Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and TransMIT GmbH Center for Mass Spectrometric Developments have announced a co-marketing agreement to promote the use of a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) platform for spatial multi-omics applications in pharma and clinical labs. As part of the relationship, TransMIT will combine its proprietary scanning microprobe matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (SMALDI) MSI and 3D-surface MSI technology...
Designed to be simple to operate, the Ultraseal Lite semi-automatic microplate sealer from Porvair Sciences is the perfect device for labs with low to medium throughput (6 plates / minute) processing needs. Compact in design, the Ultraseal Lite will fit just about anywhere you need to use it - be it on a lab bench or inside a fume hood. Combining a powerful 400W heater with a strong sealing action, the Ultraseal Lite will deliver high integrity sealing of almost any type of microplate...
At the ISMRM 2022 conference, Bruker announced the launch of innovative 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla conduction-cooled Maxwell magnets for its market-leading preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems portfolio. Following the success of its BioSpec® Maxwell 3 Tesla model, the new range of Maxwell 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla magnets eliminates the need for liquid Helium or Nitrogen refills, while offering high-field sensitivity and resolution for advanced preclinical MRI and PET/MR research...
As one of the most popular suppliers of analytical reagents, Alfa Chemistry has expanded its portfolio by introducing food & beverage standards, which is a strategy to adapt to the growing trend for safer eating and drinking. These high quality reference materials can be used in the testing of food, beverage and cannabis. For consumers, food safety is of top concern and this factor has become the first measurement in their purchasing decisions...
Small biobanks and biorepositories often require to select tubes from cold racks straight from the freezer, but cannot afford the huge investment in robotics to fully automatically pick and place tubes from racks. The Mohawk semi-automated tube picker, being small and compact, can simplify picking tubes, up to 16 in one go, from a 96-position tube rack. By elevating sample tubes in racks using solenoids, the Mohawk enables biobank operators to quickly and simply retrieve the correct tubes and put them in the destination racks....
Dotmatics, a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making, has announced it has been selected by Umicore Corporate Research and Development, which is part of global materials technology and recycling company Umicore, as informatics partner for its Corporate R&D (CRD) digitalization project. The strategic agreement to implement core elements of Dotmatics’ R&D innovation platform within CRD, including electronic laboratory notebook...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, is expanding its membrane and filtration manufacturing capabilities in Ireland. The company will invest approximately €440 million to increase membrane manufacturing capacity in Carrigtwohill and to build a new manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park, both in Cork, Ireland. The investment, which is the largest in a single site ever for Merck’s Life Science business sector, will create more than 370 permanent jobs by the end of 2027...
The BI-200SM goniometer from TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K has been designed to make it the finest instrument available for research applications of light scattering. Offering unmatched performance for both Static Light Scattering (SLS) and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) experiments the BI-200SM research goniometer is a precision instrument for undertaking exacting measurements. Favored by leading research groups around the world, the BI-200SM’s modularity makes system expansion simple...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2022 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, June 8th with Debunking the Naysayers: Responding to LIMS Objections. This webcast is ideal for laboratory professionals who need to justify a LIMS purchase, or who are on the fence with LIMS implementation decisions...
Leading the way since 1947 with automation and innovation in centrifugation, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces a series of events to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Highlights include the launch of the Allegra V-15R Benchtop Centrifuge, along with the industry’s highest-volume vertical rotor – the VTi 50.1 – and a contest to find the oldest centrifuge produced by the company...
Biotage is pleased to announce the launch of Biotage® Selekt Enkel, a new addition to the Biotage family of flash purification systems. The Biotage® Enkel is a dedicated, purification workhorse, with a modular design that facilitates application customization. It also utilizes the low solvent consumption workflow of the Biotage® Selekt family, for greener operation and greater sustainability...
OHAUS Corporation, a leading worldwide manufacturer of scales, balances and laboratory equipment announced the launch of their new Guardian 3000 Series Hotplate Stirrers designed to safeguard your lab with rugged construction, reliability, and affordable operation. The OHAUS Guardian 3000 Hotplate Stirrers are ideal for classrooms and other lab environments that require affordable, durable, fast heating and reliable stirring....
The LightSyn Illumin8 photoreactor from Asynt offers researchers the flexibility to change quickly and safely between a selection of high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) operating at wavelengths including UV (365 nm) and blue (450 nm). The LightSyn Illumin8 allows chemists to run up to 8 photochemical reactions in parallel using low-cost 8 mL tubes. Compact in size, this affordable yet high performance photoreactor offers up to eight interchangeable modules of eight UV or coloured LEDs...
Phosphoramidites are the essential part in the chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides, short fragments of nucleotides and analogues. During the synthesis, errors can occur which is why the phosphoramidites’ purity needs to be closely monitored. In this application note, it is shown how to analyse phosphoramidites using two different separation modes: reversed phase (RP) and normal phase (NP) chromatography. Due to the complexity of the analytes different interactions can be used in order to achieve acceptable retenetion and resolution...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announce the launch of the CFX Duet Real-Time PCR System to support researchers in developing singleplex and duplex quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays. The CFX Duet System offers the robust thermal performance and proprietary, accurate optical shuttle system of Bio-Rad’s CFX Opus System, with thermal gradient functionality to enable optimization in fewer runs...
Benchling, pioneer of the R&D Cloud powering the biotechnology industry, launches its AlphaFold beta feature. As the scientific community seeks to utilize AlphaFold and other advancements in AI, this new beta feature overcomes challenges of implementation, computing power and resourcing to make for ease of experimentation and integration with AlphaFold on the Benchling platform...
Paradigm4 has unveiled REVEALTM: Proteomics, the newest use case specific app powered by the Paradigm4 FLASHTM high-performance bioinformatics platform. REVEAL: Proteomics unlocks the power of advanced mass spec proteomics by simplifying cross sample and cross study searching for protein isoforms as potential biomarkers for drug response or disease progression. REVEAL: Proteomics directly addresses the time-consuming data science challenge of preparing individual data sets for analysis...
Since the start of the pandemic, a surge in sampling demand is putting ?laboratories under pressure, driving up the market, especially in labs that do qPCR and PCR applications. Automated liquid handling platforms, like PIPETMAX®, automate most of the liquid handling steps in your assays, increasing throughput and establishing a robust method for your laboratory workflow. Read our article "The benefits of adding robotics to your lab" to discover the major benefits of adopting automated pipetting systems into your liquid handling workflow...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, now offers nuclear power plants a new continuously regenerated cation trap column (CR-CTC) application workflow for robust and efficient trace anion contaminant testing of industrial waters. The new Thermo Scientific Dionex CR-CTC III application workflow offers a solution to reduce the high cost and complexity of anion analysis in lithium borated water, and boiler and cooling water, in nuclear power plants...
PrecisionLife Limited, a global techbio company using its deep insights into disease biology and patient stratification to drive precision medicine in chronic diseases, is pleased to announce a partnership with Sano Genetics, a genetic research platform enabling patients to participate in ethical research projects, to advance understanding of the long-term effects of coronavirus infection (long COVID)...
Drawing upon decades of chromatographic expertise and knowledge, TESTA Analytical Solution is established as an OEM detector development and supply partner to a growing number of analytical and process instrumentation companies worldwide. A new case study describes how development of novel rapid scanning UV and differential refractive index detectors is helping an industrial and laboratory monitoring solutions provider offer a market leading instrumental solution for monitoring of polymerization reactions....
Biotage is pleased to announce the launch of Biotage® Extrahera™ HV-5000, an automated workstation dedicated to column-based sample preparation that is able to aspirate and dispense high volume samples. Automation reduces reliance on human interaction, enabling laboratories to increase sample throughput and integrity. Like its predecessors the Biotage® Extrahera™ HV-5000 maintains the family’s small footprint, intuitive software, and precision engineering for the uniform processing of samples...