The user’s guide to regulatory expectations, the testing process, what to do in the event of test failure, and more. Cherwell Laboratories, specialist suppliers of products for environmental monitoring and process validation, has published an eBook titled, “Failure is not an option: Why sterility testing is so important”, which is available to download from Cherwell’s website....
Interactive Software is working with UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre to connect UK Biobanks and help them achieve their aim of assisting researchers by simplifying the sourcing of biological samples. The centralised tissue directory will also help raise the profile of Biobanks and ensure donated samples are visible and used for the purpose for which they were collected....
The Chromatographic Society and Separation Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry are pleased to announce “Emerging Separations Technologies 2019”. This one day meeting will be held at RSC Burlington House, London, UK where a full symposium program will be run alongside a vendor exhibition, opportunity to network and lunch provided by the excellent Burlington House team. The agenda will cover a range of highly pertinent topics...
Project to focus on data-driven cell conversions to produce cell therapies with potential application in wound healing, and oncology immunotherapy. Cell Mogrify Ltd, a UK company aiming to transform the future development of cell therapies, today announced that it has been awarded $555,000 USD (£420,000 GBP) funding from Innovate UK,the UK’s innovation agency, through the investment accelerator for innovation in precision medicine....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series with 'A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right LIMS'. This webcast is targeted at laboratories who are planning to implement a new LIMS, either for the first time or as a replacement for an existing system. Where do you start and what evaluation factors are most important?....
The Videometerlab4 Multispectral Imaging System from Analytik now makes it possible to scan crop samples for Fusarium infection in under 10 seconds. The analytical methodology employed does not require traditional time-consuming sample preparation and eliminates the need for chemicals and costly consumables. Fusarium is a fungal disease which commonly affects wheat, barley, oats, triticale and grasses as seeds, seedlings and adult plants. The range of symptoms caused by...
Micronic released the new innovative 2.00ml Tubes with External thread. These 2.00ml tubes are the first tubes of its kind, enabling researchers to store high volume samples in a space-efficient 96-well format. The tube provides an extraordinary storage capacity in 96-well format racks with a massive working volume of 1.55ml at room temperature. The high volume tubes are designed with thick tube walls for long-term sample storage....
Two private investors and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are convinced of the importance of single-cell isolation for the production of biopharmaceuticals and for genetic analysis in research and diagnostics. EUR 3 million will be invested in the further development of the technology, the expansion of the sales organization and in opening up further applications for Cytena's single-cell printers.....
Lonza has introduced CellBio Services, a comprehensive portfolio of unique, custom solutions designed to meet specific, individual research application needs. Researchers across pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing organizations can now choose from an extensive range of services, including cell-line expansion and banking, media production, cell isolation, cell characterization, transfection services, and 3-dimensional (3D) cell-culture services....
At the XIIIth Annual Congress of the European Proteomics Association (www.eupa.org), Bruker announces further progress in ultra-high sensitivity, high-throughput 4D proteomics using the timsTOF Pro mass spectrometer. Moreover, new intact protein analysis and next-generation 4D metabolomics workflows are being introduced, which all are available on the same, remarkably flexible timsTOF Pro platform....
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, has announced its G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager is being utilised by scientists at a major London university to speed up analysis of proteins, DNA and cells associated with breast and a range of other cancer types. Scientists at the university are using a G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager to rapidly detect changes in DNA and protein expressed in human breast and other cancer tissues...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the official opening of its Customer Solution Center in Delhi, India. In collaboration with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the new Food Safety Customer Solution Center will focus on meeting and exceeding the demands of scientists in food and beverage laboratories by developing critical workflows and integrated solutions that help build food safety capacity in India....
CytoSMART, the Eindhoven-based company that develops and manufactures digital microscopes for monitoring live cell cultures, has received 5.2 million Euros to fund the growth of their business. CytoSMART has created three highly innovative microscopes that scientists can use to digitally and remotely count, screen, check, and film their cell cultures. CytoSMART’s latest microscope is the Omni, the world’s fastest live-cell imager
FLIR Systems has partnered with MathWorks® to offer MATLAB software solutions for its R&D/Science grade thermal camera users. As a result of this cooperation - FLIR R&D/Science grade thermal cameras now integrate seamlessly into MATLAB. The FLIR cameras are fully GigE Vision and GeniCam compliant, which makes controlling them remotely and streaming fully temperature-calibrated thermal images into MATLAB very straightforward. There is no need for translation of vendor specific...
Particulate Systems, a Division of Micromeritics Instruments, Expands its Scope of Instrument Solutions to Serve the Needs of the Materials Chemist Particulate Systems, a division of Micromeritics Instruments, has announced the addition of three new instrument solutions for the laboratory expanding the range of its product portfolio in the application areas of Porometry, Formulation Stability, and Particle Shape Analysis....
Thermo Scientific Medical Device portfolio provides an extensive range of chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments for laboratory development test optimization. Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the expansion of its portfolio of analytical instruments for clinical diagnostic laboratories with the addition of three systems now listed as Class I medical devices with the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA)....
Rugged, Multi-Purpose Balances Ideal for a Range of Weighing Applications. OHAUS Corporation, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of highly accurate and reliable weighing and measurement products, laboratory equipment and analytical instruments has announced the launch of their newly redesigned Navigator Portable Balances. Bringing Accuracy and Repeatability to Any Application....
Lonza will launch the MODA™ ES Software Platform, a next-generation electronic batch record execution solution, at the Paperless Lab Academy 2019. Building on Lonza’s extensive informatics know-how and contract manufacturing expertise, the new platform offers a flexible and user-friendly solution for consolidating and managing batch and quality data generated by non-automated manufacturing processes....
AMSBIO offers an unmatched portfolio of over 2000 tissue microarrays (TMAs), one of the best sample formats for rapid detection of cellular localization of RNA and protein expression. Recently AMSBIO introduced US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) standard TMAs for human, mouse and rat to its portfolio. Designed in close conformance with FDA guidelines, this range meets the requirements for tissue cross-reactivity studies required for therapeutic and diagnostic antibody and antibody-like...
The new MIDAS (Matrix Instrument Data Acquisition System) module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics improves on the existing methods of interfacing of a wide variety of analytical instruments and equipment to Matrix Gemini. Direct entry of results data into Matrix Gemini provides higher levels of automation, eliminates transcription errors and improves laboratory efficiency. By recording measurement data at the point that it is...
The new rotational viscometer ViscoQC 300 by Anton Paar. Only half a year afterthelaunch of theentry-level rotational viscometer ViscoQC 100, Anton Paarreleasesthe next rotational viscometer,ViscoQC 300:a trueall-rounder inmulti-pointviscosity determinationandanalysis. The only touch-screen viscometer ready for immediate start-up right out of the box. Measurements with ViscoQC 300 can be started right away as the instrument is already assembled when delivered....
Don Whitley Scientific is proud to launch one of their most compact workstations yet, the Whitley A25 Workstation. The A25 is equipped with many unique features to ensure easy and efficient use and to guarantee that the very best anaerobic conditions are maintained. It has a capacity of 200 Petri dishes while still leaving more than adequate space to process samples in a strictly controlled anaerobic environment...