MaterialsZone, the Lean R&D solution for materials innovation, has announced the launch of its AI-Guided Product Development feature, providing MaterialsZone users with direct access to AI-generated experiment suggestions to streamline development cycles within their existing workflow. The feature’s introduction aims to make iterative AI models more accessible, empowering researchers and materials scientists with faster, smarter innovation...
On December 1st, 2024, a new general chapter will be available in the US Pharmacopeia (USP), which will provide biopharmaceutical developers with guidelines for mass spectrometry-based quantification of host cell protein (HCP) impurities in biologic drugs. With this, the medical industry stands on the threshold of a paradigm shift that could reduce unwanted side effects of biologics while clearing the way for more advanced products...
Europa Biosite is pleased to announce the acquisition of AMSBIO, a premier supplier of life science products and services, with expertise in the areas of biospecimens, stem cell research, 3D cell culture, glycobiology, and molecular biology. Headquartered in Oxford, UK, and with offices in both the USA and the Netherlands, AMSBIO serves life science researchers across Europe and throughout North America...
TESCAN Group has reopened its existing Tempe R&D facility, adding a laboratory showcasing TESCAN’s latest electron microscopy technologies. The lab features the TESCAN TENSOR STEM and the newly launched Solaris 2 FIB-SEM, offering customers hands-on demonstrations and specialized support in sectors such as Materials Science and Semiconductor R&D, Failure Analysis and Process Monitoring...
Waters Corporation announced the official opening of its new 45,000 square foot manufacturing facility at the Longbridge Business Park in the West Midlands. The new facility more than triples existing operations and enhances the company's machining capacity to produce critical components for products developed and manufactured at Waters Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence in Wilmslow, UK and in Wexford, Ireland...
Evident recently announced the release of its IXplore™ IX85 automated inverted microscope system. With an industry-leading 26.5mm field number (FN), combined with new advanced imaging tools that ensure clear, accurate results, this new system empowers researchers to capture more data and uncover new insights faster than ever before. It also delivers an unmatched level of customizability, allowing users to design or build an intelligent, high-performance imaging platform that meets their specific goals...
TESTA Analytical has launched the HPLC Pump Qualification Pack - an efficient, fast, and reliable tool for regulated laboratories looking to qualify the operation and performance of their HPLC systems. Using the HPLC Pump Qualification Pack considerably reduces the time required for HPLC pump qualification, while improving traceability of results. By focusing on data traceability and simplifying the qualification process, this new all-in-one pack is an affordable solution for laboratories seeking to...
Vapourtec has developed the Peptide-Builder, a fully automated, high throughput, benchtop peptide synthesiser, which was launched at the recent TIDES Europe event in Hamburg. Incorporating Vapourtec’s disruptive Variable Bed Flow Reactor (VBFR) technology, it dramatically improves cycle efficiency and reduces solvent consumption. Based on customer feedback, the Peptide-Builder is designed to be the smallest high throughput synthesiser available...
Triple your efficiency with one overhead stirrer and 3 temperature-controlled screening reactions. Asynt announce that lab-favourite, the DrySyn Vortex Parallel Overhead Stirring System is now available with active temperature control. Responding to customer demand, the new DrySyn Vortex Temperature Controlled System is engineered to provide active heating or cooling in parallel when attached to a suitable heater/cooler, thus maximising reaction conditions...
The 54th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2025) will be held from Sunday through Thursday, June 15-19, 2025, in Bruges, Belgium. The HPLC symposium series is known as the world’s leading conference on liquid phase separations and their hyphenation with advanced detection technologies, including mass spectrometry and data treatment...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Invitrogen Vivofectamine™ Delivery Solutions to provide high-performance lipid nanoparticles (LNP) technology for non-viral delivery of nucleic acids, helping advance life science research and genetic medicine development. This innovative LNP portfolio, curated from over 6,000 rationally designed, chemically diverse ionizable lipids, offers in vivo delivery solutions in various application areas with the desired efficiency, specificity and safety profiles...
CrestOptics S.p.A., a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy, and Tomocube, a leader in holotomography (HT) technology, today announced a strategic collaboration to provide a next-generation multimodal imaging platform, the HT-X1™ Plus. By combining the expertise of both companies, this platform integrates CrestOptics’ spinning disk confocal technology with Tomocube’s latest innovation...
Revvity, Inc. has announced an expansion of its work with Genomics England that leverages both organizations' expertise and resources to advance critical genomic initiatives across the United Kingdom. Building on the parties’ long and productive work history, this advanced collaboration is dedicated to accelerating Genomics England’s renowned research programs, supporting diverse areas in genomics, and fostering talent in innovative healthcare fields...
The Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory instruments has now been awarded the “Zukunftsort Berlin Südwest” seal. Juri Effenberg, project manager of the “Regional Incubator Berlin Southwest”, presented Managing Director Alexandra Knauer with the glass sign at the company's headquarters in Zehlendorf. The “Zukunftsorte” concept, which was launched by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, aims to strengthen Berlin as a location for business, science and research...
Spin-out ChromaTwist has won a prestigious Innovate UK Smart grant to co-fund a £0.5m project. The funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, covers 70% of the cost of a project that will take ChromaTwist’s novel dyes to the next level in terms of enhanced brightness and staining indices, to make cells and cellular structures stand out more clearly during bio-imaging...
After successful sandpit events in Liverpool and London earlier this year, iiCON (Infection Innovation Consortium) is excited to announce 11 new projects during World AMR Awareness Week. These projects are focused on combating infectious diseases and have received a share of £1.5 million in funding from UKRI as part of its ongoing work to support innovative ways of tackling infections...
10x Genomics, Inc., a leader in single cell and spatial biology, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, have announced the commercial availability of a new solution to automate single cell gene expression workflows. The new offering, which includes an automation-friendly library preparation kit from 10x Genomics and an optimized method from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences...
Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, has announced it has entered a co-marketing agreement with Waters Corporation to enhance data integrity, workflow efficiency, and laboratory productivity. As laboratory-based organizations expand and handle increasing numbers of samples, integrating liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) software with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) can enable laboratory operations to be more efficient...
Priorclave’s reputation for producing robust, high-quality, reliable autoclaves at an affordable price is well established. But the autoclave manufacturer hasn’t rested on its laurels, they continue to innovate with a diverse range of models that overcome many potential obstacles for many labs. Their EH150STK and EH200STK stacked autoclaves feature two independent chambers in the same unit, each with its own dedicated Tactrol®3 controller, a Priorclave exclusive...
Takara Bio Europe is pleased to announce the expansion of its Gothenburg facility with the addition of a custom manufacturing lab, which came into operation on October 1st. This new facility will serve the molecular biology needs of academic researchers, diagnostic labs, and biotech companies across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), producing up to 600,000 reactions per week...
A five-element instrument from Sherwood Scientific brings unrivalled precision, ergonomic design and ease of maintenance to the market for low-cost industrial flame photometers. As a world-leader in flame photometry Sherwood Scientific is renowned for developing instruments with the highest levels of stability and reliability. The Model 360 is a single channel unit built around the very same mixing chamber, burner stem and burner head found in Sherwood's acclaimed Model 410....
Biotechnology startup MicroQuin leveraged the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to grow 3D breast and prostate cancer cell cultures to learn more about how these cancers develop and grow. However, the research team found something incredible that could lead to a way to treat not just breast and prostate cancers but all cancers. Through MicroQuin’s ISS National Lab-sponsored research, the team identified microgravity-induced changes in cancer cell signaling that revealed something critical to cancer cell survival...