Resolve Optics Ltd. reports that it has supplied a number of non-browning zoom lens to Custom Cameras Ltd (Wells, UK) to enable the company to supply fully integrated radiation tolerant camera systems for monitoring applications in the Nuclear industry.
In highly radioactive environments where camera servicing or replacement is not an option - Custom Cameras sought a proven supplier of high performance, radiation tolerant zoom lenses. Tony Moon, Sales Director of Custom Cameras commented “Over the last 10 years we have purchased non-browning 3x and 6x zoom lens from Resolve Optics enabling us to provide optimised remote camera systems for applications including inspection of nuclear fuels rods for oxidation, deterioration or damage ; checking the integrity of nuclear fuel chambers and monitoring low level radioactive storage containers”...
Read MoreMicrosart @media: Maximum Safety in Microbiological Quality ControlApr 7, 2014
Sartorius Stedim Biotech introduces advanced system for agar and membrane transfer
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, is introducing Microsart @media to complement Microsart @vance, a product line for microbiological quality control in these sectors. Microsart @media are agar media dishes for Microbial Limits Testing according to the USP (Chapter <61>) and EP (Chapter 2.6.12). They are pre-filled with various agar media types, such as Tryptic Soy Agar or R2A Agar, sterile packaged and ready-to-use in combination with Microsart @filter units....
JPK Instruments reports on the study of how force regulates the structures and conformational dynamics of biomacromolecules using AFM-based single molecule force spectroscopy.
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the study of how force regulates the structures and conformational dynamics of biomacromolecules using AFM-based single molecule force spectroscopy, a project of Professor Yi Cao of Nanjing University. Professor Yi Cao is a member of the Institute of Biophysics located in the Physics Department of Nanjing University....
Within its core segment for analysis measuring technology, Analytik Jena AG now offers with the PlasmaQuant® PQ 9000 its first High-Resolution Array ICP OES (optical emission spectrometry using inductively coupled plasma) for multiple element analysis as part of its own technology portfolio.
This method is routinely used for determining smallest element concentrations especially in environmental analysis, material research, metal or pharmaceutical industries. In the important markets for these products such as China, Japan and Thailand it was already launched in autumn 2013...
High Performance Unit Supports Full Range of Common Tubes
Designed for applications that use common, disposable conical tubes, JA-14.50 rotors from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences extend the applications and flexibility of the company’s Avanti centrifuge series, and can be used inAvanti J-26S, J-30I and J-E centrifuges. While greater capacity results in higher throughput, the rotors maintain the precision performance offered by products in the Avanti line and are the only high-performance rotors capable of spinning 50, 15, 5 and 1.5 mL conical tubes, and 50, 15 and 10 mL round bottom tubes and bottles at their maximum speeds...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a new 58-page compendium for its solid-core HPLC columns (Thermo ScientificTM AccucoreTM HPLC columns) titled, Solid Core Technical Compendium.
These solid-core HPLC columns use our Core Enhanced TechnologyTM to produce a 2.6 μm solid-core material with a very tight particle size distribution. The particles in the columns are not fully porous but instead have a solid silica core surrounded by a porous outer layer. The very tight particle size distribution results in columns with high permeability. Therefore, bar for bar, the columns produce improved separation efficiency when compared to fully porous materials....
Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the release of a new autosampler for the handling of only liquid samples for gas chromatography or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) systems!
This new autosampler (Thermo Scientific TriPlus 100 LS Liquid Autosampler) performs liquid injections in a completely automated and reliable manner, regardless of the matrix or the selected technique. With the addition of optional accessories, the system is capable of automating sample preparation steps such as standard dilution, standard and internal standard addition, and vortexing. The autosampler can handle almost any type of liquid samples, including highly viscous or very volatile solvent samples...
New light source delivers high intensity broadband light in a compact package. Now available from Ocean Optics is the DH-mini light source. This compact, high-intensity source for spectroscopy combines deuterium and tungsten halogen sources in a single optical path, producing stable output across the UV-VIS-NIR from 200-2500 nm. The versatility of the DH-mini is ideal for demanding applications in the quality control and life science industries, especially fiber probe-based measurements where light throughput is a challenge, and absorbance measurements of high optical density solutions...
Empirical Bioscience announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase
Empirical Bioscience, (formerly known asSyzygy Biotech™), a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, a chemically-modified Taq polymerase designed to reduce non-specific amplification in PCR. The enzyme offers, fewer contamination issues and fast activation time. In fact, under standard hot start conditions it can be activated and the enzyme recovers both 5’-3’ polymerase and 5’-exonuclease activities within two minutes versus the ten minutes of activation time required by many competitors’ enzymes...
Emory’s Professor Madhuri Hegde to discuss OGT’s new molecular arrays at ACMG 2014
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has expanded its range of research-validated CytoSure Molecular Arrays to investigate DNA copy number variation (CNV) underlying a variety of genetic disorders. Designed and optimised in collaboration with experts at Emory Genetics Laboratory (EGL; Atlanta, USA), the arrays are the ideal complement to DNA sequencing, providing a particularly powerful tool for investigating the variety of aberrations underlying genetic disorders. Professor Madhuri Hegde, Professor of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine, will discuss the design and application of these arrays at the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) meeting on Thursday 27 March 2014...
Porvair Sciences reports on positive commentary by researchers in published papers citing how using the fast, sensitive ChromaTrap™ Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) technology has benefited their research.
In a paper by C.R Williams et al (Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 303: C213–C223, 2012) - Chromatrap was used to assess the occupation of NFkB p65 onto the Nox4 promoter in human aortic endothelial cells which had been treated with normal and high glucose. ChIP data using Chromatrap pro A spin columns demonstrated that in high glucose concentrations NfkB binding to the Nox4 promoter was increased when compared to normal glucose concentrations and rosiglitazone attenuated NfkB binding to the promoter. Their findings illustrated that NFkB/p65-Nox4 axis as an important target of rosigliatzone in vascular endothelial cells following hyperglycemia...
Albuquerque team designs unique, high-speed hyperspectral microscope to visualise membrane receptor dynamics at the molecular level in living cells
A unique hyperspectral microscope (HSM) designed specifically to visualise molecular-level protein-protein interactions in living cells has been unveiled recently by the University of Albuquerque. Designed around an Andor iXon 860 high-speed EMCCD detection system to record these profoundly challenging nanometer-scale events, the microscope delivers an unprecedented combination of speed, sensitivity and spectral detection. The novel design of the HSM provides acquisition rates of 27 fps over a 28 square micrometre field of view with each pixel collecting 128 spectral channels, allowing the determination of stoichiometry and dynamics of small oligomers unmeasurable by any other technique...
A customer application note from FLIR Systems describes how BP Chemicals is using its Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) cameras for the visualisation and documentation of gas leaks.
Effective leak detection is a priority at BP Chemicals manufacturing sites and is one of a number of procedures used for ensuring safe operation. This application note describes the experiences of technologists at BP Chemicals flagship manufacturing and process research site at Saltend, UK. Three FLIR Systems OGI cameras were employed to check plant integrity at the Saltend site. Designed for outdoor use - the FLIR OGI camera was used to detect a range of gases including methane and methanol that are both predominant at the UK plant...
Eppendorf has introduced a new series of Eppendorf Serological Pipets for cell culture applications.
With clear material and sharp graduation for easy read-out, the new Eppendorf Serological Pipets work in complete harmony with our pipet controller the Eppendorf Easypet® 3. As both the pipets and the Easypet® 3 are designed to work together, there is no risk of dripping or compromise in performance, allowing researchers to carry out their liquid handling with complete confidence....
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a rapid and robust high-performance anion-exchange chromatography
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a rapid and robust high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection method for the accurate determination of common sugars in acid-hydrolyzed biomass samples with high carbohydrate concentrations. Application Update (AU) 192: Carbohydrate Determination of Biofuel Samples demonstrates that this approach has a linear range suitable for handling high-concentration biomass samples with minimal sample treatment....
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been selected by a leading spectrophotometer manufacturer to supply ultra high precision matched beamsplitter / compensator optics for the interferometer that lies at the heart of its High Resolution FT-IR system.
To achieve this outstanding performance Optical Surfaces is manufacturing the 100mm diameter OA grade fused silica beamsplitter and compensator optics with a surface accuracy of lambda / 20 (p-v) and wavefront error in transmission of lambda / 20 (p-v) at 633nm. Further each beamsplitter / compensator pair is tightly matched in thickness and wedge angle. Dr. Aris Kouris, sales and marketing manager at Optical Surfaces Ltd. commented "High resolution spectroscopy places great demands on being able to achieve leading edge specifications with the interferometer optics...
The versatile Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from Autoscribe has been further enhanced through the addition of a facility for the automation of quality control samples and how they are grouped together.
Accessed through either Matrix Gemini’s web or Windows interface, this is an enhancement of the existing ‘runsheet’ function and provides the ability tocreate runsheet templates and automatically build runsheets from those templates as well as performing standard QC calculations. Since laboratories typically perform the same type of QC over and over again based on the type of test being performed, Matrix Gemini now offers the flexibility to select the type of test, select a runsheet template, select a set of unknowns and have the LIMS build the run list and related QC samples automatically. This could include such qc samples as spikes, duplicates, replicates, spike duplicates, etc. Export of run lists to the appropriate analytical instruments has also been simplified...
Vapourtec (Suffolk, UK) has developed the UV-150, a pioneering photochemical reactor that will lead to more efficient, precise, consistent, safe and scalable photochemical synthesis offering potential routes for novel compounds and building blocks together with possible new manufacturing processes. Two years in development, the plug and play reactor offers a wide range of features that makes it an industry first. With no intensive set up required, it is unique within the field of flow chemistry and is designed to complement Vapourtec’s existing R-Series and E-Series flow chemistry systems used in hundreds of laboratories around the world...
Kromek announces that it has secured $845,000 of new orders to supply radiation detectors and integrated electronic components to a globally leading Original Equipment Manufacturer
Kromek, a supplier of patented radiation detection technologies to the medical, security and nuclear markets, announces that it has secured $845,000 of new orders to supply radiation detectors and integrated electronic components to a globally leading Original Equipment Manufacturer (‘OEM’) operating in the Dual Energy X-ray Bone Mineral Densitometry (‘DEXA BMD’) market. The total booking this fiscal year from this customer now exceeds $1.25 million...
New partnership between Malvern Instruments and RheoSense brings m-VROCi to industrial markets
“We are delighted to be working with RheoSense, Inc to bring the benefits of the m-VROCi to industrial customers across the globe,” said Steve Carrington, Product Manager for Malvern Instruments. “The m-VROCi is highly complementary to the existing Malvern rheological portfolio, extending robust, fully enclosed (no solvent loss) flow curve measurement into areas that simply aren’t accessible with alternative rheological instrumentation...
ACQUITY QDa and ionkey/MS Drive LC/MS Convergence with Mass Detection for Chromatographers and Separations for Spectrometrists Respectively
Waters® Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the ACQUITY® UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®) System, a technology that created a new industry standard for chromatographic performance. Looking forward, Waterstoday also introduced the new ionKey/MS™ System, a new approach for getting exceptional sensitivity, robustness and ease-of-use out of mass spectrometry and featured the ACQUITY QDa™, the first mass detector to bring high-quality, mass spectral data to chromatographic separations, in its Pittcon debut...
Exeter Analytical has introduced an entry-level manual version of their high performance Model 440 Elemental Analyser
Exeter Analytical has introduced an entry-level manual version of their high performance Model 440 Elemental Analyser for determining percentage levels of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen (CHN) quickly, easily and reliably across the widest range of sample types. Competitively priced, the manual Model 440 offers labs running smaller numbers of samples a no-compromise entry point into high performance CHN analysis. The manual Model 440 is based upon Exeter Analytical’s proven static combustion elemental analyser incorporating a unique horizontal furnace design...
In highly radioactive environments where camera servicing or replacement is not an option - Custom Cameras sought a proven supplier of high performance, radiation tolerant zoom lenses. Tony Moon, Sales Director of Custom Cameras commented “Over the last 10 years we have purchased non-browning 3x and 6x zoom lens from Resolve Optics enabling us to provide optimised remote camera systems for applications including inspection of nuclear fuels rods for oxidation, deterioration or damage ; checking the integrity of nuclear fuel chambers and monitoring low level radioactive storage containers”...
This new autosampler (Thermo Scientific TriPlus 100 LS Liquid Autosampler) performs liquid injections in a completely automated and reliable manner, regardless of the matrix or the selected technique. With the addition of optional accessories, the system is capable of automating sample preparation steps such as standard dilution, standard and internal standard addition, and vortexing. The autosampler can handle almost any type of liquid samples, including highly viscous or very volatile solvent samples...
New light source delivers high intensity broadband light in a compact package. Now available from Ocean Optics is the DH-mini light source. This compact, high-intensity source for spectroscopy combines deuterium and tungsten halogen sources in a single optical path, producing stable output across the UV-VIS-NIR from 200-2500 nm. The versatility of the DH-mini is ideal for demanding applications in the quality control and life science industries, especially fiber probe-based measurements where light throughput is a challenge, and absorbance measurements of high optical density solutions...
Empirical Bioscience, (formerly known asSyzygy Biotech™), a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, a chemically-modified Taq polymerase designed to reduce non-specific amplification in PCR. The enzyme offers, fewer contamination issues and fast activation time. In fact, under standard hot start conditions it can be activated and the enzyme recovers both 5’-3’ polymerase and 5’-exonuclease activities within two minutes versus the ten minutes of activation time required by many competitors’ enzymes...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has expanded its range of research-validated CytoSure Molecular Arrays to investigate DNA copy number variation (CNV) underlying a variety of genetic disorders. Designed and optimised in collaboration with experts at Emory Genetics Laboratory (EGL; Atlanta, USA), the arrays are the ideal complement to DNA sequencing, providing a particularly powerful tool for investigating the variety of aberrations underlying genetic disorders. Professor Madhuri Hegde, Professor of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine, will discuss the design and application of these arrays at the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) meeting on Thursday 27 March 2014...
In a paper by C.R Williams et al (Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 303: C213–C223, 2012) - Chromatrap was used to assess the occupation of NFkB p65 onto the Nox4 promoter in human aortic endothelial cells which had been treated with normal and high glucose. ChIP data using Chromatrap pro A spin columns demonstrated that in high glucose concentrations NfkB binding to the Nox4 promoter was increased when compared to normal glucose concentrations and rosiglitazone attenuated NfkB binding to the promoter. Their findings illustrated that NFkB/p65-Nox4 axis as an important target of rosigliatzone in vascular endothelial cells following hyperglycemia...
A unique hyperspectral microscope (HSM) designed specifically to visualise molecular-level protein-protein interactions in living cells has been unveiled recently by the University of Albuquerque. Designed around an Andor iXon 860 high-speed EMCCD detection system to record these profoundly challenging nanometer-scale events, the microscope delivers an unprecedented combination of speed, sensitivity and spectral detection. The novel design of the HSM provides acquisition rates of 27 fps over a 28 square micrometre field of view with each pixel collecting 128 spectral channels, allowing the determination of stoichiometry and dynamics of small oligomers unmeasurable by any other technique...
Effective leak detection is a priority at BP Chemicals manufacturing sites and is one of a number of procedures used for ensuring safe operation. This application note describes the experiences of technologists at BP Chemicals flagship manufacturing and process research site at Saltend, UK. Three FLIR Systems OGI cameras were employed to check plant integrity at the Saltend site. Designed for outdoor use - the FLIR OGI camera was used to detect a range of gases including methane and methanol that are both predominant at the UK plant...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a rapid and robust high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection method for the accurate determination of common sugars in acid-hydrolyzed biomass samples with high carbohydrate concentrations. Application Update (AU) 192: Carbohydrate Determination of Biofuel Samples demonstrates that this approach has a linear range suitable for handling high-concentration biomass samples with minimal sample treatment....
Accessed through either Matrix Gemini’s web or Windows interface, this is an enhancement of the existing ‘runsheet’ function and provides the ability tocreate runsheet templates and automatically build runsheets from those templates as well as performing standard QC calculations. Since laboratories typically perform the same type of QC over and over again based on the type of test being performed, Matrix Gemini now offers the flexibility to select the type of test, select a runsheet template, select a set of unknowns and have the LIMS build the run list and related QC samples automatically. This could include such qc samples as spikes, duplicates, replicates, spike duplicates, etc. Export of run lists to the appropriate analytical instruments has also been simplified...
Vapourtec (Suffolk, UK) has developed the UV-150, a pioneering photochemical reactor that will lead to more efficient, precise, consistent, safe and scalable photochemical synthesis offering potential routes for novel compounds and building blocks together with possible new manufacturing processes. Two years in development, the plug and play reactor offers a wide range of features that makes it an industry first. 
Kromek, a supplier of patented radiation detection technologies to the medical, security and nuclear markets, announces that it has secured $845,000 of new orders to supply radiation detectors and integrated electronic components to a globally leading Original Equipment Manufacturer (‘OEM’) operating in the Dual Energy X-ray Bone Mineral Densitometry (‘DEXA BMD’) market. The total booking this fiscal year from this customer now exceeds $1.25 million...
“We are delighted to be working with RheoSense, Inc to bring the benefits of the m-VROCi to industrial customers across the globe,” said Steve Carrington, Product Manager for Malvern Instruments. “The m-VROCi is highly complementary to the existing Malvern rheological portfolio, extending robust, fully enclosed (no solvent loss) flow curve measurement into areas that simply aren’t accessible with alternative rheological instrumentation...
Exeter Analytical has introduced an entry-level manual version of their high performance Model 440 Elemental Analyser for determining percentage levels of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen (CHN) quickly, easily and reliably across the widest range of sample types. Competitively priced, the manual Model 440 offers labs running smaller numbers of samples a no-compromise entry point into high performance CHN analysis. The manual Model 440 is based upon Exeter Analytical’s proven static combustion elemental analyser incorporating a unique horizontal furnace design...