CAMAG today announced the worldwide availability of a new version of its visionCATS HPTLC software (V1.4).

With visionCATS CAMAG have developed a state-of-the-art software for qualitative HPTLC analysis that supports chromatographers who use HPTLC for quality control, identification, and detection of adulteration, as well as stability studies in various fields of application. Besides giving visionCATS a new Look and Feel, CAMAG have implemented several useful tools, i.e. a clipboard function or annotations integration into reports, that make every HPTLC analysts life easier...

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce the introduction of new HPLC and UHPLC column, Thermo Scientific GlycanPac AXR-1 column, for glycan analysis.

This new column offers extremely high-resolution separations based on charge, isomerism, and size and are designed to facilitate both high resolution glycan profile characterization and quantification. Until now, glycans isomers could not be separated by conventional HPLC, said Ilze Birznieks, Product Marketing Manager for Biocolumns at Thermo Fisher. This new column helps users achieve greater resolution of glycans using HPLC, providing easier profile characterization...

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has taken the ease of touch-screen technology and applied it to the DV-II Series, their best-selling viscometer.

By merging the DV-II and touch screen technology into the New DV2T, Brookfield has created the most advanced user experience in viscosity testing and measurement. The New DV2T Viscometer features a 5-inch full color display to guide users through test creation and data gathering for fast and easy viscosity measurements....

Unlike standard parabolic mirrors, Off-Axis Paraboloids (OAP) direct and focus incident collimated light at a specific angle, allowing unrestricted access to the focal point as well as reducing the size and minimising the weight of an optical design.

Working with the highest quality optical glasses - Optical Surfaces Ltd. produce standard OAP from 60mm to 600 mm in diameter. Benefiting from a uniquely stable manufacturing environment, and a highly skilled team of engineers and craftsmen, Optical Surfaces is able to routinely produce OAPs with surface accuracy to lambda/20 (peak-to-valley) depending upon off-axis angles....

Genevac announces eXalt - an exciting new non-destructive evaporation technology developed with partners in the field of pharmaceutical small molecule crystallisation.

eXalt has found application in labs that perform tasks including first time crystallisation of amorphous forms, recrystallisation of samples which have only a few known forms, removing a hydrate, solvent screening studies to find the most suitable conditions to take forward in development, high throughput co-crystallisation screens and studies to confirm stable isoforms. eXalt enables a wide range of solvents and multiple actives to be evaporated all at the same slow rate, and under the same conditions, giving the user unprecedented control of the crystallisation process...

Ultra-sensitive PointMan™ enables blood sampling instead of tissue biopsies for cancer patient mutation status assessment

AMSBIO has expanded its portfolio of stable cell lines. 

The new cell lines express endogenous or recombinant proteins and are available in a ready-to-use format to facilitate your research efforts. Using AMSBIO stable cell lines not only provides an optimized solution for manufacture of therapeutic and diagnostic protein, but also for applications in drug screening, pharmacological research and toxicological studies. The extensive portfolio of ready-to-use stable cell lines available from AMSBIO includes: Receptors; Ion channels; Cell signaling; Phosphodiesterases; Stem cell related; Fluorescent; TetR ; Luciferase ; CRE recombinase / reporter ; p53 and DNA repair gene knock-down cell lines...

Copley Scientific has launched two new products relating to metered dose inhalers (MDIs).

Copley Scientific has launched two new products to enable testing in accordance with methods described in a new US Pharmacopoeia (USP) monograph relating to metered dose inhalers (MDIs). The USP monograph, <1602>, which is currently in draft form, addresses the testing of MDIs with spacers and valved holding chambers (VHCs); devices that make MDIs more suitable for paediatric patients and those with poor coordination...

An independent report demonstrates how the Asynt Vortex overhead stirrer system provides an effective tool for rapid screening of a range of reaction conditions in parallel - an essential for efficient process development.

The Asynt Vortex overhead stirrer system is designed to enable three reactions to be stirred simultaneously using a single overhead stirrer motor and heated to temperatures to over 200°C. In the report - researchers evaluate the consistency of mixing delivered by a Vortex system controlling three reaction vessels by measuring the bulk mixing and extraction times in each vessel and comparing this data with a stand-alone vessel....

Air Science provides containment solutions to meet any analytical need.

The NEW Purair Flex provides numerous performance advantages over the competition, including: More Volume. The Purair Flex Film Isolator features an innovative curved film design that provides more working volume than any other Glove Bag on the market. Versatile Tapered. Sleeve / Glove Options. Unlike other glove bags, the double O-ring design on the standard polyurethane cuffs allow users to quickly and easily change gloves to meet a variety of dexterity needs...

Raster Orbital Scanning Technology from Ocean Optics Recognised at TASIA Awards

The Raster Orbital Scanning (ROS) feature of the IDRaman family of products from Ocean Optics has been recognized as one of 2013’s 15 best innovation technologies by The Analytical Scientist magazine, an industry publication. ROS is a novel Raman spectroscopy sampling technique that helps to derive more accurate and comprehensive measurement results. The IDRaman mini handheld Raman spectrometer and the IDRaman reader integrated Raman spectrometer both feature ROS...

AMSBIO has announced the introduction of new aptamer kits for cell isolation and flow cytometry.

Aptamers are oligonucleotides or peptides that bind to a specific target molecule. Aptamers are useful in biotechnological and therapeutic applications as they offer molecular recognition properties that rival that of the commonly used biomolecule, antibodies. In addition to their discriminate recognition, aptamers offer advantages over antibodies as they can be engineered completely in a test tube, are readily produced by chemical synthesis, possess desirable storage properties, and elicit little or no immunogenicity in therapeutic applications...

Asynt has developed a version of DrySyn heating block purpose designed to allow scientists to perform safe, productive heating and stirring experiments with pear shaped flasks commonly used with rotary evaporators.

Pear shaped flasks are popular with organic chemists as concentrated samples can be removed much more easily than from a round bottom flask. Pear-shaped flasks are used for evaporating solutions to dryness post synthesis using a rotary evaporator, the 'rounded V' shape of the flasks enables solid materials to be scraped out more efficiently than from a round bottomed flask. Martyn Fordham, Managing Director of Asynt commented “By designing a version of the DrySyn to accept these flasks - chemists can now eliminate the need for sample transfers between reaction flask and an evaporator (pear-shaped) flask, allowing the same flask to be used for both Synthesis and Evaporation...

Sponge swab and Stomacher technique proved to be highly effective sampling combination for assessing large surface areas

Seward Ltd., manufacturers of the world leading range of Stomacher^® paddle blenders and Stomacher^® accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analyses, have highlighted the highly effective use of its Stomacher technology in combination with sponge swabs for hygiene monitoring and biosecurity applications. Hygiene monitoring in food and pharmaceutical production facilities and clinical environments requires simple sampling techniques with excellent microbial recovery rates across a spectrum of different species. A recent study [1] has confirmed the effectiveness of the combined sponge swab and Stomacher sampling methodology for sampling a large surface area...

Porvair Sciences has announced a new Chromatrap Enzymatic Shearing Kit that contains all the necessary reagents and buffers for up to 10 chromatin preparations.

The success of a ChIP assay is highly dependent on the quality of chromatin prepared.  The Chromatrap® enzymatic shearing kit  - allows you to determine optimal shearing conditions for your chromatin preparations and can supply you with enough chromatin to perform up to 24 ChIPs if using standard Chromatrap® ChIP spin column kit or up to 96 IP’s if using Chromatrap®  ChIP 96 High throughput microplate. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a technique used to study the association of specific proteins,or their modified isoforms, with defined genomic regions...

Tecan has introduced a Cavro^® ADP (Air Displacement Pipettor) module for the popular Cavro Omni Robot.

Available with a broad choice of lengths, orientations and options for all three axes, the Cavro Omni Robot is designed to combine precision OEM liquid handling with straightforward integration, and the launch of the Cavro ADP option provides even greater flexibility in instrument design. The CavroADP provides an alternative to the existing liquid displacement pipetting for any application using the Cavro Omni Robot. Using pneumatic technology, this compact pipetting module has been integrated and optimized for use with the Cavro Omni Robot’s Universal Z arm, offering a number of additional benefits for OEM liquid handling...

"SieveWare" software for particle size analyses

"SieveWare" software for particle size analyses, exceeds manual evaluation in many aspects, due to the fact that the software is able to automatically control the necessary measurement and weighing procedures– from the registration of the weight of the sieve up to the evaluation of the data. It is easy and comfortable to use making it an essential contribution to test sieve analysis. Application Examples - Cement clinker, chemicals, coffee, construction materials, fertilizers, fillers, flours, grains, metals powders, minerals, nuts, plastics, sand, seeds, soils, washing powder...

Alpha Laboratories helps make the task of getting patient samples, specimens or other bio-hazardous materials, from A to B, easier and more economical.

Our complete storage, packaging and mailing solution combines an extensive range of 95kPa compliant sample vials with SpeciSafe^® secondary packaging and mailing envelopes, ready-labelled according to the UN3373 standard. Together these make regulatory adherence quick, simple and convenient. Whether you need to transport blood, serum, urine, faeces or swabs, there is a combination of Alpha Labs consumables to meet your needs...

MCD-Series dual-valve mass flow controllers manage flow both into and out of a process

Simple solutions ensure operator safety.

Bigneat adds Chemcap Easyglide to its impressive range of ductless fume cabinets. Bigneat, a world leading global supplier of ductless fume hoods and cabinets for operator protection from toxic chemical fumes, vapours, gases and particles during experimentation and laboratory handlings, today announces a new design of Chemcap ductless fume cabinet. Building on the success of their Chemcap ductless fume cabinets, Bigneat has introduced a brand new sash door model with the emphasis on operator comfort and safety....

Offshore-produced oil contains considerable chlorine contents, which adversely affect the transportation and refining process.

High temperature oxidation followed by coulometric titration is the ideal technique to determine this parameter but suffers from incomplete combustion, escalating with the sample complexity. But the intelligent flame sensor technology of multi EA^® 5000 fully automatically takes the varied combustion behaviors of samples and different quantities into account, which leads to complete oxidation, small variations, less need for replicates, and a distinct reduction of maintenance requirements.....

First autoclave built by UK Company Priorclave for the American market following announcement that it has approval to manufacture to ASME standards was actually a bespoke designed, double stacked steam steriliser.

This somewhat unique autoclave build comprised two 150L front loading autoclaves stacked vertically and encased in a single housing with all associated pipework.  Although stacked to save space each autoclave is a separate entity with independent controls mounted on the side panel allowing both sterilisers to operate simultaneously with different process settings. “This sale highlights that British designed and manufactured products are still among the very best in world and are clearly in demand...