University Hospital Southampton (UHS) NHS Foundation Trust has signed a commercial collaboration agreement with Automata to develop new applications for laboratory automation technology. Automata is a London based biotech company providing robotic automation solutions to the life sciences industry. Comprising proprietary hardware, single-platform software and a world-class service, Automata partners with labs to take the hassle out of automation, empowering them to achieve more reliable results faster than ever before....

Huber Kältemaschinenbau presents an ultra-compact laboratory chiller without refrigerants. Ultra-compact, easy to handle and versatile – the new Piccolo chiller convinces entirely with state-of-the-art thermoelectric Peltier technology. This technology enables accurate and rapid heating or cooling, entirely without refrigerant, which is a clear benefit for the environment. Furthermore this model is maintenance-free....

The Ellutia 800 Series Thermal Energy  Analyser (TEA) has become the industry standard for nitrosamine detection thanks to its selectivity and sensitivity for nitroso compounds. For testing of pharmaceutical drugs, the 800 Series TEA can be interfaced to a chemical stripping system that allows for rapid testing of apparent total nitrosamine content (ATNC). This quickly gives an accurate result for the total nitrosamine content of a sample, showing both volatile and non-volatile components...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is helping proteomics researchers increase productivity and free up time for more value-added activities when generating high quality samples for analysis, using a new automated sample preparation system that integrates within any LC-MS workflow....

Small biobanks and biorepositories often require to select tubes from cold racks straight from the freezer, but cannot afford the huge investment in robotics to fully automatically pick and place tubes from racks. The Mohawk semi-automated tube picker, being small and compact, can simplify picking tubes, up to 16 in one go, from a 96-position tube rack. By elevating sample tubes in racks using solenoids, the Mohawk enables biobank operators to quickly and simply retrieve the correct tubes and put them in the destination racks....

The BI-200SM goniometer from TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K has been designed to make it the finest instrument available for research applications of light scattering. Offering unmatched performance for both Static Light Scattering (SLS) and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) experiments the BI-200SM research goniometer is a precision instrument for undertaking exacting measurements. Favored by leading research groups around the world, the BI-200SM’s modularity makes system expansion simple...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announce the launch of the CFX Duet Real-Time PCR System to support researchers in developing singleplex and duplex quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays. The CFX Duet System offers the robust thermal performance and proprietary, accurate optical shuttle system of Bio-Rad’s CFX Opus System, with thermal gradient functionality to enable optimization in fewer runs...

Biotool Switzerland has introduced the ProfiClave PCX – a new space-saving system equipped with everything needed to simplify culture media preparation and speed up the process. Designed for ease-of-use, operation of the PCX is via a large integral screen using a suite of powerful icon-based software that guides you intuitively, with onscreen support, through the culture media preparation process...

A new adaptor kit enables the Ziath Mohawk tube selector to quickly and easily pick and reformat tubes from Azenta Life Sciences Acoustix racks used by the latest generation of Labcyte® Echo® acoustic liquid dispensers. Acoustix is a small sample tube with a screw cap which has been widely adopted for storage of novel compounds in solution held in compound storage facilities....

Radleys have launched their new Reactor-Ready Filter Lab Reactor which allows synthesis and filtration in a single jacketed vessel setup, ideal for crystallisation, reaction workups and product isolation. The Reactor-Ready Filter Lab Reactor combines a jacketed lab reactor and a filter into one compact benchtop system. This allows users to isolate their product without having to manually transfer their material from reactor to a separate filter, saving time and reducing product losses...

Standard Microscope Systems let you add techniques like Photoluminescence, Raman, and TCSPS to any standard microscope so you can add flexibility and modularity to your microscope and not compromise its imaging functionality. Simply by adding a spectrometer and detector to your existing microscope, or selecting one of our turnkey systems, you can perform Raman, TCSPC or photoluminescence. Watch this video to see how easy it is to customize your microscope so it can perform spectroscopy techniques...

Arrayjet, a leading provider of inkjet liquid-handling solutions, has introduced Mercury, a new core range of five instruments for ultra-low-volume liquid dispensing. The new print dispensers offer radically improved functionality and reliability, with further enhanced speed and precision. Available in a range of output capacities from 25 to 1000 slides, Mercury instruments can be used for a wide range of microarray and microfluidics applications within pharmaceutical, diagnostic and life science workflows...

Biotool Switzerland has added a new version of its TubeFiller automated bottle / tube filling system to their range of easy-to-use, productivity enhancing sample handling and sample preparation equipment. The TubeFiller TF 3000x is a versatile system proven to deliver true walkaway filling of tubes, well plates or bottles in any standard rack format. The TubeFiller is not only versatile but is the only automated filling instrument on the market capable of filling up to 2000 tubes or bottles per hour with good reproducibility, making it perfect for COVID-19 testing labs...

FOx BIOSYSTEMS, a company on the mission to revolutionize life science and pharmacological research with innovative real-time, analysis products and the Biosensors research group at KU Leuven, focused on developing innovative bio-molecular detection concepts and miniaturized analysis systems, announced a novel, label-free assay that can characterize the polyclonal antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 directly in patient blood...

Gibco cell culture at 60. As part of our anniversary celebrations, we’re revisiting pivotal moments from the past 60 years of cell culture. From the first time a budding scientist looked down the microscope, to one young professional’s career-defining conversation, our round-up of industry leaders, product designers and cell culturists have spoken and shared their stories and poignant snapshots....

The Mohawk tube selector and picker from Ziath employs a linear rack reader and ninety-six pins that allow a frozen or thawed sample tube to be raised when a rack is scanned according to a picklist. The use of this innovative technology avoids the need for slow and expensive robotics which can take minutes to process racks. Using a Mohawk - a rack is scanned, and tubes selected and picked in just seconds...

INTEGRA Biosciences’ VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipettes save time and improve lab productivity, and the company has created a testimonial video showcasing the pipette’s many useful features. The video shows how the VOYAGER increases productivity using a real-life situation, portraying how researchers at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Montpellier, France, are using it to study the dynamics of the latent HIV reservoir and investigate drug-resistant mutations...

The Huber Petite Fleur models are the smallest dynamic temperature control systems in the Unistat range. They are designed for highly accurate temperature control of small research reactors. As all Unistats, the Petite Fleur models have unique thermodynamic properties. The Petite Fleur models reach operating temperatures of -40 °C to +200 °C and offer a refrigeration capacity of 480 W (with full pump capacity acc. to DIN 12876).

ZEISS recently caught up with the team from the Mostowy Lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Watch the video below to hear how their ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 has transformed the way they carry out research across the entire lab - from streamlining workflows to standardising results. ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 is your automated microscope for live cell imaging, combining the ease-of-use of an automated high-end imaging system with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscope...