Asynt has produced a new report that compares the thermal performance and advantages of vacuum jacketed versus non-vacuum jacketed reaction vessels.
Data is presented for vacuum jacketed and non-vacuum jacketed reaction vessels connected to a Julabo Presto A30 temperature control system. The report demonstrates that a vacuum jacketed vessel not only achieved faster rates of cooling but was also able to maintain a reaction at -20°C compared to just -15°C for the non-vacuum jacketed vessel. Beneficially, also using a vacuum jacketed vessel was shown to eliminate ice formation on the outside of the...
EM Resolutions, manufacturers and suppliers of tools and accessories for users of electron microscopes, report on the research of Peter Martin from the University of Bristol.
He is applying Kleindiek micromanipulators in the characterisation of materials resulting from the accident at the Japanese nuclear power station. PhD student, Peter Martin, is a member of the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the March 2011 incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in Japan and its effects at both the metre and micron scales. He has used an unmanned aerial vehicle to investigate the...
Arcis Biotechnology, the nucleic acid sample preparation solution provider, has announced the launch of its Arcis DNA Blood Kit (IVD), for preparation of DNA from blood using a novel three minute two step system, designed for in vitro diagnostic use.
The new kit is sold in a ready-to-use format, and enables users to stabilise and extract nucleic acid from fresh or frozen whole blood samples in just three minutes, without the need for prior sample preparation steps. Arcis DNA Blood Kit is also suitable for specimens that have been stored in EDTA and heparin-containing solutions. The kit is non-hazardous, and ships and stores at room temperature for ease of handling. Designed with point-of-care in vitro...
Metrohm is pleased to present an application for the straightforward determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA in drinking water by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection.
With a detection limit of approximately 1 µg/L, the method is sensitive enough to comply with limit values in the US, Canada, Australia, and others. A free whitepaper provides more details on the method and its application. Glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid) are usually determined by HPLC with post-column derivatization and subsequent fluorescence detection...
OHAUS announces the launch of their newest portfolio addition, the Frontier range of Centrifuges, and intends to present them during the event essential for laboratory professionals – Lab Innovations.
The event has been running for 5 years and became a great platform for business, networking and educational activities in the Laboratory industry. OHAUS has been participating in this and in many similar worldwide events. Over recent years, OHAUS has introduced many new ranges of scales and balances keeping in mind the company's first priority – making every day work faster and easier, and creating tools that will help customers become leaders in their class....
Bibby Scientific Ltd announced today that PCRmax, a leading UK manufacturer of laboratory bench top equipment, has launched the Alpha Cycler 2, a compact dual block system for flexible and cost-effective DNA analysis with a unique reporting and diagnostic function.
The AC2 PCR machine will complement PCRmax’s existing Alpha Cycler range, which includes the single block Alpha Cycler 1 (AC1) and the Alpha Cycler 4 (AC4) that provides four independently controlled blocks in one system. The PCR market is significantly growing with a CAGR of 8%. It is a dynamic market, with new technologies constantly replacing existing ones, aiming to ultimately improve user experience and enable multi-user functionality.....
The Zika virus outbreak in the Americas has transformed a previously little-known virus into a World Health Organization (WHO) declared global public health emergency.
Yet scientists still don’t know enough about Zika, including why and how it has spread so rapidly in recent months and what has led to the rise of new disease symptoms. Many of the answers may lie in understanding the virus’s genomic make-up. Now scientists from the University of Glasgow have been able to shed more light on how the Zika virus works, by sequencing the full-length genome of the virus from a patient in Brazil and studying how a molecule...
Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, report on how their PP3010T Cryo-SEM preparation system is being used to assist polymer and self-assembled materials research at the Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS-University of Strasbourg.
The Institute Charles Sadron is a CNRS-Institute located at the University of Strasbourg performing fundamental and applied research on polymers and self-assembled systems. Dr Marc Schmutz works in the Electron Microscopy facility where he uses a Hitachi SU8010 Ultra High Resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope in conjunction with a PP3010T cryo-SEM preparation system from Quorum Technologies. It is used to study a broad variety of materials...
Panasonic has introduced a new, ultra-low temperature, upright freezer that provides high capacity sample storage within an optimum footprint. Combined with industry-leading cooling performance and reliability, it offers an ideal long-term preservation solution.
Panasonic’s MDF-DU900V VIP -86°C Upright Freezer (MDF-DU900V- PE) is the latest addition to its VIP ultra-low temperature freezer series, which is specifically designed to provide exceptional solutions for the preservation of laboratory samples. With high sample storage capacity, the new freezer is ideal for high volume and long term preservation of samples required in biobanks and biorepositories. High capacity sample storage....
PerkinElmer Highlights Innovative Mass Spectrometry and Liquid & Gas Chromatography Technologies for Food, Environmental and Industrial Customers at analytica China
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the launch of its new QSight™ Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS instrument at a press conference during analytica China, the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre....
AMSBIO has launched a comprehensive selection of products for Wnt signaling research including recombinant proteins, stable reporter cell lines, polyclonal antibodies and ELISA assay kits.
Wnt proteins are a family of cysteine-rich secreted polypeptides involved in important cell functions including cell to cell communication, cell proliferation, cell migration, cell polarity, survival and self-renewal. In particular Wnt3a signals play an important role in the ability of organoids to expand. Additionally, loss of activation of Wnt expression has been associated with alteration of cell fate, morphogenesis and mitogenesis which has considerable relevance in...
Accelerated shelf-life testing in constant climate chambers determines the stability of foods
The variety of foods available in our supermarkets has now reached gigantic proportions. The food industry brings new products to market at ever-decreasing intervals. What's more, the trend away from artificial additives and toward natural ones is a topic that food laboratories have been working on for many years....
Proprietary, cost-effective process restores performance, while new optics deliver high reflectivity and precision
Rigaku Innovative Technologies (RIT), a global supplier of high performance multilayer optics, announces that it cleans and recoats old synchrotron optics to either retask the optics for new applications or to refurbish and repair the coatings to enhance performance. This proprietary process restores the optics’ performance with less lead time and at a far lower cost than purchasing new optics....
In spite of ever more effective therapies, HIV keeps managing to survive in the body.
A comprehensive project conducted by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has clarified the molecular processes which contribute to this effect. In the process, approaches were discovered. Thanks to modern therapies, HIV infections have become controllable – but these treatments cannot provide a cure.....
Sakura Finetek today announces the launch of the Tissue-Tek®VIP® 6 AI Tissue Processor.
The Tissue-Tek VIP 6 AI, provides the next level in reliability and safety from Tissue-Tek VIP processors and is a great investment for superior quality tissue processing, enabling easy and accurate diagnosis. Confidence that the required result can be produced first time, every time comes from generation after generation of gold standard technology producing the latest outstandingly reliable VIP....
The FerroCheck portable magnetometer from Spectro Scientific provides accuracy and convenience in measurement of total ferrous wear particulates in lubricating fluids.
FerroCheck enables users to perform accurate measurements of ferrous wear particles, both in the field, and in the lab where it can be used to analyze gearbox, transmission and other fluids in fleet and industrial maintenance applications. FerroCheck works by sensing disruption of a magnetic field that is generated due to the presence of ferrous debris, specifically iron, in the oil...
Assemblies save up to 60 percent on processing time and offer a safe approach to ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced its polyethersulfone membrane (PESU) is now integrated into two new, sterile Sartocon® benchtop and production scale filtration assemblies. Using these assemblies guarantees rapid and safe ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines....
Recent work has shown that Zika virus persists in semen for up to 6 months after infection.
In a correspondence published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the researchers, in addition to confirming its long persistence in semen (in this case for more than 130 days, i.e., over 4 months), reveal the presence of the virus even within spermatozoa. This work results from collaboration between researchers from Inserm, CNRS, and academic practitioners from University Toulouse III....
Vivantis launch a rapid detection kit for the Zika virus
Several countries are under threat of the Zika virus. Many of these countries have raised their respective alerts against a possible outbreak of the virus. Recently alerts were issued after new cases of Zika virus infections were reported in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Health experts have warned that Asia could be the next area of widespread outbreaks of the virus after South and Central America, including the U.S...
Read MoreUniCen universal centrifuges from HerolabOct 14, 2016
The UniCen and UniCen MR centrifuges from Herolab are the ideal choice for small volume samples use.
These microprocessor controlled models have been especially designed for tubes, bottles, microtiter plates, microliter tubes and tissue-culture tubes. The maximum capacity of the UniCen is 4 x 200ml. Designed and built by Herolab in Germany, these products are of the highest standard. Naturally, they are built with safety in mind and therefore have many features designed to make them safe and easy to use....
Read MoreSyrris Creates Orb Pilot for Effortless Reaction Scale-UpOct 14, 2016
Syrris, a world leader in chemistry product innovation, launches the Orb Pilot jacketed reactor this fall.
This unique system, which offers flexible and cost-effective pilot scale batch chemistry, was unveiled at P-MEC Barcelona. The Orb Pilot is a user-friendly, floor standing scale-up jacketed reactor providing an exceptional combination of performance, versatility and value for money....
Read MoreDisrupting the DNA-testing industryOct 13, 2016
An international startup team based in Copenhagen, Denmark is currently disrupting the field of DNA-testing by delivering cutting edge science from the lab to your doorstep.
The startup is named AthGene and has just launched the world’s first private genetics testing solution based on a subscription-model. Less than 10 years ago, DNA-tests would cost millions of € to do. Today the price has dropped dramatically, and this development has enabled AthGene to offer users their very own DNA-test supported by an interpretation of the genetics data....
Data is presented for vacuum jacketed and non-vacuum jacketed reaction vessels connected to a Julabo Presto A30 temperature control system. The report demonstrates that a vacuum jacketed vessel not only achieved faster rates of cooling but was also able to maintain a reaction at -20°C compared to just -15°C for the non-vacuum jacketed vessel. Beneficially, also using a vacuum jacketed vessel was shown to eliminate ice formation on the outside of the...
He is applying Kleindiek micromanipulators in the characterisation of materials resulting from the accident at the Japanese nuclear power station. PhD student, Peter Martin, is a member of the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the March 2011 incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in Japan and its effects at both the metre and micron scales. He has used an unmanned aerial vehicle to investigate the...
The new kit is sold in a ready-to-use format, and enables users to stabilise and extract nucleic acid from fresh or frozen whole blood samples in just three minutes, without the need for prior sample preparation steps. Arcis DNA Blood Kit is also suitable for specimens that have been stored in EDTA and heparin-containing solutions. The kit is non-hazardous, and ships and stores at room temperature for ease of handling. Designed with point-of-care in vitro...
With a detection limit of approximately 1 µg/L, the method is sensitive enough to comply with limit values in the US, Canada, Australia, and others. A free whitepaper provides more details on the method and its application. Glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid) are usually determined by HPLC with post-column derivatization and subsequent fluorescence detection...
The event has been running for 5 years and became a great platform for business, networking and educational activities in the Laboratory industry. OHAUS has been participating in this and in many similar worldwide events. Over recent years, OHAUS has introduced many new ranges of scales and balances keeping in mind the company's first priority – making every day work faster and easier, and creating tools that will help customers become leaders in their class....
The AC2 PCR machine will complement PCRmax’s existing Alpha Cycler range, which includes the single block Alpha Cycler 1 (AC1) and the Alpha Cycler 4 (AC4) that provides four independently controlled blocks in one system. The PCR market is significantly growing with a CAGR of 8%. It is a dynamic market, with new technologies constantly replacing existing ones, aiming to ultimately improve user experience and enable multi-user functionality.....
Yet scientists still don’t know enough about Zika, including why and how it has spread so rapidly in recent months and what has led to the rise of new disease symptoms. Many of the answers may lie in understanding the virus’s genomic make-up. Now scientists from the University of Glasgow have been able to shed more light on how the Zika virus works, by sequencing the full-length genome of the virus from a patient in Brazil and studying how a molecule...
The Institute Charles Sadron is a CNRS-Institute located at the University of Strasbourg performing fundamental and applied research on polymers and self-assembled systems. Dr Marc Schmutz works in the Electron Microscopy facility where he uses a Hitachi SU8010 Ultra High Resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope in conjunction with a PP3010T cryo-SEM preparation system from Quorum Technologies. It is used to study a broad variety of materials...
Panasonic’s MDF-DU900V VIP -86°C Upright Freezer (MDF-DU900V- PE) is the latest addition to its VIP ultra-low temperature freezer series, which is specifically designed to provide exceptional solutions for the preservation of laboratory samples. With high sample storage capacity, the new freezer is ideal for high volume and long term preservation of samples required in biobanks and biorepositories. High capacity sample storage....
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced the launch of its new QSight™ Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS instrument at a press conference during analytica China, the international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre....
Wnt proteins are a family of cysteine-rich secreted polypeptides involved in important cell functions including cell to cell communication, cell proliferation, cell migration, cell polarity, survival and self-renewal. In particular Wnt3a signals play an important role in the ability of organoids to expand. Additionally, loss of activation of Wnt expression has been associated with alteration of cell fate, morphogenesis and mitogenesis which has considerable relevance in...
The variety of foods available in our supermarkets has now reached gigantic proportions. The food industry brings new products to market at ever-decreasing intervals. What's more, the trend away from artificial additives and toward natural ones is a topic that food laboratories have been working on for many years....
Rigaku Innovative Technologies (RIT), a global supplier of high performance multilayer optics, announces that it cleans and recoats old synchrotron optics to either retask the optics for new applications or to refurbish and repair the coatings to enhance performance. This proprietary process restores the optics’ performance with less lead time and at a far lower cost than purchasing new optics....
The Tissue-Tek VIP 6 AI, provides the next level in reliability and safety from Tissue-Tek VIP processors and is a great investment for superior quality tissue processing, enabling easy and accurate diagnosis. Confidence that the required result can be produced first time, every time comes from generation after generation of gold standard technology producing the latest outstandingly reliable VIP....
FerroCheck enables users to perform accurate measurements of ferrous wear particles, both in the field, and in the lab where it can be used to analyze gearbox, transmission and other fluids in fleet and industrial maintenance applications. FerroCheck works by sensing disruption of a magnetic field that is generated due to the presence of ferrous debris, specifically iron, in the oil...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced its polyethersulfone membrane (PESU) is now integrated into two new, sterile Sartocon® benchtop and production scale filtration assemblies. Using these assemblies guarantees rapid and safe ultrafiltration of biologics and vaccines....
In a correspondence published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the researchers, in addition to confirming its long persistence in semen (in this case for more than 130 days, i.e., over 4 months), reveal the presence of the virus even within spermatozoa. This work results from collaboration between researchers from Inserm, CNRS, and academic practitioners from University Toulouse III....
Several countries are under threat of the Zika virus. Many of these countries have raised their respective alerts against a possible outbreak of the virus. Recently alerts were issued after new cases of Zika virus infections were reported in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Health experts have warned that Asia could be the next area of widespread outbreaks of the virus after South and Central America, including the U.S...
This unique system, which offers flexible and cost-effective pilot scale batch chemistry, was unveiled at P-MEC Barcelona. The Orb Pilot is a user-friendly, floor standing scale-up jacketed reactor providing an exceptional combination of performance, versatility and value for money....
The startup is named AthGene and has just launched the world’s first private genetics testing solution based on a subscription-model. Less than 10 years ago, DNA-tests would cost millions of € to do. Today the price has dropped dramatically, and this development has enabled AthGene to offer users their very own DNA-test supported by an interpretation of the genetics data....