Aptamer Group plc, the developer of novel Optimer® binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, announces a selection of new contract wins where Optimer technology is being explored by partners to offer new strategies for therapeutics and potentially offer improved assay sensitivity and selectivity over antibodies. Optimer binders are oligonucleotide-based affinity ligands generated through the in vitro Optimer platform, which can be used as antibody alternatives...
AMSBIO reports how the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds (UK) is using their specialty reagents for the production, visualization, and analysis of glycans and to investigate their interactions which are instrumental to the advance of glycobiology. Glycobiology is vital for many biological processes — from fertilization to inflammation — helping unlock information about interactions between carbohydrates and proteins...
BioPharma Dynamics, a leading life sciences solution provider, proudly expand their extensive portfolio for the Cell & Gene Therapy market to offer a range of chemically defined T-Cell Media, DMSO-Free Cryopreservation Solutions, and Recombinant Growth Factors. Suitable for Cell Therapy applications at any stage, the portfolio of cell media products include Immune Cell Media, Stem Cell Media, and Cell Cryopreservation Solutions....
The UK’s largest distributor of scientific instrumentation, SciMed, has released a new whitepaper that shares advice with the laboratory industry on ways it can become more sustainable without increasing costs or harming experimental efficiency. These include reducing the use of harmful solvents in procedures such as separations and extractions and using new technology that reduces utilities consumption in lab environments...
This strategic acquisition, which follows a long-standing relationship of almost a decade, will allow Astrea Bio to expand its product offering to include a full range of high-performance chromatography columns for biomanufacturing, complementing and strengthening the company’s existing portfolio of bioprocessing resins, reusable columns, and prepacked single-use columns...
Field-based non-dispersive infra-red spectroscopy instrument produces results that were previously only possible using lab-based techniques. A new scientific report by Concawe, which reviewed field-based and lab-based methods of analysing oil-contaminated soils, determined that the InfraCal 2 ATR-SP total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) analyser is an effective instrument for measuring oil contamination of soil and water...
Bruker Corporation and Switzerland-based Biognosys AG have announced a strategic partnership, in which Bruker has made a majority-ownership investment in Biognosys. New strategic partnership aims to broaden access to Biognosys’ leading CRO services and Spectronaut® software tools for unbiased proteomics and epiproteomics...
The life science group Sartorius extended a strategic collaboration partnership agreement with RoosterBio Inc. (RoosterBio) to address purification challenges and establish scalable downstream manufacturing processes for exosome-based therapies. Through this collaboration, Sartorius and RoosterBio will provide best-in-class solutions and expertise for a human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) - based exosome production platform that delivers industry-leading yield, purity, and potency...
This new application note describes the analysis of 7 RNA markers (100 – 1000 bases) using the recently introduced bioinert YMC-Accura Triart Bio C4 column at pH 7 and 80 °C. While conventional column hardware leads to peak tailing and loss of recovery when analysing oligonucleotides, the bioinert coated YMC-Accura Triart Bio C4 column shows excellent recoveries and peak shapes for all 7 well resolved markers...
AMSBIO announce a new range of different isolation products for fast, scalable, and reproducible purification of Extracellular Vesicles (EV), including exosomes, as well as addressing EV heterogeneity and high throughput solutions for biomarker discovery. Traditionally ultracentrifugation has been the favored method for EV isolation or separation. Though it is still widely used, ultracentrifugation not only tends to alter the vesicle shape and functionality but is time-consuming and requires expensive equipment...
Prior Scientific’s new motorized XYZ Deck is the latest in the Deck series from Prior. As a natural progression from the original ZDeck the new XYZ Deck is purposely designed to match the increased size and versatility of the latest generation of 2P/3P/Multiphoton/Confocal microscopy systems giving researchers the flexibility to utilize all the potential of the added sample space and microscope power of these new microscopes...
ZEISS introduces its new all-in-one cell imaging system. ZEISS Axiovert 5 digital uses artificial intelligence (AI) and automatic functions to ease daily work in the cell lab. From scientific routine to basic research, from phase contrast to multichannel fluorescence imaging, processes become more efficient and results more reproducible. The system comes with an intuitive operating concept...
Imaris 10.0 revolutionises the well-known and trusted Filament Tracer, which has been used by the neuroscience community for over 15 years, leading to almost 700 scientific papers. The new 10.0 Filament Tracer combines the versatility of an Autopath intensity-based method with a unique machine learning approach, providing the most flexible tool on the market for tracing a multitude of neuron types...
Envirogen Group has launched LabPure, a centralised, energy-efficient water purification system designed for use where ultrapure water Type 1 is required in the lab environment. Based on proven, tried and tested chemical-free RO-EDI technology, LabPure combines continuous operation of ultrapure water with a competitive ongoing cost of ownership...
BioGrad is to open the UK's second largest biobank facility in Liverpool, as part of a £7.6m investment into a new headquarters at Wavertree Technology Park. In collaboration with the University of Leicester, BioGrad biobank has already welcomed up to 261,000 samples from the largest long-Covid study in the UK. Further partnerships with Liverpool Women’s Hospital and three private research companies will see BioGrad bank over one million human cell samples banked in its first year...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), kicks off the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, January 18, with The Importance of a Complete LIMS Solution: Don’t Forget the Enhancements, Support, and Training! Purchasing a LIMS –whether for the first time or as a replacement-- can be overwhelming for any laboratory...
The new ibidi Stage Top Incubators – Silver Line are at the forefront of a new generation of devices for physiological live cell imaging experiments. The ibidi Stage Top Incubators – Silver Line precisely control essential parameters such as temperature, humidity, and CO2/O2 levels, and can be quickly mounted on every inverted microscope. Equipped with the unique, patented ibidi Humidity Control technology, the systems are ideal for long-term live cell imaging assays...
Cherwell, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and related industries, will be exhibiting and discussing the latest additions to its high-quality range of environmental monitoring (EM) products at thePharmaceutical Microbiology Europe Conference, in London, 16-17 January 2023. This is the first time that Cherwell will attend this annual conference...
Planmeca is excited to introduce a brand new Planmeca PlanMill 60® S milling unit specifically designed for the needs of dental laboratories.The powerful 5-axis milling unit is capable of both wet and dry processing of discs, blocks, and prefabricated implant abutments for a variety of indications. The milling unit is also a great tool for dentists willing to produce more advanced dental restorations and applications in house...
Asynt reports how the deepmatter® Group, with facilities in the UK, France and Germany, have developed the cloud-based SmartChemistry® platform to share chemical reaction and sensor data direct from the laboratory to allowing analysis of this information on an unprecedented scale. This single platform allows reaction data to be compiled from multiple data sources to provide...
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (IDT) has announced it closed on the purchase of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) research assays from Invitae Corporation under the trademarked name Archer®. The integration of IDT’s portfolio with the acquired NGS research assays—which have been foundational in researching novel cancer fusions—will empower labs with an all-in-one solution to uncover biomarkers and advance cancer discoveries...
accroma labtec Ltd., a Swiss manufacturer of lab automation systems, announce the acquisition of LabMinds product range and IP in an asset deal. This allows customers to benefit from in-depth automation knowledge and services that stand out from the well-known pipetting automation solutions and cover the largest bottlenecks, sample and solution preparation...