Achieving reliable PCR and qPCR results is not just about the reagents—consumables play a crucial role too. 4titude® PCR plates from Azenta Life Sciences are optimized to meet the varied and often overlooked needs of modern PCR workflows. Manufactured from virgin polypropylene in a Class 7 ISO-certified cleanroom, these 96- and 384-well plates are available in both low- and high-profile formats, with options for non-skirted, semi-skirted, and fully skirted designs...
New AI-powered, robotic labs that will accelerate development of new treatments for deadly diseases are to be built in Liverpool after £10m Innovation Zone funding was agreed. The High Containment Level 3 labs, located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and supported by the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), will be capable of handling a range of pathogens during development and validation of new treatments that could save lives worldwide...
At the ESCMID Global conference, Bruker announced a significant menu expansion of its validated PCR assays on its BeGenius® sample-to-answer molecular diagnostics system, as well as automated sample preparation improvements for near-universal microbial identification by the MALDI Biotyper® platform, and new easy-to-follow IR Tracker™ software for push-button microbial strain typing by the IR Biotyper® system.
The HiCube Neo RGA integrates a HiCube Neo vacuum pump unit and a PrismaPro mass spectrometer into a compact system designed for residual gas analysis. The turbomolecular vacuum pump within the unit generates the vacuum levels required for mass spectrometry, allowing the PrismaPro to detect and analyze specific mass ranges of gas molecules, thereby providing data for process monitoring or quality control...
Biosearch Technologies, a part of LGC’s Diagnostics and Genomics division, and a global leader in high-throughput genotyping; and Dynamic Devices, a leader in automated liquid handling solutions announce their strategic partnership to provide workflow solutions for the global genomics market. By combining the innovative Lynx Robotic Liquid Handler with the SNPline™, sbeadex™ Lightning and Amp-Seq workflows, this partnership aims to deliver instruments, reagents, and consumables to service laboratories, breeders, and researchers worldwide...
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic technology to deliver detailed 3D views of cells and microbes, the system allows scientists to study the adaptability and resilience of life under extreme conditions. Knowledge gained could reveal how life might persist on distant moons and planets, significantly enhancing our search for life outside Earth...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the 5L DynaDrive Single-Use Bioreactor (S.U.B.), designed to meet the evolving needs of modern bioprocessing. The 5L DynaDrive expands the company's robust portfolio of bioreactors, offering seamless scalability from 1 to 5,000 liters and accelerating bench-scale process development, while facilitating the cost-effective transition from bench to commercialization with consistent reactor design and film across all scales...
Shimadzu, a global leader in analytical instrumentation and testing equipment, announces the release of several new features for the compact Brevis GC-2050 gas chromatograph. These enhancements offer flexible configurations, enabling the Brevis GC-2050 to cover a wide range of applications. It is the world’s first gas chromatograph (GC) system with CO2 reduction visualization function...
Labforward unveils Labfolder Go, a fully integrated voice-powered mobile app to the Labfolder Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), making it the world’s first ELN to provide out-of-the-box smart mobile assistance. Now available in beta testing phase, Labfolder Go enables hands-free smart data capture via mobile devices, allowing scientists to focus on discovery while their insights are effortlessly recorded and automatically transferred to their repository...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the leading international trade fair for laboratory technology, biotechnology, analysis, and diagnostics, successfully concluded its 9th edition, held from 2–4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Organised by MMI Asia Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary and regional headquarters of Messe München GmbH (MMG), in collaboration with Vietnam Exhibition and Event Services Co., Ltd
PulpFixin, a US-based leader in sustainable lab products, has agreed a new partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions, an established UK supplier of lab equipment and consumables for automation to make PulpFixin’s fully compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable alternatives to single-use plastics available directly to pharmaceutical and biotech labs across the UK and Europe...
Source BioScience UK Ltd has announced it had completed the acquisition of Cambridge Clinical Laboratories (CCL), a leading Cambridge-based provider of clinical, personalised healthcare testing services. The acquisition bolsters the Company’s clinical diagnostics portfolio by leveraging the expertise of the CCL team and new state-of-the-art clinical lab facilities at Vision Park in Cambridge, providing streamlined testing services for both preclinical and clinical research...
This Application Note presents an optimised SEC-MS method for the high-performance separation and characterisation of a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) and its drug conjugates (FDC). Using a bioinert PEEK-lined YMC-Pack Diol-120 metal-free column combined with MS compatible conditions delivers sharp peaks & precise resolution, enhanced signal response and reliable results. Boost your analytical expertise – download the Application Note now!...
LEEC are pleased to announce the launch of our new Eco Drying Cabinets featuring a brand new 5-inch colour touch screen display. The cabinets are designed for increased energy efficiency and the controlled drying of laboratory glassware, stainless-steel instruments and multiple items. The range has efficient thermal insulation, meaning the equipment is cooler to touch & heat loss into the atmosphere is minimised, promoting operational efficiencies & reduced running costs...
Lab Innovations, the UK’s meeting place for laboratory professionals across the scientific spectrum, won the Award for Best Trade Show under 5,000 square metres at the Exhibition News award ceremony on March 31, 2025. The award organisers recognised Lab Innovations’ sensitivity to industry trends in introducing Biotech and Quality Infrastructure (QI) fora and the learning and knowledge sharing for its visitors — around 70 per cent said this was a top reason for attending...
Laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK discussed and promoted sustainability in scientific research. The inaugural UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference took place on Thursday 20 March 2025, at the Mandolay Hotel in Guildford, Surrey. Organised by The Pirbright Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this event brought together laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK to discuss and promote sustainability in scientific research...
The NanoScan OP200 piezo objective positioner has been added to Queensgate's already successful NanoScan OP series product line. The NanoScan OP200 provides class-leading step settle performance over a range of up to 200 µm. With user-configurable parameters to accommodate varying objective sizes and weights as well as performance requirements, it works with the majority of microscope types and objective lenses...
Miele Professional, a leader in high performance commercial appliances, is pleased to announce that it has received My Green Lab’s ACT ecolabel accreditation for the PG 8583 Undercounter and the PLW 8617 Large Chamber laboratory glasswashers. The glasswashers, which are suitable for laboratories of any size, are built with sustainability in mind. Both are designed to be highly efficient, offering resource-saving performance...
The life science group Sartorius has agreed to acquire MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from BICO Group AB. MatTek is a leading developer and manufacturer of 3D microtissue models. Founded in 1985, the company employs more than 80 people at its headquarter in Ashland, Massachusetts, U.S., and its production site in Bratislava, Slovakia. The business, which will become part of Sartorius’ Lab Products & Services division...
Tecan Group has announced an agreement to acquire certain assets relating to key ELISA immunoassay products from Cisbio Bioassays SAS, a subsidiary of the global life sciences and diagnostics company, Revvity Inc. The asset purchase includes the manufacturing process of four ELISA kits – two in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products for specialty diagnostics and disease monitoring, and two research-use-only (RUO) kits...
TESTA Analytical reports a major polymer manufacturer is using their COMBO-ONE detector, as part of a GPC/SEC system, to characterize the structure of macromolecules that offer desirable performance properties. The client is a leading European manufacturer of high-performance water-soluble polymers for industrial applications. These polymers, although presenting a similar molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, have different physical structures which influence their performance in the target application...
In the rapidly evolving field of structural biology, single particle analysis (SPA) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are powerful techniques that allow scientists to better understand the intricacies of biology, providing atomic-level insights that reveal how viruses, proteins and cells work. The Krios 5 Cryo-TEM optimizes productivity and performance to enhance these techniques...
Achieving reliable PCR and qPCR results is not just about the reagents—consumables play a crucial role too. 4titude® PCR plates from Azenta Life Sciences are optimized to meet the varied and often overlooked needs of modern PCR workflows. Manufactured from virgin polypropylene in a Class 7 ISO-certified cleanroom, these 96- and 384-well plates are available in both low- and high-profile formats, with options for non-skirted, semi-skirted, and fully skirted designs...
New AI-powered, robotic labs that will accelerate development of new treatments for deadly diseases are to be built in Liverpool after £10m Innovation Zone funding was agreed. The High Containment Level 3 labs, located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and supported by the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), will be capable of handling a range of pathogens during development and validation of new treatments that could save lives worldwide...
At the ESCMID Global conference, Bruker announced a significant menu expansion of its validated PCR assays on its BeGenius® sample-to-answer molecular diagnostics system, as well as automated sample preparation improvements for near-universal microbial identification by the MALDI Biotyper® platform, and new easy-to-follow IR Tracker™ software for push-button microbial strain typing by the IR Biotyper® system.
The HiCube Neo RGA integrates a HiCube Neo vacuum pump unit and a PrismaPro mass spectrometer into a compact system designed for residual gas analysis. The turbomolecular vacuum pump within the unit generates the vacuum levels required for mass spectrometry, allowing the PrismaPro to detect and analyze specific mass ranges of gas molecules, thereby providing data for process monitoring or quality control...
Biosearch Technologies, a part of LGC’s Diagnostics and Genomics division, and a global leader in high-throughput genotyping; and Dynamic Devices, a leader in automated liquid handling solutions announce their strategic partnership to provide workflow solutions for the global genomics market. By combining the innovative Lynx Robotic Liquid Handler with the SNPline™, sbeadex™ Lightning and Amp-Seq workflows, this partnership aims to deliver instruments, reagents, and consumables to service laboratories, breeders, and researchers worldwide...
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic technology to deliver detailed 3D views of cells and microbes, the system allows scientists to study the adaptability and resilience of life under extreme conditions. Knowledge gained could reveal how life might persist on distant moons and planets, significantly enhancing our search for life outside Earth...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the 5L DynaDrive Single-Use Bioreactor (S.U.B.), designed to meet the evolving needs of modern bioprocessing. The 5L DynaDrive expands the company's robust portfolio of bioreactors, offering seamless scalability from 1 to 5,000 liters and accelerating bench-scale process development, while facilitating the cost-effective transition from bench to commercialization with consistent reactor design and film across all scales...
Shimadzu, a global leader in analytical instrumentation and testing equipment, announces the release of several new features for the compact Brevis GC-2050 gas chromatograph. These enhancements offer flexible configurations, enabling the Brevis GC-2050 to cover a wide range of applications. 
Labforward unveils Labfolder Go, a fully integrated voice-powered mobile app to the Labfolder Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), making it the world’s first ELN to provide out-of-the-box smart mobile assistance. Now available in beta testing phase, Labfolder Go enables hands-free smart data capture via mobile devices, allowing scientists to focus on discovery while their insights are effortlessly recorded and automatically transferred to their repository...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the leading international trade fair for laboratory technology, biotechnology, analysis, and diagnostics, successfully concluded its 9th edition, held from 2–4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Organised by MMI Asia Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary and regional headquarters of Messe München GmbH (MMG), in collaboration with Vietnam Exhibition and Event Services Co., Ltd
PulpFixin, a US-based leader in sustainable lab products, has agreed a new partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions, an established UK supplier of lab equipment and consumables for automation to make PulpFixin’s fully compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable alternatives to single-use plastics available directly to pharmaceutical and biotech labs across the UK and Europe...
Source BioScience UK Ltd has announced it had completed the acquisition of Cambridge Clinical Laboratories (CCL), a leading Cambridge-based provider of clinical, personalised healthcare testing services. The acquisition bolsters the Company’s clinical diagnostics portfolio by leveraging the expertise of the CCL team and new state-of-the-art clinical lab facilities at Vision Park in Cambridge, providing streamlined testing services for both preclinical and clinical research...
This Application Note presents an optimised SEC-MS method for the high-performance separation and characterisation of a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) and its drug conjugates (FDC). Using a bioinert PEEK-lined YMC-Pack Diol-120 metal-free column combined with MS compatible conditions delivers sharp peaks & precise resolution, enhanced signal response and reliable results. Boost your analytical expertise – download the Application Note now!...
LEEC are pleased to announce the launch of our new Eco Drying Cabinets featuring a brand new 5-inch colour touch screen display. The cabinets are designed for increased energy efficiency and the controlled drying of laboratory glassware, stainless-steel instruments and multiple items. The range has efficient thermal insulation, meaning the equipment is cooler to touch & heat loss into the atmosphere is minimised, promoting operational efficiencies & reduced running costs...
Lab Innovations, the UK’s meeting place for laboratory professionals across the scientific spectrum, won the Award for Best Trade Show under 5,000 square metres at the Exhibition News award ceremony on March 31, 2025. The award organisers recognised Lab Innovations’ sensitivity to industry trends in introducing Biotech and Quality Infrastructure (QI) fora and the learning and knowledge sharing for its visitors — around 70 per cent said this was a top reason for attending...
Laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK discussed and promoted sustainability in scientific research. The inaugural UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference took place on Thursday 20 March 2025, at the Mandolay Hotel in Guildford, Surrey. Organised by The Pirbright Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this event brought together laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK to discuss and promote sustainability in scientific research...
The NanoScan OP200 piezo objective positioner has been added to Queensgate's already successful NanoScan OP series product line. The NanoScan OP200 provides class-leading step settle performance over a range of up to 200 µm. With user-configurable parameters to accommodate varying objective sizes and weights as well as performance requirements, it works with the majority of microscope types and objective lenses...
Miele Professional, a leader in high performance commercial appliances, is pleased to announce that it has received My Green Lab’s ACT ecolabel accreditation for the PG 8583 Undercounter and the PLW 8617 Large Chamber laboratory glasswashers. The glasswashers, which are suitable for laboratories of any size, are built with sustainability in mind. Both are designed to be highly efficient, offering resource-saving performance...
The life science group Sartorius has agreed to acquire MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from BICO Group AB. MatTek is a leading developer and manufacturer of 3D microtissue models. Founded in 1985, the company employs more than 80 people at its headquarter in Ashland, Massachusetts, U.S., and its production site in Bratislava, Slovakia. The business, which will become part of Sartorius’ Lab Products & Services division...
Tecan Group has announced an agreement to acquire certain assets relating to key ELISA immunoassay products from Cisbio Bioassays SAS, a subsidiary of the global life sciences and diagnostics company, Revvity Inc. The asset purchase includes the manufacturing process of four ELISA kits – two in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products for specialty diagnostics and disease monitoring, and two research-use-only (RUO) kits...
TESTA Analytical reports a major polymer manufacturer is using their COMBO-ONE detector, as part of a GPC/SEC system, to characterize the structure of macromolecules that offer desirable performance properties. The client is a leading European manufacturer of high-performance water-soluble polymers for industrial applications. These polymers, although presenting a similar molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, have different physical structures which influence their performance in the target application...
In the rapidly evolving field of structural biology, single particle analysis (SPA) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are powerful techniques that allow scientists to better understand the intricacies of biology, providing atomic-level insights that reveal how viruses, proteins and cells work. The Krios 5 Cryo-TEM optimizes productivity and performance to enhance these techniques...