Eppendorf offers now a further building block in supporting scientists with tailored solutions for the daily lab routine: Controlled and reliable cell thawing is mandatory for further downstream experiments in every cell handling lab. Although water-bath based or even manual thawing of cells is still commonly used, these methods are not the desired ones due to their limited reproducibility....

Tecan has launched the Crescendo cDNA™ Synthesis for qPCR system to provide increased sensitivity for low input applications.Developed specifically to meet the needs of researchers working with scarce, precious or degraded RNA samples – such as nasal swabs –it uses Tecan’s proprietary Single Primer Isothermal Amplification (SPIA^®) technology to generate large quantities of cDNA from as little as 500 pg of total RNA....

Using HS antibodies from AMSBIO, researchers have demonstrated that Heparanase enzyme contributes to the pathogenesis of COVID-19, with both Heparanase activity and HS levels being elevated in plasma of Covid-19 patients. In addition, recent published data has shown that Heparanase activity is further elevated in ICU patients on ventilators compared to less serious cases....

ZEISS presents a new generation of its field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) family ZEISS GeminiSEM. The new models ZEISS GeminiSEM 360, 460 and 560 are tailored for sub-nanometer imaging and effortless analytics. Users benefit from innovations in the electron optics and a new chamber design offering better image quality, usability and flexibility. ZEISS GeminiSEM 560 now being introduced brings the ZEISS Gemini 3 column to the market for the first time....

The A45 Bath Circulators offer unmatched versatility — they can be configured with different heating and cooling capacities, sample volumes, and temperatures ranging from -45°C to 200°C to meet the varying requirements of a broad array of applications, including cell culture, chemical analysis and food stability testing. Users can also choose from a wide selection of intuitive displays, as well as accessories such as work area covers, racks/inserts and heat transfer fluids, to suit specific application needs....

Designed in collaboration with Dr. Emre Türeli from nanoparticle manufacturer MyBiotech GmbH, the NanoDis System enables R&D formulation chemists to deliver new formulations into manufacturing faster, and also allows manufacturing teams to deliver consistent batches of QC-passed new drug products ready for commercial sale—all in an automated and compliant manner....

Avacta Group plc, the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce significant progress in the development of a highly scalable manufacturing process for a lateral flow SARS-CoV-2 antigen test being carried out with BBI Solutions, and that the lateral flow test has very good analytical sensitivity with laboratory samples...

Hologic, Inc., has announced that its new Genius™ Digital Diagnostics System is now CE marked in Europe. Genius Digital Diagnostics is the first digital cytology platform to combine a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm with advanced digital imaging to help cytotechnologists and pathologists identify pre-cancerous lesions and cancer cells in women....

The AutoCOL fully automated colony counting system allows the user to count colonies from 100 plates in 40 minutes, a task which no other colony counter currently on the market can perform.Built around Synbiosis’ gold standard ProtoCOL technology, AutoCOL can produce precise images of bacteria, yeast, and mould cultured on any agar plate. Compared to manual counting the AutoCOL has the capability to increase plate reading productivity by over 700 percent.

Greyhound are offering a 20% discount off all SGE/Trajan gas filters and base plates until December 11th 2020, plus FREE DELIVERY on orders for 3 or more filters/base plates. Gas purifiers are an essential part of your GC analysis as contaminants in gases can significantly impact on the quality of results.  Oxygen, hydrocarbons and moisture can lead to problems such as noisy baselines, moisture entering the GC column, excessive bleed and septa degradation....

Porvair Sciences reports, due to promising results, it has agreed with its collaborative partners to make additional investment in the CEAT project which aims to dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer. In the initial stage of the CEAT (Cluster for Epigenomic and Antibody Drug Conjugate Therapeutics) project - Porvair Sciences supplied its proprietary Chromatrap^®....

INTEGRA Biosciences has put together a series of ‘How to’ videos, demonstrating how the company’s lightweight VIAFLO electronic pipette and VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette can make your daily pipetting tasks easier and faster, and help you to ensure your lab is following good pipetting practices. The significance of user experience on pipetting precision is often overlooked, and can have a serious impact on the reproducibility and validity of results....

Designed for labs tasked with processing smaller numbers of samples - the DataPaq™ Single-Tube Scanner from Ziath offers easy set-up, straight out of the box, with only a few minutes needed to install the application software. As a camera-based instrument the DataPaq™ Single-Tube Scanner combines high image quality and fast scanning to provide you with reliable results in just seconds....

Edinburgh Instruments is delighted to announce the launch of the new RMS1000 Raman Microscope designed and manufactured at their global headquarters in Scotland. The RMS1000 Raman Microscope is an open architecture, research grade confocal Raman Microscope. It has been designed to be adapted to almost any modern, state-of-the-art Raman application. This high-end research tool has been built with no compromises; resulting in a system that stands alone in both specification and ease of use....

Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, has announced a collaboration with MSD tradename of Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth NJ USA. As part of the collaboration MSD has adopted Optibrium’s StarDrop™ software as a central component of their cheminformatics infrastructure. The collaboration, between MSD and Optibrium will include integration of StarDrop with MSD’s in-house capabilities and the joint development of new tools, to improve cycle times...

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has launched its newest ChemDraw^® application, ChemOffice^®+ Cloud, to simplify, facilitate and accelerate chemistry communication workflows. The ChemDraw platform is the leading chemistry drawing tool trusted around the world by scientists in commercial, government and academic lab settings across a number of research areas including life sciences, enviromental and materials....

Miele’s latest range of professional washing machines and dryers set new standards for the hygienic laundering of lab coats and protective clothing. The Little Giants range comprises the Performance and Performance Plus washing machines and dryers, which offer powerful on site washing for peace of mind regarding infection control. With the benefits of short wash cycles, a convenient stack footprint of less than 1m² and a range of thoughtful, labour-reducing features, Little Giants are a perfect fit with Miele’s ethos of ‘making your lab life easier’....

Illumina, Inc. is further extending the reach of the NextSeq™ 2000 Sequencing System with the commercial availability of the P3 high-output flow cell. The P3 flow cell offers 1.1 billion reads in a single sequencing run, almost three times more than previously available on Illumina’s mid-throughput NextSeq sequencing portfolio, expanding the range of applications that run on the system....

RAPID EPS seals from BioChromato Inc. are designed for scientists looking to prevent contamination issues and autosampler needle clogging when accessing samples stored in 96-well microplates ready for LC/MS analysis. For LC/MS users, a key criterion for an effective microplate seal is its resistance to solvents such as Acetonitrile, Methanol and DMSO which are commonly used in experiments and analysis....