A new study has revealed key insights into the natural human antiviral defences against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The research, published in the journal Science and led by a team of scientists at the MRC-University of GlasgowCentre for Virus Research, sheds new light on why some people are naturally more resistant to serious SARS-CoV-2 infection – and how, in the future, the coronavirus might overcome this resistance....
Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating its new Pharmaceutical Manufacturing LIMS at the Making Pharmaceuticals event in October. Visitors can see how Matrix Gemini LIMS helps digitize the manufacturing process from raw material management to final product release, helping to drive quality and meet regulatory requirements. Integrated with other key solutions including stability studies and environmental monitoring...
LGC is pleased to announce that the AccuPlex™ SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Reference Material Kit is now CE marked for in vitro diagnostic use (CE-IVD). With this change in regulatory status, the new product name is AccuPlex SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Molecular Controls Kit. Bearing the CE mark and IVD symbol signifies that the AccuPlex SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Molecular Controls Kit meets extensive design control requirements....
The Universal Cutting Mills PULVERISETTE 19 from FRITSCH are ideal for comminution of dry, soft to hard, tough to brittle, fibrous as well as temperature-sensitive materials. Due to the variable speed adjustment between 300-3000 rpm, a fast and effective fine comminution is possible. On the other hand, with the low-speed Universal Cutting Mill with 50-700 rpm, extremely powerful comminution with really low thermal load is achieved...
Thermo Scientific Delta Q IRMS is the first product developed under ground-breaking IsoFootprint initiative to tackle CO? emissions for more sustainable science. The launch of the world’s first net zero mass spectrometer (MS) will make it easier than ever for scientists working across geoscience, food and beverage, environmental science and forensics to practice science sustainably....
MWE are a UK manufacturer & have been leaders in preanalytical medical devices since 1952. Throughout 2020, 2021 and into 2022 we continue to help the UK government in the battle against COVID–19. Three of our main products used for COVID–19 are: Σ–MM™, ∑–VCM™ and Σ–VIROCULT®. Σ–MM™ Inactivates SARS–CoV–2 in 60 seconds. Designed and manufactured in the UK, Σ–MM™ solution rapidly kills all microorganisms, including bacteria, mycobacteria and viruses, rendering specimens safe for transport...
The new line of products, available exclusively in the UK and Ireland from SLS gives laboratories control over their gas and LN2 supplies and promotes sustainability by eliminating the need for cross-country transportation of gas cannisters and Dewar flasks. On-site generation of gas and LN2 has gained popularity in recent years, as more companies have decided to free themselves from having to rely on external suppliers....
Edwards, one of the market leaders in vacuum instrumentation, has launched its new APG200 series high performance Pirani Gauge, bringing real performance improvements and cost benefits. It is the perfect vacuum solution across a spectrum of applications due to its compact size and easy maintenance, LED light ring, integrated set points and reduced costs....
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....
Testing laboratories worldwide are challenged by the explosion in sample test numbers where they need to reliably track suspected COVID-19 patient swabs to 2D-coded tubes and then through to racks of 96 tubes. For this task a fast scanner that takes and stores high quality images is the preferred solution for establishing a traceable workflow of scanned patient swab tubes through to RT-PCR ready 2D-coded tube samples....
Multi-enzyme analysis can now be achieved through a single, fully-automated enzyme analyzer, benefitting industrial enzyme manufacturers and enzyme users in the food, beverage, biopharmaceutical, fuel ethanol and chemical, and solid waste management industries. The new Thermo Scientific Gallery Enzyme Master and Thermo Scientific Gallery Plus Enzyme Master analyzers are the first automated discrete analyzers designed specifically for enzyme assay applications....
Waters Corporation has introduced the Waters™ BioAccord™ System with ACQUITY™ Premier, a combination of the Waters BioAccord System and the breakthrough ACQUITY Premier UPLC™ with MaxPeak™ High Performance Surface (HPS) technology. The integrated high-resolution LC-MS system simplifies multi-attribute monitoring of biotherapeutics by improving analyte recovery and assay-to-assay reproducibility so that regulated laboratories can get needed medicines to patients faster....
FCS Express expands the flow cytometry solutions within the Insightful Science platform, enabling world-class data-driven scientific research in academia and biopharma and clinical analysis in regulated enterprise environments. Insightful Science, the software company enabling the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, announce that it has completed the transaction to acquire De Novo Software, the maker of FCS Express™. FCS Express is the fastest-growing flow cytometry data analysis solution in the industry....
IBM Research and Arctoris have announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System), the system is able to perform highly accurate reaction predictions using its powerful AI....
Protect your precious samples with the comprehensive new range of top quality plate seals now available from Alpha Laboratories. These high-performance heat-sealing films and foils are designed to meet the needs of your modern life sciences laboratory. When sealing using heat, films or foils are welded to the microplate to produce a secure and effective seal. Heat sealing can preserve your costly reagents and valuable samples, by creating an airtight and chemically resistant seal, without the complications of using adhesives....
Healthcare software entrepreneurs Clive Minihan and Andrew Halliday have had a busy 16 months. Predicting that the need to process Covid tests at scale would require the process to be digitised, the pair formed the startup Recova-19 in May 2020. Their testing portal has now facilitated the processing of more than 1.2 million tests with a team that has now grown to 10. The cloud-based SaaS platform application has proved so successful that the duo now plan to use it to further support resilience in the health care system...
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, have announced a broad-based research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to use Twist’s proprietary antibody libraries to discover therapeutic antibodies against multiple targets provided by Boehringer Ingelheim....
Veolia Water Technologies UK (VWT UK) has launched a new PURELAB® water dispenser to be used with selected ELGA laboratory VWT UK Type I and 2 laboratory water purification systems. The product is ideal for those operating within busy laboratories. The PURELAB® Dispenser has a built-in monitoring sensor, which measures water quality as close as 1.2m from the point of dispense, ensuring a more accurate water quality reading...
Testing is fundamental to identify and prevent the spread of the coronavirus but how can laboratories access automation technologies to respond to increased demand? Penny Pinnock, Sales Manager – Healthcare & Public Sector for Siemens Financial Services, explores how smart finance can help labs to leverage automation and enhance testing capacity. As the impact of the coronavirus epidemic continues to grow, laboratories play a key role in the practice of testing which can help prevent the spread of the virus...
Watch two scientists with two different research focus areas read their love letters, where they will share the details of their aspirations, admiration and of course, their very similar love for their cells. “Soon, we will develop artificial cells capable of defending the body from viral or bacterial infections” Dr. Vivek A. Kamat, Postdoctoral Associate has a particular focus on understanding how cells respond to electrical impulses in order to help develop implantable or variable sensors. Dr. Marietta Hartl, Postdoctoral Researcher...
Principal investigators, laboratories, and proteomics researchers in academia, biopharma and contract research organizations can now benefit from an all-in-one nano-, capillary- and micro-flow liquid chromatography (LC) system. Designed for high sensitivity LC-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) applications, technical capabilities and seamless integration with Thermo Scientific PepMap Neo Columns and Thermo Scientific mass-spectrometry portfolio, the new Thermo Scientific Vanquish Neo UHPLC Systemand Thermo Scientific PepMap Neo Columns help users overcome limitations of existing low-flow LC instruments...
For decades, fluorescence microscopy has been an invaluable tool in life sciences research, with new variations and implementations emerging almost every year. Laser scanning microscopy, airyscanning, structured illumination, light field and light sheet microscopy are among the many methods that have been developed through the years to overcome the limitations of the original widefield microscopy setups...