The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is hosting Scientific and Education Sessions at the 2014 CLSI Leadership Conference and Educational Symposium.

Which will take place from March 24-26, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The CLSI Education Team has worked hard to offer valuable Scientific and Education Sessions that appeal to a wide variety of laboratorians. These sessions will be presented by a number of well-known speakers with expertise in their respective areas....

Dr Wei Qi and Dr Linda Kidder, both senior scientists within Malvern Instruments’ Bioscience Development Initiative, will present work on techniques for protein analysis at the 2014 Biotherapeutics Analytical Summit which takes place in Baltimore MD, USA, from 24-27 March.

The topic of Dr Wei Qi’s poster is ‘Emerging Techniques for Therapeutic Protein Characterization - Viscosity, Stability and Sub-Visible Particles’  while Dr Linda Kidder’s oral presentation on 25 March will discuss ‘Improved Understanding of Association Between Protein Colloidal and Conformation Stability with Combined DLS/Raman’. Dr Kidder will describe how the combination of dynamic light scattering (DLS) and Raman spectroscopy presents a novel approach to protein therapeutics characterization.....

Olympus will showcase its latest innovations at Analytica 2014, including a presentation on the new high-speed multiphoton excitation imaging system. Visitors can also experience the limitless possibilities of ‘open source’ microscopy and advances in live-cell imaging incubation.

Demonstrating the company’s commitment to advancing microscopy, Olympus will display its latest light microscopy systems and accessories at Analytica, hall A2, booth 309, April 1-4 Munich, Germany. The range of cutting-edge systems on show enables a myriad of new, and even unusual, life and materials science applications. Multiphoton microscopy presents a powerful tool within life science research achieving fundamental insights into the intricate and complex workings of biological systems. Pushing technology boundaries, Olympus has developed a new multiphoton excitation system, the FluoView FVMPE-RS....

A symposium focusing on the results of a 3-year EU-funded programme to design a novel fibre-based microfluidic technology to enables rapid and simple point-of-use diagnostic testing has been held at the Hauser Forum, Cambridge, UK

The BiognostiX consortium, headed by experts at FFEI Life Science, has brought together academic, research and commercial partners from five European countries. The symposium Leading the way from diagnostics to BiognostiX, featured presentations from each, accelerating the process of disseminating the proof of principle data generated as part of the project...

Malvern Instruments shows how complementary technologies solve analytical challenges from biopharm to bulk materials 

Bruker has released an application note detailing a simple and convenient method for the quantification of trace pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) in clean water, using Bruker’s EVOQ triple quadrupole liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS).

Visitors to Interphex 2014 will have the opportunity to discover how the unique capabilities of the FT4 Powder Rheometer®

Visitors to Interphex 2014 (International Pharmaceutical Expo, 18-20 March, New York City) will have the opportunity to discover how the unique capabilities of the FT4 Powder Rheometer® from Freeman Technology support the development of continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. In addition to discussing the latest developments in continuous wet granulation, specialists from Freeman Technology will be on hand throughout the event to demonstrate the FT4 Powder Rheometer and provide practical advice on all aspects of powder characterisation. Meet the team on Booth #2336...

Presented by Jim Al-Khalili 

We often hear these days about the tensions between science and rationalism on the one hand and devout religious beliefs on the other, whether it’s concerns over teaching of evolution in faith schools or the funding of stem cell research, or simply the attitudes of some towards science in general, either when seeing it as a threat or, at best, as no more than a driver of technology and economic power, a view often found in many countries in the developing world. This lecture will focus on attitudes towards science...

Congratulations to SCIEX Separations (a division of AB SCIEX), for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Bronze Medal for their CESI 8000 High Performance Separation-ESI Module.

The company have developed a new front-end separation and ionization technology called CESI, which combines the high efficiency and ultra-low flow of capillary electrophoresis (CE) with an integrated electrospray ionization source. This optimization of electrospray ionization (ESI) into the nanoflow region has shown to greatly improve assay sensitivity and reduce ion suppression....

Congratulations to Texas Instruments, winners of the 2014 Pittcon Editors' Award Gold Medal for the most innovative product for their DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD).

The DLP4500NIR digital micromirror device (DMD) acts as a spatial light modulator (SLM) to steer near-infrared (NIR) light and create patterns with speed, precision, and efficiency. Featuring high resolution in a compact form factor, the DLP4500NIR DMD is often combined with a single element detector to replace expensive InGaAs array-based detector designs, leading to high performance, cost-effective portable solutions....

2014 Honor Marks Fourth Time in Last Ten Years Waters' has been recognized by Pittcon Media Corps

Waters Corporation is proud to announce that the Pittcon Editors' Silver award for the most innovative product introduced at the 2014 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy goes to the Waters® ACQUITY  QDa™ Detector. "On behalf Waters employees worldwide, we are honored that the Pittcon Editors have recognized the new ACQUITY QDa Detector at this year's Pittsburgh Conference," said Art Caputo, President of the Waters Division for Waters Corporation....

Measure-Cells and Particles as Small as 02 Microns with the New-Multisizer 4e COULTER COUNTER

The latest Multisizer 4e features a new 10-micron aperture that enables users to obtain accurate count, size and mass distribution for particles and cells ranging from 0.2 to 1,600 microns.  Digital Pulse Processing provides high-resolution analysis in as many as 400 channels for unparalleled performance in pharmaceutical quality control, bioprocessing and industrial applications....

Children are exposed to intakes of heavy metals from a wide variety of sources. Chromium (VI) in particular represents a potential hazard, as it is absorbed from food and drinking water, from the air that is breathed, from textiles, from utensils that contain metal and from toys.

The analytical determination of chromium (VI) content in toys for compliance with limit values is described in the European standard DIN EN-71-3-2013 (Safety of toys Part 3 – Migration of certain elements). The standard differentiates between three categories, depending on the kind of toys...

Copley Scientific will focus on systems from the company’s comprehensive range of test equipment for  pharmaceutical solid dosage forms at Analytica 2014, which takes place  from 1– 4 April 2014 in Munich, Germany.

On show will be the Dissolution Tester DIS 8000, a rugged unit with eight stirred test vessels that is ideal for both R&D and routine QC applications. Like all Copley Scientific tablet dissolution testers it meets the latest specifications of the US, European and other pharmacopoeias. With automation an increasing requirement, Copley Scientific’s Dissofract ‘Off-Line’ Dissolution Sampling System will be shown with the DIS 8000....

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new gradient high-performance liquid chromatography methods that use a spectro-electro array platform to measure specific analytes in beer samples, distinguish between different samples, and study beer stability. Application Note 1065: Gradient HPLC Method for Analysis of Beer Polyphenols, Proanthocyanidins, and Bitter Acids Using a Novel Spectro-Electro Array Platform demonstrates a method that provides accurate and sensitive measurements that cannot be obtained using ultraviolet detection alone, as well as metabolomic approaches that can be used to study fermentation, product stability, and authenticity issues...

The power of mass detection delivered to the lab bench

Microsaic Systems, the high technology company developing,  marketing and manufacturing next generation mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, will showcase its latest innovative products offering enhanced productivity and time and cost savings at PITTCON (booth 1051). The new MiDas™ interface unit allows simple connectivity of Microsaic’s miniaturised mass detector, the 4000 MiD™, for on line and off line analysis....

Pittcon 2014 Announces Exposition Highlights

This year’s exposition welcomes 114 first-time exhibiting companies. The Pittcon 2014 Exposition, which takes place March 3-6 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, will include 926 exhibitors (count as of February 10, 2014) displaying products and services used by the scientific community in industrial, academic, and government labs. The Exposition will offer the latest innovations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry; drug discovery; nanotechnology; life sciences to include forensics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics; food analysis and safety; environmental science; energy and fuel; and air, water and wastewater analysis...

Learn how AB SCIEX enables you to do what couldn't be done, until now.   Visit us at ArabLab at booth # 703

Innovation is delivered. From the visionary sensitivity and speed of our latest mass spectrometry systems to the leaner, greener workflows of our LC systems and now our robust, high resolution capillary electrophoresis solutions from Beckman Coulter® CE, see all the latest workflows that enable your lab to overcome challenging analyses and save time, money, and maximize productivity!....

This year is the 30th anniversary of UKSPA, the United Kingdom Science Park Association. 

Join us at the ICC Birmingham in July for our International Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner at the International Conference Centre. Join us at the UKSPA Conference at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre on 10 and 11 July 2014 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its formation. Event Sponsors are Marks & Clerk. The event will be headlined by Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, and closed by Phil Smith, Chair of the Technology Strategy Board (pictured left)...

Hichrom's 2014 training programme is now available, featuring courses covering every area of HPLC, UHPLC and GC and delivered by world-renowned experts including John Dolan and Mel Euerby. Whether you are a relative newcomer to chromatography or a seasoned veteran, you can benefit from one of these courses.

In addition to the full programme of 1 and 2 day courses, a comprehensive series of short 1¾ hour seminars is also available, either as open enrolment courses or for on-site training. New courses for 2014 include: Superficially Porous Phases – Development and Benefits, The Analysis of Polar Molecules, Method Development Strategies to Exploit Selectivity in UHPLC/HPLC and The Technique of Gas Chromatography - in 3 parts.

Forensics Europe Expo 29-30 April 2014, Olympia, London is the only dedicated international forum for the entire forensics sector and supply chain, connecting over 70 exhibitors with over 3,000 visitors looking to source forensic products, equipment and services, as well as providing the definitive source of education, best practice, training and networking.

Forensics Europe Expo will host a variety of free to attend show floor educational features. Visitors will be able to attend the Seminar Theatre where leading forensic suppliers and organisations will hold product launches, live demonstrations and share exclusive case studies to ensure that Forensics Europe Expo attendees have access to the latest tools to help solve investigations...

Frederic Girard, CEO of Spinnovation Biologics, has authored a new article detailing the benefits of novel Spedia-NMR™ and NMR technology for Quality by Design (QbD) process development within biologics production.

Entitled ‘Fingerprinting Culture Media’, the article was published in January 2014’s edition of European Biopharmaceutical Review and is now available for download online. The QbD initiative is rapidly being adopted throughout the conventional and bio-pharmaceutical industry to ensure product quality and consistency within manufacture. Exploring the background of the growing QbD movement within biotechnology....