Dotmatics Ltd, an Insightful Science company that provides scientific informatics software to drive the automation of lab data workflows and accelerate critical R&D discovery, has announced the release of Dotmatics Platform 22.1. Dotmatics Platform is the common framework that underpins the Company’s web-based scientific applications and allows them to work together to provide users with seamless end-to-end workflows...
OxDX, a University of Oxford spin out building instant pathogen tests using super-resolution microscopy and machine learning,has raised £2.6m in pre-seed funding for its AI powered diagnostic technology that can recognise and identify specific species and strains of viruses1,2, bacteria and other pathogens within a sample in seconds. The initial funding is co-led by IQ Capital and Ahren Innovation Capital with participation from Science Creates Ventures, and will be used to expand the team and further validate the technology with development partners...
Agilent Technologies Inc. announce that researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia, collaborated with Agilent experts on a proof-of-concept FTIR-based saliva COVID-19 testing workflow using the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer. The study investigated the pathophysiological response to a COVID-19 infection through ATR-FTIR spectroscopy....
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is announcing the launch of a new project on the microbiome, which could help speed up the advancement of new, precision medicines and treatments. The project – funded by Bayer, BMS, Eagle Genomics, Pfizer, Roche and Takeda – aims to incorporate microbiome data into the drug development pipeline by gathering all existing microbiome data to create a global standardized ‘atlas’ that scientists can refer to when choosing new drug candidates...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Symphogen, an affiliate of and the antibody center of excellence within the international pharmaceutical company Servier, announce the continuation of their collaboration to provide biopharmaceutical discovery and development laboratories with innovative tools and streamlined workflows for efficient characterization of complex therapeutic proteins...
Gilson, a leader in purifications systems, announce the launch of the VERITY® 1601 ELS Detector (ELSD). Designed for purifications by semi-preparative and preparative liquid chromatography (LC), the VERITY 1601 ELSD provides a powerful and cost-effective detection method for new compound discovery. The VERITY 1601 ELSD is an evaporative light scattering detector that can detect any analyte with or without a chromophore that is less volatile than the eluent...
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and the University of Vermont (UVM) have announced the establishment of the Agilent Laboratory for Chemical Analysis (ALCA). The facility will be a hub for advanced instrumentation that will allow students, institutional colleagues, industrial partners, and regional high-tech start-ups to study the composition and structure of chemical samples....
Scitara, proven innovator in laboratory digital transformation, announces it has become a member of BioPhorum, a global community that enables collaboration throughout the biopharmaceutical industry with the goal of accelerating scientific advancements. Scitara joins BioPhorum Information Technology, whose mission is to accelerate digital maturity across the global biomanufacturing industry...
As part of its continuing commitment to laboratory informatics education for laboratory personnel worldwide, Autoscribe Informatics has made available a recent webinar entitled “Justifying the Purchase of a LIMS.” Ideal for laboratory professionals purchasing or upgrading a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) it is especially useful for those about to embark for the first time on the journey of selecting a LIMS for their laboratory.
Dyad Medical, Inc., the developer of the cloud-based AI technology for cardiac image analysis called LibbyTM, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared LibbyTM IAAA through the 510(k) pathway. LibbyTM IAAA offers image analysis used for viewing and quantifying Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IVOCT) images.
Biotium, a supplier of cutting-edge life science reagents, is expanding their line of industry-leading Mix-n-Stain™ labeling kits with new kits designed specifically for producing antibody conjugates ideal for super-resolution stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM). Mix-n-Stain™ STORM CF® Dye Antibody Labeling Kits are available with Biotium’s unique STORM CF® Dyes, which feature exceptional brightness and photochemical properties ideal for STORM imaging...
Thermo Scientific SureSTART consumables portfolio is designed for higher performance requirements, while meeting customer budgets. A new collection of caps, vials, inserts, kits, well plates and mats improves analytical performance and sample security for chromatography and mass spectrometry users in routine and research laboratories, across a diverse range of sectors such as pharma, biopharma, clinical, food, environmental and academia....
No more time-consuming counting by hand: Unique assist mode automatically identifies colonies of the same type and makes it possible to conduct a colony count with just a few clicks. Regular colony counts are part of the day-to-day tasks of many laboratories in order to rule out the contamination of products with bacteria, viruses, yeasts, or molds during production. To do this, Petri dishes containing the relevant samples are evaluated in order to determine the number of colonies formed....
World first: Human Cell Design has developed maturation process to obtain unlimited quantity of functional human cellssimilar in every respect to native human cells. Human Cell Design (formerly Univercell-Biosolutions), a biotechnology company focused on generating translational human cellular models, announces the launch of Endoc-BH5®, the fifth version of its model of ready-to-use, > 99% pure population of functional human pancreatic beta cells available in unlimited quantities...
Refeyn, the mass photometry pioneer, has announced the launch of its new TwoMP Auto mass photometer, a unique instrument for the automatic loading and analysis of biomolecular samples for protein characterisation at the single-molecule level. Launched at SLAS in Boston, the instrument provides researchers with automated direct mass measurements of up to 14 samples in one hour using the unmatched sensitivity and simplicity of mass photometry - Refeyn’s novel molecular mass measurement technology....
ZEISS recently caught up with the team from the Mostowy Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Watch the video below to hear how their ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 has transformed the way they carry out research across the entire lab - from streamlining workflows to standardising results. ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is your automated microscope for live cell imaging, combining the ease-of-use of an automated high-end imaging system with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope...
Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, is launching two of its smallest-ever filtering escape devices, the PARAT® 1200 and PARAT® 1260, which both provide 10 minutes effective respiratory protection in emergency environments where air quality has been compromised, enabling potentially life-saving additional escape time...
Research grade laboratory autoclaves that form part of the new PERFROMANCE range being introduced by autoclave manufacturer Priorclave are designed specifically for high-throughput operations and are especially adept at sterilizing challenging loads and large items. Typically, they would prove the best option for use in research, education, industrial, and quality assurance facilities since Performance autoclave models now incorporate many features as standard...
The research neutron source Hein Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is playing an important role in the investigation of mRNA nanoparticles similar to the ones used in the Covid-19 vaccines from vendors BioNTech and Pfizer. Researchers at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) used the high neutron flux available in Garching to characterize various formulations for the mRNA vaccine and thus to lay the groundwork for improving the vaccine's efficacy...
Asynt reports how AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) has used its ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stand to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry system. Martin Monedero, principal chemist at AMT, commented "Our Coflore flow systems are designed to be as versatile as possible, enabling users to optimise feed vessel set up according to the requirements of a particular reaction. For users to be able to swap reaction vessels quickly and easily is a significant benefit...
Biobanking is a critical facility in many drug discovery, pathology, and personalized medicine organisations. It enables researchers to effectively manage biological sample collections in an easily accessible repository. Unfortunately, while smaller biobanks and biorepositories still need to select tubes from cold racks straight from the freezer, they cannot necessarily afford the significant investment in robotics to fully automate the picking and placing of sample storage tubes from racks..
INTEGRA Biosciences has created the D-ONE single channel pipetting module for hands-free transfers from individual tubes or wells using the ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot. This system effectively automates tedious tasks such as serial dilutions, sample normalization, hit picking or pipetting of complex plate layouts, increasing productivity and reproducibility in the lab while reducing hands-on time, processing errors and physical strain...
Dotmatics Ltd, an Insightful Science company that provides scientific informatics software to drive the automation of lab data workflows and accelerate critical R&D discovery, has announced the release of Dotmatics Platform 22.1. Dotmatics Platform is the common framework that underpins the Company’s web-based scientific applications and allows them to work together to provide users with seamless end-to-end workflows...
OxDX, a University of Oxford spin out building instant pathogen tests using super-resolution microscopy and machine learning,has raised £2.6m in pre-seed funding for its AI powered diagnostic technology that can recognise and identify specific species and strains of viruses1,2, bacteria and other pathogens within a sample in seconds. The initial funding is co-led by IQ Capital and Ahren Innovation Capital with participation from Science Creates Ventures, and will be used to expand the team and further validate the technology with development partners...
Agilent Technologies Inc. announce that researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia, collaborated with Agilent experts on a proof-of-concept FTIR-based saliva COVID-19 testing workflow using the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer. The study investigated the pathophysiological response to a COVID-19 infection through ATR-FTIR spectroscopy....
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is announcing the launch of a new project on the microbiome, which could help speed up the advancement of new, precision medicines and treatments. The project – funded by Bayer, BMS, Eagle Genomics, Pfizer, Roche and Takeda – aims to incorporate microbiome data into the drug development pipeline by gathering all existing microbiome data to create a global standardized ‘atlas’ that scientists can refer to when choosing new drug candidates...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Symphogen, an affiliate of and the antibody center of excellence within the international pharmaceutical company Servier, announce the continuation of their collaboration to provide biopharmaceutical discovery and development laboratories with innovative tools and streamlined workflows for efficient characterization of complex therapeutic proteins...
Gilson, a leader in purifications systems, announce the launch of the VERITY® 1601 ELS Detector (ELSD). Designed for purifications by semi-preparative and preparative liquid chromatography (LC), the VERITY 1601 ELSD provides a powerful and cost-effective detection method for new compound discovery. The VERITY 1601 ELSD is an evaporative light scattering detector that can detect any analyte with or without a chromophore that is less volatile than the eluent...
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and the University of Vermont (UVM) have announced the establishment of the Agilent Laboratory for Chemical Analysis (ALCA). The facility will be a hub for advanced instrumentation that will allow students, institutional colleagues, industrial partners, and regional high-tech start-ups to study the composition and structure of chemical samples....
Scitara, proven innovator in laboratory digital transformation, announces it has become a member of BioPhorum, a global community that enables collaboration throughout the biopharmaceutical industry with the goal of accelerating scientific advancements. Scitara joins BioPhorum Information Technology, whose mission is to accelerate digital maturity across the global biomanufacturing industry...
As part of its continuing commitment to laboratory informatics education for laboratory personnel worldwide, Autoscribe Informatics has made available a recent webinar entitled “Justifying the Purchase of a LIMS.” Ideal for laboratory professionals purchasing or upgrading a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) it is especially useful for those about to embark for the first time on the journey of selecting a LIMS for their laboratory.
Dyad Medical, Inc., the developer of the cloud-based AI technology for cardiac image analysis called LibbyTM, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared LibbyTM IAAA through the 510(k) pathway. LibbyTM IAAA offers image analysis used for viewing and quantifying Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IVOCT) images.
Biotium, a supplier of cutting-edge life science reagents, is expanding their line of industry-leading Mix-n-Stain™ labeling kits with new kits designed specifically for producing antibody conjugates ideal for super-resolution stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM). Mix-n-Stain™ STORM CF® Dye Antibody Labeling Kits are available with Biotium’s unique STORM CF® Dyes, which feature exceptional brightness and photochemical properties ideal for STORM imaging...
Thermo Scientific SureSTART consumables portfolio is designed for higher performance requirements, while meeting customer budgets. A new collection of caps, vials, inserts, kits, well plates and mats improves analytical performance and sample security for chromatography and mass spectrometry users in routine and research laboratories, across a diverse range of sectors such as pharma, biopharma, clinical, food, environmental and academia....
No more time-consuming counting by hand: Unique assist mode automatically identifies colonies of the same type and makes it possible to conduct a colony count with just a few clicks. Regular colony counts are part of the day-to-day tasks of many laboratories in order to rule out the contamination of products with bacteria, viruses, yeasts, or molds during production. To do this, Petri dishes containing the relevant samples are evaluated in order to determine the number of colonies formed....
World first: Human Cell Design has developed maturation process to obtain unlimited quantity of functional human cellssimilar in every respect to native human cells. Human Cell Design (formerly Univercell-Biosolutions), a biotechnology company focused on generating translational human cellular models, announces the launch of Endoc-BH5®, the fifth version of its model of ready-to-use, > 99% pure population of functional human pancreatic beta cells available in unlimited quantities...
Refeyn, the mass photometry pioneer, has announced the launch of its new TwoMP Auto mass photometer, a unique instrument for the automatic loading and analysis of biomolecular samples for protein characterisation at the single-molecule level. Launched at SLAS in Boston, the instrument provides researchers with automated direct mass measurements of up to 14 samples in one hour using the unmatched sensitivity and simplicity of mass photometry - Refeyn’s novel molecular mass measurement technology....
ZEISS recently caught up with the team from the Mostowy Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Watch the video below to hear how their ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 has transformed the way they carry out research across the entire lab - from streamlining workflows to standardising results. ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is your automated microscope for live cell imaging, combining the ease-of-use of an automated high-end imaging system with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope...
Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, is launching two of its smallest-ever filtering escape devices, the PARAT® 1200 and PARAT® 1260, which both provide 10 minutes effective respiratory protection in emergency environments where air quality has been compromised, enabling potentially life-saving additional escape time...
Research grade laboratory autoclaves that form part of the new PERFROMANCE range being introduced by autoclave manufacturer Priorclave are designed specifically for high-throughput operations and are especially adept at sterilizing challenging loads and large items. Typically, they would prove the best option for use in research, education, industrial, and quality assurance facilities since Performance autoclave models now incorporate many features as standard...
The research neutron source Hein Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is playing an important role in the investigation of mRNA nanoparticles similar to the ones used in the Covid-19 vaccines from vendors BioNTech and Pfizer. Researchers at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) used the high neutron flux available in Garching to characterize various formulations for the mRNA vaccine and thus to lay the groundwork for improving the vaccine's efficacy...
Asynt reports how AM Technology Ltd (Runcorn, UK) has used its ReactoMate ATOM lab reactor support stand to enhance the speed and ease of switching reaction vessels feeding their Coflore® flow chemistry system. Martin Monedero, principal chemist at AMT, commented "Our Coflore flow systems are designed to be as versatile as possible, enabling users to optimise feed vessel set up according to the requirements of a particular reaction. For users to be able to swap reaction vessels quickly and easily is a significant benefit...
INTEGRA Biosciences has created the D-ONE single channel pipetting module for hands-free transfers from individual tubes or wells using the ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot. This system effectively automates tedious tasks such as serial dilutions, sample normalization, hit picking or pipetting of complex plate layouts, increasing productivity and reproducibility in the lab while reducing hands-on time, processing errors and physical strain...