Torrey Pines Scientific announces its EchoTherm™ Series of remotely controlled heating and chilling stations Models RHB20 and RIC20.

They are for use in robotic systems, in fume hoods and environmental chambers where remote control is necessary. Control is by computer or the Torrey Pines Scientific MIC20 Remote Terminal via their RS232 I/O ports. The MIC20 or computers are used to configure and control the RIC20 and RHB20 remotely....

Dolomite Bio is delighted to announce the launch of the game-changing Nadia single cell platform, a groundbreaking system set to escalate scRNA-Seq to new heights, offering the fast-growing single cell research sector an innovative solution for a wide range of potential applications.

The Nadia instrument is a touchscreen-controlled, droplet-based microfluidic platform for single cell research, combining superior microfluidics, automated temperature control and gentle cell/bead agitation to offer a single compact instrument that delivers highly precise and reliable results.

Horizon Discovery announces the launch of its reagent platform for CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) from its recently acquired Dharmacon™ business.

The global market for chromatography instrumentation is expected to reach USD11.2 billion by the end of 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 6.3% from 2014 to 2021.

The rise in the investments in the field of R&D, the introduction of chromatography tests in drug approvals and advancements in the equipment of chromatography are some of the factors propelling the growth of the market....

Elpis BioMed Ltd has announced that it has raised funds to bring its human cell products and services to market.

Backed by a world-class investor team, led by industry expert Jonathan Milner, with co-investments from Darrin Disley, Weslie Janeway and Nikolaus Starzacher. The funds will be used to grow the Company’s catalogue of off-the-shelf human cell type products and expand its service offerings...

High resolution 3D block face imaging for biological samples with fast acquisition rates and minimal sample damage

In collaboration with the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at the University of California San Diego, ZEISS releases a new Focal Charge Compensation module for block face imaging with ZEISS GeminiSEM and 3View® from Gatan, Inc....

Matrix Scheduler is an optional module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics.

Users can automatically schedule reports, worklists, registration of samples and more. In this way activities can be managed more efficiently and significant savings in staff time can be made. An easy to use interface allows flexible scheduling in a number of ways, based on dates, times, days of the week and other parameters.....

Lonza Walkersville announce its new offering of Silensomes™ Human Liver Microsomes (HLM) products – pooled human liver microsomes for in vitro cytochrome P450 (CYP) phenotyping.

Lonza Walkersville's new Silensomes™ HLM products provide researchers a fully characterized pre-made solution for CYP phenotyping, resulting in more consistent and reliable results. Lonza's Silensomes™ HLM products include seven cryopreserved human liver microsomes pools...

Biotechnology Group at the University of Leicester working in collaboration with spin-out company MIP Diagnostics Ltd

Experts from the Biotechnology Group at the University of Leicester led by Professor Sergey Piletsky in collaboration with the spin-off company MIP Diagnostics Ltd have announced the development of polymeric materials with molecular recognition capabilities which hold the potential to outperform natural antibodies....

Scientists have been searching for it for decades: the enzyme that cuts the amino acid tyrosine off an important part of the cell’s skeleton.

Researchers of the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now identified this mystery player, which may be of vital importance to the understanding of cell function and division, and therefore the understanding of cancer. They published their finding in Science on November 16^th....

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched the new Stericup^® Quick Release 500 ml vacuum filtration system, a filter bottle system ideally suited for sterile filtration of cell culture media, buffers and reagents.

The Stericup^® Quick Release system is the next generation of the original Stericup^® Sterile Vacuum Filtration System, which has been a staple in labs around the world for decades. The improved liquid sterile filtration system offers ergonomic design updates that optimize user control and...

iNLABTEC AG has introduced Universal Pipette Filter Plugs designed to provide a final barrier to protect the internal components of your pipettes from contamination due to accidental splashes during pipetting, foaming samples or aerosolized vapours. 

As well as offering a cost-effective alternative to filter tips, the flexible foam design of Inlabtec pipette filter plugs offer the unique versatility to fit into any brand of pipette with cone opening of 3 - 4.5 mm. Ernst Freydl, CEO of iNLABTEC AG, commented "Our new universal filter plugs are made from...

INTEGRA has expanded its Clear Advantage™ product family to include innovative automation friendly reagent reservoirs that result in the lowest possible dead volume – saving on reagents – reduce plastic waste and simultaneously give scientists a clear view of the pipette tips for the best liquid handling results.

Tecan has unveiled its latest innovation, the automated RESOLVEX™ A200 positive pressure workstation for LC-MS sample prep.

This walkaway system further expands Tecan’s portfolio of MS sample preparation workstations and smart consumables, uniquely allowing the company to provide complete solutions to match any workflow, from manual processing to semi-automated high throughput systems based on a Freedom EVO^® or Fluent^® platform....

The world's smallest cooling circulators

Advanced Materials Technology have launched two new advanced LC phases for your LC separation toolbox – HALO Peptide Phenyl-Hexyl and HALO AQ-C18.

HALO 160 Å Peptide Phenyl-Hexyl – a BioClass Fused-Core HPLC/UHPLC column – is specifically designed to offer alternative selectivity to C18 and CN columns, for separations of peptides and tryptic digests. It offers excellent separation of peptide and protein digests, unique selectivity, rugged stability and excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility.

Improved optical sectioning delivers higher resolution without the need to acquire a z-stack

At Neuroscience 2017, a new imaging mode for the ZEISS LSM 8 family with Airyscan has been introduced. Their unique 32-channel GaAsP array detector captures more spatial information than traditional confocal microscopes....

As one of the leading international technology groups in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics, SCHOTT exhibited its high-performance solutions portfolio for diagnostic applications at COMPAMED 2017.

Advanced materials such as D 263© bio and BOROFLOAT® 33, colorless borosilicate glasses, or Foturan II, a photo-sensitive glass wafer enabling extremely fine structures and vias, provide optimal solutions for a variety of market demands including optical diagnostic, biotech applications and microscopy....

Deben reports on how Luleå University of Technology is using their CT5000TEC compression/tensile stage with integrated temperature control to improve the understanding of deformation and strain under different loads and temperatures.

This work is being performed in a ZEISS Xradia 510 Versa 3D x-ray microscope. Dr Fredrik Forsberg is an Associate Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Sciences & Mathematics at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden. His research goal at the x-ray microtomography lab...

Advanced analytical module for tomography in the laboratory provides 3D grain imaging

ZEISS is extending the boundaries of non-destructive 3D X-ray imaging with the newest release of its diffraction contrast tomography platform, LabDCT. LabDCT provides large volume 3D maps of grains, the fundamental building blocks of metal alloys and other polycrystalline materials....

Provides the smooth sample-handling of an ultracentrifuge from a space-saving benchtop model

Celebrating 70 years as a world leading manufacturer of laboratory centrifuges, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences introduces the next generation of refrigerated, high-speed benchtops—the Avanti J-15 Series. Designed to leverage harmonic technology that ensures ultra-smooth acceleration/deceleration profiles....

A jury of experts from the German Design Council has voted the ZEISS Crossbeam 550 focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) as a winner of the German Design Award 2018 in the "Material and Surfaces" category.

Users of this FIB-SEM investigate nanostructures such as composites, metals, biomaterials or semiconductors with analytical and imaging methods in parallel. ZEISS Crossbeam 550 allows simultaneous modification and monitoring of samples, resulting in fast sample preparation and high throughput....