The P500 offers cost-effective bench top automation for clinical chemistry
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will launch its new economic walk-away clinical chemistry analyzer, the P500, at Medica, Dusseldorf (12-15 November 2014), on booth 3A 07. The new medium throughput system (215 tests/hour on a typical sample mix) is ergonomically designed and user-friendly with a high level of automation that delivers assured result quality. The advanced...
Cytation™ 5 is a uniquely integrated, configurable system that combines automated digital widefield microscopy with conventional multi-mode microplate detection to provide phenotypic cellular information and well-based quantitative data.
Epitopix, LLC, a privately held company based in Willmar, Minnesota, has been manufacturing veterinary vaccines for the improvement of animal health and human food safety since 2002.
In order to achieve the critical goal of scaling up production without compromising performance, Epitopix recently made the decision to invest in flow measurement technology that could be incorporated seamlessly into the vaccine manufacturing process. The basis for many of the vaccines manufactured by Epitopix is a patented process known as SRP® (Siderophore Receptor and Porin) Technology. The process begins with...
Antibiotic Research UK looks to find at least one drug before end of decade
Bacteria are now making antibiotics ineffective. Surgery as we know it today will become impossible – new hips, knees, organ transplantation and many cancer treatments will become high risk. To tackle this impending medical catastrophe a new national charity ‘Antibiotic Research UK– developing new antibiotics’ (acronym ANTRUK ) has been formed by a group of scientific experts from 14 of the country’s top universities and...
LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on users of their Ultramicroscope Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscope system to aid the research of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis under the supervision of Professor Vance Lemmon, the Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience & Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami.
In 2003, Professor Vance Lemmon accepted a position at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami. This centre has taken the philosophy that by promoting interactions between basic and clinical scientists, it will be possible to speed the finding of a cure for a devastating clinical problem. This research has focused on answering questions that help define human spinal cord injury and reveal strategies for the repair of damaged spinal tissue...
The new Genevac Rocket Synergy series sets a new benchmark in sample evaporation versatility through offering automated evaporation of a wide range of sample formats and sizes, from millilitres to tens of litres.
The Rocket Synergy can dry or concentrate up to six flasks, each containing a maximum of 450ml of solvent, or 18 ASE® vials, with no user intervention or attention. To extend operational versatility the Rocket Synergy flask rotor may be quickly removed and replaced with a stainless steel vessel allowing unattended automated batch processing of up to 5 litres per run. For larger volume applications the Rocket 4D Synergy also offers an automatic feed mode enabling processing of volumes of up to 100L in a...
StarDrop 6.0 gives researchers the freedom to explore and organise complex project data in a flexible and intuitive way
Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced the release of version 6.0 of its StarDrop™ software platform. This major new release introduces Card View™, an intuitive and highly flexible environment to view and interact with compound data in the context of discovery projects. Card View provides a unique and highly visual way to interpret data on compounds and their relationships, clearly highlighting the best chemistries and...
Today, Dutch biomedical big data company GENALICE officially launched its all-in-one appliance for Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) data processing, the GENALICE VAULT, at the annual conference of the American Society of Human Genetics.
The VAULT is designed to optimally serve genomics teams to perform large-scale DNA studies, including population calling. GENALICE MAP offers processing speed increases over a hundred fold and superior outcome data in comparison to other pipelines with significant cost savings for its users. December last year, the company successfully launched the first version of its breakthrough NGS data processing software solution...
Improved workflow using automated sample preparation for analysis of Vitamin D levels by Mass Spectrometry.
Beckman Coulter's Biomek NXp Workstation allows for reduced technician time and an improved workflow using automated sample preparation for analysis of Vitamin D levels by Mass Spectrometry. With already developed methods and applications support, you can track sample information from preparation to final MS data. Most importantly, you get the hands-off approach you need to produce precise, consistent results that help you achieve your goals...
Proteome Discoverer™ users can generate spectral libraries with Spectronaut™ software
Biognosys AG, a Swiss Proteomics Company, announced today the new release of its Spectronaut™ software for analysis of Hyper Reaction Monitoring (HRM) data that will now support spectral library generation from the Thermo Scientific™ Proteome Discoverer™ platform. From August 2013 Spectronaut™ software supports the analysis of DIA data generated on the Thermo Scientific™ Q Exactive™ Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer....
Compact Flexicon FPC50W filling machine offers accuracy, flexibility and efficiency
Watson-Marlow offers its Flexicon FPC50W, an operator-friendly, fully-automated filling, plugging and capping system that offers accuracy, flexibility for aseptic filling in clinical trials and scale-up applications. The new FPC50W is equipped with a Wipotec weighing cell, which measures the weight of each individual fill with an accuracy rate of +/-0.002g. The FPC50W filling and capping system handles filling requirements for clinical trials and...
Sophia Genetics, the European leader in Clinical Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis, today launches a unique CFTR IVD Solution allowing clinicians to run full cystic fibrosis analysis in a single NGS experiment.
The CE-IVD marked solution covers the identification and characterisation of all types of variants in a single NGS experiment with clinical grade analytical performance. Until now, it has not been possible to simultaneously analyse all relevant CFTR variants in a one-step NGS experiment. But Sophia Genetics has made two major breakthroughs, which enable the Sophia Data Driven Medicine (DDM) platform to identify and characterise all types of...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a user-friendly tool that provides technical assistance for gas chromatography (GC) methods and applications.
Designed with the expert advice of columnist John Hinshaw, the GC Troubleshooting Guide provides a step-by-step process to easily diagnosis common symptoms. The guide combats difficulties laboratory professionals can encounter when running GC methods: high levels of noise, spiking peaks, ghost peaks, decreasing retention times, and irreproducible results. This tool—offered both as an iPad mobile application and for desktop systems...
AMSBIO announces the first commercially available gamma H2AX Pharmacodynamic assay kit for the study of double strand DNA breaks through the detection of gamma H2AX - a phosphorylated histone historically proven as a highly specific and sensitive molecular marker for double strand DNA damage detection.
This new assay has been developed for anti-cancer drug screening, basic research and upcoming clinical trials providing one of many needed tools to support hypothesis-driven drug design strategies. Documented variability in DNA double-strand break repair among different segments of the human population may contribute to patient specific therapeutic toxicities, enabling a more personalized approach to treatment. A quantitative determination of...
The miVac Quattro from Genevac is the perfect workhorse sample concentrator for biological laboratories tasked with handling larger numbers of samples.
The miVac Quattro centrifugal vacuum concentrator rapidly removes a wide range of solvents, from volatile organic solvents through to DMF, including water, making it the ideal system for concentrating precious samples in applications including oligonucleotide synthesis, RNA/DNA preparation, peptide preparation, sequencing, molecular biology and ADME / toxicology research. A wide variety of high capacity rotors means that the...
Heating and cooling circulators for temperature applications from -30 °C to +200 °C
Huber has replaced the MPC circulators with improved models. The units have a redesigned front and are equipped with an RS232 interface as a standard feature. The improved temperature indication of the MPC models provides a continuous resolution of 0.1 °C over the entire temperature range. The Huber series of MPC circulators is suitable for many routine laboratory jobs. The favourably priced units are easy to operate and...
MyCartis today announced the launch of Evalution™, a multiplex biomarker analysis platform for the life sciences research market.
Evalution™ is MyCartis’ digital multiplex analysis platform tailored to clinical research and pharmaceutical markets and designed to analyze a broad range of protein and nucleic acid-based biomarkers, delivering high quality data and rapid results. Evalution™ provides an integrated reaction and detection environment and simultaneous analysis of large numbers of analytes per assay. Biocartis’ Swiss business unit Evalution™ and...
The PREP series of symposia is the most recognized international conference packed with expert professionals who address key developments, issues, and hottest topics in the Preparative and Process Liquid Chromatography field.
Horizon Discovery Group plc, a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered a worldwide co-exclusive distribution agreement with Haplogen Genomics GmbH (Haplogen).
The agreement provides Horizon with access to a new high-throughput, affordable cell line engineering service. Haplogen’s extensive experience with haploid cell lines, along with a highly optimized production pipeline, allows knockouts for any non-essential gene to be generated at a throughput of hundreds of new isogenic cell lines per month. This highly efficient operation for the first time puts custom and validated human isogenic cell line pairs in...
Cambio, the Cambridge-based supplier of MO BIO’S world-class molecular biology reagents and consumables in the UK, has launched the PowerMag® Air & Water DNA/RNA Isolation Kit.
The kit enables automated, hands free isolation of microbial DNA and RNA from any liquid or air sample concentrated on a filter membrane. High quality DNA and RNA can be purified from an extensive range of samples – from waste water, sea water and spring water to the air in an office or classroom. The PowerMag® Air & Water DNA/RNA Isolation Kit is a magnetic bead based nucleic acid isolation kit that uses Eppendorf's epMotion® automated ...
The Diatron Group, global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, will launch its new economic walk-away clinical chemistry analyzer, the P500, at Medica, Dusseldorf (12-15 November 2014), on booth 3A 07. The new medium throughput system (215 tests/hour on a typical sample mix) is ergonomically designed and user-friendly with a high level of automation that delivers assured result quality. The advanced...
In order to achieve the critical goal of scaling up production without compromising performance, Epitopix recently made the decision to invest in flow measurement technology that could be incorporated seamlessly into the vaccine manufacturing process. The basis for many of the vaccines manufactured by Epitopix is a patented process known as SRP® (Siderophore Receptor and Porin) Technology. The process begins with...
Bacteria are now making antibiotics ineffective. Surgery as we know it today will become impossible – new hips, knees, organ transplantation and many cancer treatments will become high risk. To tackle this impending medical catastrophe a new national charity ‘Antibiotic Research UK– developing new antibiotics’ (acronym ANTRUK ) has been formed by a group of scientific experts from 14 of the country’s top universities and...
In 2003, Professor Vance Lemmon accepted a position at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami. This centre has taken the philosophy that by promoting interactions between basic and clinical scientists, it will be possible to speed the finding of a cure for a devastating clinical problem. This research has focused on answering questions that help define human spinal cord injury and reveal strategies for the repair of damaged spinal tissue... 
The Rocket Synergy can dry or concentrate up to six flasks, each containing a maximum of 450ml of solvent, or 18 ASE® vials, with no user intervention or attention. To extend operational versatility the Rocket Synergy flask rotor may be quickly removed and replaced with a stainless steel vessel allowing unattended automated batch processing of up to 5 litres per run. For larger volume applications the Rocket 4D Synergy also offers an automatic feed mode enabling processing of volumes of up to 100L in a...
Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced the release of version 6.0 of its StarDrop™ software platform. This major new release introduces Card View™, an intuitive and highly flexible environment to view and interact with compound data in the context of discovery projects. Card View provides a unique and highly visual way to interpret data on compounds and their relationships, clearly highlighting the best chemistries and...
The VAULT is designed to optimally serve genomics teams to perform large-scale DNA studies, including population calling. GENALICE MAP offers processing speed increases over a hundred fold and superior outcome data in comparison to other pipelines with significant cost savings for its users. December last year, the company successfully launched the first version of its breakthrough NGS data processing software solution...
Beckman Coulter's Biomek NXp Workstation allows for reduced technician time and an improved workflow using automated sample preparation for analysis of Vitamin D levels by Mass Spectrometry. With already developed methods and applications support, you can track sample information from preparation to final MS data. Most importantly, you get the hands-off approach you need to produce precise, consistent results that help you achieve your goals...
Biognosys AG, a Swiss Proteomics Company, announced today the new release of its Spectronaut™ software for analysis of Hyper Reaction Monitoring (HRM) data that will now support spectral library generation from the Thermo Scientific™ Proteome Discoverer™ platform. From August 2013 Spectronaut™ software supports the analysis of DIA data generated on the Thermo Scientific™ Q Exactive™ Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer....
Watson-Marlow offers its Flexicon FPC50W, an operator-friendly, fully-automated filling, plugging and capping system that offers accuracy, flexibility for aseptic filling in clinical trials and scale-up applications. The new FPC50W is equipped with a Wipotec weighing cell, which measures the weight of each individual fill with an accuracy rate of +/-0.002g. The FPC50W filling and capping system handles filling requirements for clinical trials and...
The CE-IVD marked solution covers the identification and characterisation of all types of variants in a single NGS experiment with clinical grade analytical performance. Until now, it has not been possible to simultaneously analyse all relevant CFTR variants in a one-step NGS experiment. But Sophia Genetics has made two major breakthroughs, which enable the Sophia Data Driven Medicine (DDM) platform to identify and characterise all types of...
Designed with the expert advice of columnist John Hinshaw, the GC Troubleshooting Guide provides a step-by-step process to easily diagnosis common symptoms. The guide combats difficulties laboratory professionals can encounter when running GC methods: high levels of noise, spiking peaks, ghost peaks, decreasing retention times, and irreproducible results. This tool—offered both as an iPad mobile application and for desktop systems...
This new assay has been developed for anti-cancer drug screening, basic research and upcoming clinical trials providing one of many needed tools to support hypothesis-driven drug design strategies. Documented variability in DNA double-strand break repair among different segments of the human population may contribute to patient specific therapeutic toxicities, enabling a more personalized approach to treatment. A quantitative determination of...
The miVac Quattro centrifugal vacuum concentrator rapidly removes a wide range of solvents, from volatile organic solvents through to DMF, including water, making it the ideal system for concentrating precious samples in applications including oligonucleotide synthesis, RNA/DNA preparation, peptide preparation, sequencing, molecular biology and ADME / toxicology research. A wide variety of high capacity rotors means that the...
Huber has replaced the MPC circulators with improved models. The units have a redesigned front and are equipped with an RS232 interface as a standard feature. The improved temperature indication of the MPC models provides a continuous resolution of 0.1 °C over the entire temperature range. The Huber series of MPC circulators is suitable for many routine laboratory jobs. The favourably priced units are easy to operate and...
Evalution™ is MyCartis’ digital multiplex analysis platform tailored to clinical research and pharmaceutical markets and designed to analyze a broad range of protein and nucleic acid-based biomarkers, delivering high quality data and rapid results. Evalution™ provides an integrated reaction and detection environment and simultaneous analysis of large numbers of analytes per assay. Biocartis’ Swiss business unit Evalution™ and...
The agreement provides Horizon with access to a new high-throughput, affordable cell line engineering service. Haplogen’s extensive experience with haploid cell lines, along with a highly optimized production pipeline, allows knockouts for any non-essential gene to be generated at a throughput of hundreds of new isogenic cell lines per month. This highly efficient operation for the first time puts custom and validated human isogenic cell line pairs in...
The kit enables automated, hands free isolation of microbial DNA and RNA from any liquid or air sample concentrated on a filter membrane. High quality DNA and RNA can be purified from an extensive range of samples – from waste water, sea water and spring water to the air in an office or classroom. The PowerMag® Air & Water DNA/RNA Isolation Kit is a magnetic bead based nucleic acid isolation kit that uses Eppendorf's epMotion® automated ...