A leading producer of high performance filtration and separation technology is driving fresh innovation at the world’s largest annual medtech event with its cutting edge BioVyon™ sintered porous plastic.
Porvair Filtration Group will be on hand at MD&M West, taking place from 7-9 February at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, where it will showcase BioVyon™’s wide-ranging applications across the life sciences, analytical, pharma and medical markets. Its extensive range of features make it the ideal choice in many areas for filtration, separation...
BMG LABTECH unveils new visual brand identity and showcases the streamlined readers at SLAS 2017
BMG LABTECH’s visual appearance is heading into a new direction. The microplate reader company launched a new corporate colour identity that will be rolled out across all products as well as external and internal communication channels in the coming weeks. “As the company grows and develops, it is important that our brand continues to reflect the high quality, reliability and innovation of our products....
The Festival of Genomics London brings together academia, biopharma and healthcare to explore the power of the genome in driving R&D and the diagnosis and treatment of disease into the future.
Stop by booth #29 to see the CLARIOstar®, the microplate reader that provides advanced flexibility and sensitivity for drug discovery, genomics, cancer studies and synthetic biology. The festival takes place from the 31st ofJanuary - the 1st of February and is thought for anyone generating, using, or studying genomic information....
A white paper that provides evidence of the positive effects of post-curing on the reduction of cyclosiloxane contamination in silicone tubing manufacture has been publishedby Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG).
As a provider of single-use components including world-leading niche peristaltic pump and associated fluid path technologies, WMFTG demonstrates that the post-curing process significantly reduces the presence of cyclosiloxane contaminates in silicone tubing. Thereby, drug manufacturers opting to use post-cured tubing and tube assemblies, will benefit from improvements to the safety of the final drug product...
Rena Robinson, University of Pittsburgh, recipient of the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
Ziath to offer an exclusive single tube scanner promotion and showcase the latest developments of their popular handheld scanner at SLAS2017
Ziath, the specialists in sample tracking solutions for academia, biotech and pharma, announced today that they will be handing out special promotional codes for an offer exclusively for delegates attending SLAS2017 (4-8 February 2017, Washington DC). These codes will entitle each lucky customer to a free DataPaqTMSingle Tube Scanner with every rack scanner purchase....
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it has delivered 34 events across Europe in 2016, including Sweden, Norway and Finland which came into the mix for the first time.
Emily Quinton, European marketing communications manager, commented: “This has been a great year for Activate Science. The programme continues to go from strength to strength and has extended into 11 countries, reaching nearly 3,000 delegates.” Activate Science events are aimed at all laboratory personnel, including anyone who uses or purchases products...
Porvair Sciences will showcase two important technical breakthroughs at PAG XXV in San Diego (USA) from January 14-18, 2017.
Their brand-new 96-well Seed Genomics plate sets a new standard for high throughput plant genomics sample preparation. Unlike most commercially available deep well plates, the Seed Genomics plate has been proven to withstand demanding applications using steel ball bearings in the wells shaken at up to 1500rpm used to homogenise seeds, leaves or tissue ready for DNA extraction...
SP Scientific has published a white paper that discusses how the pharmaceutical industry and safety regulators are putting more emphasis on the importance of using external washers to remove particles from the outside of vials.
Many organizations today are electing to install external vial washers in association with filling applications involving powders, high potency liquids and freeze-dried materials to minimize the risk of operator or end-user exposure to harmful products. The white paper provides an informative introduction to...
FDA Division of Anti-Infective Products Director, Sumathi Nambair, due to Present at Superbugs & Superdrugs 2017
SMi Group are thrilled to have industry expert Sumathi Nambair, provide regulatory and compliance updates on FDA legislation in antibacterial drug development at the 19th annual 2017 Superbugs & Superdrugs show, returning to Central London on 20th and 21st March.
An educational event held in the Lake District by The Chromatographic Society, has been hailed a ‘tremendous success’, by president, Dr Paul Ferguson.
The four-day course for post-graduate students and novice chromatographers took place at the Wordsworth Hotel in Grasmere, and coincided with the Society’s diamond anniversary year. Delivered by a number of renowned expert chromatographers with more than 120 years of experience between them....
SMi Group are thrilled to have Jeffrey Ulmer, Head of Preclinical Research & Development from GSK, present a keynote at RNA Therapeutics 2017 when it returns to Central London next February.
With a focus on mRNA vaccines, the talk will delve further into key topics surrounding immune responses, animal models, platform technology and rapid response to emerging infectious diseases. In the run-up to his address, Dr Ulmer said: “RNA therapeutics, including recent exciting advancements in RNA-based vaccines, have the potential to be game-changing technologies....
At the recent International Symposium on GPC/SEC and Related Techniques in Amsterdam, Postnova Analytics presented a well-received lecture entitled 'Comprehensive Characterization of Natural Rubber Samples using Thermal Field-Flow-Fractionation coupled with MALS and Triple Detection'.
The presentation by Dr Gerhard Heinzmann included an informative introduction to the Thermal Field Flow Fractionation (TF3) technique, a comparison of the technique versus using GPC/SEC and application examples including data from a complex natural rubber sample....
Connectivity package for Quo-Lab™ and Quo-Test™ analyzers uses POCT1-A2 communication protocol for diabetic HbA1c testing.
EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it will be previewing a new point-of-care (POC) connectivity solution for its range of HbA1c analyzers at Medica 2016 in Düsseldorf from 14–17th November. In Hall 3 / C70, EKF will be showcasing the new connectivity package for Quo-Test™ and Quo-Lab™ HbA1c analyzers...
Re-Pharm, an early-stage drug discovery and development company that uses computational chemistry for re-profiling, is pleased to announce that Dr Robert Scoffin, CEO, will be presenting at the Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology (IDDST) in Nanjing, China.
Dr Scoffin will also be available for one-to-one partnering meetings throughout the show. Dr Scoffin’s talk, ‘Finding new uses for an old drug through computational chemistry – re-profiling of RP0217 as a novel topical anti-inflammatory treatment’, on Saturday 19th November, will describe Re-Pharm’s smart re-profiling platform...
BBI Solutions is showcasing its Morffi™ signal enhancement technology on Stand F26 in Hall 1 at MEDICA 2016.
This year’s exhibition, which takes place in Dusseldorf from the 14th to the 17th of November, will give delegates a chance to explore this innovative technology and learn about the complete range of high quality raw materials and services the company offers to the IVD industry. Morffi technology can improve performance for lateral flow immunoassays by increasing signal intensity and sensitivity up to 10-fold, as well as offering a faster time to result.
Chromatrap® has published a comprehensive Applications Compendium that includes hints and tips to improve your Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments, increase the effectiveness of your ChIP-seq library preparation and brings together its latest application notes in one informative document.
Chromatrap® solid-state ChIP technology has been adopted and shown by leading research groups worldwide to be more efficient than conventional bead-based methodologies. This is because the solid phase porous polymer, functionalized with either protein A or G, provides a greater surface area for chromatin antibody binding with very low non-specific binding....
At the recent International Symposium on GPC/SEC and Related Techniques in Amsterdam, Postnova Analytics presented a well-received lecture entitled 'Comprehensive Characterization of Natural Rubber Samples using Thermal Field-Flow-Fractionation coupled with MALS and Triple Detection'.
The presentation by Dr Gerhard Heinzmann included an informative introduction to the Thermal Field Flow Fractionation (TF3) technique, a comparison of the technique versus using GPC/SEC and application examples including data from a complex natural rubber sample. The speaker explained how advantageously TF3 is able to separate samples by both particle size and chemical composition at the same time....
Until now, the only way to diagnose disease accurately using a microscope has been to take samples and send them back to a laboratory for expensive and time-consuming tests, carried out by experienced pathologists.
With the arrival of the ioLight microscope however, vets can immediately look at the sample and be able to either reassure pet owners or farmers , or prioritise laboratory diagnosis and treatment, if they are concerned. Launched in 2016, the ioLight microscope is the first professional-quality pocket digital microscope....
Content was king at Lab Innovations 2016. When the show closed its doors on Thursday it had delivered over 20 hours of educational content including seminar programmes from Campden BRI, NetComposites, the Science Council and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The show, which is the UK’s only event for laboratory professionals, also featured over 40 product or company launches plus two days of Live Lab demonstrations. Matt Benyon, Managing Director of Easyfairs, Lab Innovations organisers, commented: “The show once again proved it’s the must-attend event for the laboratory industry. We had more launches, new ideas and concepts live on the showfloor than ever before....
Read MoreInformative ChIP Applications CompendiumNov 7, 2016
Chromatrap® has published a comprehensive Applications Compendium that includes hints and tips to improve your Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments, increase the effectiveness of your ChIP-seq library preparation and brings together its latest application notes in one informative document.
Chromatrap® solid-state ChIP technology has been adopted and shown by leading research groups worldwide to be more efficient than conventional bead-based methodologies. This is because the solid phase porous polymer, functionalized with either protein A or G, provides a greater surface area for chromatin antibody binding with very low non-specific binding.....
Dr Shaun Cowley from the University of Leicester delivers Frank May Prize lecture
The lecture, delivered by Dr Shaun Cowley from the University’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, was free and open to the public and presented his latest research on gene regulation, examining how and why our bodies decide which genes should be switched on and which should be...