Cutting-edge SP i-Dositecno robotic filling and capping equipment to be installed in NIBRT’s global center of excellence for bioprocessing training and research. SP Scientific Products (SP) announces a collaboration with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, Ireland, to install a modular multi-container filling line and isolation system...
Aptamer Group, the developer of Optimer™ therapeutics and diagnostics, has secured a contract with a top five global pharmaceutical company to develop Optimers to support the development of a novel vaccine candidate for neurodegenerative disease. The agreement includes an initial upfront payment to Aptamer Group with long term recurring licensing fees for over 10 years...
SpeeDx Pty, Ltd. and MolGen announced the signing of an agreement to collaborate on supply and distribution of clinical diagnostics products and instrumentation across Europe and Asia Pacific. The partnership links specimen handling, nucleic acid extraction, assay set-up, amplification, and results reporting in a seamless integration of the companies technologies...
In the pharmaceutical industry, the trend is to move from conventional batch manufacturing to continuous manufacturing processes. The challenges for such change are numerous, but many papers are published to solve those issues and improve production. This is the case of the paper published by Carl Allenspach from Bristol-Myers Squibb (International Journal of Pharmaceutics 596 (2021)....
TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces its latest generation AutoSlicer™ module for unattended, semi-automated transmission electron microscope (TEM) lamella preparation in semiconductor failure analysis and materials science. For both Gallium (Ga) focused ion beam (FIB)-scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Plasma FIB-SEM instruments, TESCAN’s AutoSlicer enables high throughput TEM sample preparation...
More than the leading single-molecule localization microscope (SMLM). A benchtop multimodal bioimaging workstation designed for your lab. The Vutara VXL comprehensive biological workstation for nanoscale biological imaging opens an affordable and easy-to-use path for both core facilities and individual investigators to enter the world of super-resolution imaging...
Owlstone Medical (or the “Company”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Nature Scientific Reports. The paper investigates the performance of filters embedded in face masks for supporting the detection of SARS-CoV-2 as an alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS)...
Designed and manufactured in the UK, Σ–MM™ solution rapidly kills all microorganisms, including bacteria, mycobacteria and viruses, rendering specimens safe for transport, whilst preserving and stabilizing RNA/DNA for accurate molecular analysis across diagnostic platforms. The Σ–MM™ device is a highly effective single step collection....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced the winners of this year’s Future Insight Prize. The € 1 million prize in the category of “Food Generation” was awarded during the Future Insight Days in Darmstadt, Germany, to Ting Lu, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and Stephen Techtmann, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, USA....
The Mohawk semi-automated tube picker from Ziath is a compact system that sets the standard for frozen or thawed sample tube picking from 96-position racks. The Mohawk has been designed to work out of the box, and needs no set up or calibration. Instrument control is through the new user-friendly software which provides an intuitive interface for easy operation....
ZEISS are thrilled to announce the ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest 2021. Do you take stunning microscopy images? Submit your best image now! The contest is open to all microscopy enthusiasts and professionals in any application field. Images can be taken with any ZEISS microscope (light, X-ray or electron microscope). Deadline for entry is Saturday 31st July, 2021...
The race is on in the diagnostics industry to develop a device that instantly detects coronavirus for use in large public spaces and airports, according to one of the UK’s top medical technology recruiters. Ivor Campbell, chief executive of Snedden Campbell, said the biggest companies are chasing the ‘holy grail’ of a rapid-test, biosensing device – similar to that used to test blood sugar levels in diabetic patients – that will identify whether a patient has Covid within a matter of seconds...
SP Scientific Products (SP) announces that it has expanded its freeze dryer loader range with the launch of two new fully GMP compliant loading systems compatible with SP Hull LyoConstellationTM freeze dryers. Designed for advanced aseptic pharmaceutical processes involving lyophilization, SP’s latest loader introductions offer flexible and innovative solutions for small to medium batch and high-speed full line aseptic vial handling applications....
Cerno Bioscience, in collaboration with XenoBiotic Labs*, has recently published an article in the peer reviewed journal "Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry" which demonstrates reliable and accurate quantitation of both cold and hot labeled compounds down to 0.5%. This robust method was tested on both simple and complex systems containing as many as 6 separate labeling sites and is capable of quantifying from...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced the launch of the Reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB™ RT-PCR Kit (IVD) for European markets after having met the CE-IVD mark requirements. The Reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB™ RT-PCR Kit (IVD) is a single molecular test designed for clinical diagnostic labs that conduct COVID-19 testing...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) – the leading supplier of equipment, chemicals and consumables for laboratory use in the UK – has launched a new line of SLS Lab Pro gas and liquid nitrogen (LN2) generators, available exclusively in the UK and Ireland. This technology gives laboratories control over their gas and LN2 supplies, and promotes sustainability by eliminating the need for cross-country transportation of gas canisters and Dewar flasks....
Designed to be simple to operate, the new Ultraseal LITE semi-automatic microplate sealer from Porvair Sciences is the perfect device for labs with low to medium throughput (6 plates / minute) processing needs. Compact in design, the Ultraseal LITE will fit just about anywhere you need to use it - be it on a lab bench or inside a fumehood...
UK’s biggest trade show for the laboratory industry returns for 2021. At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, scientists, researchers and more will come together and do business for the first time in 2021. On November 3 and 4 2021, at the NEC, Birmingham, the show will open its doors to a visitors and exhibitors with a bigger floor space than ever before...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has opened a new cGMP plasmid DNA manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, California, enabling it to meet rapidly growing demand for plasmid DNA-based therapies and vital mRNA-based vaccines. "Demand for commercial plasmid DNA is outpacing supply as the development of transformative gene therapies and vaccines accelerates globally," said Marc N. Casper, chairman, president and chief executive officer...
Specialist analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International Ltd has launched the world’s first range of thermal desorption (TD) instruments that are safety-certified to run on three gases: helium, nitrogen and hydrogen. All manufacturers’ TD instruments can run on helium and nitrogen, but it’s well known that the most popular, helium, is a rapidly-dwindling, non-renewable resource, becoming ever-scarcer and more expensive....
FreeLIMS, a cloud-based COVID-19 LIMS solution, enables laboratories to increase testing throughput and meet the unprecedented demand for COVID-19 testing and research. FreeLIMS enables COVID-19 testing laboratories to securely manage samples and test results, protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of patients, assure the accuracy of test results, and generate custom test reports with ease...
Microscopes are very powerful tools, essential for research and discovery. However, most advanced systems on the market today are overly complicated and highly application specific. Revolution can accommodate a variety of core imaging techniques. Its unique, automated hybrid design provides you with more capability than any other widefield microscope...
Cutting-edge SP i-Dositecno robotic filling and capping equipment to be installed in NIBRT’s global center of excellence for bioprocessing training and research. SP Scientific Products (SP) announces a collaboration with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, Ireland, to install a modular multi-container filling line and isolation system...
Aptamer Group, the developer of Optimer™ therapeutics and diagnostics, has secured a contract with a top five global pharmaceutical company to develop Optimers to support the development of a novel vaccine candidate for neurodegenerative disease. The agreement includes an initial upfront payment to Aptamer Group with long term recurring licensing fees for over 10 years...
SpeeDx Pty, Ltd. and MolGen announced the signing of an agreement to collaborate on supply and distribution of clinical diagnostics products and instrumentation across Europe and Asia Pacific. The partnership links specimen handling, nucleic acid extraction, assay set-up, amplification, and results reporting in a seamless integration of the companies technologies...
In the pharmaceutical industry, the trend is to move from conventional batch manufacturing to continuous manufacturing processes. The challenges for such change are numerous, but many papers are published to solve those issues and improve production. This is the case of the paper published by Carl Allenspach from Bristol-Myers Squibb (International Journal of Pharmaceutics 596 (2021)....
TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces its latest generation AutoSlicer™ module for unattended, semi-automated transmission electron microscope (TEM) lamella preparation in semiconductor failure analysis and materials science. For both Gallium (Ga) focused ion beam (FIB)-scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Plasma FIB-SEM instruments, TESCAN’s AutoSlicer enables high throughput TEM sample preparation...
More than the leading single-molecule localization microscope (SMLM). A benchtop multimodal bioimaging workstation designed for your lab. The Vutara VXL comprehensive biological workstation for nanoscale biological imaging opens an affordable and easy-to-use path for both core facilities and individual investigators to enter the world of super-resolution imaging...
Owlstone Medical (or the “Company”), the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Nature Scientific Reports. The paper investigates the performance of filters embedded in face masks for supporting the detection of SARS-CoV-2 as an alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS)...
Designed and manufactured in the UK, Σ–MM™ solution rapidly kills all microorganisms, including bacteria, mycobacteria and viruses, rendering specimens safe for transport, whilst preserving and stabilizing RNA/DNA for accurate molecular analysis across diagnostic platforms. The Σ–MM™ device is a highly effective single step collection....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced the winners of this year’s Future Insight Prize. The € 1 million prize in the category of “Food Generation” was awarded during the Future Insight Days in Darmstadt, Germany, to Ting Lu, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and Stephen Techtmann, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University, USA....
The Mohawk semi-automated tube picker from Ziath is a compact system that sets the standard for frozen or thawed sample tube picking from 96-position racks. The Mohawk has been designed to work out of the box, and needs no set up or calibration. Instrument control is through the new user-friendly software which provides an intuitive interface for easy operation....
ZEISS are thrilled to announce the ZEISS Microscopy Image Contest 2021. Do you take stunning microscopy images? Submit your best image now! The contest is open to all microscopy enthusiasts and professionals in any application field. Images can be taken with any ZEISS microscope (light, X-ray or electron microscope). Deadline for entry is Saturday 31st July, 2021...
The race is on in the diagnostics industry to develop a device that instantly detects coronavirus for use in large public spaces and airports, according to one of the UK’s top medical technology recruiters. Ivor Campbell, chief executive of Snedden Campbell, said the biggest companies are chasing the ‘holy grail’ of a rapid-test, biosensing device – similar to that used to test blood sugar levels in diabetic patients – that will identify whether a patient has Covid within a matter of seconds...
SP Scientific Products (SP) announces that it has expanded its freeze dryer loader range with the launch of two new fully GMP compliant loading systems compatible with SP Hull LyoConstellationTM freeze dryers. Designed for advanced aseptic pharmaceutical processes involving lyophilization, SP’s latest loader introductions offer flexible and innovative solutions for small to medium batch and high-speed full line aseptic vial handling applications....
Cerno Bioscience, in collaboration with XenoBiotic Labs*, has recently published an article in the peer reviewed journal "Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry" which demonstrates reliable and accurate quantitation of both cold and hot labeled compounds down to 0.5%. This robust method was tested on both simple and complex systems containing as many as 6 separate labeling sites and is capable of quantifying from...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced the launch of the Reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB™ RT-PCR Kit (IVD) for European markets after having met the CE-IVD mark requirements. The Reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB™ RT-PCR Kit (IVD) is a single molecular test designed for clinical diagnostic labs that conduct COVID-19 testing...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) – the leading supplier of equipment, chemicals and consumables for laboratory use in the UK – has launched a new line of SLS Lab Pro gas and liquid nitrogen (LN2) generators, available exclusively in the UK and Ireland. This technology gives laboratories control over their gas and LN2 supplies, and promotes sustainability by eliminating the need for cross-country transportation of gas canisters and Dewar flasks....
Designed to be simple to operate, the new Ultraseal LITE semi-automatic microplate sealer from Porvair Sciences is the perfect device for labs with low to medium throughput (6 plates / minute) processing needs. Compact in design, the Ultraseal LITE will fit just about anywhere you need to use it - be it on a lab bench or inside a fumehood...
UK’s biggest trade show for the laboratory industry returns for 2021. At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, scientists, researchers and more will come together and do business for the first time in 2021. On November 3 and 4 2021, at the NEC, Birmingham, the show will open its doors to a visitors and exhibitors with a bigger floor space than ever before...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has opened a new cGMP plasmid DNA manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, California, enabling it to meet rapidly growing demand for plasmid DNA-based therapies and vital mRNA-based vaccines. "Demand for commercial plasmid DNA is outpacing supply as the development of transformative gene therapies and vaccines accelerates globally," said Marc N. Casper, chairman, president and chief executive officer...
Specialist analytical instrument manufacturer Markes International Ltd has launched the world’s first range of thermal desorption (TD) instruments that are safety-certified to run on three gases: helium, nitrogen and hydrogen. All manufacturers’ TD instruments can run on helium and nitrogen, but it’s well known that the most popular, helium, is a rapidly-dwindling, non-renewable resource, becoming ever-scarcer and more expensive....
FreeLIMS, a cloud-based COVID-19 LIMS solution, enables laboratories to increase testing throughput and meet the unprecedented demand for COVID-19 testing and research. FreeLIMS enables COVID-19 testing laboratories to securely manage samples and test results, protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of patients, assure the accuracy of test results, and generate custom test reports with ease... 
Microscopes are very powerful tools, essential for research and discovery. However, most advanced systems on the market today are overly complicated and highly application specific. Revolution can accommodate a variety of core imaging techniques. Its unique, automated hybrid design provides you with more capability than any other widefield microscope...