Recent Articles in Laboratory Exhibitions and Conferences
ACHEMA 2012May 10, 2011The international congress running alongside the ACHEMA 2012 exhibition will feature 900 lectures focused on state-of-the-art developments and the event's organizers are inviting contributors to submit applications to qualify to make lecture presentations at the event. The leading international meeting point for decision-makers and experts, ACHEMA 2012 focuses on a broad spectrum of process and chemical engineering industries and related technologies...
Read MoreExploring the links between rheology, gel permeation chromatography and particle characterizationMay 9, 2011At the 7th Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC 2011), May 10 - 14, 2011, Suzdal, Russia, Malvern Instruments will focus on how to maximize analytical benefit and impact by combining rheology with complementary techniques such as gel permeation chromatography and particle characterization...
Read MoreNew Application Note from BMG Labtech "The ELISAONE assay performed on the POLARstar Omega"May 9, 2011Traditional ELISA assays are known for their several wash steps in order to remove unbound antigen from the well. Here we introduce a fluorescence based ELISA assay that only needs one wash step. This technology is called ELISAONE™ and was developed by TGR BioSciences. The ELISAONE™ assay is both robust and sensitive as evidenced by EGF, TNFa and IL-2 data obtained with the POLARstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH...
Read MoreStraightforward monitoring of uranium in drinking and mineral waterMay 5, 2011Determining trace levels of uranium in drinking and mineral water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) requires expensive analytical instrumentation. In contrast, adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (AdCSV) using Metrohm’s 797 VA Computrace is a straightforward, much less expensive alternative allowing measurements with superior sensitivity...
Read MoreSelect Biosciences offer the chance to register free for an exhibition only pass to ELAMay 5, 2011Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, are providing the opportunity to register free to visit the exhibition at ELA, Europe's only event dedicated to laboratory automation. The European Lab Automation event will take place at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), 30 June - 1 July in Hamburg, Germany...
Read MoreSyrris offers free flow chemistry and automated process chemistry workshopsApr 28, 2011Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris invites scientists to attend free workshop seminars in Flow Chemistry and Automated Process Chemistry; to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, at Syrris' Thai distributor, Sithiporn. The courses will be running on the 9 - 10th as well as the 12 - 13th of May 2011, allowing delegates to attend both...
Read MoreTools for Polymer Characterization Apr 27, 2011Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments is focusing on tools for polymer characterization as part of its exhibit at this year's Annual Technical Conference for the polymer industry (ANTEC 2011, May 1-5, Boston MA, USA). Highlights include Malvern's Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems for measuring polymer architecture and the company's range of capillary rheometers for determining polymer processability...
Read MoreNew Application Note from BMG Labtech "Thioflavin T aggregation assay to determine antibody stability"Apr 26, 2011The efficiency of antibody molecules is dependent on their stability. Stress can cause denaturation and aggregation resulting in inactive proteins. We introduce an assay setup where stability of antibodies is measured. Shaking stress is initiated by the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader and aggregation propensity of antibody candidates is measured with the help of a fluorescence based assay in 96-well format...
Read MoreGC and its uses in the modern analytical laboratory, 28th & 30th June, Reading & ManchesterApr 26, 2011Hichrom Limited & Thermo Scientific are running GC Seminars taking place at the Madejski Stadium, Reading on the 28th June and at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport, on the 30th June. These days will be of great interest to all those who are involved in Gas Chromatography in the modern analytical environment and wish to expand their knowledge or simply want to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in GC...
Read MoreScreening Europe & Protein Crystallography among scheduled conference streams at ELA 2011Apr 20, 2011Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, are delighted to announce that Screening Europe and Advances in Protein Crystallography will be among the streams of this highly topical conference & exhibition. The inaugural event will take place 30 June - 1 July in the historic city of Hamburg, Germany and will bring together ten distinct conference tracks with 20 expert speakers per track...
Read MoreNew Life Science Awards Event Precedes ELA 2011Apr 19, 2011Select Biosciences and co-organisers, Langton Howarth, are pleased to announce that the inaugural Life Science Awards will be held on the evening of 29 June at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg, Germany. Celebrating the very best of the industry's achievements worldwide, the ceremony precedes the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, which will take place at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), 30 June - 1 July...
Read MorePoster and podium presentations for Malvern team at Polymer Processing Society Annual Meeting 2011Apr 18, 2011Dr Gerhard Heinzmann from Malvern Instruments will make poster and podium presentations at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, which takes place in Marrakech, Morocco from 10-14 May 2011. The subject of the poster is Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS) measurement of polymer gels, while the podium presentation will discuss the use of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) to study poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA)...
Read MoreNew Application Note "AlphaScreen Surefire" from BMG LABTECHApr 15, 2011GPCRs are a large family of receptors which have a broad involvement in cellular responses affecting many important body functions. An approach to measure Gi and Gq coupled receptors is the utilization of the ERK phosphorylation cascade. In this application note the POLARstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH is used to detect ERK phosphorylation using an AlphaScreen® Surefire® proximity-based assay in 384-well format...
Read MoreEuropean Lab Automation 2011 to Highlight Advances in the Automation of methods and equipmentApr 14, 2011Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, are delighted to announce that the Advances in Microarray Technology, Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress and Next Gen Sequencing Europe meetings will be joining the streams of this new, highly topical conference & exhibition, held in Hamburg, Germany, from 30 June - 1 July 2011...
Read MoreDemonstrating the FT4 Powder Rheometer at formulation seminar and workshopApr 11, 2011Visitors to the ‘Characterisation Instrumentation for Formulation' seminar and workshop in Huddersfield (UK) on 9 May 2011 will have the opportunity to learn how Freeman Technology's FT4 Powder Rheometer supports modern formulation goals. The aim of the event, which is organised by Intelligent Formulation Ltd, is to highlight the range of characterisation techniques available, with demonstrations from leading instrumentation manufacturers...
Read MoreJoin discussions about zeta potential measurement at the International BES Symposium 2011Apr 11, 2011Malcolm Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Nanometrics for Malvern Instruments, will make presentations about novel methods for measuring the zeta potential of proteins at a pre-conference workshop and as part of the plenary session during the 21st International Symposium of the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES). The conference takes place in Cracow (Poland) from 8-12 May 2011...
Read MoreThermometric titration Apr 6, 2011No sample preparation required. Accurate results in one minute. No matrix effects and no cumbersome sensor-management necessary. Sounds too good to be true? Think again! Metrohm is pleased to introduce a new method for the straightforward determination of the total acid number (TAN) in petroleum products. The new method uses automated thermometric titration and is a superior alternative to current manual and potentiometric methods...
Read MoreNew European Lab Automation Event Announced for 2011Apr 6, 2011Select Biosciences will this year be launching the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 June - 1 July. The new event will provide a comprehensive schedule of informative and highly topical presentations, workshops, and training sessions with a core focus on automated techniques, equipment and applications...
Read MoreCellular Dopamine and Intracellular Calcium Signaling Using the Next Generation HTS Microplate ReaderApr 6, 2011Two cell-based signaling assays from Invitrogen, Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay and Tango™-bla U2OS GPCR Assay, were performed on the PHERAstar FS HTS instrument. The PHERAstar FS has several unique features that enhance the performance of these assays including direct optic bottom reading, high resolution cell layer scanning, injection at the point of measurement and dual emission detection...
Read MoreAdvancing optical metrologyApr 6, 2011Olympus has today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL), the conference will take place from 12 - 15 April 2011 at the Twickenham Stadium in London...
Read MoreBirmingham set to host IChemE awardsApr 5, 2011Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 IChemE international awards for innovation and excellence which will be presented at the ICC in Birmingham, UK on 3 November. The awards are global in reach and attract entries from all over the world. Now in their 18th year, the IChemE awards are highly regarded throughout the process industries for recognising and rewarding chemical engineering excellence and innovation...
Read MoreA Fast and Simple Method For Measuring P-Glycoprotein (Pgp) InhibitionApr 4, 2011A novel assay specific for measuring inhibition of the P-glycoprotein multidrug transporter (PGp) is presented. The combination of the fast and simple fluorescence assay from the Fluorosome® company and the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH is an ideal platform to screen for Pgp inhibitors in 96-well or 384-well format. Fluorescence kinetic signal curves and representative IC50 values for different test compounds are shown.
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The international congress running alongside the ACHEMA 2012 exhibition will feature 900 lectures focused on state-of-the-art developments and the event's organizers are inviting contributors to submit applications to qualify to make lecture presentations at the event. The leading international meeting point for decision-makers and experts, ACHEMA 2012 focuses on a broad spectrum of process and chemical engineering industries and related technologies...
At the 7th Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC 2011), May 10 - 14, 2011, Suzdal, Russia, Malvern Instruments will focus on how to maximize analytical benefit and impact by combining rheology with complementary techniques such as gel permeation chromatography and particle characterization...
Traditional ELISA assays are known for their several wash steps in order to remove unbound antigen from the well. Here we introduce a fluorescence based ELISA assay that only needs one wash step. This technology is called ELISAONE™ and was developed by TGR BioSciences. The ELISAONE™ assay is both robust and sensitive as evidenced by EGF, TNFa and IL-2 data obtained with the POLARstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH...
Determining trace levels of uranium in drinking and mineral water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) requires expensive analytical instrumentation. In contrast, adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (AdCSV) using Metrohm’s 797 VA Computrace is a straightforward, much less expensive alternative allowing measurements with superior sensitivity...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, are providing the opportunity to register free to visit the exhibition at ELA, Europe's only event dedicated to laboratory automation. The European Lab Automation event will take place at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), 30 June - 1 July in Hamburg, Germany...
Leading chemistry automation product innovator, Syrris invites scientists to attend free workshop seminars in Flow Chemistry and Automated Process Chemistry; to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, at Syrris' Thai distributor, Sithiporn. The courses will be running on the 9 - 10th as well as the 12 - 13th of May 2011, allowing delegates to attend both...
Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments is focusing on tools for polymer characterization as part of its exhibit at this year's Annual Technical Conference for the polymer industry (ANTEC 2011, May 1-5, Boston MA, USA). Highlights include Malvern's Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems for measuring polymer architecture and the company's range of capillary rheometers for determining polymer processability...
The efficiency of antibody molecules is dependent on their stability. Stress can cause denaturation and aggregation resulting in inactive proteins. We introduce an assay setup where stability of antibodies is measured. Shaking stress is initiated by the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader and aggregation propensity of antibody candidates is measured with the help of a fluorescence based assay in 96-well format...
Hichrom Limited & Thermo Scientific are running GC Seminars taking place at the Madejski Stadium, Reading on the 28th June and at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport, on the 30th June. These days will be of great interest to all those who are involved in Gas Chromatography in the modern analytical environment and wish to expand their knowledge or simply want to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in GC...
Select Biosciences and co-organisers, Langton Howarth, are pleased to announce that the inaugural Life Science Awards will be held on the evening of 29 June at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg, Germany. Celebrating the very best of the industry's achievements worldwide, the ceremony precedes the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, which will take place at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), 30 June - 1 July...
Dr Gerhard Heinzmann from Malvern Instruments will make poster and podium presentations at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, which takes place in Marrakech, Morocco from 10-14 May 2011. The subject of the poster is Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS) measurement of polymer gels, while the podium presentation will discuss the use of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) to study poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA)...
GPCRs are a large family of receptors which have a broad involvement in cellular responses affecting many important body functions. An approach to measure Gi and Gq coupled receptors is the utilization of the ERK phosphorylation cascade. In this application note the POLARstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH is used to detect ERK phosphorylation using an AlphaScreen® Surefire® proximity-based assay in 384-well format...
Select Biosciences, organisers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, are delighted to announce that the Advances in Microarray Technology, Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress and Next Gen Sequencing Europe meetings will be joining the streams of this new, highly topical conference & exhibition, held in Hamburg, Germany, from 30 June - 1 July 2011...
Visitors to the ‘Characterisation Instrumentation for Formulation' seminar and workshop in Huddersfield (UK) on 9 May 2011 will have the opportunity to learn how Freeman Technology's FT4 Powder Rheometer supports modern formulation goals. The aim of the event, which is organised by Intelligent Formulation Ltd, is to highlight the range of characterisation techniques available, with demonstrations from leading instrumentation manufacturers...
Malcolm Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Nanometrics for Malvern Instruments, will make presentations about novel methods for measuring the zeta potential of proteins at a pre-conference workshop and as part of the plenary session during the 21st International Symposium of the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES). The conference takes place in Cracow (Poland) from 8-12 May 2011...
Select Biosciences will this year be launching the first European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition at the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH), Germany, 30 June - 1 July. The new event will provide a comprehensive schedule of informative and highly topical presentations, workshops, and training sessions with a core focus on automated techniques, equipment and applications...
Two cell-based signaling assays from Invitrogen, Fluo-4 Direct™ Calcium Assay and Tango™-bla U2OS GPCR Assay, were performed on the PHERAstar FS HTS instrument. The PHERAstar FS has several unique features that enhance the performance of these assays including direct optic bottom reading, high resolution cell layer scanning, injection at the point of measurement and dual emission detection...
Olympus has today announced that it will be exhibiting at the 13th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Hosted by the National Physics Laboratory (NPL), the conference will take place from 12 - 15 April 2011 at the Twickenham Stadium in London...
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 IChemE international awards for innovation and excellence which will be presented at the ICC in Birmingham, UK on 3 November. The awards are global in reach and attract entries from all over the world. Now in their 18th year, the IChemE awards are highly regarded throughout the process industries for recognising and rewarding chemical engineering excellence and innovation...
A novel assay specific for measuring inhibition of the P-glycoprotein multidrug transporter (PGp) is presented. The combination of the fast and simple fluorescence assay from the Fluorosome® company and the FLUOstar Omega microplate reader from BMG LABTECH is an ideal platform to screen for Pgp inhibitors in 96-well or 384-well format. Fluorescence kinetic signal curves and representative IC50 values for different test compounds are shown.