The Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association (PBOA), a trade group that represents Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) and other service providers in the bio/pharmaceutical sector, reports that many of its member companies are actively involved in helping their clients develop and produce treatments, vaccines, and diagnostics for COVID-19....

The new Cell Count & Viability Starter Kit automates cell counting and viability measurements in a mammalian cell suspension. When used with BioTek’s Cytation™ Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Readers or Lionheart™ Automated Imagers in a workflow, researchers may quickly and automatically image and analyze cell counts in multiple samples. The Starter Kit includes the Cell Count & Viability App...

Electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) pioneer, BioData, announces its support for the global science community with the introduction of a new video conferencing service in its leading Labguru ELN platform, free of charge for all customers. The new LabRoom tool facilitates live global collaboration, experiment planning and tracking, as well as data collation and analysis, all within the Labguru electronic web notebook...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has announced the availability of the Thermo Scientific AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control, its latest quality control product to monitor and validate COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests. In an effort to combat the recent Coronavirus outbreak, Thermo Fisher designed and developed this control as a synthetic RNA, non-infectious control...

New IgM and IgG antibody assays will help indicate whether a person potentially developed immunity against the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Beckman Coulter announce that it is developing assays to identify IgM and IgG antibodies to the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2. The assays will be designed for use on any of its high- throughput Access family of immunoassay systems...

Adam Equipment, a leading manufacturer of professional scales and balances worldwide, expanded its line of balances into a new orbit with the launch of the Luna. Available in precision models, Luna’s design combines an elegant form with intuitive function. A generously sized LCD display features large, 24mm-tall blue digits against a black background, allowing the user to easily and efficiently discern results....

ACD/Labs and Nanalysis Scientific Corp. are pleased to announce that they have entered into a collaborative arrangement that will supply Nanalysis 60 and 100 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer purchasers with ACD/Spectrus Processor software for data processing and analysis. The announcement was made at the 61st Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC) that brings spectroscopists from all over the world together to discuss innovations...

Clinical laboratories certified under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) can immediately begin using this kit to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. PerkinElmer’s RT-PCR test is marketed as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device by meeting the requirements of the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDD) and is available in over 30 countries worldwide....

Olympus is proud to announce the winners of its first Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award, a competition that recognizes the best in life science imaging worldwide. Ainara Pintor from Spain was selected as the global winner for her vibrant image of an immunostained mouse brain slice with two fluorophores. She named her winning image “Neurogarden” because it reflects the brain’s complexity....

New Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscope Introduced. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) with its unique illumination principle allows fast and gentle imaging of whole living model organisms, tissues, and developing cells. The high stability of ZEISS Lightsheet 7 enables researchers to observe living samples over extended periods of time – even days – with less phototoxicity than ever before....

Collaboration to initially focus on the development and global commercialisation of a suite of CelLuminate dyes, specifically created to revolutionise live cell imaging by enabling cells to remain functional and viable for up to 14 days. Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, and SomaServe Ltd, a Pharma service and specialist reagent business exploiting PolyNaut® Technology, have announced a partnership to commercialise the cell delivery potential of...

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, has introduced a far-red HI-LED lighting option for its new design of G:BOX Chemi and G:BOX mini multi application gel and blot imaging systems. This quick-fit, environmentally friendly lighting enables fast workflow and precise detection of IR fluorescently labelled proteins on gels and blots....

Castor, a health-tech company that enables medical researchers to capture machine readable data to optimize medical decision making, announced the launch of its global COVID-19 monitoring and research platform to facilitate the rapid deployment of trials to test Coronavirus vaccines and COVID-19 treatments. After offering free access to their platform for all COVID-19 research projects...

AMSBIO announce the availability of recombinant proteins and antibodies for detection of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and related RNA viruses. Historically strains of Coronavirus able to infect humans (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, and HCoVHKU1) were not highly pathogenic and only caused mild respiratory illness. By comparison more recent strains - SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and COVID-19 that emerged in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 are highly pathogenic resulting in large scale pandemics....

The Francis Crick Institute, the UK’s largest discovery biomedical research lab, has offered to support the Government’s efforts to tackle the spread of COVID-19. In communications with Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, the Crick’s extensive scientific resources and expertise have been offered to assist in the Government’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic by helping to increase the number of tests that can be conducted by Public Health England and the NHS....

Established in 1981,Greyhound Chromatography has been supplying high quality Chromatography consumables to Research and Analysis Laboratories around the world for 38 years. Greyhound's Managing Director, Paul Massie founded the company which operates from its UK warehouse and office facility, located in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Greyhound supplies Certified Reference Standards and Materials, Research Chemicals; including Solvents and Reagents and Laboratory consumables....

Specially designed for R+D laboratories, LyoQuest Arctic is a bench-top environmentally friendly lab freeze-dryer. Unlike conventional freeze dryers using HFC cooling gases, the Lyoquest Arctic reduces the GWP impact more than 1,000-fold. LyoQuest Arctic is an innovative bench-top laboratory freeze dryer that integrates pre-freezing, primary drying and secondary drying processes avoiding the use of conventional HFC or HFO cooling gases....

The Acura® electro is making electronic pipetting more versatile, simpler and safer than ever. The range includes micro models (0.1 to 1000 µL), macropipettes (0.1 - 10 mL) and multichannel instruments (0.1 to 350 µL). Intuitive control software avoids any complicated programming steps. One key provides for quick access to Forward - Reverse - Stepper - Dilute - Tactile and Mixing working modes...