Mesa Laboratories, Inc., a diversified supplier of quality control instruments and consumables to highly regulated markets has announced the acquisition of Gyros Protein Technologies Holding AB. GPT is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and is a leading provider of Immunoassay and Peptide Synthesis solutions that accelerate the discovery, development and manufacturing of biotherapeutics...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance the early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases through the discovery and validation of novel biomarkers by non-invasive breath sampling....

The free must-attend event for science professionals with a full conference and workshop schedule, over 60 industry-leading exhibitors of scientific equipment, scientific celebrity keynote speakers and many fun-fuelled activities to enjoy throughout the day. The conference is being held in collaboration with the Science Council. The Professional Development Zone provides delegates an opportunity gain CPD by attending and engaging with the professional bodies from the full range of science-based disciplines....

ZEISS and Kyoto University are intensifying their cooperation and have signed a new strategic research agreement. As part of the agreement, the partners are opening the ZEISS iCeMS Innovation Core – a collaborative laboratory at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS). As such, the contract aims to further solidify the long-standing partnership between the two institutions...

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Tufts Launchpad | BioLabs developed by Tufts University to be Boston’s premier fully equipped, co-working and shared lab space for biotech start-ups. Under the terms of the sponsorship, scientists working in biotech and life science companies located at Tufts Launchpad | BioLabs will have access to a G:BOX mini multi-application imaging system....

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced that Saeed Hassanpour, Ph.D., has received the 2019 Agilent Early Career Professor Award (AECPA). Dr. Hassanpour is a member at the Dartmouth- Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) and an associate professor in the Departments of Biomedical Data Science and Epidemiology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, with an adjunct appointment in Computer Science.

From March 31 to April 03, 2020, analytica will open its doors on the fairgrounds of Messe München. Even now there are already signs of an increase in the number of exhibitors. One focus of the world’s leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology with the accompanying analytica conference: the digital transformation of the laboratory world....

For the fourth time in a row since 2016, LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG has been appointed world market leader in the field of "Constant temperature equipment and systems for precise temperature control". The list of world market leaders is drawn up annually under the direction of the economist Prof. Dr. Christoph Müller from the renowned University of St. Gallen. The WirtschaftsWoche business magazine has been awarding this prize since 2016...

The American scientist Lauren Orefice, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has won the 2019 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for her work on the causes and potential therapies for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Dr. Orefice found that peripheral somatosensory neurons – neurons outside the brain that control the sense of touch – are key areas where autism-associated gene mutations have a critical impact....

As a leading manufacturer and supplier of antibodies, viral antigens, innovative diagnostic components and critical assay reagents, Creative Diagnostics now launches Publication Reward Program for its customers to further support life science community. The program provides all bio-researchers with a $ 50 coupon for the mid-year purchase. Researchers who purchase and use products from Creative Diagnostics are encouraged to apply....

Hamilton announces the launch of a new e-commerce tool designed to facilitate convenient ordering of consumables used on all Hamilton automated liquid handling and robotic platforms, including their broad array of specialized assay ready workstations. Customers in the United States and Canada can register at the website Once set-up, customers can view personalized account information including review of past orders, and easily select from over 120 consumable products...

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced an RMB 100 million (€ 13 million) seed fund targeted at startups in China. The company also officially opened its innovation hub in Shanghai and announced plans to officially open a second innovation hub in Guangzhou in November. “Our RMB 100 million China seed fund underlines our commitment to invest in the Chinese market,” said Stefan Oschmann, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck....

New facility will be a major research and development hub for molecular spectroscopy. Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art facility for spectroscopy research and development at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, UK. A leader in molecular spectroscopy, the new Agilent site will be a major research and development hub for laser spectroscopy....

Award-winning show to host new product introductions and first opportunities to see. Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will see a number of new product introductions at Birmingham’s NEC, 30 & 31 October. Many of the award-winning shows’ exhibitors will be launching or highlighting their very latest laboratory innovations, services and solutions...

Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, has announced the introduction of its Augmented Chemistry™ services, which provide collaborators with novel artificial intelligence technologies to supplement their skills and experience, enabling them to make more effective decisions and advance their drug discovery projects. In discovery projects, it is important to base decisions on reliable data to avoid wasted effort pursuing incorrectly selected compounds....

The partnership leverages the capabilities of both companies, offering customers a complementary and confirmatory dual-technique analysis that uses PSC’s breakthrough Optical Photothermal IR Spectroscopy (O-PTIR) technique. The O-PTIR technique offers simultaneous sub-micron measurement of IR and Raman spectra via their mIRage+R Infrared and Raman Microscope. Used with Bio-Rad’s KnowItAll software, the combination offers....

Development of the world’s first holotomographic microscope with 3D fluorescence recognised as photonics breakthrough by the 2019 Microscopy Today Innovation Award. Disruptive technology that combines the quantitative phase imaging (QPI) approach of label-free 3D refractive index (RI) tomography with fluorescence imaging to reveal the structure, volume, surface area, concentration, and dry matter mass of individual live cells in real-time....

The PREP2020 Organizing Committee invites you to join the 33rd International Symposium, Exhibit & Workshops on Preparative and Process Chromatography. Since 1985, PREP has been bringing together scientists, engineers, and suppliers of media, equipment, and technology from around the world to focus on preparative and process chromatography, to learn how to solve today’s practical separation problems, and to prepare for the future...

The agreement grants QIAGEN non-exclusive rights to develop and globally commercialize IVD kits to be used together with Illumina’s MiSeq™ Dx and NextSeq™ 550Dx Systems. The agreement also includes rights for expansion of the partnership on future Illumina diagnostic (Dx) systems. Both partners are also exploring opportunities for QIAGEN to develop and market companion diagnostics based on Illumina’s TruSight Oncology (TSO) assays that enable comprehensive genomic profiling of tumor samples in immunotherapy...