SLS announced as approved supplier for OBN networkApr 12, 2011Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) announces its Preferred Supplier Status with the OBN Purchasing Scheme. SLS are one of two suppliers appointed with exclusive coverage on several key brands including Becton Dickinson, Gilson and Nalge. The multi-million pound two year contract means that medtech and biotech companies, who are members of OBN, benefit from great savings off list prices for laboratory supplies. The collaboration will provide the broadest range of competitively priced laboratory supplies of any other purchasing consortium within the UK...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Opens POPs Center of ExcellenceApr 12, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the opening of its Center of Excellence for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Staffed with experts in POPs analysis, the new center will support laboratories that research, measure and monitor dioxins and other POPs found in food and the environment...
Read MoreITT AnalyticsApr 12, 2011ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) announced that its WTW and OI Analytical instrument brands offer a range of measurement options for the detection of the carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI) in drinking water supplies. ITT Analytics' range of sophisticated technology and simple and convenient screening tests will assist U.S. water utilities to achieve fast and accurate measurement of the cancer-causing element in water while meeting EPA guidelines...
Read MoreImaging Solutions for Every ApplicationApr 11, 2011Carltex, Inc. of Nyack, NY has been appointed the distributor for BestScope International Ltd, a well-known and respected supplier in the field of Microscopy and Scientific Instrumentation...
Read MoreSetting new standards in optical metrologyApr 11, 2011The Olympus LEXT OLS4000 is being used as a benchmark tool for the development of good practice guidelines and new reference standards in optical metrology. With both of these projects being detailed at the upcoming 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) at Twickenham Stadium, Olympus is at the forefront of developments in metrology. The LEXT OLS4000 has therefore aided the development of various tools to improve the reliability and usability of optical metrology techniques...
Read MoreThe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) uses the JPK NanoWizard family of AFMs for the nanoscale characterization of optical systems and devicesApr 11, 2011JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities...
Read MoreChemware partners with American Water to further enhance laboratory processesApr 11, 2011ChemWare, one of the largest LIMS companies in the United States specializing in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) environmental and water quality applications, is partnering with American Water to further enhance the laboratory processes at its Central Laboratory. Since its opening in 1981, the lab has been dedicated to drinking water analysis and quality measurement. Now the Central Laboratory facility and remote utility labs will employ a complete LIMS solution for supporting and automating laboratory tasks and processes. The selection of ChemWare's HORIZON® LIMS software is part of American Water's broader plan to grow...
Read MoreJoin discussions about zeta potential measurement at the International BES Symposium 2011Apr 11, 2011Malcolm Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Nanometrics for Malvern Instruments, will make presentations about novel methods for measuring the zeta potential of proteins at a pre-conference workshop and as part of the plenary session during the 21st International Symposium of the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES). The conference takes place in Cracow (Poland) from 8-12 May 2011...
Read MoreDemonstrating the FT4 Powder Rheometer at formulation seminar and workshopApr 11, 2011Visitors to the ‘Characterisation Instrumentation for Formulation' seminar and workshop in Huddersfield (UK) on 9 May 2011 will have the opportunity to learn how Freeman Technology's FT4 Powder Rheometer supports modern formulation goals. The aim of the event, which is organised by Intelligent Formulation Ltd, is to highlight the range of characterisation techniques available, with demonstrations from leading instrumentation manufacturers...
Read MoreSyrris announces exclusive agreement to offer advanced crystallization control and particle engineeringApr 8, 2011Syrris, a leading chemistry automation product innovator, is delighted to announce that it has signed an exclusive worldwide agreement with Prosonix, a world leader in patented sonocrystallization technology. By combining Prosonix's ultrasound technology with Syrris's Atlas jacketed reactor platform, the Atlas SonoLab SL10 sonocrystalizer enables the reproducible control of crystallizations and allows selectivity of parameters such as particle size, shape, crystallinity and polymorph...
Read MorePrism Ideas Opens North American Office in Global Growth StrategyApr 8, 2011Prism Ideas, a leading independent provider of medical communications and drug development consultancy services, today announced the opening of its first North American office in Boston, Massachusetts. The new office forms part of Prism's continuous growth strategy and will enable the company to expand its clinical consultancy services, support existing clients based in the US and facilitate the delivery of new therapies to market faster...
Read MoreCell Receptor Recycling Mechanism Discovery opens up New Class of Therapeutic TargetsApr 8, 2011Using the Andor Revolution XD Confocal Microscope for live cell studies, Prof. Puthenveedu has led an international team of researchers to elucidate how signalling receptors are recycled to the cell membrane. The discovery of the mechanism by which signalling receptors travel back to the surface of the cell after activation and internalisation opens up a new class of therapeutic targets...
Read MoreMade to measure viral drug delivery. MalvernApr 7, 2011While viruses are so often seen as the enemy, modern scientific techniques may soon be able to harness the strengths of a virus for drug delivery systems that are designed to treat diseases, rather than cause them. Using a Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments, researchers at Indiana University's (IU) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department have been studying self-assembled virus-based drug delivery systems that can be tuned to a particular size enabling the uptake of specific functional cargo...
Read MoreStart-up biotech finds new G:BOX imaging system an easy-to-use method of visualising DNA and protein gelsApr 7, 2011Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its G:BOX EF gel documentation system has been adopted for routine use by Touchlight Genetics; a new UK based biotech company, because it offers the quickest and simplest method of visualising their DNA and protein gels...
Read MoreLeica Microsystems Licenses Digital Pathology Patents from OlympusApr 7, 2011Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Leica to access an extensive portfolio of patents held by Olympus in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy slides. The technology enables individuals to view and share high-resolution virtual microscopy images over the Internet...
Read MoreWHO recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy for detection of tuberculosisApr 6, 2011For the efficient and rapid detection of tuberculosis bacteria the World Health Organization WHO now recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy. With Primo Star iLED Carl Zeiss developed, in cooperation with FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), a microscope aligned for this application...
Read MoreNew European Lab Automation Event Announced for 2011Apr 6, 2011Select Biosciences will this year be launching the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 June - 1 July. The new event will provide a comprehensive schedule of informative and highly topical presentations, workshops, and training sessions with a core focus on automated techniques, equipment and applications...
Read MoreAdvancing optical metrologyApr 6, 2011Olympus has today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL), the conference will take place from 12 - 15 April 2011 at the Twickenham Stadium in London...
Read MoreCherwell Laboratories to open new facilitiesApr 6, 2011Cherwell Laboratories is to increase its facilities' footprint by over 60% to increase manufacturing and warehousing capacity for its range of environmental monitoring products. The opening of the new facility will mark Cherwell's 40th year and follows seven years of sustained positive company growth, including a 20% increase in export sales within the past financial year...
Read MoreFisher Scientific launch new iPhone app at Science World 2011Apr 6, 2011Now you can order your scientific equipment with a few easy touches in less than 30 seconds. There are over 350,000 iPhone apps out there, but the scientific community may not exactly been spoilt for choice to find an app to make life easier. Fisher Scientific has created the perfect solution and now you can be one of the first to try it out...
Read MorePioneering brain research launched for coma patientsApr 5, 2011Pioneering brain imaging techniques are being developed by University of Aberdeen scientists to find out more about patients in a coma. The new Aberdeen Coma Science Group - the first of its kind in Scotland - will develop groundbreaking medical imaging methods for understanding the brain function of patients in a coma as well as those in a persistent vegetative state* and sufferers of ‘locked in' syndrome*...
Read MoreBirmingham set to host IChemE awardsApr 5, 2011Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 IChemE international awards for innovation and excellence which will be presented at the ICC in Birmingham, UK on 3 November. The awards are global in reach and attract entries from all over the world. Now in their 18th year, the IChemE awards are highly regarded throughout the process industries for recognising and rewarding chemical engineering excellence and innovation...
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Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) announces its Preferred Supplier Status with the OBN Purchasing Scheme. SLS are one of two suppliers appointed with exclusive coverage on several key brands including Becton Dickinson, Gilson and Nalge. The multi-million pound two year contract means that medtech and biotech companies, who are members of OBN, benefit from great savings off list prices for laboratory supplies. The collaboration will provide the broadest range of competitively priced laboratory supplies of any other purchasing consortium within the UK...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the opening of its Center of Excellence for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Staffed with experts in POPs analysis, the new center will support laboratories that research, measure and monitor dioxins and other POPs found in food and the environment...
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) announced that its WTW and OI Analytical instrument brands offer a range of measurement options for the detection of the carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI) in drinking water supplies. ITT Analytics' range of sophisticated technology and simple and convenient screening tests will assist U.S. water utilities to achieve fast and accurate measurement of the cancer-causing element in water while meeting EPA guidelines...
Carltex, Inc. of Nyack, NY has been appointed the distributor for BestScope International Ltd, a well-known and respected supplier in the field of Microscopy and Scientific Instrumentation...
The Olympus LEXT OLS4000 is being used as a benchmark tool for the development of good practice guidelines and new reference standards in optical metrology. With both of these projects being detailed at the upcoming 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces, hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) at Twickenham Stadium, Olympus is at the forefront of developments in metrology. The LEXT OLS4000 has therefore aided the development of various tools to improve the reliability and usability of optical metrology techniques...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities...
ChemWare, one of the largest LIMS companies in the United States specializing in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) environmental and water quality applications, is partnering with American Water to further enhance the laboratory processes at its Central Laboratory. Since its opening in 1981, the lab has been dedicated to drinking water analysis and quality measurement. Now the Central Laboratory facility and remote utility labs will employ a complete LIMS solution for supporting and automating laboratory tasks and processes. The selection of ChemWare's HORIZON® LIMS software is part of American Water's broader plan to grow...
Malcolm Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Nanometrics for Malvern Instruments, will make presentations about novel methods for measuring the zeta potential of proteins at a pre-conference workshop and as part of the plenary session during the 21st International Symposium of the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES). The conference takes place in Cracow (Poland) from 8-12 May 2011...
Visitors to the ‘Characterisation Instrumentation for Formulation' seminar and workshop in Huddersfield (UK) on 9 May 2011 will have the opportunity to learn how Freeman Technology's FT4 Powder Rheometer supports modern formulation goals. The aim of the event, which is organised by Intelligent Formulation Ltd, is to highlight the range of characterisation techniques available, with demonstrations from leading instrumentation manufacturers...
Syrris, a leading chemistry automation product innovator, is delighted to announce that it has signed an exclusive worldwide agreement with Prosonix, a world leader in patented sonocrystallization technology. By combining Prosonix's ultrasound technology with Syrris's Atlas jacketed reactor platform, the Atlas SonoLab SL10 sonocrystalizer enables the reproducible control of crystallizations and allows selectivity of parameters such as particle size, shape, crystallinity and polymorph...
Prism Ideas, a leading independent provider of medical communications and drug development consultancy services, today announced the opening of its first North American office in Boston, Massachusetts. The new office forms part of Prism's continuous growth strategy and will enable the company to expand its clinical consultancy services, support existing clients based in the US and facilitate the delivery of new therapies to market faster...
Using the Andor Revolution XD Confocal Microscope for live cell studies, Prof. Puthenveedu has led an international team of researchers to elucidate how signalling receptors are recycled to the cell membrane. The discovery of the mechanism by which signalling receptors travel back to the surface of the cell after activation and internalisation opens up a new class of therapeutic targets...
While viruses are so often seen as the enemy, modern scientific techniques may soon be able to harness the strengths of a virus for drug delivery systems that are designed to treat diseases, rather than cause them. Using a Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments, researchers at Indiana University's (IU) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department have been studying self-assembled virus-based drug delivery systems that can be tuned to a particular size enabling the uptake of specific functional cargo...
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its G:BOX EF gel documentation system has been adopted for routine use by Touchlight Genetics; a new UK based biotech company, because it offers the quickest and simplest method of visualising their DNA and protein gels...
Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany and Olympus America Inc. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Leica to access an extensive portfolio of patents held by Olympus in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy slides. The technology enables individuals to view and share high-resolution virtual microscopy images over the Internet...
For the efficient and rapid detection of tuberculosis bacteria the World Health Organization WHO now recommends LED-fluorescence microscopy. With Primo Star iLED Carl Zeiss developed, in cooperation with FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), a microscope aligned for this application...
Select Biosciences will this year be launching the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 June - 1 July. The new event will provide a comprehensive schedule of informative and highly topical presentations, workshops, and training sessions with a core focus on automated techniques, equipment and applications...
Cherwell Laboratories is to increase its facilities' footprint by over 60% to increase manufacturing and warehousing capacity for its range of environmental monitoring products. The opening of the new facility will mark Cherwell's 40th year and follows seven years of sustained positive company growth, including a 20% increase in export sales within the past financial year...
Now you can order your scientific equipment with a few easy touches in less than 30 seconds. There are over 350,000 iPhone apps out there, but the scientific community may not exactly been spoilt for choice to find an app to make life easier. Fisher Scientific has created the perfect solution and now you can be one of the first to try it out...
Pioneering brain imaging techniques are being developed by University of Aberdeen scientists to find out more about patients in a coma. The new Aberdeen Coma Science Group - the first of its kind in Scotland - will develop groundbreaking medical imaging methods for understanding the brain function of patients in a coma as well as those in a persistent vegetative state* and sufferers of ‘locked in' syndrome*...
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 IChemE international awards for innovation and excellence which will be presented at the ICC in Birmingham, UK on 3 November. The awards are global in reach and attract entries from all over the world. Now in their 18th year, the IChemE awards are highly regarded throughout the process industries for recognising and rewarding chemical engineering excellence and innovation...