Drawing upon the in-depth knowledge of its technical staff and a flexible production facility - Asynt is able to offer organizations custom specified laboratory apparatus exactly meeting the demands of their application or project.

Asynt custom services draw upon expertise in areas including high pressure reactors, heating / cooling block technology, scientific glassware, PTFE components and apparatus as well as noise and safety enclosures. As a respected international supplier of off-the-shelf pressure reactors, Asynt has the knowledge to also offer a totally bespoke solution for pressure reactors ranging from just a few millilitres to 50 litres capacity and different...

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an efficient high-performance liquid chromatography method that uses fluorescence detection to achieve a rapid and sensitive determination of rhodamine B in cosmetics.

Application Note 1102: Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Rhodamine B in Cosmetics demonstrates the advantages of this method using a rapid separation liquid chromatography (RSLC) column on an RSLC system. This approach provides good method reproducibility (retention time reproducibility relative standard deviation [RSD] of 0.09% and peak area reproducibility RSD of 0.75%) and a wide linear calibration range (from 2 to 1000 μg/L)...

Capable of operating up to 110°C, the High Temperature Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises is purpose designed for applications requiring precise flow measurement at elevated temperatures.

The Atrato is an inline non-invasive flow meter without the contorted flow path and disadvantages of alternative ultrasonic designs. It can handle flows from laminar to turbulent and is therefore largely immune from viscosity. It also offers excellent turndown, linearity and repeatability. Atrato flowmeters use patented 'time-of-flight' ultrasonic technology that enables them to operate over very wide flow ranges (250:1) with excellent...

DELMIC develops and manufactures products which are focused on high performance, user friendly, integrated microscopy solutions.

In a collaborative development with electron microscope provider Phenom-World, both companies announce the launch of Delphi, the world’s first integrated correlative tabletop fluorescence and electron microscope at the 18^th IMC in Prague. DELMIC and Phenom-World announce Delphi™, the world’s first integrated correlative tabletop fluorescence and electron microscope. DELMIC produces high-performance, user-friendly integrated microscopy solutions while...

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 Spectroline^® CC-80 and CC-81 ultraviolet viewing systems provide unequaled fluorescence analysis of research findings.

The CC-80 and CC-81 are ideal for use in chromatography, electrophoresis, genetic research, photoresist coating inspection, forensic science and much more. Researchers can custom design their own fluorescence analysis systems by choosing from a wide range of Spectroline UV lamps that are available in 254, 312 and 365nm wavelengths. For even higher UV intensity and greater fluorescent contrast, users can select from 29 Spectroline UV transilluminators...

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of the NanoTracker™ Optical Tweezers system in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics in the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University. 

Dr Rosalie Driessen is a post-doctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, a part of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University. She is studying the organization and dynamics of bacterial chromatin having received her doctorate from the University for her thesis entitled “The architects of crenarchaeal chromatin.”  Dr Driessen describes her research and talks about the “hows and whys” of choosing to...

For laboratories limited on floor space but needing to sterilise tall items such as fermentors and large capacity Erlenmeyer flasks, or have a high-density load requirement, the latest version of the Priorclave C60 top loading autoclave could prove to be the perfect choice.

Also, since it is equipped with castors enabling it to be easily moved when required and the fact that it plugs simply into a 13A socket to power-up, the Priorclave C60 top loading autoclave is one of the easiest and fastest to install. Designed and built by one of the UK’s leading autoclave manufacturers, the Priorclave compact C60 autoclave with its 60 litre stainless steel chamber can accommodate easily ten one-litre or sixteen 500ml bottles, alternatively six one-litre Erlenmeyer flasks. This highlights the...

The Right Honourable George Osborne MP joins Waters CEO Doug Berthiaume to mark the official opening of the Waters Mass Spectrometry Headquarters in Wilmslow

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) celebrated the official opening of its new, custom-built mass spectrometry headquarters in Wilmslow, UK, confirming the company's commitment to innovation and the expanded usage of mass spectrometry. The facility has been designed and equipped to accelerate innovation in the field of mass spectrometry – a sophisticated analytical laboratory technology that is entrenched in our everyday lives....

TAP Biosystems is pleased to announce that its CompacT SelecT™, automated cell culture system has been chosen by a top ten pharmaceutical company to reliably produce consistent, high quality cells in plates, ready for use in transport assays.

CompacT SelecT is being routinely used to automatically culture and maintain a large range of cells in 24 and 96 transwell transport assay plates. With the system, researchers are setting up their cell culture seeding, feeding, expansion, plating and maintenance protocols to automatically produce consistent quality cells for extended periods of time.  This flexible approach is allowing these scientists to have a constant supply of cell lines such as...

Laboratories performing environmental analysis, forensics testing or other single quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses that need a simple, cost-effective way to add GC-MS/MS capabilities, have a new option with the Thermo Scientific TSQ Duo triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS system.

“We designed this instrument specifically for labs needing to maintain their current GC or single quadrupole GC-MS workflows while adding triple quadrupole capabilities with minimal disruption,” said Paul Silcock, marketing manager, GC-MS for Thermo Fisher Scientific. “The TSQ Duo system allows users to run their current methods and then easily move over to MS/MS analysis when the time is right for them, on a familiar system using the...

MicroSolv’s “Centre Draining Maximum Recovery” (CDMR) vial and bottle design allows liquid samples to flow freely and completely to the bottom of the glass vial or bottle into a conical or concave reservoir. This is especially useful if maximum recovery of a sample is required.

The patented CDMR vial manufacturing process and design results in an internal glass surface that is virtually seamless, eliminating the “internal ridge” that may result in some vial designs when the vial blank is fused to the vial bottom. This “internal ridge” can retain up to 17ul of fluid sample in a 1.8ml vial....

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a precise, automated gas chromatography (GC) method for static headspace analysis of residual solvents in flexible packaging, using a headspace autosampler capable of multiple headspace extraction (MHE).

Application Note 10396: Static Headspace Analysis of Residual Solvents in Flexible Packaging and Quantitation with Multiple Headspace Extraction Following EN 13628-1: 2002 demonstrates the combined analytical power of the Thermo Scientific TRACE 1310 GC and the Thermo Scientific TriPlus 300 Headspace Autosampler to detect and quantify solvents that may leach from adhesives in flexible plastic packaging into the food products the packaging was...

Identifies 256 types of glycolipids with LCMS-IT-TOF / Precise analysis of entire glycolipid structure / Supports high precision analysis in various fields 

Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation, has released the industry-first glycolipid-specific library, containing information on 256 types of glycolipids. The library is a result of joint research with Dr. Akemi Suzuki, Director of the Institute of Glycoscience at Tokai University, Japan. Even users without specialized expertise can now prepare samples, specify analytical conditions, analyze data and identify glycolipids using an LCMS-IT-TOF liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer....

The Priorclave H60 compact autoclave, designed specifically to meet a customer requirement for a steam steriliser with all the proven strengths and features of the current Priorclave Compact range but with a 50% increase in chamber capacity, is now part of the Companies standard range of benchtop autoclaves.

Despite having the most comprehensive range of laboratory autoclaves there is always someone who wants something different and that is exactly what brought about the development and production by Priorclave of the H60, an autoclave with a horizontal 60 litre capacity chamber....

With clinical laboratories increasingly turning to high throughput LC-MSMS analysis, laboratory automation specialist Tecan and RECIPE Chemicals and Instruments GmbH, a leading manufacturer of IVD/CE diagnostic products, have announced a co-marketing agreement for automation of LC-MSMS IVD kits.

Visitors to Booth #1 at MSACL 2014 EU in Salzburg, Austria, from the 2^nd to the 5^th of September, had the opportunity to discover how Tecan’s flexible Freedom EVO^® platform offers walkaway automation of the RECIPE ClinMass^® LC-MSMS Complete Kits* for the analysis of vitamin D₂/D₃ and immunosuppressants. The automated process has the advantage of eliminating the potential for manual handling errors and increasing the speed of sample preparation three-fold compared to manual protocols, significantly improving turnaround times while enhancing reproducibility, traceability and sample security....

Salt content of foods is receiving increasing attention and there is now a move towards a significant reduction in dietary salt. 

£1000 trade-in value on any evaporator system against the purchase of a new UltraVap Mistral

The UltraVap Mistral from Porvair Sciences makes it easy to integrate an automatic dry down step into your automated liquid handling protocol. Optimised to work with most commercial robotic liquid handling systems the UltraVap Mistral represents the leading edge in automated microplate drying technology.  Until 30th November 2014 - Porvair Science is offering a £1000 trade-in value on any evaporator system against the purchase of a new UltraVap Mistral....

Designed especially for the Phenom Desktop SEM PoroMetric Software for Fully Automated Measurement and Analysis of Pores

The range of JULABO products includes temperature control instruments for a great variety of applications.

Heating and refrigerated circulators are suitable for almost every temperature control application in a temperature range from -95 to 400 °C and are available in many different versions. JUALBO water baths are high-quality and robust instruments for applications in a temperature range from 20 to 99.9 °C. They are equipped with the latest microprocessor technology. In laboratories they are operated for temperature control of samples, incubations, material testing, corrosion tests, cell cultivations as well as food and beverage testing....

INTEGRA has introduced a Row Dilution Plate Holder accessory for its VIAFLO 96 and 384 handheld benchtop pipettes.

The new row dilution plate holder adds the functionality to perform serial dilutions in rows. Serial dilutions are often carried out in row format because it allows experimenters to dilute more samples (12 instead of 8 in a 96-well plate). The plate holder can easily be adapted to work with either 96 or 384 well plates.

The new Unichiller 003-MPC expands the product range of Huber Kältemaschinenbau by a compact and highly affordable circulating cooler

It is one of the most affordable circulating coolers on the market. Higher efficiencies, stable pressure and flow rates are achieved in comparison to tap water cooling. The circulating cooler further reduces water consumption and lowers the operating costs for many applications. The investment pays itself off after a short time because of the water savings and the low purchase price....