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, will not be held as an in-person event due to the continuous impact of COVID-19. This decision did not come lightly; however, in the face of health and safety risks resulting from the ever-increasing communicability of emerging COVID-19 strains, this was a decision we had to make. As much as we all hoped to carry forward with an in-person Pittcon, we value the wellness of you and all our participants infinitely more....
Malvern Panalytical, a company providing advanced analysis and services solutions for the pharma drug product development, as well as services and solutions for other industries, has announced its acquisition of Creoptix AG, a specialist bioanalysis sensor company. The acquisition forms a critical part of Malvern Panalytical’s strategy to expand its capabilities in support of drug discovery...
In Libya, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has installed laboratory containers from Waldner, which were completely planned and designed in Wangen im Allgäu, Southern Germany. These laboratory capacities are intended to increase the accessibility of PCR tests in the region. On behalf of the German government, GIZ supports developing and emerging countries in the fight against corona...
The Eppendorf Research® plus single-channel pipette line-up with variable volume has been certified with an “ACT®” Environmental Impact Factor Label by the “My Green Lab®” non-profit organization. By emphasizing Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) around manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life, the ACT label makes it easier for labs to choose more sustainable products....
Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide partnership. But medications against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. With the support of the Bavarian Research Foundation, a Munich research team has developed a protein which has reliably prevented infection by the virus and its variants in cell culture tests...
Insightful Science, the software company enabling the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, announce that it has completed the transaction to acquire Protein Metrics, Inc., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical protein characterization and proteomics analysis software. The acquisition expands the Company’s R&D value chain to widen the biopharmaceutical protein analysis arena, unblocking data analysis bottlenecks currently associated with large-scale protein studies...
Get to know the significant advantages of YMC-Triart Bio C4! This new application note shows why this stationary phase is the ideal choice for the analysis of cyclic peptides. These compounds are highly valuable drug candidates since their cyclic ring structure provides various advantages over their linear counterpart. This is the reason why they are increasingly becoming the focus in biopharmaceutical research...
Ivor Campbell discusses recruitment challenges within UK diagnostics industry. Ivor Campbell is Managing Director of Stirlingshire-based Snedden Campbell, a search company for the medical technology industry. Even before the Covid pandemic struck there were signs of significant growth in the UK in vitro diagnostics industry. 2019, the last year for which figures are available, saw its market increase by 3.1%, compared with a rise of just 0.3% in France and a fall of 0.4% in Germany, its nearest competitors...
Indica Labs, a leading provider of computational pathology software and services, is proud to announce that following ISO13485 certification, HALO AP® has received a CE Mark for use in primary diagnosis within the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK. The HALO AP platform was developed by Indica Labs to address the specific needs of anatomic pathology labs by supporting a wide range of tissue-based workflows...
AMSBIO has announced new additions to its portfolio of tools for COVID-19 research - two monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Spike RBD (B.1.1.529, Omicron Variant) protein and neutralizes its interaction with ACE2. The human ACE2 receptor is found on the surface of type I and II pneumocytes, endothelial cells, and ciliated bronchial epithelial cells. Research has shown that ACE2 mediates COVID-19 infection through direct binding of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein....