Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, August 9, with Why We Love LIMS: ATL Customers Tell Their LIMS Success Stories. Feedback from webcast attendees has always been very positive when we invite ATL LIMS clients to share their views on how a LIMS has become an essential component of their laboratory operations...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is providing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research organizations and QC laboratories in the industrial and food and beverage sectors with a new liquid chromatography (LC) detector for simple routine isocratic analysis. The Thermo Scientific Vanquish Refractive Index Detector enables detection of substances that lack UV chromophores and is powered by proven technology...
Merck has announced the expansion of its facility in Lenexa, Kansas, USA adding 9,100 sq m2 of lab space and production capability to manufacture cell culture media. Lenexa, Kansas, USA facility becomes company’s largest dry powder cell culture media facility and Center of Excellence in North America. The company’s strategic investments to expand capacity with the new dry powder media manufacturing lines in existing production facilities in the Lenexa, Kansas...
Market leader in temperature and environmental-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, presented its cryo-correlative systems – the CMS196 and the CryoGenium plunger – at this year’s Microscopy and Microanalysis conference (M&M). Linkam showcased a range of temperature-controlled stages at this year’s M&M, with a focus on its cryo-correlative portfolio, and hosted live tutorials on system operation and performance...
Tecan proudly unveils Phase Separator™, an innovative liquid separation technology that promises to save time and improve accuracy in laboratory workflows. With specific applications in liquid biopsy and biobanking, its benefits will be felt in genomics, proteomics and across multiple disease areas, from oncology and neurodegenerative disease to metabolic disorders. Phase Separator is a unique pipetting capability of the new Air Flexible Channel Arm™ (Air FCA) on Tecan’s flagship liquid handling platform, the Fluent® Automation Workstation..
Waters launched its new PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits to provide biopharma scientists with a comprehensive, automatable solution for rapid sample preparation for peptide mapping. By reducing missed cleavages and autolysis peaks, which can complicate data processing, the kits bolster digestion performance and provide exquisite baselines free from noise. The launch of PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits completes Waters’ end-to-end solution for peptide mapping...
Edwards launch a compact and lightweight dry scroll pump. The new mXDS3 with a pumping speed 3m3h-1 builds on the established Edwards nXDS scroll pump experience and extends the current small dry pump range from 3 up to 120m3h-1. The mXDS3 offers a dry alternative to traditional oil-sealed rotary vane pumps. With no oil to check, replace or dispose of these scroll pumps offer an environmentally friendly option; typically, with lower power requirements compared to similar capacity pumps...
Award-winning analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ExtraTECH Analytical Solutions to globally sell ExtraTECH’s newly developed and patented vacuum-assisted caps for headspace microextraction. The caps ingeniously extend the applicability of headspace, SPME and SPME Arrow sample extractions by allowing analytes to be extracted under vacuum conditions with milder heating and agitation than is required using current non-vacuum methods....
Biotech Fluidics AB reports that it is supplying key microfluidic and degassing components to BioNavis Oy (Tampere, Finland) for its range of Multi-Parametric Surface Plasmon Resonance (MP-SPR) instruments. Surface Plasmon Resonance is the ‘go to’ technique for the measurement of molecular interactions in fluidics including serum, saliva, and organic solvents. SPR technology beneficially allows evaluation of affinity and kinetics of molecular binding reactions without the burdens of labelling as the technique is label-free...
New capabilities offer simplicity and walkup usability for multimode detection. Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of new Gen6 software for all Agilent BioTek detection instruments. Featuring a broad range of prebuilt experiment templates for common applications, the new software provides automated optimization tools and improved navigation through built-in data analysis functions...
Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has announced Biosyntia, a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, has adopted the Pico-Mine®platform within its workflows. The platform was chosen by Biosyntia to harness its ultra-high-throughput, picodroplet-based screening capabilities, to accelerate development of novel industrially-relevant cell factories and advance bio-based production of nutritional ingredients...
CloudLIMS, a leading ISO 9001:2015 certified and SOC 2 compliant provider of laboratory informatics solutions, is proud to extend its support to psychedelics research and testing laboratories with an incomparable offer. CloudLIMS is offering its flagship, in-the-cloud Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), to psychedelics laboratories worldwide, completely free of charge for a year from today...
Revvity has announced the launch of the Fontus™ Automated Liquid Handling Workstation, a next-generation liquid handler incorporating the best technologies from Revvity’s existing platforms, designed to deliver easier and faster workflows which enable better results for next generation sequencing (NGS) and diagnostic research applications...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ electronic pipettes, automation platforms, and peristaltic pumps are being used to increase the throughput and reproducibility of serial dilutions. These highly flexible instruments are easily adapted to numerous different applications to simplify a range of liquid handling workflows and enhance lab productivity. Serial dilutions are widely used across many life science disciplines and performing them correctly underpins the success of later studies...
“Simple SEM” Next Level of Intelligent Technology and Automation in Microscopy. JEOL introduces two new Scanning Electron Microscopes this week at M&M 2023 in Minneapolis. The new SEMs incorporate the next level of intelligent technology and automation for ease of operation and fast, high-resolution imaging and analysis. These new-generation SEMs make it easy to acquire data for all specimen types...
Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, has announced the launch of the latest version of DRAGEN™ software for analysis of next-generation sequencing data. DRAGEN 4.2 expands award-winning accuracy combined with its renowned flexibility and scalability to enable efficient workflows and extract meaningful insights from genomic data...
NK:IO, a leader in NK cell biology applied to the development of exceptionally potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumours, has announced it has been awarded £1.6M in grant funding from Innovate UK’s New Cancer Therapeutics program. The funding will support preclinical development, including development of a manufacturing process in collaboration with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, whose mission is to support the UK’s cell and gene therapy industry...
Researchers are set to to combine expertise in drug discovery, artificial intelligence (AI), and experimental cancer models and platforms in a new programme to design the precision cancer drugs of the future. Under an academic and commercial collaboration between The Institute of Cancer Research, London, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, and the company Vivan Therapeutics, a multi-disciplijnary team will seek to create drugs that can counteract drug resistance...
Cherwell, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and related industries, has published findings of a new impartial investigation into the impact of using pre-poured Petri dishes from different suppliers for air sampling in cleanroom environmental monitoring (EM) programmes. This extends Cherwell’s initial ‘plate choice’ investigation which found that size and form factor of plates can affect microbial air sampling accuracy...
AMSBIO has published a blog about Dr. Satoshi Okamoto’s groundbreaking research on the production of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)-derived liver organoids, and their significant potential in clinical research trials. The primary objective of Dr. Okamoto's research program at the Yokohama City University Graduate School's Department of Regenerative Medicine was to achieve large-scale, stable production of clinical-grade liver organoids...
Laboratory digital transformation pioneer Scitara has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner network with its Digital Lab Exchange DLX™ cloud platform. The two organizations are now also embarking on a collaboration to develop next-generation products to drive digital transformation in the lab. The first iPaaS for Science, Scitara DLX connects every instrument, application, and resource in the lab to support data flow and compliant data management throughout the enterprise...
Automata, a leading automation company powering life sciences labs, announces its partnership with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to unlock the power of open, integrated automation for cancer sample testing. With Automata’s support, the hospital’s Clinical Genomics Service, which is the cancer testing laboratory for the North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub (NTGLH), will double its genomic testing capacity through a new robotic sample processing platform...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, August 9, with Why We Love LIMS: ATL Customers Tell Their LIMS Success Stories. Feedback from webcast attendees has always been very positive when we invite ATL LIMS clients to share their views on how a LIMS has become an essential component of their laboratory operations...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is providing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical research organizations and QC laboratories in the industrial and food and beverage sectors with a new liquid chromatography (LC) detector for simple routine isocratic analysis. The Thermo Scientific Vanquish Refractive Index Detector enables detection of substances that lack UV chromophores and is powered by proven technology...
Merck has announced the expansion of its facility in Lenexa, Kansas, USA adding 9,100 sq m2 of lab space and production capability to manufacture cell culture media. Lenexa, Kansas, USA facility becomes company’s largest dry powder cell culture media facility and Center of Excellence in North America. The company’s strategic investments to expand capacity with the new dry powder media manufacturing lines in existing production facilities in the Lenexa, Kansas...
Market leader in temperature and environmental-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, presented its cryo-correlative systems – the CMS196 and the CryoGenium plunger – at this year’s Microscopy and Microanalysis conference (M&M). Linkam showcased a range of temperature-controlled stages at this year’s M&M, with a focus on its cryo-correlative portfolio, and hosted live tutorials on system operation and performance...
Tecan proudly unveils Phase Separator™, an innovative liquid separation technology that promises to save time and improve accuracy in laboratory workflows. With specific applications in liquid biopsy and biobanking, its benefits will be felt in genomics, proteomics and across multiple disease areas, from oncology and neurodegenerative disease to metabolic disorders. Phase Separator is a unique pipetting capability of the new Air Flexible Channel Arm™ (Air FCA) on Tecan’s flagship liquid handling platform, the Fluent® Automation Workstation..
Waters launched its new PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits to provide biopharma scientists with a comprehensive, automatable solution for rapid sample preparation for peptide mapping. By reducing missed cleavages and autolysis peaks, which can complicate data processing, the kits bolster digestion performance and provide exquisite baselines free from noise. The launch of PeptideWorks Tryptic Protein Digestion Kits completes Waters’ end-to-end solution for peptide mapping...
Edwards launch a compact and lightweight dry scroll pump. The new mXDS3 with a pumping speed 3m3h-1 builds on the established Edwards nXDS scroll pump experience and extends the current small dry pump range from 3 up to 120m3h-1. The mXDS3 offers a dry alternative to traditional oil-sealed rotary vane pumps. With no oil to check, replace or dispose of these scroll pumps offer an environmentally friendly option; typically, with lower power requirements compared to similar capacity pumps...
Award-winning analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International has announced that it has entered into an agreement with ExtraTECH Analytical Solutions to globally sell ExtraTECH’s newly developed and patented vacuum-assisted caps for headspace microextraction. The caps ingeniously extend the applicability of headspace, SPME and SPME Arrow sample extractions by allowing analytes to be extracted under vacuum conditions with milder heating and agitation than is required using current non-vacuum methods....
Biotech Fluidics AB reports that it is supplying key microfluidic and degassing components to BioNavis Oy (Tampere, Finland) for its range of Multi-Parametric Surface Plasmon Resonance (MP-SPR) instruments. Surface Plasmon Resonance is the ‘go to’ technique for the measurement of molecular interactions in fluidics including serum, saliva, and organic solvents. SPR technology beneficially allows evaluation of affinity and kinetics of molecular binding reactions without the burdens of labelling as the technique is label-free...
New capabilities offer simplicity and walkup usability for multimode detection. Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of new Gen6 software for all Agilent BioTek detection instruments. Featuring a broad range of prebuilt experiment templates for common applications, the new software provides automated optimization tools and improved navigation through built-in data analysis functions...
Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has announced Biosyntia, a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, has adopted the Pico-Mine®platform within its workflows. The platform was chosen by Biosyntia to harness its ultra-high-throughput, picodroplet-based screening capabilities, to accelerate development of novel industrially-relevant cell factories and advance bio-based production of nutritional ingredients...
Revvity has announced the launch of the Fontus™ Automated Liquid Handling Workstation, a next-generation liquid handler incorporating the best technologies from Revvity’s existing platforms, designed to deliver easier and faster workflows which enable better results for next generation sequencing (NGS) and diagnostic research applications...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ electronic pipettes, automation platforms, and peristaltic pumps are being used to increase the throughput and reproducibility of serial dilutions. These highly flexible instruments are easily adapted to numerous different applications to simplify a range of liquid handling workflows and enhance lab productivity. Serial dilutions are widely used across many life science disciplines and performing them correctly underpins the success of later studies...
“Simple SEM” Next Level of Intelligent Technology and Automation in Microscopy. JEOL introduces two new Scanning Electron Microscopes this week at M&M 2023 in Minneapolis. The new SEMs incorporate the next level of intelligent technology and automation for ease of operation and fast, high-resolution imaging and analysis. These new-generation SEMs make it easy to acquire data for all specimen types...
Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, has announced the launch of the latest version of DRAGEN™ software for analysis of next-generation sequencing data. DRAGEN 4.2 expands award-winning accuracy combined with its renowned flexibility and scalability to enable efficient workflows and extract meaningful insights from genomic data...
NK:IO, a leader in NK cell biology applied to the development of exceptionally potent, off-the-shelf cell therapies targeting solid tumours, has announced it has been awarded £1.6M in grant funding from Innovate UK’s New Cancer Therapeutics program. The funding will support preclinical development, including development of a manufacturing process in collaboration with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, whose mission is to support the UK’s cell and gene therapy industry...
Researchers are set to to combine expertise in drug discovery, artificial intelligence (AI), and experimental cancer models and platforms in a new programme to design the precision cancer drugs of the future. Under an academic and commercial collaboration between The Institute of Cancer Research, London, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, and the company Vivan Therapeutics, a multi-disciplijnary team will seek to create drugs that can counteract drug resistance...
Cherwell, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and related industries, has published findings of a new impartial investigation into the impact of using pre-poured Petri dishes from different suppliers for air sampling in cleanroom environmental monitoring (EM) programmes. This extends Cherwell’s initial ‘plate choice’ investigation which found that size and form factor of plates can affect microbial air sampling accuracy...
AMSBIO has published a blog about Dr. Satoshi Okamoto’s groundbreaking research on the production of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)-derived liver organoids, and their significant potential in clinical research trials. The primary objective of Dr. Okamoto's research program at the Yokohama City University Graduate School's Department of Regenerative Medicine was to achieve large-scale, stable production of clinical-grade liver organoids...
Laboratory digital transformation pioneer Scitara has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner network with its Digital Lab Exchange DLX™ cloud platform. The two organizations are now also embarking on a collaboration to develop next-generation products to drive digital transformation in the lab. The first iPaaS for Science, Scitara DLX connects every instrument, application, and resource in the lab to support data flow and compliant data management throughout the enterprise...
Automata, a leading automation company powering life sciences labs, announces its partnership with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to unlock the power of open, integrated automation for cancer sample testing. With Automata’s support, the hospital’s Clinical Genomics Service, which is the cancer testing laboratory for the North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub (NTGLH), will double its genomic testing capacity through a new robotic sample processing platform...