A Netherlands Cancer Institute team, co-led by Thijn Brummelkamp and Anastassis (Tassos) Perrakis, reported independently, but almost simultaneously with three more groups from all over the world, on the crystal structure and mechanism of a peculiar molecular end-tail of the microtubules that constitute the cell skeleton....
Porvair Sciences has introduced the first commercial ChIP kit range dedicated to Drosophila (fruit fly). Benefiting from proprietary bead-free ChIP technology, these new kits deliver high-quality ChIP-ready chromatin from as little as 5 Drosophila specimens and from a range of Drosophila tissues....
Led by our highly experienced scientists, between them possessing over a century of experience - the participants benefit from lectures and analytical instrumentation sessions. Designed to be informative, educational and non-vendor specific, QA, QC, Analysts, Technicians, Researchers, Academics, Post Doc’s & Students have all benefited from attending....
Building a smart laboratory and ensuring you have the right technologies can increase productivity and improve planning, quality assurance and control. With so many new technologies, innovations and informatics systems on the market, it is important to find the right solutions for your laboratory to save you time....
The Olympus scanR 3.1 high-content screening station uses the power of AI to carry out groundbreaking analyses of live cells – analyses that until recently seemed impossible. Its software’s accuracy, robustness and ease of use improve both data quality and cell viability, enabling fast analyses and confidence in results. Olympus’ newly launched scanR 3.1 high-content screening (HCS) station fully embraces the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) to enable cutting-edge life science research....
Unity Scientific, a KPM Analytics company, announces the release of the CommUnity Networking Suite which helps drive down production costs and improves product quality by enabling the remote configuration, monitoring and data reporting of Unity SpectraStar™ NIR analyzers.NIR spectrometers analyze thousands of samples daily, providing accurate and reliable data in support of a wide variety of production and laboratory requirements....
The Olympus scanR 3.1 high-content screening station uses the power of AI to carry out groundbreaking analyses of live cells – analyses that until recently seemed impossible. Its software’s accuracy, robustness and ease of use improve both data quality and cell viability, enabling fast analyses and confidence in results....
Biomedical Scientist Cherie Beckett has won the Amazing Individual Award from the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. This week, the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust held their annual Amazing People Awards to recognise staff members who deserve recognition for the amazing work they do. Hundreds of staff members were nominated for these awards....
Anton Paar’s air-counter-cooled Peltier temperature device PTD 80 for the rotational viscometers ViscoQC 100/300 not only saves space in the laboratory but also provides fast and highly accurate sample temperature control from +15 °C to +80 °C. The unique T-Ready™ feature shows users when samples reach temperature equilibrium and measurement is automatically started afterwards...
AMSBIO reports on the pioneering research published in a collaborative effort between researchers in the School of Engineering, University of Newcastle and Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK that has cited Biotinylated Hyaluronan Binding Protein (biotin-HABP) supplied by the company in its investigation into the cancer resistance of the naked mole-rat (NMR)....
Sartorius will be showcasing the latest addition to its cellular analysis portfolio on booth #103 at this year’s CYTO® conference and exhibition, with the launch of the Intellicyt iQue3. The event – which takes place in Vancouver, Canada, from June 22 to 26 – will give delegates the chance to explore a smarter way to perform flow cytometry experiments. The iQue3 is designed to provide fully automated processing and analysis for flow cytometry workflows....
BioTek’s Synergy™ Neo2 Hybrid Multi-Mode Microplate Reader received expanded certification from Cisbio Bioassays for their proprietary HTRF® technology, a TR-FRET assay platform used in the Life Sciences. Synergy™ Neo2 was recently updated with an optional TRF laser. The TRF laser provides ultra-fast measurement speed, along with optimal sensitivity for critical screening applications like Time-Resolved Fluorescence Energy Transfer (TR-FRET) assays....
The Micronic Tube Reader DT500 is high-speed storage tube code reading at its best. Attractively designed to enhance your lab space - the DT500 is truly versatile - it reads 1D rack barcodes, 1D barcoded tubes and 2D Data-Matrix coded tubes (in 96-, 48- and 24-well formats) all in less than a second. The Micronic Tube Reader DT500 is a plug-and-play reader that requires no software installation and is very easy to use....
Agilent Technologies has introduced its first new product from recently acquired ACEA Biosciences, at the 34th Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, CYTO 2019 Congress, held June 22–26, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. The Agilent NovoCyte Advanteon Flow Cytometer is now one of the most sensitive cell analyzers available on the market. Flow cytometers are integral to basic research, drug discovery, and clinical diagnostics....
Expedeon AG has introduced Lightning-Link® Metal Labeling Kits for use in multiple immunoassay-based applications to support single cell analysis. The new kits will enable users to dramatically enhance the phenotypic analysis of heterogeneous cell populations, providing increased multiplexing capability compared to fluorophore labelling, improving sample throughput and research output....
Porvair Sciences has published data that demonstrates how optimising protein orientation for maximum chromatin-antibody binding and capture is enabling its Chromatrap® ChIP-seq kits to offer market leading sensitivity. Lindsay Parkes, Senior Research Scientist at Porvair Sciences explained "We have developed our bead-free technology to enable maximum capture of antibody....
With years of experience in the pharmaceutical and life science sector, Creative Diagnostics has recently launched a comprehensive list of active magnetic particles functionalized with various terminal active groups for further conjugation of affinity ligands. They are designed with aromatic aldehyde on the surface of particles, and can easily be separated with conventional permanent magnets, such as Aldehyde, Alkyne, Amine, Azide, Bromoacetyl, Carboxyl, Chitosan, and Cyanuric....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, July 17th with LIMS: The Backbone to Your Quality Management System (QMS). This month, we will focus on the importance of a LIMS as the backbone of an organization’s Quality Management System (QMS)....
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new line of next-generation open air orbital shakers to offer unmatched reliability and superior user programmability in a compact benchtop design. As the first open air orbital shakers to feature a touchscreen user interface, the units will better meet the demands of scientists working in academic, cell culture and industrial laboratories...
The Lambda576, the first-of-its-kind automated laser marker, from AFYS3G can mark tubes from a variety of sizes and brands. With the device, no labels, stickers or ink is used. The laser engraves markings with any shape, logo, text or sample ID directly onto the surface of each tube. The automated system can hold up to 6 racks with sample storage tubes in ANSI / SLAS format. The markings are resistant against chemicals....
Tecan is launching the innovative Spark® Cyto plate reader at SLAS Europe 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, from the 26th to the 28th of June. The unique system is the first live cell plate reader to offer real-time detection and analysis of biological, chemical and physical events – capturing the maximum amount of data from every well, at the same time and under the same conditions. Building on the success of the original Spark platform,
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched a new vessel for its ambr® 250 modular benchtop automated mini bioreactor system. The single-use vessel has been specially designed for therapeutic cell lines and offers the potential for accelerated process development of cell and gene therapy applications and scale-up into cGMP single-use bioreactors and bags...