Genevac reports that its Rocket Synergy centrifugal evaporator is being adopted by laboratories looking to replace multiple rotary evaporators, from benchtop to production capacity, saving them valuable bench space and improving productivity.
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination. A built-in cold trap provides very high levels of solvent recovery, even with volatile organic solvents....
The PREP series of symposia is the most recognized international conference devoted to advances in separation technologies in the field of preparative and process chromatography. Join us for a dynamic and innovative program where experts from around the world will address the latest developments and hottest topics in preparative and process chromatography....
Deben reports on the results of a new paper presented at the 2016 X-Ray Microscopy Conference where a new heating and compression stage has been developed and tested to study irradiated graphite
Scientists from the University of Manchester and Diamond Light Source (Diamond) have worked with Deben in the development and commissioning of a new mechanical testing stage. This stage enabled the simultaneous heating and compression of irradiated graphite during synchrotron microtomographic imaging.....
Swedish National Supercomputer Uses Big Data Approach To Show How Cancer Begins And Develops
A new Pathology Atlas is launched today with an analysis of all human genes in all major cancers showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival. The difference in expression patterns of individual cancers observed in the study strongly reinforces....
Notable private equity firm invests £2.5 million in the Cambridge-based biotech
Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT investor, has further expanded its life science portfolio, by investing £2.5m in Cambridge-based Axol Bioscience (Axol), a provider of stem cells produced from reprogrammed human blood and tissue cells....
Today Lonza announced an endothelial cell application center, which expands Lonza’s support for researchers.
This new online suite provides scientists with educational materials and product information to assist with vital endothelial cell research. As endothelial cells regulate many homeostatic processes within the body, their dysfunction has important implications for diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer....
Empirical Bioscience, a designer and manufacturer of reagents for life science applications, has announced 2X qPCR Probe Master Mix for probe-based quantitative PCR applications.
This new product is for real-time evaluation of DNA using fluorescent probe-based detection. It contains FlashTaq HotStart DNA Polymerase, a chemically modified Taq DNA polymerase that remains inactive at room temperature....
Assay-ready kits will incorporate fully-validated, industry-leading recombinant antibody technology for high throughput research
TTP Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and Abcam plc, a global innovator in life sciences reagents and tools, has announced a collaboration to further develop reagent kits for the quantification of secreted proteins in multiplexed screening assays....
A set of 13 sixteenth century Italian wind instruments has been brought back to life thanks to the unique skills of specialist Swiss restorers and the high sensitivity and dynamic range of the Andor iKon-L CCD camera.
The resulting intensely-detailed 3D models of the composite wood, metal and leather structures provided valuable information about the construction methods of the original instrument makers and were used to guide their restoration in Basel, Switzerland.....
Merck’s ReadyPlate™ 55 ready-to-use agar plates offer streamlined, convenient and efficient sample testing for quality control of water and filterable beverages.
With a diameter of just 55 mm, ReadyPlate™ 55 plates are much smaller than standard 90 mm plates, freeing up valuable space in the incubator while reducing waste. The plates are available in a variety of certified kits which combine the agar plates with matching membranes needed for testing....
SAPPHIRE Offers The Ideal Solution for Precise and Accurate Isotopic Analysis for a Wide Range of Applications.
Nu Instruments, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high- performance mass spectrometers, is pleased to announce the release of SAPPHIRE, a new collision / reaction cell multi-collector inductively coupled mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS)....
Thermo Scientific Quattro ESEM allows materials science researchers to study nanoscale structure in almost any material under a range of environmental conditions
The ability of scientists to study samples at the nanometer scale and in natural conditions and environments is critical to the discovery and development of new materials and products. The new Thermo Scientific Quattro field-emission environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is designed for versatility, enabling scientists to perform high-resolution imaging...
Discovery leads to new approach to treatment entering phase II trial
Scientists have discovered a new way of attacking oesophageal cancer cells that could make use of an existing drug in a new approach to treatment. Their study discovered a genetic weakness or ‘Achilles’ heel’ in oesophageal cancer cells that makes them particularly sensitive to a drug called ibrutinib...
New Thermo Scientific Krios G3i raises bar for performance, automation and time-to-results
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has extended its leadership in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with the introduction of two new instruments: the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i and the Thermo Scientific Glacios cryo-transmission electron microscopes (cryo-TEMs).
Read MoreAdvancing Biopsy Storage with Automation-Friendly TubesSep 8, 2017
Designed with special features for the storage of fresh frozen tissue samples, Micronic releases the innovative and secure 1.00ml and 3.50ml tubes with external thread.
With these uniform tissue storage products, Micronic enables biobanks to standardize and automate the handling and storage of tissue samples in the same way as their liquid samples. As a result, the chance of mixing up tissue biopsy samples during handling is minimized, while the sample integrity during storage is maximized....
The SIM series of Ultra Fast Framing cameras from Specialised Imaging offer the ultimate in ultra-high speed imaging performance enabling scientists and engineers to extend the boundaries of their research and development.
Capable of capturing up to 16 images at 1 billion frames per second, SIM ultra fast framing cameras are able to capture visual data from even the most transient of phenomena. The proprietary optical design of SIM cameras delivers this unmatched performance....
BioTek announces the launch of its new microplate reader and washer duo, the 800 TS and 50 TS.
These next generation instruments are improved editions of BioTek’s legacy reader and washer, the ELx800 Absorbance Reader and ELx50 Washer, which were produced for more than twenty years. The 800 TS Absorbance Reader features a color touchscreen interface with easily programmed onboard software....
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) today announced the launch of the first Cas9 enzyme variant that extensively reduces off-target effects in CRISPR genome editing without compromising on-target activity.
The Alt-R® S.p. HiFi Cas9 Nuclease 3NLS enzyme is a recombinant S. pyogenes Cas9 mutant that improves specificity while maintaining a high editing efficiency similar to wild-type Cas9. The launch represents a major step towards therapeutic use of CRISPR, which has previously borne the risk of the unwanted off-target editing events observed with wild-type Cas9....
New compact S/TEM can be configured to meet specific imaging and analytical requirements for materials characterization in research laboratories
Research laboratories can now address a wide range of high-end material characterization applications using the latest innovation from the Talos product line. The new Thermo Scientific Talos F200i is a high-performance, compact scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM) that can be customized to meet customers’ imaging and analytical requirements.....
Horizon Discovery, a global leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announced it has released a complete, high-quality, well annotated sequence of its GS Knockout CHO-K1 bioproduction cell line.
The sequence will be made available publicly via the Ensembl website at EMBL-EBI, to serve the community as a resource to drive research and innovation in bioproduction at Horizon and across the industry.
The latest version of eve® can integrate with a wide range of third-party bioreactors and equipment from a number of different suppliers, e.g. Sartorius DCU, Applikon or Matlab
eve® offers now a large number of communication protocols, supports all OPC standards and offers a Rest API which can be used to connect analytical devices and softwares. This allows eve® to cover the vast majority of bioreactors, incubator shakers and analytical devices providing the possibility to record bioprocess data from heterogeneous sources....
New Thermo Scientific Aquilos FIB/SEM protects sample integrity and enhances productivity for cryo-electron tomography workflow
The new Thermo Scientific Aquilos is the first commercial cryo-DualBeam (focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope) system dedicated to the preparation of frozen, thin lamella samples from biological specimens for high-resolution tomographic imaging in a cryo-transmission electron microscope (cryo-TEM)....
Rocket Synergy evaporator controls are very easy to use - simply load your samples, select the correct method, press start and walk away. The evaporator is equipped with high performance features that prevent foaming, bumping and cross contamination. A built-in cold trap provides very high levels of solvent recovery, even with volatile organic solvents....
The PREP series of symposia is the most recognized international conference devoted to advances in separation technologies in the field of preparative and process chromatography. Join us for a dynamic and innovative program where experts from around the world will address the latest developments and hottest topics in preparative and process chromatography....
Scientists from the University of Manchester and Diamond Light Source (Diamond) have worked with Deben in the development and commissioning of a new mechanical testing stage. This stage enabled the simultaneous heating and compression of irradiated graphite during synchrotron microtomographic imaging.....
A new Pathology Atlas is launched today with an analysis of all human genes in all major cancers showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival. The difference in expression patterns of individual cancers observed in the study strongly reinforces....
Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT investor, has further expanded its life science portfolio, by investing £2.5m in Cambridge-based Axol Bioscience (Axol), a provider of stem cells produced from reprogrammed human blood and tissue cells....
This new online suite provides scientists with educational materials and product information to assist with vital endothelial cell research. As endothelial cells regulate many homeostatic processes within the body, their dysfunction has important implications for diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer....
This new product is for real-time evaluation of DNA using fluorescent probe-based detection. It contains FlashTaq HotStart DNA Polymerase, a chemically modified Taq DNA polymerase that remains inactive at room temperature....
TTP Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and Abcam plc, a global innovator in life sciences reagents and tools, has announced a collaboration to further develop reagent kits for the quantification of secreted proteins in multiplexed screening assays....
The resulting intensely-detailed 3D models of the composite wood, metal and leather structures provided valuable information about the construction methods of the original instrument makers and were used to guide their restoration in Basel, Switzerland.....
With a diameter of just 55 mm, ReadyPlate™ 55 plates are much smaller than standard 90 mm plates, freeing up valuable space in the incubator while reducing waste. The plates are available in a variety of certified kits which combine the agar plates with matching membranes needed for testing....
Nu Instruments, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high- performance mass spectrometers, is pleased to announce the release of SAPPHIRE, a new collision / reaction cell multi-collector inductively coupled mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS)....
The ability of scientists to study samples at the nanometer scale and in natural conditions and environments is critical to the discovery and development of new materials and products. The new Thermo Scientific Quattro field-emission environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is designed for versatility, enabling scientists to perform high-resolution imaging...
Scientists have discovered a new way of attacking oesophageal cancer cells that could make use of an existing drug in a new approach to treatment. Their study discovered a genetic weakness or ‘Achilles’ heel’ in oesophageal cancer cells that makes them particularly sensitive to a drug called ibrutinib...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has extended its leadership in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with the introduction of two new instruments: the Thermo Scientific Krios G3i and the Thermo Scientific Glacios cryo-transmission electron microscopes (cryo-TEMs).
With these uniform tissue storage products, Micronic enables biobanks to standardize and automate the handling and storage of tissue samples in the same way as their liquid samples. As a result, the chance of mixing up tissue biopsy samples during handling is minimized, while the sample integrity during storage is maximized....
Capable of capturing up to 16 images at 1 billion frames per second, SIM ultra fast framing cameras are able to capture visual data from even the most transient of phenomena. The proprietary optical design of SIM cameras delivers this unmatched performance....
These next generation instruments are improved editions of BioTek’s legacy reader and washer, the ELx800 Absorbance Reader and ELx50 Washer, which were produced for more than twenty years. The 800 TS Absorbance Reader features a color touchscreen interface with easily programmed onboard software....
The Alt-R® S.p. HiFi Cas9 Nuclease 3NLS enzyme is a recombinant S. pyogenes Cas9 mutant that improves specificity while maintaining a high editing efficiency similar to wild-type Cas9. The launch represents a major step towards therapeutic use of CRISPR, which has previously borne the risk of the unwanted off-target editing events observed with wild-type Cas9....
The sequence will be made available publicly via the Ensembl website at EMBL-EBI, to serve the community as a resource to drive research and innovation in bioproduction at Horizon and across the industry.
eve® offers now a large number of communication protocols, supports all OPC standards and offers a Rest API which can be used to connect analytical devices and softwares. This allows eve® to cover the vast majority of bioreactors, incubator shakers and analytical devices providing the possibility to record bioprocess data from heterogeneous sources....