Recent Articles in Laboratory Exhibitions and Conferences
Enhancement for Sherwood ScientificMay 28, 2012For many years Sherwood Scientific's Model 926 Chloride Analyser has been used for salt measurement by food ingredient suppliers and manufacturers throughout the world. The 926 offers many benefits over other methods for Chloride determination. Simplicity, speed, and accuracy, are all important and well established features and increasingly cost per test and cost of post-process waste disposal are all helping to cement the Model 926's reputation as an industry leader...
Read MorePHENOM PRO X May 28, 2012The Phenom proX is a fast and intuitive desktop electron microscope with fully integrated EDS elemental analysis that provides high resolution SEM images and high quality sample analysis. For pharmaceutical, chemical industries, failure analysis purposes and metallurgical applications as well as biological applications and forensics, the Phenom will give your whole team access to affordable and reliable imaging and material analysis...
Read MoreThe FRITSCH premium offensive May 28, 20124 new High-Tech-mills from FRITSCH: functionally designed to the smallest detail, even easier to operate, more powerful, faster and safer
Fritch are now extending their premium line by 4 additional new high-tech laboratory mills for various applications: functionally designed to the smallest detail, with interesting new features, latest technology, highest performance and maximum safety.
Read MorePriorclave Unveils Autoclaves with Touch-Screen Controls at Achema 2012May 25, 2012Achema 2012 gives UK autoclave manufacturer, Priorclave, the first opportunity to showcase a number of new developments on stand D37 (Hall 4.2) including a range of front-loading steam sterilisers with Tactrol Touch - news touch screen controls that will be on-show for the first time. he latest version of the EH150 Priorclave, a 150 litre front-loading autoclave which gives 20% more loading area than conventional models of similar size, is the company's first steam steriliser to be released with the newly developed touch screen controls...
Read MoreEndecotts particle analysis equipment is used worldwide in many laboratories!May 25, 2012Endecotts offers a wide range of sieves with different sizes, depths, choice of materials and certified degrees of inspection to meet every National and International standard and virtually every specification, including ISO 3310 and ASTM E-11. Endecotts also offer a wide range of shakers suitable for all types of sieving and samples - shakers designed to produce the optimum sieving action for fast reproducible results. They also produce sample preparation equipment and sample dividers and can supply everything from sample collection, milling and drying equipment to moisture analysis and viscosity testing equipment...
Read MoreGood Pipetting Practice - 5 Steps to Better ResultsMay 25, 2012A Specially-developed five step programme for reducing the risks involved in the workflow process for liquid handling and for maximizing the potential to produce accurate, reproducible data.
Good Pipetting Practice (GPP) has been developed as part of Mettler Toledo's GxP series which includes Good Weighing Practice (GWP) and utilises both Anachem's and Rainin's 40 years of expertise in liquid handling and pipette service. Read MoreAnalysis of Nitrate and Nitrite in MilkMay 23, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new application for the determination of nitrite and nitrate in milk by ion chromatography (IC) with suppressed conductivity detection using in-line sample preparation. Application Note 279: Time Savings and Improved Reproducibility of Nitrate and Nitrite Ion Chromatography Determination in Milk Samples describes the method where the prepared sample is separated on the high-capacity Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac TM AS20 hydroxide-selective anion-exchange column to resolve nitrite and nitrate from the remaining sample components...Read More'Analytical challenges in power plants' Seminar from MetrohmMay 23, 2012
Metrohm is pleased to invite customers and anyone interested to a three-day seminar dedicated exclusively to analytical challenges faced by the power generation industry. The seminar takes place November 7th - 9th 2012 at Metrohm International Headquarters in Switzerland. Participants will get to know the latest analytical solutions developed by Metrohm for the power generation industry and can test them in practice. There will be plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas and dis
Read MoreHPLC-CAD Improves Determination of Triterpenes in Gota KolaMay 22, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new method that uses high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with charged aerosol detection (CAD) to enable improved quantitation of triterpene content in gotu kola. Low-wavelength UV detection commonly used for triterpene analysis often results in strongly sloping baselines, and interferences from minor components can adversely affect quantitation. Customer Application Note (CAN) 111: Determination of Triterpenes in Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) by HPLC-CAD demonstrates that charged aerosol detection minimizes these interferences and improves the baseline, thereby enabling improved quantitation of triterpenes in gotu kola... Read MoreMalvern team presents May 22, 2012Malvern Instruments light scattering specialists Dr Ana Morfesis and Dr Ulf Nobbmann, will present a poster on ‘Nanoparticle characterization by light scattering' as part of the 86th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium being held at the University of Baltimore in Maryland, USA, June 10-13, 2012. Their poster will be displayed from 5.30 until 7.30 pm on Monday June 11 in a session held in the exhibition area, where delegates will also be able to visit the Malvern booth to find out more about the company's full range of systems for nanoparticle characterization, including the market leading Zetasizer Nano.
Read MoreEuropean Life Science Awards Nominees AnnouncedMay 18, 2012Select Biosciences is pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual European Life Science Awards. The awards ceremony will celebrate the very best of the industry's achievements and precedes the Second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH). Nominated by their peers for awards in one of seven scientific and commercial categories, the finalists are as follows... Read MoreAnalytik in partnership with Agilent Technologies announce a workshop on portable & handheld molecular spectroscopy May 17, 2012Online registration is now open
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical solutions to the UK and Ireland, is pleased to announce the first UK workshop at their new premises in Swavesey, Cambridge. Run in partnership with leading analytical instrument company, Agilent Technologies, the free-to-attend meeting will focus on portable & handheld molecular spectroscopy.
Read MoreAgar Scientific announces new highly concentrated colloidal gold for research applicationsMay 17, 2012Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces a new range of highly concentrated gold colloidal nanoparticles from British Biocell International (BBI). Agar Scientific is a market leader in the supply of high quality accessories to assist with sample handling for the microscopy market serving a very broad range of application areas. One of these ranges is the gold nanoparticles produced by BBI...
Read More5th Tecan Symposium to visit Boston in the fallMay 16, 2012The annual Tecan Symposium will be held in the US for the first time this year, from the 23rd to the 25th of October, at the beautiful Taj Hotel in the historical and picturesque surroundings of Boston, Massachusetts. The topic of this year's symposium is ‘Mass spectrometry - the expanding role in life sciences and diagnostics' and, as in previous years, the main scientific program will be complemented by a series of social events to encourage networking between key opinion leaders in mass spectrometry (MS)...
Read MoreEdwards to demonstrate Advanced Vacuum Pump Technologies at AchemaMay 16, 2012
Edwards, Stand B37, Hall 8 at Achema, will feature live working demonstrations of Edwards' leading vacuum pump technologies for chemical processing applications including the cutting-edge CXS chemical dry screw pump for high reliability in harsh conditions and the GSX high speed industrial pump. The new high performance nXDS dry scroll pump for laboratory applications will also be operational on the stand...
Read MoreFRITSCH May 16, 2012FRITSCH, an internationally respected manufacturer of application-oriented laboratory instruments for sample preparation and particle sizing, is again one step ahead. Convince yourself and discover the new models of the FRITSCH premium line as well as further interesting innovations live during ACHEMA 2012...
Read MoreLook at ways in which companies can develop pain drugs & treatments at SMiMay 15, 2012 Pain is an incredibly hot topic as it affects all illnesses and all people, in many different ways. This makes it an incredibly lucrative business and one that has not yet been explored in the pharmaceutical industry to its full potential. Pain is also the most common reason patients seek medical care, as it affects the quality of life many people experience and has significant sensory and emotional components. Whilst advances have been made in pain management, few significant ones have occurred, making it harder in recent years to get analgesics to market...
Read MoreNew Applications Resource from BMG LABTECHMay 15, 2012A perfectly engineered microplate reader is only part of the solution. Knowing how to effectively perform all of the leading applications on that instrument is the final piece of the puzzle. This is why BMG LABTECH has created an application notes binder, which combines all of the current application notes into one resource. The application notes detailed in our Application Notes Binder were all performed on BMG LABTECH's wide range of microplate readers and they outline a variety of experiments...
Read More132 exhibitors meet 2114 laboratory professionals at Laborama 2012May 15, 2012This year the professional fair Laborama already took place for the 13th time. 2,114 professionals visited the trade fair and amongst others discovered the novelties presented by the 132 companies that exhibited at Laborama. The large attendance from as well visitors as exhibitors confirms that the current format of Laborama is still successful. This opinion is sustained by the first results from the surveys sent to both groups. They confirm their satisfaction with the current formula and mainly the accessibility and friendly ambiance makes it easy to make new contacts...
Read MoreSMi proudly present their 7th annual ADMET conferenceMay 15, 2012 Don't miss the 7th annual ADMET conference taking place on 9th & 10th July 2012, London, reserve you place today and hear from expert leaders in ADMET as they present in-depth analyses of the very latest In-Vitro, In-Silico developments and DMPK profile optimisation. Get to grips with compounds for Brain and Central Nervous System penetration, computational approaches and predictive models including protein modelling, and attrition in drug discovery and more... Quote "Lab Bulletin" & save £100Read MoreProtein mobility using laser Doppler electrophoresis at IACIS 2012May 15, 2012Robert Jack, Principal Scientist at Malvern Instruments is to speak at the upcoming IACIS 2012 (International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists) Conference held over 13-18 May at the Sendai International Centre in Japan. His talk is titled ‘Non-electrode contact colloid and protein mobility using laser Doppler electrophoresis - the diffusion barrier technique'. It will take place at 10:45 on Thursday 17 May and covers a novel technique developed by Malvern Instruments for the measurement of protein mobility using laser Doppler electrophoresis...
Read MoreDetermination of Ginsenosides in Panax Ginseng - New method announced by Thermo Fisher ScientificMay 15, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new method that uses the Thermo Scientific Dionex Corona CAD Charged Aerosol Detector to provide a reliable alternative to low-wavelength UV detection. Customer Application Note (CAN) 112: Determination of Ginsenosides inPanax ginseng by HPLC-CAD demonstrates that charged aerosol detection does not overrespond to strong chromophores, thereby reducing interferences. Baseline slopes are not as pronounced or as variable, making peak area determinations more reliable...
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For many years Sherwood Scientific's Model 926 Chloride Analyser has been used for salt measurement by food ingredient suppliers and manufacturers throughout the world. The 926 offers many benefits over other methods for Chloride determination. Simplicity, speed, and accuracy, are all important and well established features and increasingly cost per test and cost of post-process waste disposal are all helping to cement the Model 926's reputation as an industry leader...
The Phenom proX is a fast and intuitive desktop electron microscope with fully integrated EDS elemental analysis that provides high resolution SEM images and high quality sample analysis. For pharmaceutical, chemical industries, failure analysis purposes and metallurgical applications as well as biological applications and forensics, the Phenom will give your whole team access to affordable and reliable imaging and material analysis...
Fritch are now extending their premium line by 4 additional new high-tech laboratory mills for various applications: functionally designed to the smallest detail, with interesting new features, latest technology, highest performance and maximum safety.
Achema 2012 gives UK autoclave manufacturer, Priorclave, the first opportunity to showcase a number of new developments on stand D37 (Hall 4.2) including a range of front-loading steam sterilisers with Tactrol Touch - news touch screen controls that will be on-show for the first time. he latest version of the EH150 Priorclave, a 150 litre front-loading autoclave which gives 20% more loading area than conventional models of similar size, is the company's first steam steriliser to be released with the newly developed touch screen controls...
Good Pipetting Practice (GPP) has been developed as part of Mettler Toledo's GxP series which includes Good Weighing Practice (GWP) and utilises both Anachem's and Rainin's 40 years of expertise in liquid handling and pipette service. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new application for the determination of nitrite and nitrate in milk by ion chromatography (IC) with suppressed conductivity detection using in-line sample preparation. Application Note 279: Time Savings and Improved Reproducibility of Nitrate and Nitrite Ion Chromatography Determination in Milk Samples describes the method where the prepared sample is separated on the high-capacity Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac TM AS20 hydroxide-selective anion-exchange column to resolve nitrite and nitrate from the remaining sample components...
Metrohm is pleased to invite customers and anyone interested to a three-day seminar dedicated exclusively to analytical challenges faced by the power generation industry. The seminar takes place November 7th - 9th 2012 at Metrohm International Headquarters in Switzerland. Participants will get to know the latest analytical solutions developed by Metrohm for the power generation industry and can test them in practice. There will be plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas and dis
Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new method that uses high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with charged aerosol detection (CAD) to enable improved quantitation of triterpene content in gotu kola. Low-wavelength UV detection commonly used for triterpene analysis often results in strongly sloping baselines, and interferences from minor components can adversely affect quantitation. Customer Application Note (CAN) 111: Determination of Triterpenes in Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) by HPLC-CAD demonstrates that charged aerosol detection minimizes these interferences and improves the baseline, thereby enabling improved quantitation of triterpenes in gotu kola...
Malvern Instruments light scattering specialists Dr Ana Morfesis and Dr Ulf Nobbmann, will present a poster on ‘Nanoparticle characterization by light scattering' as part of the 86th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium being held at the University of Baltimore in Maryland, USA, June 10-13, 2012. Their poster will be displayed from 5.30 until 7.30 pm on Monday June 11 in a session held in the exhibition area, where delegates will also be able to visit the Malvern booth to find out more about the company's full range of systems for nanoparticle characterization, including the market leading Zetasizer Nano.
Select Biosciences is pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual European Life Science Awards. The awards ceremony will celebrate the very best of the industry's achievements and precedes the Second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH). Nominated by their peers for awards in one of seven scientific and commercial categories, the finalists are as follows...
Online registration is now open
Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces a new range of highly concentrated gold colloidal nanoparticles from British Biocell International (BBI). Agar Scientific is a market leader in the supply of high quality accessories to assist with sample handling for the microscopy market serving a very broad range of application areas. One of these ranges is the gold nanoparticles produced by BBI...
The annual Tecan Symposium will be held in the US for the first time this year, from the 23rd to the 25th of October, at the beautiful Taj Hotel in the historical and picturesque surroundings of Boston, Massachusetts. The topic of this year's symposium is ‘Mass spectrometry - the expanding role in life sciences and diagnostics' and, as in previous years, the main scientific program will be complemented by a series of social events to encourage networking between key opinion leaders in mass spectrometry (MS)...
Edwards, Stand B37, Hall 8 at Achema, will feature live working demonstrations of Edwards' leading vacuum pump technologies for chemical processing applications including the cutting-edge CXS chemical dry screw pump for high reliability in harsh conditions and the GSX high speed industrial pump. The new high performance nXDS dry scroll pump for laboratory applications will also be operational on the stand...
FRITSCH, an internationally respected manufacturer of application-oriented laboratory instruments for sample preparation and particle sizing, is again one step ahead. Convince yourself and discover the new models of the FRITSCH premium line as well as further interesting innovations live during ACHEMA 2012...
A perfectly engineered microplate reader is only part of the solution. Knowing how to effectively perform all of the leading applications on that instrument is the final piece of the puzzle. This is why BMG LABTECH has created an application notes binder, which combines all of the current application notes into one resource. The application notes detailed in our Application Notes Binder were all performed on BMG LABTECH's wide range of microplate readers and they outline a variety of experiments...
This year the professional fair Laborama already took place for the 13th time. 2,114 professionals visited the trade fair and amongst others discovered the novelties presented by the 132 companies that exhibited at Laborama. The large attendance from as well visitors as exhibitors confirms that the current format of Laborama is still successful. This opinion is sustained by the first results from the surveys sent to both groups. They confirm their satisfaction with the current formula and mainly the accessibility and friendly ambiance makes it easy to make new contacts...
Robert Jack, Principal Scientist at Malvern Instruments is to speak at the upcoming IACIS 2012 (International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists) Conference held over 13-18 May at the Sendai International Centre in Japan. His talk is titled ‘Non-electrode contact colloid and protein mobility using laser Doppler electrophoresis - the diffusion barrier technique'. It will take place at 10:45 on Thursday 17 May and covers a novel technique developed by Malvern Instruments for the measurement of protein mobility using laser Doppler electrophoresis...
Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new method that uses the Thermo Scientific Dionex Corona CAD Charged Aerosol Detector to provide a reliable alternative to low-wavelength UV detection. Customer Application Note (CAN) 112: Determination of Ginsenosides in Panax ginseng by HPLC-CAD demonstrates that charged aerosol detection does not overrespond to strong chromophores, thereby reducing interferences. Baseline slopes are not as pronounced or as variable, making peak area determinations more reliable...