Recent Articles in Laboratory Exhibitions and Conferences
Nobel Prize Winner to Speak at European Microscopy CongressDec 6, 2011Professor Daniel Shechtman has been confirmed as a Plenary Speaker at the 15th European Microscopy Congress (emc2012) in Manchester in September 2012. Professor Shechtman was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of "quasicrystals" which showed that the atoms in a crystal could be packed in an unrepeatable pattern. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that the discovery in 1982 was initially "extremely controversial," but that it had "fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter"...
Read MoreSimplified and Reproducible Separation of Ethyl Sulfate Impurity in Indinavir SulfateDec 6, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new method that uses ion chromatography (IC) to separate ethyl sulfate in an indinavir sulfate drug sample. Indinavir sulfate is a specific and potent inhibitor of HIV-1 protease and is widely used in the treatment of AIDS. Application Note 284: Determination of Ethyl Sulfate Impurity in Indinavir Sulfate Drug Using Ion Chromatography demonstrates that only the addition of deionized water to the IC system is required to deliver reproducible chromatography while avoiding the time, labor, and potential error of manual eluent preparation...
Read MoreMaximise the potential of your stem cell applicationsDec 1, 2011Dr Verna McErlane, Director of Commercial Operations, International at Sistemic, is scheduled to give her own special insight into advanced analytical models to support the stem cell therapy industry at this year's Stem Cell Meeting on the MESA conference. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss miRNA profiling and learn how to maximise the potential of stem cell applications. The 2011 conference will be held in the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California...
Read MoreHORIBA Medical in partnership with Spire Healthcare undertake haematology analyser comparison studyNov 30, 2011Following its debut presentation at IBMS Congress 2011, the results poster of the Spire Healthcare-commissioned granulocyte and neutrophil count comparison study of HORIBA Medical's ABX Micros ES 60 and three other methodologies is now available to view at the HORIBA Medical-UK website. The study shows that the granulocyte count of the ABX Micros ES 60 can be considered a neutrophil count in the absence of flags, making it a suitable instrument for all Point-of-Care (POC) settings...
Read MoreDDL22 poster reports on the power of imaging in OINDP developmentNov 30, 2011Imaging specialist Dr Deborah Huck from Malvern Instruments will present a poster at Drug Delivery to the Lungs 22 (7-9 Dec, Edinburgh, Scotland) exploring how automated imaging can be used alongside cascade impaction to support the development of inhaled drug products. Hanne Kinnunen of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath (UK), will also reference work with the Morphologi G3-ID in her presentation ‘Effect of lactose fines on the de-agglomeration behaviour of dry powder inhaler formulations', on Friday 9 December...Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Names Winner of 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma SpectrochemistryNov 29, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the winner of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry, Dr. J. Sabine Becker, head of Trace and UltraTrace Analysis, Central Division of Analytical Chemistry at the Research Center Juelich, Germany. The award, which honors scientists who have made the most noteworthy contributions to the field of plasma spectrochemistry, is sponsored by Thermo Fisher. Thermo Fisher will present the award and a check for $5,000 to Dr. Becker during the 2012 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry to be held in Tucson, Ariz. January 9-14, 2012...
Read MoreNEW Pittcon 2012 Mobile App Now AvailableNov 29, 2011Pittcon are excited to announce the launch of our Pittcon 2012 mobile app! The Pittcon 2012 app serves as your all-in-one event guide by putting everything you need to know right onto your mobile device... Read MoreTTP LabTech Showcases Innovative Technology at ASCB 2011Nov 29, 2011TTP LabTech will highlight it's leading portfolio of products for high content screening (HCS) at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) conference and exhibition on booth #427, Denver, Colorado, 3-7 December 2011. On Monday 5th Dec from 18.45-20.15, Dr Paul Wylie will present a tutorial entitled "Cell Biology Applications of Laser Scanning Cytometry" (Room 113, Tutorial G) discussing the latest application developments of laser scanning cytometry...
Read MoreDates announced for Laborama 2012Nov 29, 2011On March 22th and 23th, 2012 the 13th edition of Laborama will take place at Brussels Kart Expo-Groot-Bijgaarden. Laborama, an initiative of the professional association UDIAS, has become the meeting point by excellence for the laboratory sector in Belgium. Every year both Belgian and European exhibitors participate at Laborama in order to present their products to the laboratory professionals who visit the trade fair...
Read MoreReinnervate to present and exhibit at the American Society for Cell Biology annual conference 2011Nov 29, 2011Reinnervate, the expert in making routine 3D cell culture a reality, has announced that the company will exhibit and present at this year's American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual conference (Denver, USA, 3 - 7th December 2011). Reinnervate's Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Stefan Przyborski, will deliver a case study presentation at 18.15 on Sunday 4th December entitled ‘Enabling Routine 3D Cell Culture for Disease Modelling, Toxicity Screening and Safety Testing'...
Read MoreEurope's healthcare elite assemble for HIMSS CIO Summit in GenevaNov 24, 2011Leading European IT directors and senior healthcare IT executives have gathered this week at the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit in Geneva (November 20-22) to recognise the best use and adoption practices for healthcare IT in Europe. The events of the HIMSS CIO Summit can be followed in a Live Newsticker at www.healthtechwire.com/himss...
Read MoreNew Article from Sartorius - AriumR pro UV Ultrapure Water for ICP-MSNov 23, 2011Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading provider of cutting-edge equipment and services for the development, quality assurance and production processes of the biopharmaceutical industry, released an article exploring the importance of using pure water of a high analytic grade quality when conducting inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The objective of the analytical test series described in the article is to ensure that the ultrapure water generated by the arium® pro UV water systems has a high purity level (in this case free of metal elements respectively metal elements not detectable) and can be used without any problems for trace analysis of elements performed with ICP-MS devices...
Read MoreThe bandage that tells you when you have an infectionNov 23, 2011A leading researcher into nano-biotechnology will shed light on the mysteries of this little-known science by demonstrating its application to an exciting new medical development at a University of Leicester public lecture. Dr Toby Jenkins, Head of Biophysical Chemistry Research at the University of Bath, will discuss a research project currently taking place across five European countries, applying nano-biotechnology to the fabrication of an advanced wound dressing which will monitor whether a wound or burn is infected by bacteria... Read MoreNew white paper outlines solution for reliable multi-way fluidic connectionsNov 22, 2011Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic devices, has launched a new white paper addressing the challenges faced by engineers and scientists when working with microfluidic connections. Traditional solutions for tube-to-tube and tube-to-chip connections, which consist of a selection of unions, take up a lot of space and involve a time consuming set-up and problem of sealing when using multiple unions. Furthermore they only allow the connection of one fluid tube at a time...
Read MoreNew Application Note from BMG LABTECHNov 18, 2011The BlueScreen HC assay from Gentronix utilizes a luminescence-based reporter system to measure genotoxicity. The assay generates positive results e.g for direct-acting mutagens and clastogens and correct negative results for non-carcinogens. In addition, reduced cell proliferation, a measure of cytotoxicity, is assessed, too. Using the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH the BlueScreen HC assay has been shown to be fast, accurate and reproducible...
Read MoreFiltration Society meeting attracts delegates from seven countriesNov 17, 2011Building on the success of previous years, a record number of delegates from seven different countries attended the latest Filtration Society two-day technical meeting. Held at the Ramada Hotel in Chester, UK in October, Filter Media 5 was the fifth international event focused on filter media and combined a training session, conference and exhibition...
Read MoreThermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Nov 15, 2011Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific µDrop Plate for the quick and easy measurement of samples down to 2 µL. The µDropTM Plate provides a straightforward way of analyzing up to 16 microliter-scale samples simultaneously. The fixed light path of the plate allows direct calculation of nucleic acid concentrations of the samples. Furthermore, users can detect dsDNA from a few micrograms to a few milligrams per milliliter, without needing to perform any dilutions...
Read MoreInfrared Thermography Helps Improve Comfort of AthletesNov 14, 2011FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions has announced a new application story that describes how leading sportswear manufacturer - Adidas has used infrared thermography to help develop a new generation of sports shoes featuring ventilated ClimaCool2™ technology...
Read MoreKey infectious disease conference discusses HPV technologyNov 14, 2011Hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology was one of the hot topics at this year's 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association. Three scientific abstracts were presented on hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) at the meeting in Boston, Massachusetts...
Read MoreCELLNOVO RECEIVES 2011 BEST MEDTECH FUNDRAISER AWARDNov 14, 2011Cellnovo was named Best Medtech Fundraiser at the recent 2011 OBN Bioscience Awards, an honour that recognises Cellnovo's success in raising £30m to advance mobile diabetes management.
Read MoreFaster and Enhanced Determination of Nitrate and Nitrite in MilkNov 10, 2011
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. Excessive consumption of nitrite and nitrate has been implicated as a cause in some health problems and, as a result, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has regulated the amount of nitrite and nitrate in drinking water. These same limits should be applied to milk even though the FDA and USDA have not required testing of milk for nitrate and nitrate.
Read MoreSelect Biosciences Gears Up for ELA 2012Nov 9, 2011Following the success of European Laboratory Automation (ELA) 2011, Select Biosciences has announced that it will be hosting next year's conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 - 31 May 2012. Registration for ELA 2012 is now open, and all delegates have the option to attend 8 different conference streams, each of which includes internationally renowned keynote speakers, research presentations, training sessions and much more...
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Professor Daniel Shechtman has been confirmed as a Plenary Speaker at the 15th European Microscopy Congress (emc2012) in Manchester in September 2012. Professor Shechtman was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of "quasicrystals" which showed that the atoms in a crystal could be packed in an unrepeatable pattern. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that the discovery in 1982 was initially "extremely controversial," but that it had "fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter"...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new method that uses ion chromatography (IC) to separate ethyl sulfate in an indinavir sulfate drug sample. Indinavir sulfate is a specific and potent inhibitor of HIV-1 protease and is widely used in the treatment of AIDS. Application Note 284: Determination of Ethyl Sulfate Impurity in Indinavir Sulfate Drug Using Ion Chromatography demonstrates that only the addition of deionized water to the IC system is required to deliver reproducible chromatography while avoiding the time, labor, and potential error of manual eluent preparation...
Dr Verna McErlane, Director of Commercial Operations, International at Sistemic, is scheduled to give her own special insight into advanced analytical models to support the stem cell therapy industry at this year's Stem Cell Meeting on the MESA conference. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss miRNA profiling and learn how to maximise the potential of stem cell applications. The 2011 conference will be held in the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California...
Following its debut presentation at IBMS Congress 2011, the results poster of the Spire Healthcare-commissioned granulocyte and neutrophil count comparison study of HORIBA Medical's ABX Micros ES 60 and three other methodologies is now available to view at the HORIBA Medical-UK website. The study shows that the granulocyte count of the ABX Micros ES 60 can be considered a neutrophil count in the absence of flags, making it a suitable instrument for all Point-of-Care (POC) settings...
Imaging specialist Dr Deborah Huck from Malvern Instruments will present a poster at Drug Delivery to the Lungs 22 (7-9 Dec, Edinburgh, Scotland) exploring how automated imaging can be used alongside cascade impaction to support the development of inhaled drug products. Hanne Kinnunen of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath (UK), will also reference work with the Morphologi G3-ID in her presentation ‘Effect of lactose fines on the de-agglomeration behaviour of dry powder inhaler formulations', on Friday 9 December...
Pittcon are excited to announce the launch of our Pittcon 2012 mobile app! The Pittcon 2012 app serves as your all-in-one event guide by putting everything you need to know right onto your mobile device...
TTP LabTech will highlight it's leading portfolio of products for high content screening (HCS) at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) conference and exhibition on booth #427, Denver, Colorado, 3-7 December 2011. On Monday 5th Dec from 18.45-20.15, Dr Paul Wylie will present a tutorial entitled "Cell Biology Applications of Laser Scanning Cytometry" (Room 113, Tutorial G) discussing the latest application developments of laser scanning cytometry...
On March 22th and 23th, 2012 the 13th edition of Laborama will take place at Brussels Kart Expo-Groot-Bijgaarden. Laborama, an initiative of the professional association UDIAS, has become the meeting point by excellence for the laboratory sector in Belgium. Every year both Belgian and European exhibitors participate at Laborama in order to present their products to the laboratory professionals who visit the trade fair...
Reinnervate, the expert in making routine 3D cell culture a reality, has announced that the company will exhibit and present at this year's American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual conference (Denver, USA, 3 - 7th December 2011). Reinnervate's Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Stefan Przyborski, will deliver a case study presentation at 18.15 on Sunday 4th December entitled ‘Enabling Routine 3D Cell Culture for Disease Modelling, Toxicity Screening and Safety Testing'...
Leading European IT directors and senior healthcare IT executives have gathered this week at the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit in Geneva (November 20-22) to recognise the best use and adoption practices for healthcare IT in Europe. The events of the HIMSS CIO Summit can be followed in a Live Newsticker at www.healthtechwire.com/himss...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading provider of cutting-edge equipment and services for the development, quality assurance and production processes of the biopharmaceutical industry, released an article exploring the importance of using pure water of a high analytic grade quality when conducting inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The objective of the analytical test series described in the article is to ensure that the ultrapure water generated by the arium® pro UV water systems has a high purity level (in this case free of metal elements respectively metal elements not detectable) and can be used without any problems for trace analysis of elements performed with ICP-MS devices...
A leading researcher into nano-biotechnology will shed light on the mysteries of this little-known science by demonstrating its application to an exciting new medical development at a University of Leicester public lecture. Dr Toby Jenkins, Head of Biophysical Chemistry Research at the University of Bath, will discuss a research project currently taking place across five European countries, applying nano-biotechnology to the fabrication of an advanced wound dressing which will monitor whether a wound or burn is infected by bacteria...
Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic devices, has launched a new white paper addressing the challenges faced by engineers and scientists when working with microfluidic connections. Traditional solutions for tube-to-tube and tube-to-chip connections, which consist of a selection of unions, take up a lot of space and involve a time consuming set-up and problem of sealing when using multiple unions. Furthermore they only allow the connection of one fluid tube at a time...
The BlueScreen HC assay from Gentronix utilizes a luminescence-based reporter system to measure genotoxicity. The assay generates positive results e.g for direct-acting mutagens and clastogens and correct negative results for non-carcinogens. In addition, reduced cell proliferation, a measure of cytotoxicity, is assessed, too. Using the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH the BlueScreen HC assay has been shown to be fast, accurate and reproducible...
Building on the success of previous years, a record number of delegates from seven different countries attended the latest Filtration Society two-day technical meeting. Held at the Ramada Hotel in Chester, UK in October, Filter Media 5 was the fifth international event focused on filter media and combined a training session, conference and exhibition...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific µDrop Plate for the quick and easy measurement of samples down to 2 µL. The µDropTM Plate provides a straightforward way of analyzing up to 16 microliter-scale samples simultaneously. The fixed light path of the plate allows direct calculation of nucleic acid concentrations of the samples. Furthermore, users can detect dsDNA from a few micrograms to a few milligrams per milliliter, without needing to perform any dilutions...
FLIR Advanced Thermal Solutions has announced a new application story that describes how leading sportswear manufacturer - Adidas has used infrared thermography to help develop a new generation of sports shoes featuring ventilated ClimaCool2™ technology...
Hydrogen peroxide bio-decontamination technology was one of the hot topics at this year's 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association. Three scientific abstracts were presented on hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) at the meeting in Boston, Massachusetts...
Cellnovo was named Best Medtech Fundraiser at the recent 2011 OBN Bioscience Awards, an honour that recognises Cellnovo's success in raising £30m to advance mobile diabetes management.
Following the success of European Laboratory Automation (ELA) 2011, Select Biosciences has announced that it will be hosting next year's conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 - 31 May 2012. Registration for ELA 2012 is now open, and all delegates have the option to attend 8 different conference streams, each of which includes internationally renowned keynote speakers, research presentations, training sessions and much more...