ZEISS Volutome is an end-to-end solution for serial block-face imaging from hardware to software including image processing, segmentation, and visualization. The ultramicrotome can be easily replaced by a conventional SEM stage, converting the 3D FE-SEM into a standard FE-SEM, making the system adaptable to a multi-purpose environment...
Waters Corporation and Sartorius announced a new collaboration to develop integrated analytical solutions for downstream biomanufacturing, expanding their joint agreement that began with upstream bioprocessing analytics. Software and hardware integrations between the Waters™ PATROL™ UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC™) Process Analysis System and the Sartorius™ Resolute® BioSMB™ multi-column chromatography platform will give bioprocess engineers access...
Automata, a leading company powering life science labs to fully automate their workflows, has launched LINQ Cloud: cutting-edge laboratory automation software. LINQ Cloud connects a lab’s physical and digital environment together, enabling life science organisations to scale while reducing the manual workload for scientists. LINQ Cloud works alongside Automata’s new LINQ automated lab bench, to create a lab automation solution specific to every lab’s workflow that enables true walkaway time...
The Earlham Institute has been awarded £31.4m from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UKRI, to deliver an ambitious programme of research, develop new technology, and deliver innovation and impact over the next five years. This investment covers two new strategic programmes of research - Cellular Genomics and Decoding Biodiversity - and two National Bioscience Research Infrastructures (NBRIs) - Transformative Genomics and the Earlham Biofoundry...
Vision Engineering, the world-leading provider of innovative inspection, metrology, and digital 3D visualisation solutions, today announced the launch of Mantis 3rd Gen, the latest addition to its best-selling and award-winning range of ergonomic optical stereo microscopes. Mantis is in use in tens of thousands of R&D, manufacturing and analytical sites around the world. Mantis 3rd Gen incorporates the latest developments in optics, digital cameras and fully adjustable LED lighting, to keep Mantis at the forefront of stereo imaging.
Revvity, Inc. announce that its EUROIMMUN business has launched the UNIQO 160 (CE-IVDR), an automated indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT) system for autoimmune disease diagnostics. Now available in countries accepting the CE mark, this all-in-one solution increases the efficiency of the entire IIFT process, encompassing sample preparation, incubation, washing and mounting of slides as well as image acquisition and analysis...
A tidy workplace is half the battle. For busy scientists in the lab, however, it can be a challenge to keep track of everything. With its stainless-steel freezer racks, Hamburg-based life science company Starlab Group solves this problem - and more than ever. With 23 new models, the labware manufacturer is now expanding its range. After all, a tidy freezer encourages scientists to keep it in such a way that they can find their samples quickly and work more efficiently...
ForceRobot 400 Enables High-Throughput Force Measurements for Single Molecule Research. Bruker has announced the release of the ForceRobot® 400 BioAFM, which marks a new milestone in force measurement capabilities. It sets new standards in automation, generating over 250,000 force curves per day to deliver the statistically significant datasets required for demanding discovery and preclinical research...
Have you read a ton of articles on phase contrast microscopy, but still can’t get the full picture? Well then, watch the second movie in the mini-movie series, “Microscopy With ibidi,” for a simple explanation of how this microscopy technique works. In this short movie, we will show you why this microscopy technique is so important for scientists. and how phase contrast makes almost transparent cells clearly visible...
Ziath, an Azenta Life sciences company. reports that the high-speed of reading and error-free decoding offered by their DataPaq™ Mirage 2D tube rack reader, around 1 second for a full 96 position rack, has made it the instrument of choice for many life science labs. Neil Benn, Technical Director of Ziath commented “Drawing upon our long experience of designing high performance 2D barcode readers – the Mirage employs a unique arrangement of LED lights and “light shelves” to reduce internal reflection and unwanted illumination effects...
Biotech Fluidics announce DEGASi Prep+ - the world’s first in-line membrane degasser ready to use at 150 mL/minute with aggressive media and organic solvents. Traditionally, efficient degasification of high throughput liquid applications including process chromatography, dissolution testing, clinical chemistry and dispensing has been a tough challenge. Until now, that is. Employing a superior Systec® DST vacuum pump, and proprietary Systec AF membrane technology, the DEGASI Prep+ is able to reliably provide effective degasification at ultra-high flow rates.
An international team of scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Germany employed state-of-the-art biochemical and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) methods to study the spliceosome in intricate detail and answer long standing questions about how it works. The spliceosome operates like a nanobot, processing RNA – genetic instructions copied from DNA – in a key step to allow the building of complex proteins...
At the forefront of flow reactor design, FlowSyn™ from Uniqsis sets the standard for automated optimisation of heterogeneous catalysis reactions. The use of solid supported reagents, catalysts and scavengers in flow reactor systems offers significant benefits over conventional batch heterogeneous catalysis techniques. Their use often avoids the need for downstream product purification and leads to enhanced reaction rates and higher overall efficiency due to the large excess of catalyst...
As the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer has touched the lives of most Americans. In an effort to improve treatments for patients on Earth by better understanding how cancer spreads, a team of researchers is sending cancer organoids to space in an investigation sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. In collaboration with Axiom Space, researchers from the University of California San Diego and the Sanford Stem Cell Institute, will study the properties of cancer stem cells...
With the historically significant SPECORD device from Analytik Jena, a representative of one of the most proven analytical technologies celebrates its 60th birthday. The fact that the SPECORD spectrophotometer is still an important instrument for UV/Vis analysis worldwide is due both to the SPECORD technology, which has grown over decades, and to its continuous further development. This powerful combination is behind its ability to withstand the constantly increasing quality demands of the analysis market...
Elsevier, a leader in global information analytics, has launched EmBiology, a research tool that visualizes a comprehensive landscape of biological relationships, empowering researchers to gain a rapid understanding of disease biology and focus on critical evidence. Powered by Elsevier’s Biology Knowledge Graph, EmBiology draws on a broad and deep database of multiple sources, including over 7.2 million full text journal articles from high impact Elsevier and third-party publishers, 34.5 million abstracts and 430,000 clinical trials...
GenNext Technologies, Inc., a growth-stage company that provides structural biology instrumentation, software, and services, announce that it is collaborating with Emery Pharma, a full-service CRO offering end-to-end biologic drug development support. Through this partnership, GenNext and Emery Pharma will combine forces to provide best-in-class pharmaceutical functional and structural analysis for allosteric and mono-clonal antibody therapeutics...
A new method of controlling the shape of tiny particles about one tenth of the width of human hair could make the technology that powers our daily lives more stable and more efficient, scientists claim. The process, which transforms the structure of microscopic semiconductor materials known as quantum dots, provides industry with opportunities to optimise optoelectronics, energy harvesting, photonics, and biomedical imaging technologies, according to the Cardiff University-led team...
Pantea Razzaghi, Head of Design at Automata explains why scientists are turning to robotics automation tools to ‘do more with less’ and make more effective use of space – increasing throughput and accuracy with the same lab footprint as before. Laboratory design plays an important role in making lab spaces more accessible and efficient for scientists. This is vital as the UK strives to become a life science leader, of a sector aiming to increase productivity, have the flexibility to scale, and bring products to market at pace...
Blood clot researchers could benefit from a new device that mimics a human vein, replacing the need for animals for some studies. The vein-on-a-chip model has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham and can be used in experiments to understand mechanisms of blood clot formation. The device, described in a recent paper published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, is a tiny channel, which includes structures called ‘valves’ that ensure the correct direction of blood flow...
Waters™ Corporation has announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyatt Technology, a pioneer and well-recognized leader in innovative light scattering and field-flow fractionation instruments, software, accessories, and services. With more than 80% of its rapidly growing revenues tied to large molecule applications, Wyatt accelerates Waters’ ability to build a high-growth business in bioanalytical characterization for new modalities...
Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its new line of corrosion resistant multi-position stirring analog hot plates and stirrers featuring 5 or 9 stirring positions making them ideal for acid digestions and working with most any corrosive solutions. The large 12” (305 mm) square ceramic heater tops have a temperature range to 450°C. A purge port on the rear on the units is provided for purging with a positive pressure of any inert gas...