CAMECA Delivers Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) To US Naval Research Laboratory for Advanced Materials Development
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
AMSBIO has announced the launch of PATHM2 small molecules libraries for small scale screening in developmental biology and discovery research.
PATHM2 libraries are available to identify accessory molecules that improve cell viability, proliferation or yields. All compounds are hand selected to address ‘traditional’ cascades that play a role in pluripotency maintenance or specific differentiation. Multiple agents are included to interrogate new and emerging networks/targets relevant to stem cell biology. PATHM2 kits are also available to screen your disease model and identify/confirm critical...
For sample storage facilities, each millimetre of freezer space counts.
To address the need for compact storage labware - the Micronic range of low profile screw caps for their 96-well format screw cap storage tubes (0.50ml, 0.75ml, 1.10ml, 1.40ml and 2.00ml) result in space savings of up to 33%**. The low profile screw cap was designed in conjunction with Professor Thomas Illig from the Hannover Unified Biobank in Germany. He commented “ Micronic's low profile screw cap and screw cap storage tubes offer the...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
AirClean® Systems PowderSafe™ Type B Enclosures usher in a new era of powder weighing and containment technology.
PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. The innate chemical resistance of polypropylene allows users to easily clean the enclosure without the worry of degradation, while the high mass construction alleviates the threat of vibration...
The crosslinking process utilizes short wave (254 nm) UV light to covalently bond nucleic acids to either nitrocellulose or nylon membranes.
Spectronics Corporation manufactures advanced, versatile and accurate crosslinkers to avoid the loss of nucleic acids during the hybridization process, a consistent, irritating problem for lab technicians. The Select™ XLE-Series is a high quality, inexpensive ultraviolet crosslinker that addresses this issue. It covalently binds nucleic acids to membranes in under 30 seconds — 240 times faster than vacuum-oven baking. The unit is able to identify and analyze...
OHAUS, a leading worldwide manufacturer of scales and balances, announced the launch of Explorer® Semi-Micro.
Over the past several years, the introduction of multiple Explorer balance models have helped set a new definition of what modern weighing and measurement means in today’s science, research and development landscape. We are happy to announce the newest addition to the Explorer Series, the Explorer Semi-Micro, which now brings the Explorer Series’ trademark ingenuity and intuition to applications requiring extreme precision, down to 0.01mg...
University of Leicester Professor says having bacteria named after him is an honour
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
Leica Biosystems today announced the release of the HistoCore Arcadia, a modular embedding system designed to streamline workflow in histopathology laboratories.
The independent Arcadia modules offer users the flexibility to organize the embedding workflow to their liking. HistoCore Arcadia is a combination of the paraffin dispensing module Arcadia H and the cold plate Arcadia C. Simple operation and precise control help improve the quality, reliability and speed of embedding work. The new station is designed with the user in mind and incorporates comfortable wrist-pads that increase comfort and stability...
With integrated WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) and a resolution from VGA to Full HD, these cameras are especially suited to demanding applications in microscopy, production automation, quality assurance, logistics, medicine, science and security
The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of machine vision cameras, has just announced the immediate availability of new industrial cameras with the Sony Full HD WDR Sensor IMX236. The cameras feature compact, robust industrial housing with C/CS- or S-Mount and are available as GigE (PoE) and USB 3 versions in monochrome and color. With integrated WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) and a resolution from VGA to Full HD, they are...
Olympus introduces a flexible and accurate cellFRAP imaging platform specifically for the acquisition, monitoring and analysis of dynamic in-vivo processes by photomanipulation techniques. The easy-to-use platform delivers excellent optical performance and µs-precise control.
Enabling the easy addition of photomanipulation techniques to imaging platforms, Olympus has launched a new cellFRAP deck system for the popular IX3 ‘open source concept’ IX83 and IX73 microscopes. Olympus cellFRAP is designed with researchers in mind, providing highly accurate and flexible live-cell photomanipulation with various evaluation options for data presentation needs. Unlike conventional widefield-based FRAP systems, Olympus’ cellFRAP...
Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, are pleased to announce a new member of staff to join their growing sales and marketing support team.
Linkam's continued growth in sales worldwide has led to a further hire in the support team under sales and marketing manager, Duncan Stacey. He outlines the position: “With our sales and product development being driven by feedback from our users a Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, are pleased to announce a new member of staff to join their growing sales and marketing support team. Linkam's continued...
In a world where health care costs are escalating and demands on health care systems are becoming overwhelming, Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) today announces the innovation of hemaPEN™, a prototype blood collection and storage device.
Harnessing the benefits of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sampling in an intuitive and safe portable format, hemaPEN has the potential to change the way individuals have their blood tested - eliminating the need to visit a clinic and offering precision blood sampling with the click of a button via its familiar pen design, which can be easily used by anyone including the young, elderly and people with disabilities. The hemaPEN is the only device of its...
Nanolab Orders Advanced Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP®) Microscope from CAMECA Unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis Division
Nanolab Technologies Inc., a Silicon Valley-based analytical services lab, has purchased a new Local Electrode Atom Probe from CAMECA Instruments Inc. The high-performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of the AMETEK Materials Analysis Division, is used to provide advanced materials analysis, including precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s...
Greenovation Biotech GmbH announced today that scientists at Baylor Institute, USA and Greenovation, Germany published results from a preclinical study in Fabry mice in the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases.
Results of the study imply that replacement enzymes exhibiting mannose-terminated glycosylation patterns are efficiently delivered to their subcellular targets, the lysosomes. Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) like Fabry disease are caused by inborn absence of certain degradation enzymes, leading to continuous accumulation of problematic compounds in the cells. In Fabry patients, sphingolipid accumulation leads to various symptoms like...
The unique Krystal 2000 microplate range from Porvair Sciences has been optimised for luminescence and fluorescence assays.
A patented manufacturing process, using a ‘two-shot’ mould, provides clear, individual wells in an opaque matrix. The special design of the plate totally eliminates the well-to-well optical crosstalk inherent with other clear bottomed microplate designs, giving unmatched accuracy, sensitivity and repeatability of photometric readings. Very high signal-to-noise ratio and low detection limits can be achieved with this superb plate. All tissue-culture treated plates are supplied...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, announce the availability of ASD's new FieldSpec 4 High Resolution NG portable spectroradiometer.
This is designed to meet the specifications of NASA’s next generation of airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer. AVIRISng is an acronym for the Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation. It has been developed by government laboratories in the USA, NASA and JPL, to provide continued access to high signal-to-noise ratio imaging spectroscopy measurements in the solar reflected spectral range. To complement this, ASD have introduced their...
Markus Lusser is the new President and Director of Leica Microsystems, headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany.
This appointment became effective July 1, 2015. He succeeds Andries Peter Jan van den Broek who has left the company. Before joining Leica Microsystems, Markus Lusser was Vice President Global Sales and Customer Support with Sciex. Sciex produces analysis instruments and, like Leica Microsystems, belongs to the U.S. company, Danaher Corporation. Lusser holds an Electrical Engineering Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics from...
Unique System Proven to Improve Laboratory Workflow and Productivity for Infectious Disease
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is showcasing its DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System* at the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, 9-12 September 2015 on booth G5 where delegates can learn more about this new instrument that is set to revolutionise laboratory workflow. Recent evaluations undertaken in the UK and Spain have shown that DxN VERIS is simple to use (routine operator training taking approximately...
Antibiotic Research UK will announce at its Annual General meeting today its first research programme to tackle antibiotic resistant bacteria (superbugs).
Superbugs are becoming an increasing problem in hospitals as bacteria become more and more resistant to our existing antibiotics. The Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies recently said that if we don’t tackle the problem now our grandchildren will not thank us. All the medical procedures we currently take for granted such as cancer treatment, open heart surgery, hip and knee replacement and organ transplantation will become much more...
The performance of high throughput PCR, genotyping, cloning or Sanger Sequencing is labour intensive.
However, the Alpha Cycler 4, recently launched by PCRmax (a Bibby Scientific company), is able to ease this pressure whilst still delivering precise DNA amplification. Through innovative software, high quality data is readily delivered, and due to the android interface and simple clean design, little to no training is required to script any protocol, helping save precious research time. Coupled with four truly independent blocks, the Alpha Cycler 4 can either...
AMSBIO has introduced an expanded range of Adeno-associated virus (AAV) cloning and packaging services.
Adeno-associated viruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that can infect a broad range of cell types including dividing and non-dividing cells and are, therefore, widely used vehicles for gene delivery. Clinical trials have not only found AAV to be consistently safe and stable, but their vectors are capable of causing long-term expression in human cells. Therefore, AAV vectors have many advantages that many other vectors do not. To date, recombinant AAV...
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has taken delivery of the US Department of Defense’s first Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope. The high- performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis, is used in advanced materials analysis to provide precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s microstructure. Since their development in the 1960s, atom probes have contributed to...
PATHM2 libraries are available to identify accessory molecules that improve cell viability, proliferation or yields. All compounds are hand selected to address ‘traditional’ cascades that play a role in pluripotency maintenance or specific differentiation. Multiple agents are included to interrogate new and emerging networks/targets relevant to stem cell biology. PATHM2 kits are also available to screen your disease model and identify/confirm critical...
To address the need for compact storage labware - the Micronic range of low profile screw caps for their 96-well format screw cap storage tubes (0.50ml, 0.75ml, 1.10ml, 1.40ml and 2.00ml) result in space savings of up to 33%**. The low profile screw cap was designed in conjunction with Professor Thomas Illig from the Hannover Unified Biobank in Germany. He commented “ Micronic's low profile screw cap and screw cap storage tubes offer the...
Starting this month, the organization will focus on helping laboratory professionals develop their own individualized quality control plans (IQCPs) and provide them with new ways to deal with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) challenges. By attending these webinars, participants can make sure their laboratories are prepared for the January 1, 2016, IQCP implementation and that their AST resources are up-to-date to ensure...
PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. The innate chemical resistance of polypropylene allows users to easily clean the enclosure without the worry of degradation, while the high mass construction alleviates the threat of vibration...
Spectronics Corporation manufactures advanced, versatile and accurate crosslinkers to avoid the loss of nucleic acids during the hybridization process, a consistent, irritating problem for lab technicians. The Select™ XLE-Series is a high quality, inexpensive ultraviolet crosslinker that addresses this issue. It covalently binds nucleic acids to membranes in under 30 seconds — 240 times faster than vacuum-oven baking. The unit is able to identify and analyze...
Over the past several years, the introduction of multiple Explorer balance models have helped set a new definition of what modern weighing and measurement means in today’s science, research and development landscape. We are happy to announce the newest addition to the Explorer Series, the Explorer Semi-Micro, which now brings the Explorer Series’ trademark ingenuity and intuition to applications requiring extreme precision, down to 0.01mg...
University of Leicester microbiologist Professor Bill Grant has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades- he has a bug named after him. His name will be preserved for posterity after an academic journal was printed this month naming a bacterium isolated in Japan after the Leicester scientist. The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology has described and named the bug, giving the name etymology as...
The independent Arcadia modules offer users the flexibility to organize the embedding workflow to their liking. HistoCore Arcadia is a combination of the paraffin dispensing module Arcadia H and the cold plate Arcadia C. Simple operation and precise control help improve the quality, reliability and speed of embedding work. The new station is designed with the user in mind and incorporates comfortable wrist-pads that increase comfort and stability...
The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of machine vision cameras, has just announced the immediate availability of new industrial cameras with the Sony Full HD WDR Sensor IMX236. The cameras feature compact, robust industrial housing with C/CS- or S-Mount and are available as GigE (PoE) and USB 3 versions in monochrome and color. With integrated WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) and a resolution from VGA to Full HD, they are...
Enabling the easy addition of photomanipulation techniques to imaging platforms, Olympus has launched a new cellFRAP deck system for the popular IX3 ‘open source concept’ IX83 and IX73 microscopes. Olympus cellFRAP is designed with researchers in mind, providing highly accurate and flexible live-cell photomanipulation with various evaluation options for data presentation needs. Unlike conventional widefield-based FRAP systems, Olympus’ cellFRAP...
Linkam's continued growth in sales worldwide has led to a further hire in the support team under sales and marketing manager, Duncan Stacey. He outlines the position: “With our sales and product development being driven by feedback from our users a Market leaders in temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, are pleased to announce a new member of staff to join their growing sales and marketing support team. Linkam's continued...
Harnessing the benefits of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sampling in an intuitive and safe portable format, hemaPEN has the potential to change the way individuals have their blood tested - eliminating the need to visit a clinic and offering precision blood sampling with the click of a button via its familiar pen design, which can be easily used by anyone including the young, elderly and people with disabilities. The hemaPEN is the only device of its...
Nanolab Technologies Inc., a Silicon Valley-based analytical services lab, has purchased a new Local Electrode Atom Probe from CAMECA Instruments Inc. The high-performance atom probe from CAMECA, a unit of the AMETEK Materials Analysis Division, is used to provide advanced materials analysis, including precise atom-by-atom identification, 3-D spatial positioning, and accurate atomic-scale reconstruction of a material’s...
Results of the study imply that replacement enzymes exhibiting mannose-terminated glycosylation patterns are efficiently delivered to their subcellular targets, the lysosomes. Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) like Fabry disease are caused by inborn absence of certain degradation enzymes, leading to continuous accumulation of problematic compounds in the cells. In Fabry patients, sphingolipid accumulation leads to various symptoms like...
A patented manufacturing process, using a ‘two-shot’ mould, provides clear, individual wells in an opaque matrix. The special design of the plate totally eliminates the well-to-well optical crosstalk inherent with other clear bottomed microplate designs, giving unmatched accuracy, sensitivity and repeatability of photometric readings. Very high signal-to-noise ratio and low detection limits can be achieved with this superb plate. All tissue-culture treated plates are supplied...
This is designed to meet the specifications of NASA’s next generation of airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer. AVIRISng is an acronym for the Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation. It has been developed by government laboratories in the USA, NASA and JPL, to provide continued access to high signal-to-noise ratio imaging spectroscopy measurements in the solar reflected spectral range. To complement this, ASD have introduced their...
This appointment became effective July 1, 2015. He succeeds Andries Peter Jan van den Broek who has left the company. Before joining Leica Microsystems, Markus Lusser was Vice President Global Sales and Customer Support with Sciex. Sciex produces analysis instruments and, like Leica Microsystems, belongs to the U.S. company, Danaher Corporation. Lusser holds an Electrical Engineering Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics from...
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is showcasing its DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System* at the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, 9-12 September 2015 on booth G5 where delegates can learn more about this new instrument that is set to revolutionise laboratory workflow. Recent evaluations undertaken in the UK and Spain have shown that DxN VERIS is simple to use (routine operator training taking approximately...
Superbugs are becoming an increasing problem in hospitals as bacteria become more and more resistant to our existing antibiotics. The Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies recently said that if we don’t tackle the problem now our grandchildren will not thank us. All the medical procedures we currently take for granted such as cancer treatment, open heart surgery, hip and knee replacement and organ transplantation will become much more...
However, the Alpha Cycler 4, recently launched by PCRmax (a Bibby Scientific company), is able to ease this pressure whilst still delivering precise DNA amplification. Through innovative software, high quality data is readily delivered, and due to the android interface and simple clean design, little to no training is required to script any protocol, helping save precious research time. Coupled with four truly independent blocks, the Alpha Cycler 4 can either...
Adeno-associated viruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that can infect a broad range of cell types including dividing and non-dividing cells and are, therefore, widely used vehicles for gene delivery. Clinical trials have not only found AAV to be consistently safe and stable, but their vectors are capable of causing long-term expression in human cells. Therefore, AAV vectors have many advantages that many other vectors do not. To date, recombinant AAV...