JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the application of scanning electrochemical microscopy to study nanometric biostructures by the Demaille and Anne Group in the Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire at the Université Paris Diderot, France.
Drs Christophe Demaille and Agnès Anne from CNRS work in the Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire at the Université Paris Diderot as Group Leaders of a research team aiming to probe electron transport and communication in nanometric biostructures. Their studies are performed at the single nano-object scale using combined atomic force (AFM)-Electrochemical (SECM) microscopy. In this combined microscopy technique, the tip acts...
The ChilliBlock from Asynt is a new modular system purpose designed for precise, controlled cooling and heating of biological samples in microplates, vials and Eppendorf tubes.
Traditionally methods of cooling biological samples often rely upon direct immersion in ice buckets which are prone to considerable temperature variability, contamination and loss of wetted labels. ChilliBlocks can be used directly in conjunction with an ice bath keeping your samples in microplates, vials and Eppendorf tubes cool and dry. For precise temperature controlled experiments – ChilliBlocks should be used with our cooling/heating base unit...
The global prepacked chromatography columns market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.2% from 2014 to 2019.
Rising demand of purification of antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines; and virus titer reduction are some of the factors driving the growth of pre-packed columns market. The cost-effective purification of biological drugs, specifically monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has been increasing the market potential of pre-packed columns. However, there is a paradigm shift towards disposable pre-packed columns. The market for pre-packed...
The largest study ever conducted on drug resistance in patients infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Europe shows that half of patients in whom HBV is not fully suppressed by treatment harbor the drug-resistant virus.
This is because doctors in Europe are still prescribing old antiviral drugs, which may also cause resistance to modern compounds. The researchers reported these results in the latest issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, published this week. According to the WHO, approximately 13 million people in Europe are chronically infected with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). These patients often develop a severe form of liver inflammation...
XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, has appointed EM Resolutions Limited as their exclusive distributor for their decontamination products in the UK & Ireland.
XEI Scientific has appointed a new distributor for the UK and Irish markets. Founded in 2012, EM Resolutions offers a wide range of consumables and accessories for the electron microscopy market place. Steve Cham, Sales Director of EM Resolutions, is excited by the prospect of teaming up with XEI. “XEI is the technology leader with their Evactron De-Contaminator systems. The products are a natural fit to our current portfolio and we are confident...
The Omega Lum G from Aplegen is the ideal package for those looking for a gel and western blot imaging documentation system.
It comes complete with everything you need. Simply unpack it to get started capturing images of your gels and blots quickly. What will also surprise most people is the incredible low cost for such a high specification system. As with all Aplegen systems it is powered by the intelligent SmartCapture Technology which simplifies imaging to the point where the user just has to pick an application and the image is automatically captured with the optimum exposure.
DefiniGEN Ltd, a leading provider of stem cell life science products and services, today announced that it has strengthened its IP portfolio with a licence for cutting edge lung stem cell technology from the University of Cambridge.
The technology will be used by DefiniGEN to develop new, optimised cell products and services for drug discovery and the study of lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis. The technology, licensed to DefiniGEN by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge uses induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to recreate embryonic lung development in the lab by activating a process known as gastrulation, in which the cells form...
The newly developed mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma from Analytik Jena, PlasmaQuant ® MS, provides ADD 10 — the all-digital detection technology covering 10 orders of magnitude linear dynamic range.
Equipped with advanced control technology the ADD 10 automatically dilutes signals up to 4 orders of magnitude electronically. This guarantees optimum signal detection independent from the concentration level of an element in the sample. The ADD 10 thus emphasizes the flexible and user-friendly concept of PlasmaQuant ® MS systems. In addition to that, this technology enables a previously unattained detector lifetime, thereby improving the...
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has introduced a new option for its range of fully enclosed, pre-aligned reflective collimators.
For organisations looking for the flexibility of being able to use a reflective collimator on different experiments around their laboratory - Optical Surfaces has developed self-aligning isolating feet. The isolating feet allow a ±10mm height adjustment and enable easy relocation of the reflective collimator without any loss of performance. The isolating feet clamp onto standard optical tables and operate in two modes. When the unit is static the isolating feet are set in “no floating mode”. However to ensure smooth...
The European market is set to benefit from WHEATON’s recently introduced MicroLiter Certified Clean Vials, designed to allow more reliable transfer of samples from the prep lab to the autosampler.
Critical physical dimensions and chemical cleanliness are fully tested to ensure that no trace residues are present, with each vial cleaned and packaged in a certified Class 10,000 cleanroom using a process developed to eliminate vial-associated errors. Closures are supplied in sealed containers, and closure and septa cleanliness can be maintained using the unique MicroLiter Closure Dispenser to reduce handling. All vials have been checked for...
Syrris’ sister company, Dolomite Microfluidics, has launched new flexible, cost-effective Dolomite Flow Chemistry Systems at the 250th American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition in August 2015.
The three systems are easy to use and can be easily configured to suit different applications, making them ideal for education, continuous large scale reactions, process optimization, scale-up and multi-step reactions. The Dolomite Flow Chemistry Systems are designed to provide excellent control of residence time, reaction temperature, stoichiometry and reagent introduction, for performing detailed flow chemistry experiments. The systems include a...
Partnership seeks to advance scientific discovery by offering important bioreagents
Kerafast Inc., developers of an online platform to facilitate accessibility to unique bioresearch materials from academic and government laboratories across the globe, today announced an agreement to make important research materials from the National Cancer Institute available through Kerafast’s platform. With this agreement, Kerafast has now partnered with 122institutes....
DefiniGEN Ltd, a leading provider of stem cell life science products and services, today announced that it has strengthened its IP portfolio with a licence for cutting edge lung stem cell technology from the University of Cambridge.
The technology will be used by DefiniGEN to develop new, optimised cell products and services for drug discovery and the study of lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis. The technology, licensed to DefiniGEN by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge uses induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to recreate embryonic lung development in the lab by activating a process known as gastrulation, in which the cells...
Based upon its proprietary oval gear design - Titan Enterprises OG-1 and OG-2 flowmeters are designed to give reliable, high performance in high pressure applications.
Constructed from durable materials including 316 Stainless Steel and PEEK™ - these compact meters are perfect for measuring flow at pressures up to 700 Barr and 150°C. Designed to be IP-67 / NEMA 4 compliant, Titan OG-1 and OG-2 high pressure flowmeters are available in standard and customer specified configurations. Unlike other flowmeters, the measurement accuracy of oval-gear flowmeters improves as liquid viscosity increases, from a...
Several innovations yield unmatched reproducibility and consistency of NGSlibraries
New England Biolabs® (NEB®) announces the release of the NEBNext Library Quant Kit for Illumina®, a qPCR-based solution for accurate next generation sequencing library quantitation. This kit offers several improvements over other commercially available library quantitation methods, including greater accuracy and, consequently, higher correlation with cluster numbers, higher reproducibility, a more convenient protocol and supplied kit components...
ZEISS and arivis AG partner to provide leading 3D imaging systems
New microscopy technologies, such as light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) or clearing methods, allow the imaging of large samples at high resolution or high frame rates. Handling, processing, and analyzing these multi-terabyte data sets has become increasingly difficult for scientists, e.g. in developmental biology and neuroscience. New tools are needed to overcome these challenges. Therefore, ZEISS has teamed up with arivis AG to offer complete...
Synbiosis,a long-established, expert manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, today announced the availability of its next generation Chromogenic ID software module for the ProtoCOL 3 and Protos 3 colony counters.
This powerful, new software successfully analyses chromogenic agars from major media supplier, E & O Laboratories and means microbiologists can use ProtoCOL 3 and Protos 3 systems to quickly and simply identify and count pathogens cultured on chromogenic plates from E & O Laboratories and CHROMagar. The new Chromogenic ID software module, ensures that the ProtoCOL 3 and Protos 3 systems can, in seconds, precisely identify, and at the same time count any bacteria...
ZEISS MultiSEM 505 has been selected by a team of judges from Microscopy Today magazine as a recipient of the 2015 Microscopy Today Innovation Award.
The world’s fastest scanning electron microscope (SEM) is regarded as a significant high-technology product that advances microscopy in several areas and makes new scientific investigations possible. As the first multiple-beam SEM in the world, the system uses 61 beams simultaneously, and offers an unrivaled capture speed of up to 1220 megapixels per second with an image resolution of four nanometer. Thus large areas can now be imaged more quickly and acquisition...
Designed to concentrate or completely dry samples the EZ-2 from Genevac is the evaporator of choice for hundreds of academic groups in chemistry, pharmacology, biology, natural product and environmental science departments worldwide.
Benefiting from a suite of pre-programmed methods the EZ-2 evaporator has proven highly popular in multi-user environments. Running the EZ-2 evaporator is highly intuitive. Just load your samples, select maximum safe temperature for samples, select solvent type and hit start. Offering true unattended operation capability the EZ-2 requires no user training, even a beginner can competently use the system within 5 minutes. Durably constructed and...
Avacta Life Sciences, the global provider of high quality reagents for life sciences, has launched a ground breaking new website for it’s Affimer technology.
Affimers are a new alternative to antibodies and aptamers. Based on a small protein scaffold, they can be engineered to bind with high specificity and affinity to a wide range of protein targets. Affimers can be used for a wide range of applications in diagnostics, drug / biomarker discovery, biotech research & development and in developing therapeutics. To provide a world-class user experience for customers, Avacta’s new website has been...
Range of antibodies to cardiac biomarkers conjugated to enzymes, fluorescent dyes and nanoparticles
Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, announced today the launch of a range of conjugated antibodies. The unique range leverages Innova’s Lightning-Link® and InnovaCoat® bioconjugation technologies, to provide customers with antibodies conjugated to an extensive range of enzymes, fluorescent dyes and colloidal gold, for improved flexibility in experimental design. The new range comprises...
Specialised Imaging reports on how the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV is using an optimised version of its SIM Framing Camera to make ultra fast UV measurements of the mechanism of plasma being used to modify the electrical properties of polymer films.
The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV (INP Greifswald) is the largest non-university research institute conducting basic research into and investigating the applications of low temperature plasmas. In addition to the application-oriented basic research, the INP promotes the development of plasma-supported processes and products. The Institute conducts research and development from idea to prototype. Using an optimised...
Drs Christophe Demaille and Agnès Anne from CNRS work in the Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire at the Université Paris Diderot as Group Leaders of a research team aiming to probe electron transport and communication in nanometric biostructures. Their studies are performed at the single nano-object scale using combined atomic force (AFM)-Electrochemical (SECM) microscopy. In this combined microscopy technique, the tip acts...
Traditionally methods of cooling biological samples often rely upon direct immersion in ice buckets which are prone to considerable temperature variability, contamination and loss of wetted labels. ChilliBlocks can be used directly in conjunction with an ice bath keeping your samples in microplates, vials and Eppendorf tubes cool and dry. For precise temperature controlled experiments – ChilliBlocks should be used with our cooling/heating base unit...
Rising demand of purification of antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines; and virus titer reduction are some of the factors driving the growth of pre-packed columns market. The cost-effective purification of biological drugs, specifically monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has been increasing the market potential of pre-packed columns. However, there is a paradigm shift towards disposable pre-packed columns. The market for pre-packed...
This is because doctors in Europe are still prescribing old antiviral drugs, which may also cause resistance to modern compounds. The researchers reported these results in the latest issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, published this week. According to the WHO, approximately 13 million people in Europe are chronically infected with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). These patients often develop a severe form of liver inflammation...
XEI Scientific has appointed a new distributor for the UK and Irish markets. Founded in 2012, EM Resolutions offers a wide range of consumables and accessories for the electron microscopy market place. Steve Cham, Sales Director of EM Resolutions, is excited by the prospect of teaming up with XEI. “XEI is the technology leader with their Evactron De-Contaminator systems. The products are a natural fit to our current portfolio and we are confident...
It comes complete with everything you need. Simply unpack it to get started capturing images of your gels and blots quickly. What will also surprise most people is the incredible low cost for such a high specification system. As with all Aplegen systems it is powered by the intelligent SmartCapture Technology which simplifies imaging to the point where the user just has to pick an application and the image is automatically captured with the optimum exposure.
The technology will be used by DefiniGEN to develop new, optimised cell products and services for drug discovery and the study of lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis. The technology, licensed to DefiniGEN by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge uses induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to recreate embryonic lung development in the lab by activating a process known as gastrulation, in which the cells form...
Equipped with advanced control technology the ADD 10 automatically dilutes signals up to 4 orders of magnitude electronically. This guarantees optimum signal detection independent from the concentration level of an element in the sample. The ADD 10 thus emphasizes the flexible and user-friendly concept of PlasmaQuant ® MS systems. In addition to that, this technology enables a previously unattained detector lifetime, thereby improving the...
For organisations looking for the flexibility of being able to use a reflective collimator on different experiments around their laboratory - Optical Surfaces has developed self-aligning isolating feet. The isolating feet allow a ±10mm height adjustment and enable easy relocation of the reflective collimator without any loss of performance. The isolating feet clamp onto standard optical tables and operate in two modes. When the unit is static the isolating feet are set in “no floating mode”. However to ensure smooth...
Critical physical dimensions and chemical cleanliness are fully tested to ensure that no trace residues are present, with each vial cleaned and packaged in a certified Class 10,000 cleanroom using a process developed to eliminate vial-associated errors. Closures are supplied in sealed containers, and closure and septa cleanliness can be maintained using the unique MicroLiter Closure Dispenser to reduce handling. All vials have been checked for...
The three systems are easy to use and can be easily configured to suit different applications, making them ideal for education, continuous large scale reactions, process optimization, scale-up and multi-step reactions. The Dolomite Flow Chemistry Systems are designed to provide excellent control of residence time, reaction temperature, stoichiometry and reagent introduction, for performing detailed flow chemistry experiments. The systems include a...
Kerafast Inc., developers of an 
Constructed from durable materials including 316 Stainless Steel and PEEK™ - these compact meters are perfect for measuring flow at pressures up to 700 Barr and 150°C. Designed to be IP-67 / NEMA 4 compliant, Titan OG-1 and OG-2 high pressure flowmeters are available in standard and customer specified configurations. Unlike other flowmeters, the measurement accuracy of oval-gear flowmeters improves as liquid viscosity increases, from a...
New England Biolabs® (NEB®) announces the release of the NEBNext Library Quant Kit for Illumina®, a qPCR-based solution for accurate next generation sequencing library quantitation. This kit offers several improvements over other commercially available library quantitation methods, including greater accuracy and, consequently, higher correlation with cluster numbers, higher reproducibility, a more convenient protocol and supplied kit components...
New microscopy technologies, such as light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) or clearing methods, allow the imaging of large samples at high resolution or high frame rates. Handling, processing, and analyzing these multi-terabyte data sets has become increasingly difficult for scientists, e.g. in developmental biology and neuroscience. New tools are needed to overcome these challenges. Therefore, ZEISS has teamed up with arivis AG to offer complete...
This powerful, new software successfully analyses chromogenic agars from major media supplier, E & O Laboratories and means microbiologists can use ProtoCOL 3 and Protos 3 systems to quickly and simply identify and count pathogens cultured on chromogenic plates from E & O Laboratories and CHROMagar. The new Chromogenic ID software module, ensures that the ProtoCOL 3 and Protos 3 systems can, in seconds, precisely identify, and at the same time count any bacteria...
Benefiting from a suite of pre-programmed methods the EZ-2 evaporator has proven highly popular in multi-user environments. Running the EZ-2 evaporator is highly intuitive. Just load your samples, select maximum safe temperature for samples, select solvent type and hit start. Offering true unattended operation capability the EZ-2 requires no user training, even a beginner can competently use the system within 5 minutes. Durably constructed and...
Affimers are a new alternative to antibodies and aptamers. Based on a small protein scaffold, they can be engineered to bind with high specificity and affinity to a wide range of protein targets. Affimers can be used for a wide range of applications in diagnostics, drug / biomarker discovery, biotech research & development and in developing therapeutics. To provide a world-class user experience for customers, Avacta’s new website has been...
Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, announced today the launch of a range of conjugated antibodies. The unique range leverages Innova’s Lightning-Link® and InnovaCoat® bioconjugation technologies, to provide customers with antibodies conjugated to an extensive range of enzymes, fluorescent dyes and colloidal gold, for improved flexibility in experimental design. The new range comprises...
The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV (INP Greifswald) is the largest non-university research institute conducting basic research into and investigating the applications of low temperature plasmas. In addition to the application-oriented basic research, the INP promotes the development of plasma-supported processes and products. The Institute conducts research and development from idea to prototype. Using an optimised...