Spectronics Corporation manufactures state-of-the-art transilluminators built to exacting standards used for visualization of target DNAs and proteins.
They work by emitting high levels of UV radiation through the viewing surface. The advanced Spectroline® Bi-O-Vision™ Series transilluminators feature two workstations, producing both 312nm ultraviolet and white light. The TD-1000R model offers fixed-intensity while the TVD-1000R model offers variable-intensity control of either UV or white light. These units are continuously adjustable from 100% down to 50%. This enables researchers to select...
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce the extension of the ISOLUTE® PLD+ protein and phospholipid removal product line to include the versatile tabless 1 mL column format, for the clean-up of blood based matrix samples for analysis by LC-MS/MS.
ISOLUTE® PLD+ 96-well plates and columns combine protein and phospholipid removal into a single product providing very effective and extremely simple sample clean-up for LC-MS/MS analysis. The new format is ideal for lower throughput applications, or for laboratories that have variable sample numbers to process. Up to 96 columns can be processed using specially designed base plates, eliminating the problem of wasted unused...
GENALICE has announced the global launch date of Population Calling, a new analysis module and part of their GENALICE MAP Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Data Analysis Suite.
In a LIVE webinar event scheduled in two weeks from today, on October 8, the company will reveal the unique capabilities to improve individual patient results and discover disease specific DNA changes at significantly reduced cost and time to result. Hans Karten, CEO/CTO of GENALICE explains: “Single sample variant detection is the standard approach to determine DNA changes in an individual patient that may be related to disease. Population...
Enhanced Quality Testing Addresses Guidelines for Cell Therapy and Research
Lonza has enhanced its range of Poietics™ Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) by expanding the characterization of these cells to meet industry guidelines for translational and cell therapy research applications. The newly enhanced Poietics™ Human MSCs help to ensure that researchers start their experiments with a high-quality starting population of multipotent stem cells. This robust starting population is critical for translational...
New translational science company DEXSTR announces seed funding and presents innovative data management tool Inquiro at Pharmaceutical IT Congress
One year after it was created, DEXSTR, a start-up in the field of data management for Life sciences, is among the lead sponsors of the 13th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress in London, where it will be presenting Inquiro, the company’s unique solution to manage scientific data. DEXSTR has also announced the backing of IT-Translation, an investor in digital technology start-ups, which is investing €300,000 in this promising young company based in France...
A new short and engaging SimpleShow format video from INTEGRA introduces and explains the unique features and benefits of their Multichannel Pipette Reagent Reservoirs. The video features the continuing story of animated lab heroes Mason and Mary. Watching this funny video you will learn about how INTEGRA 10ml, 25ml and 100ml Multichannel reagent reservoirs are designed to nest inside each other, making it possible to get twice as many reservoirs in half the space of other products, reducing inventory space requirements and shipping costs....
FLIR Systems announces that the latest version of its Research IR software - ResearchIR Max version 4.2 gives users direct access to their MATLAB scripts within the software program for the first time.
This new capability allows users to access their customized MatLab® scripts directly in ResearchIR for specially-tailored thermal image analysis and processing tasks. Many useful MatLab functions can now be directly accessed from within ResearchIR. Combining FLIR thermal and other cameras with MATLAB provides you with a flexible environment to explore algorithms for multi-sensor systems. To demonstrate the powerful utility of this new capability...
MediSieve founder Dr George Frodsham has secured £350,000 in seed funding to develop his company’s revolutionary magnetic malaria-filter.
George attracted the backing from angel investors with expertise in the medical device and healthcare industries, including leading patent attorneys, former CEOs and successful entrepreneurs in the field. Treatment with MediSieve’s device involves no drugs or chemicals and offers new hope for malaria patients whose cases are severe or resistant to existing medicines. Pre-clinical trials show that the 3D printed magnetic blood filter could extract up...
Proteomics research is increasingly involved in the development of modern clinical medicine from the identification of drug targets, the validation of biomarkers, and optimization of resulting drug leads and assays.
Pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies spend tens of billions of dollars on translational research, which has increased the focus on instruments capable of powerfully assaying and identifying proteins implicated in disease pathways. The Proteomic Research Market Opportunity, Defined: Report analyst Emil Salazar examines proteomics research processes in detail and in terms of their instrument and technological requirements relating to mass spectrometry...
Specialist flow chemistry firm Vapourtec (Cambridge, UK) has launched a reactor housing for micromixer reactors that complements its existing standard, cooled, heated and photochemical family of reactors.
Vapourtec’s new micromixer, which plugs easily into ports within their current flow chemistry systems, features chip reactors housed within a glass and PTFE manifold that offers a clear visibility of the reactants. A range of seven different glass micromixer reactor chips has been developed for use with the new reactor housing. Cooled gas is circulated around the micromixer chips, using Vapourtec’s cooling module, to deliver temperatures as low as -40º C. Heated air, reaching temperatures up to 150º C...
Asynt has developed DrySyn NMR Heating Blocks to enable safe, effective and uniform heating of up to 10 NMR tubes on a conventional hotplate stirrer.
This new DrySyn unit allows you to use standard NMR tubes as a reaction vessel for applications including catalyst screening experiments and reaction monitoring as well as studying broad peaks, temperature dependent solubility issues and conformational changes. Unlike heating in problematic oil baths, using a DrySyn NMR Heating Blocks allows you to analyse the contents of your NMR tube almost immediately without removal of residual oil on the outside of the glassware...
Bruker announced that its NMR FoodScreener™ laboratory for food authenticity and quality determination, located in Rheinstetten, Germany, has been granted ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.
The certificate has been awarded for Bruker’s validated methods for the determination of ingredients and measures of authenticity and quality of liquid foods and food extracts by NMR spectroscopy. Government and private analytical service laboratories offering NMR-based testing for food authenticity and quality with Bruker’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) and validated methods can now more easily get these NMR methods accredited in their lab. Christian Kost, Managing Director of Winespin-Analytics GmbH...
SP Scientific has introduced a new range of Hotpack Undercounter and Doublestack Glassware Washers that are engineered for productive, reliable and energy efficient operation.
Technological developments allow the new washers to deliver enhanced drying performance from an upgraded dual fan system incorporated in the washer chambers. Wash cycles with temperatures up to 70°C (158°F) enable fast, efficient cleaning of different types of glassware in wide ranging load scenarios. New soft touch features with multiple cycle selections and microprocessor control systems ensure that each load is processed with minimum energy consumption. A delayed start...
Women with the commonest type of ovarian cancer can safely take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and it could have a beneficial effect on their survival, a long-term clinical trial reports.
The 24-year, phase III international trial provides the strongest evidence yet that women with epithelial ovarian cancer – which accounts for 80-90 per cent of cases – can safely take HRT during or after their treatment. Several major studies have found that HRT can increase the risk of developing some cancers, which is why there has been such interest in whether it is safe to take during cancer treatment. The new study, published in the Journal of Clinical...
Naming a lab product can be tricky – looking for a short, snappy and memorable tag that tells potential customers what a product does isn’t always easy.
But whoever had to name this product had it very easy indeed. miniPCR – A PCR thermal cycler that fits in the palm of your hand! miniPCR thermal cyclers deliver the same high-end performance as established PCR platforms. But the advantages of being this small are huge. You can carry them anywhere, they’re incredibly easy to use, and – just in case this interests you – they cost a lot less. miniPCR could save you a small fortune. A traditional PCR...
Finding the correct antibody for the study can be costly and time consuming. In the fast paced world of scientific discovery such delays waste precious time and resources.
To help overcome such challenges One World Lab (OWL) – a unique company selling evaluation test size aliquots from multiple original antibody manufacturers – has announced its collaboration with BenchWise, a non-profit online review platform founded by students and researchers from Stanford University; one of the world’s most prestigious teaching institutions. The synergistic collaboration allows researchers to share their knowledge and experience of antibodies purchased through OWL, to ultimately help fellow scientists save time and money....
New 3-part differential hematology analyzer delivers lower costs and wider range of use
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will display their new 3-part differential hematology analyzer (60 test /hour throughput) to the laboratory world for the first time in Dusseldorf, Germany, at Medica 2015 on the 16-19 November. This innovative analyzer has been specially designed to provide unique solutions to the many needs of the rapidly evolving worldwide hematology markets. This small analyzer has low...
European Mass Spec/Chromatography Sales and Service Company KRSS Ltd have entered into a collaboration with the University of East Anglia/Norwich Medical School leading to the opening of a clinical application support laboratory in KRSS’s new 17,000sq ft. state-of-the art facility based in Runcorn, Cheshire.
The new facility will initially target clinical applications such as Total/Free Urinary and Plasma Metanephrines, Catecholamines, Vitamin D, Female Testosterone (Androgens), Steroids and Therapeutic Drugs. KRSS customers will have access to technical support from a Clinical applications team, headed up by John Dutton and Professor Bill Fraser of UEA, who have over 60 years’ experience in clinical laboratories. The agreement will benefit from the technical...
The Imagel Gel Doc system for iPhone or Android is the smart way to quickly grab your gel images. Just hook up your smart phone to the compact hood and start to collect images of all your gels, quickly and easily.
The Imagel can be used with 3 different light sources. Use the blue LED transilluminator for DNA applications that use Green DNA, GelGren, SYBR® Green, SYBR® Safe, SYBR® Gold and for Protein applications using LavaPurple. A UV transilluminator will let you work with AmberDNA, ethidium bromide, SYBR®, Oriole™, fluorescent gel stain, GelRed, SYPRO Ruby, Coomassie, Fluor Orange and Krypton. Finally using a white light source you can capture images of Proteins using Coomassie Blue, copper, silver or zinc stains....
An extensive range of new charting capabilities has been added to the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) from Autoscribe Informatics.
A comprehensive range of generic charts has been added to help with reporting and QC, together with enhancements to SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gantt and DB Gantt chart control. The new comprehensive charting function provides a wide choice of chart displays. These include: line, bar, area, pie, funnel, doughnut, radar, bubble, stock, histogram and XY scatter charts. Two sets of X, Y values can be independently configured and displayed on...
Reichert4SPR provides researchers maximum flexibility and sensitivity–with 4 channels
Life just got easier for researchers performing label-free, biomolecular interaction analysis. The Reichert4SPR pushes the boundaries of detection, immensely improving the quality of data in the drug discovery process. The Reichert4SPR will accommodate more sample types for a broader range of applications, enabling flexible study design while making it accessible to every lab. Phenomenal detection. Leading sensitivity delivers excellent...
Genevac, specialists in solvent removal, have developed a suite of proprietary technological solutions to facilitate post purification sample handling, including reformatting.
For labs undertaking purification using Normal Phase HPLC, SFC or Flash chromatography – removal of organic solvents can be simply, productively and safely carried out in a Genevac centrifugal evaporator (EZ-2, ROCKET, Rocket Synergy or HT Series III). Where the nature of the sample being concentrated can lead to solvent bumping (e.g. natural products) - Genevac's DriPure® technology is proven to completely eliminate this troublesome and...
They work by emitting high levels of UV radiation through the viewing surface. The advanced Spectroline® Bi-O-Vision™ Series transilluminators feature two workstations, producing both 312nm ultraviolet and white light. The TD-1000R model offers fixed-intensity while the TVD-1000R model offers variable-intensity control of either UV or white light. These units are continuously adjustable from 100% down to 50%. This enables researchers to select...
ISOLUTE® PLD+ 96-well plates and columns combine protein and phospholipid removal into a single product providing very effective and extremely simple sample clean-up for LC-MS/MS analysis. The new format is ideal for lower throughput applications, or for laboratories that have variable sample numbers to process. Up to 96 columns can be processed using specially designed base plates, eliminating the problem of wasted unused...
In a LIVE webinar event scheduled in two weeks from today, on October 8, the company will reveal the unique capabilities to improve individual patient results and discover disease specific DNA changes at significantly reduced cost and time to result. Hans Karten, CEO/CTO of GENALICE explains: “Single sample variant detection is the standard approach to determine DNA changes in an individual patient that may be related to disease. Population...
Lonza has enhanced its range of Poietics™ Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) by expanding the characterization of these cells to meet industry guidelines for translational and cell therapy research applications. The newly enhanced Poietics™ Human MSCs help to ensure that researchers start their experiments with a high-quality starting population of multipotent stem cells. This robust starting population is critical for translational...
One year after it was created, DEXSTR, a start-up in the field of data management for Life sciences, is among the lead sponsors of the 13th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress in London, where it will be presenting Inquiro, the company’s unique solution to manage scientific data. DEXSTR has also announced the backing of IT-Translation, an investor in digital technology start-ups, which is investing €300,000 in this promising young company based in France...
This new capability allows users to access their customized MatLab® scripts directly in ResearchIR for specially-tailored thermal image analysis and processing tasks. Many useful MatLab functions can now be directly accessed from within ResearchIR. Combining FLIR thermal and other cameras with MATLAB provides you with a flexible environment to explore algorithms for multi-sensor systems. To demonstrate the powerful utility of this new capability...
George attracted the backing from angel investors with expertise in the medical device and healthcare industries, including leading patent attorneys, former CEOs and successful entrepreneurs in the field. Treatment with MediSieve’s device involves no drugs or chemicals and offers new hope for malaria patients whose cases are severe or resistant to existing medicines. Pre-clinical trials show that the 3D printed magnetic blood filter could extract up...
Pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies spend tens of billions of dollars on translational research, which has increased the focus on instruments capable of powerfully assaying and identifying proteins implicated in disease pathways. The Proteomic Research Market Opportunity, Defined: Report analyst Emil Salazar examines proteomics research processes in detail and in terms of their instrument and technological requirements relating to mass spectrometry...
Vapourtec’s new micromixer, which plugs easily into ports within their current flow chemistry systems, features chip reactors housed within a glass and PTFE manifold that offers a clear visibility of the reactants. A range of seven different glass micromixer reactor chips has been developed for use with the new reactor housing. Cooled gas is circulated around the micromixer chips, using Vapourtec’s cooling module, to deliver temperatures as low as -40º C. Heated air, reaching temperatures up to 150º C...
This new DrySyn unit allows you to use standard NMR tubes as a reaction vessel for applications including catalyst screening experiments and reaction monitoring as well as studying broad peaks, temperature dependent solubility issues and conformational changes. Unlike heating in problematic oil baths, using a DrySyn NMR Heating Blocks allows you to analyse the contents of your NMR tube almost immediately without removal of residual oil on the outside of the glassware...
The certificate has been awarded for Bruker’s validated methods for the determination of ingredients and measures of authenticity and quality of liquid foods and food extracts by NMR spectroscopy. Government and private analytical service laboratories offering NMR-based testing for food authenticity and quality with Bruker’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) and validated methods can now more easily get these NMR methods accredited in their lab. Christian Kost, Managing Director of Winespin-Analytics GmbH...
Technological developments allow the new washers to deliver enhanced drying performance from an upgraded dual fan system incorporated in the washer chambers. Wash cycles with temperatures up to 70°C (158°F) enable fast, efficient cleaning of different types of glassware in wide ranging load scenarios. New soft touch features with multiple cycle selections and microprocessor control systems ensure that each load is processed with minimum energy consumption. A delayed start...
The 24-year, phase III international trial provides the strongest evidence yet that women with epithelial ovarian cancer – which accounts for 80-90 per cent of cases – can safely take HRT during or after their treatment. Several major studies have found that HRT can increase the risk of developing some cancers, which is why there has been such interest in whether it is safe to take during cancer treatment. The new study, published in the Journal of Clinical...
But whoever had to name this product had it very easy indeed. miniPCR – A PCR thermal cycler that fits in the palm of your hand! miniPCR thermal cyclers deliver the same high-end performance as established PCR platforms. But the advantages of being this small are huge. You can carry them anywhere, they’re incredibly easy to use, and – just in case this interests you – they cost a lot less. miniPCR could save you a small fortune. A traditional PCR...
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will display their new 3-part differential hematology analyzer (60 test /hour throughput) to the laboratory world for the first time in Dusseldorf, Germany, at Medica 2015 on the 16-19 November. This innovative analyzer has been specially designed to provide unique solutions to the many needs of the rapidly evolving worldwide hematology markets. This small analyzer has low...
The new facility will initially target clinical applications such as Total/Free Urinary and Plasma Metanephrines, Catecholamines, Vitamin D, Female Testosterone (Androgens), Steroids and Therapeutic Drugs. KRSS customers will have access to technical support from a Clinical applications team, headed up by John Dutton and Professor Bill Fraser of UEA, who have over 60 years’ experience in clinical laboratories. The agreement will benefit from the technical...
The Imagel can be used with 3 different light sources. Use the blue LED transilluminator for DNA applications that use Green DNA, GelGren, SYBR® Green, SYBR® Safe, SYBR® Gold and for Protein applications using LavaPurple
A comprehensive range of generic charts has been added to help with reporting and QC, together with enhancements to SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gantt and DB Gantt chart control. The new comprehensive charting function provides a wide choice of chart displays. These include: line, bar, area, pie, funnel, doughnut, radar, bubble, stock, histogram and XY scatter charts. Two sets of X, Y values can be independently configured and displayed on...
Life just got easier for researchers performing label-free, biomolecular interaction analysis. The Reichert4SPR pushes the boundaries of detection, immensely improving the quality of data in the drug discovery process. The Reichert4SPR will accommodate more sample types for a broader range of applications, enabling flexible study design while making it accessible to every lab. Phenomenal detection. Leading sensitivity delivers excellent...
For labs undertaking purification using Normal Phase HPLC, SFC or Flash chromatography – removal of organic solvents can be simply, productively and safely carried out in a Genevac centrifugal evaporator (EZ-2, ROCKET, Rocket Synergy or HT Series III). Where the nature of the sample being concentrated can lead to solvent bumping (e.g. natural products) - Genevac's DriPure® technology is proven to completely eliminate this troublesome and...