The new ANALYSETTE 28 ImageSizer is the ideal instrument for analysis of particle shape and size of dry, free-flowing powders and bulk solids in a measuring range from 20 µm to 20 mm. Via the optical analysis of particle shape and particle size, damaged particles, contaminates, agglomerates or oversized or undersized particles are identified accurately and fast, and can be viewed as single images. At the same time, the instrument offers a...
The MiniVap™ blowdown evaporator from Porvair Sciences takes just minutes to remove volatile organic solvents from your 96-well microplates.
The MiniVap™ is the perfect tool for labs where smaller numbers of individual plates need drying. Incorporating advanced evaporator head technology and an innovative manifold design, which directly injects heated nitrogen into each well of a 96-well microplate simultaneously, the MiniVap enables researchers to remove the traditional laboratory ‘bottleneck’ of solvent evaporation from microplates prior to analysis or reconstitution in buffer...
Biological Industries (BI), a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of life science products for the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched innovative hMSC differentiation kits for research and stem cell based therapies.
“This is a unique line of serum-free and xeno-free differentiation kits, providing the ability to efficiently differentiate hMSC from various sources into adipocytes, chondrocytes and osteoblasts,” said David Fiorentini, Director of Research & Development. All three kits are serum free and xeno free: MSC Go Osteogenic XF™ - Rapid differentiation of osteogenic (Complete, ready-to-use), MSC Go Adipogenic XF™ -Basal medium and supplements mix...
Asynt announces a new range of high quality, non-ducted fume cupboards designed to sit on a standard laboratory bench.
Available in standard widths from 550mm to 900mm wide, all Asynt fume cupboards are fully compliant with COSHH regulations and international standards including BS7989:2001 for filtration fume / particulate cupboards. During manufacture, every aspect of the cabinet, from the electrics to the metalwork, is meticulously checked and monitored to ensure high reliability, optimal operation and safety is achieved. All Asynt fume cupboards employ...
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a parasitic pathogen of the human respiratory tract.
This bacteria lacks a cell wall and thus many antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis are ineffective as treatment. M. pneumoniae causes atypical pneumonia and effects children and young adults most commonly. The organism adheres to respiratory epithelial cells via several adhesins. The P1 adhesin is a major virulence factor of this organism. ViroStat has released a new set of monoclonal antibodies to the...
Continued growth in sales of ultra high-speed cameras has been reported by market leader – Specialised Imaging across its range of products.
Wai Chan, Managing Director of Specialised Imaging, commented “Over the last year we have achieved strong growth in our user base of Kirana high-speed digital video cameras. Delivering high resolution and high speed (up to 5 million frames / second) data acquisition in an affordable, yet no-compromise camera design the easy-to-use Kirana has appealed to many organizations investing in the benefits of ultra high-speed...
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, will be exhibiting at Pittcon 2015 & giving a paper on transmission Raman imaging.
The inVia system enables users to study the widest range of samples with the broadest range of Raman imaging techniques. Renishaw's unique suite of complementary imaging options make it easy for users to get the chemical and structural information they need. On booth #2808, Renishaw's experts will explain the collective benefits of each technique and how the addition of transmission Raman provides maximum flexibility. Applications Scientist, Pippa Law, will give a...
SampleGenie 4 is the latest version of Genevac’s unique technology for direct concentration of large sample volumes into vials, designed for use in the Rocket Synergy Evaporator.
SampleGenie technology enables large sample volumes to be dried directly into vials, eliminating a number of time-consuming sample handling steps and the attendant risk of errors. The latest generation SampleGenie further enhances the exceptional capabilities of the original design. Accommodating sample volumes of up to 250ml, and featuring a new vial adapter insert to suit a range of vials from 12mm to 28mm diameter and up to...
Merck Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck, today announced the introduction of its AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E water purification systems.
These new systems have been developed to provide clinical laboratories with an economical and reliable water purification solution for daily water volumes of up to 3000 L. The AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E systems rely on two powerful technologies to produce water quality meeting Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute® (CLSI®) Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water standards. State-of-the-art, proven Elix® electrodeionization (EDI) technology ensures constant water quality...
Combined technologies may identify all mutations in gene sequences associated with clinical utility of targeted cancer therapies
EKF Molecular Diagnostics has agreed a collaboration with specialist medtech company ANGLE plc, to investigate the combination of ANGLE’s Parsortix circulating tumour cell (CTC) harvesting platform with EKF Molecular’s PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology as a liquid biopsy. If successful, the resulting simple blood test could enable the investigation of unexpected ultra-low level mutations in a patient’s cancer for...
The BioFlo 320 is truly a step into the future for Eppendorf as a bioprocess equipment manufacturer.
New features including autoclavable and single-use vessel flexibility, intelligent sensors, and IP network communication for multi-unit control set it apart as the new premium choice in the bench scale bioprocess market. Suitable for microbial and cell culture, scale up to scale down, batch, fed-batch, and continuous processes, the BioFlo 320 can meet the ever-changing needs of all segments of the biotech and pharmaceutical industries...
ZEISS has developed and released the new software solution ZEISS AutoAnalysis.
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
University of Leicester team find for the first time when and why dopamine releasing cells in the forebrain are activated
Dopamine releasing cells in the forebrain are difficult to access in most vertebrates so the researchers examined transparent hatchling zebrafish
They used a technique called electrophysiology to capture electrical signals from dopamine neurons in the forebrain whist simultaneously observing motor activity in the spinal cord
Research could impact on understanding of conditions such as schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease...
A completely new gel permeation/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) platform from Malvern Instruments breaks new ground in delivering the high performance, ease of use and productivity demanded in today’s analytical laboratories.
Malvern’s innovative OMNISEC platform integrates highly efficient sample separation via the OMNISEC RESOLVE module and high sensitivity analysis using OMNISEC REVEAL, a fully integrated multi-detector array. The system has applications wherever there is a need for detailed analysis and understanding of natural or synthetic polymers, proteins and macromolecules. GPC/SEC is a two-step analytical process that involves separating a...
Reliable containment of samples is crucial and the integrity, cleanliness and consistency of vials is critical for accurate analysis.
Many analysts think of vials as simple components that do not affect results which is an easy mistake to make…until something goes wrong. Using vials that are not fit for purpose can have a significant impact on the quality of analysis and there are a number of issues to look for in uncertified autosampler vials, including: Non-uniform bottom thickness which can damage needles and cause inconsistent sample draw...
AMSBIO reports on the recent publication in Cell [1] by Dr Meritxell Huch, Prof Hans Clevers et al. of ground-breaking research using Cultrex BME2 reduced growth factor (organoid growth matrix) to enable long-term (>1 year) culture of genome-stable bipotent stem cells from adult human liver.
These results open up new experimental avenues towards the use of human liver material expanded in vitro as an alternative cell source for disease modeling, toxicology studies, drug testing, regenerative medicine and gene therapy. Liver diseases (ranging from genetic inherited disorders to viral hepatitis, liver cancer, and obesity-related fatty liver disease) are the twelfth-leading cause of death in the United States. Failure in the management of...
Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has an announced solid state ChIP kits which rapidly improve chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) through a unique patented technology that streamlines the process, ensuring chromatin preparation to qPCR analysis can be performed in under five hours.
Chromatrap® is a ground breaking technology that offers a quicker, easier and more efficient way of undertaking ChIP assays. Chromatrap® kits for qPCR use revolutionary Chromatrap®Protein-A or Protein-G spin columns which contain discs of an inert, porous polymer to which protein A/G has been covalently attached. During an assay, the chromatin/antibody complex is retained by the disc. Flushing with three buffers and an elution step are...
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has moved to a new and expanded suite of offices and laboratories with increased manufacturing space to meet growing demand worldwide.
JPK Instruments has moved to new offices in Berlin. Having outgrown their headquarters' premises of the last twelve years, JPK has moved across Berlin to a new suite of offices and laboratories together with larger manufacturing and service areas to meet the growing demands for their products worldwide. Having recently established offices in the USA, December 2014, JPK has invested in a new location in Berlin to provide increased levels...
Biologics characterisation from cradle to grave 12th – 13th May 2015 MedImmune Cambridge
Complete characterisation of proteins and peptides is essential across a wide range of industries and applications. The emergence of protein based bio-pharmaceuticals has resulted in increased reliance on the chromatographic and spectrometric techniques used to determine the key quantitative and qualitative attributes of such complex therapeutic entities.
As the importance of steroids in the regulation of bioprocesses has increased so has the demand for fast screening methods for their detection.
HPLC is a highly regarded analytical technique for pharmaceutical applications due to its unrivalled analytical validation characteristics; including accuracy, precision, limit of detection, specificity, linearity and range, and ruggedness. The high throughput demands of quantitative steroid analysis require faster run times and as a result there has been a focus on the development of fast HPLC screening methods to detect steroids...
Booth #2837, PITTCON, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 8th – 12th 2015
Visitors to the Autoscribe Informatics booth at Pittcon 2015 will be able to challenge the Autoscribe staff to configure a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) sample registration/submission screen in Matrix Gemini on the fly. They can also challenge themselves to see how much they know about LIMS by entering Autoscribe’s interactive quiz, with a chance to win a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet. Autoscribe’s...
Beckman Coulter to use VNC as part of its life sciences and diagnostics products
19th January 2015: Beckman Coulter, a world leader in the IVD industry, and RealVNC™, the global provider of VNC® remote access technology today announced that Beckman Coulter will be licensing RealVNC’s technology for its support systems. VNC enables a computer user to remotely access another computer or device in a secure and reliable manner. Beckman Coulter will be deploying RealVNC’s top end solution, VNC with an Enterprise...
The new ANALYSETTE 28 ImageSizer is the ideal instrument for analysis of particle shape and size of dry, free-flowing powders and bulk solids in a measuring range from 20 µm to 20 mm. Via the optical analysis of particle shape and particle size, damaged particles, contaminates, agglomerates or oversized or undersized particles are identified accurately and fast, and can be viewed as single images. At the same time, the instrument offers a...
The MiniVap™ is the perfect tool for labs where smaller numbers of individual plates need drying. Incorporating advanced evaporator head technology and an innovative manifold design, which directly injects heated nitrogen into each well of a 96-well microplate simultaneously, the MiniVap enables researchers to remove the traditional laboratory ‘bottleneck’ of solvent evaporation from microplates prior to analysis or reconstitution in buffer...
“This is a unique line of serum-free and xeno-free differentiation kits, providing the ability to efficiently differentiate hMSC from various sources into adipocytes, chondrocytes and osteoblasts,” said David Fiorentini, Director of Research & Development. All three kits are serum free and xeno free: MSC Go Osteogenic XF™ - Rapid differentiation of osteogenic (Complete, ready-to-use), MSC Go Adipogenic XF™ -Basal medium and supplements mix...
Available in standard widths from 550mm to 900mm wide, all Asynt fume cupboards are fully compliant with COSHH regulations and international standards including BS7989:2001 for filtration fume / particulate cupboards. During manufacture, every aspect of the cabinet, from the electrics to the metalwork, is meticulously checked and monitored to ensure high reliability, optimal operation and safety is achieved. All Asynt fume cupboards employ...
This bacteria lacks a cell wall and thus many antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis are ineffective as treatment. M. pneumoniae causes atypical pneumonia and effects children and young adults most commonly. The organism adheres to respiratory epithelial cells via several adhesins. The P1 adhesin is a major virulence factor of this organism. ViroStat has released a new set of monoclonal antibodies to the...
Wai Chan, Managing Director of Specialised Imaging, commented “Over the last year we have achieved strong growth in our user base of Kirana high-speed digital video cameras. Delivering high resolution and high speed (up to 5 million frames / second) data acquisition in an affordable, yet no-compromise camera design the easy-to-use Kirana has appealed to many organizations investing in the benefits of ultra high-speed...
The inVia system enables users to study the widest range of samples with the broadest range of Raman imaging techniques. Renishaw's unique suite of complementary imaging options make it easy for users to get the chemical and structural information they need. On booth #2808, Renishaw's experts will explain the collective benefits of each technique and how the addition of transmission Raman provides maximum flexibility. Applications Scientist, Pippa Law, will give a...
SampleGenie technology enables large sample volumes to be dried directly into vials, eliminating a number of time-consuming sample handling steps and the attendant risk of errors. The latest generation SampleGenie further enhances the exceptional capabilities of the original design. Accommodating sample volumes of up to 250ml, and featuring a new vial adapter insert to suit a range of vials from 12mm to 28mm diameter and up to...
These new systems have been developed to provide clinical laboratories with an economical and reliable water purification solution for daily water volumes of up to 3000 L. The AFS® 40E / 80E / 120E and 150E systems rely on two powerful technologies to produce water quality meeting Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute® (CLSI®) Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water standards. State-of-the-art, proven Elix® electrodeionization (EDI) technology ensures constant water quality...
EKF Molecular Diagnostics has agreed a collaboration with specialist medtech company ANGLE plc, to investigate the combination of ANGLE’s Parsortix circulating tumour cell (CTC) harvesting platform with EKF Molecular’s PointMan™ DNA enrichment technology as a liquid biopsy. If successful, the resulting simple blood test could enable the investigation of unexpected ultra-low level mutations in a patient’s cancer for...
New features including autoclavable and single-use vessel flexibility, intelligent sensors, and IP network communication for multi-unit control set it apart as the new premium choice in the bench scale bioprocess market. Suitable for microbial and cell culture, scale up to scale down, batch, fed-batch, and continuous processes, the BioFlo 320 can meet the ever-changing needs of all segments of the biotech and pharmaceutical industries...
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
Malvern’s innovative OMNISEC platform integrates highly efficient sample separation via the OMNISEC RESOLVE module and high sensitivity analysis using OMNISEC REVEAL, a fully integrated multi-detector array. The system has applications wherever there is a need for detailed analysis and understanding of natural or synthetic polymers, proteins and macromolecules. GPC/SEC is a two-step analytical process that involves separating a...
Many analysts think of vials as simple components that do not affect results which is an easy mistake to make…until something goes wrong. Using vials that are not fit for purpose can have a significant impact on the quality of analysis and there are a number of issues to look for in uncertified autosampler vials, including: Non-uniform bottom thickness which can damage needles and cause inconsistent sample draw...
These results open up new experimental avenues towards the use of human liver material expanded in vitro as an alternative cell source for disease modeling, toxicology studies, drug testing, regenerative medicine and gene therapy. Liver diseases (ranging from genetic inherited disorders to viral hepatitis, liver cancer, and obesity-related fatty liver disease) are the twelfth-leading cause of death in the United States. Failure in the management of...
Chromatrap® is a ground breaking technology that offers a quicker, easier and more efficient way of undertaking ChIP assays. Chromatrap® kits for qPCR use revolutionary Chromatrap®Protein-A or Protein-G spin columns which contain discs of an inert, porous polymer to which protein A/G has been covalently attached. During an assay, the chromatin/antibody complex is retained by the disc. Flushing with three buffers and an elution step are...
JPK Instruments has moved to new offices in Berlin. Having outgrown their headquarters' premises of the last twelve years, JPK has moved across Berlin to a new suite of offices and laboratories together with larger manufacturing and service areas to meet the growing demands for their products worldwide. Having recently established offices in the USA, December 2014, JPK has invested in a new location in Berlin to provide increased levels...
Complete characterisation of proteins and peptides is essential across a wide range of industries and applications. The emergence of protein based bio-pharmaceuticals has resulted in increased reliance on the chromatographic and spectrometric techniques used to determine the key quantitative and qualitative attributes of such complex therapeutic entities.
HPLC is a highly regarded analytical technique for pharmaceutical applications due to its unrivalled analytical validation characteristics; including accuracy, precision, limit of detection, specificity, linearity and range, and ruggedness. The high throughput demands of quantitative steroid analysis require faster run times and as a result there has been a focus on the development of fast HPLC screening methods to detect steroids...
Visitors to the Autoscribe Informatics booth at Pittcon 2015 will be able to challenge the Autoscribe staff to configure a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) sample registration/submission screen in Matrix Gemini on the fly. They can also challenge themselves to see how much they know about LIMS by entering Autoscribe’s interactive quiz, with a chance to win a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet. Autoscribe’s...
19th January 2015: Beckman Coulter, a world leader in the IVD industry, and RealVNC™, the global provider of VNC® remote access technology today announced that Beckman Coulter will be licensing RealVNC’s technology for its support systems. VNC enables a computer user to remotely access another computer or device in a secure and reliable manner. Beckman Coulter will be deploying RealVNC’s top end solution, VNC with an Enterprise...