Porvair Sciences has further expanded its range of high-performance microplate products for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid purification. The new KF deep well plate and tip comb plate combo are specifically designed to enhance the performance and productivity of the market-leading Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ range of nucleic acid purification systems....
Porvair Sciences reports investment in a dedicated clean area for manufacturing Vyon® porous plastic components for healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science products. With the global market searching for high performance solutions for critical filtration, laboratory liquid handling and separation applications - Porvair has experienced a doubling in demand for components and products such as pipette filter tips based upon its Vyon® porous plastics....
Sinocompound Catalysts Co., Ltd has launched a new video series sharing its specialist catalyst expertise adding to its bank of educational materials. Titled ‘The essentials in a synthetic chemist’s toolbox’, the series was the idea and work of technical advisor, Dr Carin Seechurn. As a global provider of advanced homogeneous catalysts and ligands for pharmaceutical and fine chemical applications, Sinocompound is ideally placed to guide scientists through some of the challenges they may need to navigate...
A new study could lead to improved decision making in assigning treatments for children with the aggressive cancer rhabdomyosarcoma after revealing key genetic changes underlying development of the disease. In the largest and most comprehensive study of rhabdomyosarcoma to date, scientists found that specific genetic changes in tumours are linked to aggressiveness, early age of onset and location in the body....
Seward, the world leaders in sample preparation for microbiological analyses, has launched the first paddle blender bag that can also be autoclaved. By avoiding the need for double-bagging, trials have shown that the new bags can reduce the amount of plastic waste by 50%, as well as saving time and cost. Seward developed the bag in response to a request by a global food giant customer, to produce a sterile blender bag that would help solve a number of problems it was facing...
Waters and The Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) are engaging in data analytics research meant to eliminate a major bottleneck in the characterization of biopharmaceuticals, namely the identification and quantitation of complex biomolecules such as released N- and O- glycans and metabolites that influence therapeutic function. Isomerism of both glycans and metabolites is particularly troublesome and can be tackled using Waters’ advanced instruments....
SGD Pharma announces that its 20ml EasyLyo molded glass Type I vials are now available Ready-to-Use (RTU) in SG EZ-fill? Nest & Tub – an industry-recognized state-of-the-art secondary packaging format. Increased demand for parenteral drugs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in additional pressures being placed on biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate their time-to-market....
Win 1 of 20 pipette kits to become a highly productive, low waste lab. Each kit includes: One VIAFLO electronic multichannel pipette of your choice, One case of ECO Rack GripTips (10 racks, sterile, filter), One reusable PopTop Base for use with ECO Racks and One single pipette charging stand...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) has recently been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at SLS receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50 in the UK, or £10.85 in London. Both rates are significantly higher than the government minimum for over 25s, which currently stands at £8.72 per hour...
Anna Biosciences, a drug discovery company focused on novel therapies in immuno-oncology, virology, and neurodegenerative diseases, announces its entry in the fight against COVID-19 with the introduction of its immunotherapy platform, Syntem. The Anna Biosciences Syntem Platform deploys engineered proprietary molecules to create synthetic immunity...
The Thermo Scientific TSG Series General Purpose Laboratory Refrigerators and Freezers offer consistent temperature performance with minimal energy consumption, heat output and noise level. For research, clinical and industrial laboratories seeking technologies that enable them to preserve the safety of materials, including reagents, media, proteins, buffers and antibody dilutions, the new series of general-purpose laboratory refrigerators and freezers from Thermo Fisher Scientific provide reliable cold storage...
SP Scientific Products (SP) announces the launch of its SP Hull LyoStar® 4.0 R&D and process development freeze dryer designed and built to enhance speed to market of biopharmaceutical products, such as biological drugs. The new LyoStar 4.0 results from SP’s extensive lyophilization expertise and represents a significant advancement in freeze dryer engineering....
Market leader in temperature-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, is showcasing its CMS196V3 and Modular Force (MFS) stages at the Microscience Microscopy Conference (MMC) 2021. Linkam is hosting two workshops and a technical showcase at MMC 2021, as well as participating as an exhibitor in the virtual event. The first workshop, taking place on Tuesday 6th July at 10am, will be hosted by Linkam Senior Scientist Dr. Michael Schwertner...
The Government Chemist (GC), hosted at LGC, has published the results of a recent international ring trial on the determination of cannabidiol (CBD) - an uncontrolled cannabinoid- and controlled cannabinoids in consumer products such as food and cosmetics. Consumer CBD products have entered the UK market rapidly in a variety of forms, including food and cosmetics. CBD when used as an ingredient in food or cosmetic products must currently be free from controlled cannabinoids....
A shortlist of eye-catching images and videos has been drawn up for the RMS Scientific Imaging Competition – featuring as part of mmc2021. As a ‘sneak preview’, the RMS has put together a collage of all the shortlisted entries across the different categories (excluding video entries) ahead of mmc2021. The images and videos will be uploaded to an online gallery available to view from the start of the event...
AMSBIO invite the global research community to the 2021 annual meeting of the ISSCR, the leading professional organization of stem cell scientists, to discover how iPSCs and organoids can be used in COVID-19 drug discovery research. At this virtual meeting - Dr. Kazuo Takayama from the renowned Center for iPS Cell Research and application (CiRA) at Kyoto University will be giving a unique insight into his recent pioneering research...
Introducing Priorclave double-stack, research-grade laboratory autoclave to a laboratory enables them, for a given space, to increase, significantly the sterilizing load throughput of the same make-up. Alternatively, they can run two different sterilising programmes simultaneously for loads requiring different process settings. This latest range of front-loading stackable autoclaves were designed and are built at the company’s dedicated autoclave UK manufacturing facility....
The Maulide Group at the University of Vienna (Austria) describe how a devastating water leak in a nearby chemistry laboratory prompted them to search for alternative, water-free, options to Liebig condensers for refluxing. The group teamed up with Green Labs Austria to see if they could provide and share a more sustainable solution to water cooled refluxing in the lab....
The moisture determination of liquid soap is essential to ensure a product of the highest quality. If the moisture content is too high or too low, this can result in a low quality product and wastage can occur. In this application note we determine the moisture of liquid soap using Precisa’s XM60/EM120 Halogen moisture analyser...
In 2021, Eppendorf AG, the Hamburg life sciences company, is presenting its highly prestigious research prize for the 26th time. The independent Eppendorf Award Jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn announced Dr. Tanmay Bharat, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom as the winner of the Eppendorf Award for European Investigators 2021....
HORIBA announces its participation in a new consortium formed to accelerate the development of process analytical technologies (PAT) in cell and gene therapy manufacturing. HORIBA’s new A-TEEM™ Molecular Fingerprinting technology has shown great promise for fast QC/QA of complex biological systems and is a core technology being assessed for reducing batch failures and manufacturing costs, to enable faster time to market....
Biotage is pleased to announce the launch of Biotage® PhyPrep, a new automated platform for plasmid DNA purification that releases laboratory staff from the tedium of repetitive, manual labor – and takes full advantage of the PhyTip® columns’ dual flow chromatography technology, to yield supercoiled, endotoxin-free, transfection-grade plasmid DNA....
Porvair Sciences has further expanded its range of high-performance microplate products for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid purification. The new KF deep well plate and tip comb plate combo are specifically designed to enhance the performance and productivity of the market-leading Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ range of nucleic acid purification systems....
Porvair Sciences reports investment in a dedicated clean area for manufacturing Vyon® porous plastic components for healthcare, pharmaceutical and life science products. With the global market searching for high performance solutions for critical filtration, laboratory liquid handling and separation applications - Porvair has experienced a doubling in demand for components and products such as pipette filter tips based upon its Vyon® porous plastics....
Sinocompound Catalysts Co., Ltd has launched a new video series sharing its specialist catalyst expertise adding to its bank of educational materials. Titled ‘The essentials in a synthetic chemist’s toolbox’, the series was the idea and work of technical advisor, Dr Carin Seechurn. As a global provider of advanced homogeneous catalysts and ligands for pharmaceutical and fine chemical applications, Sinocompound is ideally placed to guide scientists through some of the challenges they may need to navigate...
A new study could lead to improved decision making in assigning treatments for children with the aggressive cancer rhabdomyosarcoma after revealing key genetic changes underlying development of the disease. In the largest and most comprehensive study of rhabdomyosarcoma to date, scientists found that specific genetic changes in tumours are linked to aggressiveness, early age of onset and location in the body....
Seward, the world leaders in sample preparation for microbiological analyses, has launched the first paddle blender bag that can also be autoclaved. By avoiding the need for double-bagging, trials have shown that the new bags can reduce the amount of plastic waste by 50%, as well as saving time and cost. Seward developed the bag in response to a request by a global food giant customer, to produce a sterile blender bag that would help solve a number of problems it was facing...
Waters and The Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) are engaging in data analytics research meant to eliminate a major bottleneck in the characterization of biopharmaceuticals, namely the identification and quantitation of complex biomolecules such as released N- and O- glycans and metabolites that influence therapeutic function. Isomerism of both glycans and metabolites is particularly troublesome and can be tackled using Waters’ advanced instruments....
SGD Pharma announces that its 20ml EasyLyo molded glass Type I vials are now available Ready-to-Use (RTU) in SG EZ-fill? Nest & Tub – an industry-recognized state-of-the-art secondary packaging format. Increased demand for parenteral drugs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in additional pressures being placed on biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate their time-to-market....
Win 1 of 20 pipette kits to become a highly productive, low waste lab. Each kit includes: One VIAFLO electronic multichannel pipette of your choice, One case of ECO Rack GripTips (10 racks, sterile, filter), One reusable PopTop Base for use with ECO Racks and One single pipette charging stand...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) has recently been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at SLS receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.50 in the UK, or £10.85 in London. Both rates are significantly higher than the government minimum for over 25s, which currently stands at £8.72 per hour...
Anna Biosciences, a drug discovery company focused on novel therapies in immuno-oncology, virology, and neurodegenerative diseases, announces its entry in the fight against COVID-19 with the introduction of its immunotherapy platform, Syntem. The Anna Biosciences Syntem Platform deploys engineered proprietary molecules to create synthetic immunity...
The Thermo Scientific TSG Series General Purpose Laboratory Refrigerators and Freezers offer consistent temperature performance with minimal energy consumption, heat output and noise level. For research, clinical and industrial laboratories seeking technologies that enable them to preserve the safety of materials, including reagents, media, proteins, buffers and antibody dilutions, the new series of general-purpose laboratory refrigerators and freezers from Thermo Fisher Scientific provide reliable cold storage...
SP Scientific Products (SP) announces the launch of its SP Hull LyoStar® 4.0 R&D and process development freeze dryer designed and built to enhance speed to market of biopharmaceutical products, such as biological drugs. The new LyoStar 4.0 results from SP’s extensive lyophilization expertise and represents a significant advancement in freeze dryer engineering....
Market leader in temperature-controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, is showcasing its CMS196V3 and Modular Force (MFS) stages at the Microscience Microscopy Conference (MMC) 2021. Linkam is hosting two workshops and a technical showcase at MMC 2021, as well as participating as an exhibitor in the virtual event. The first workshop, taking place on Tuesday 6th July at 10am, will be hosted by Linkam Senior Scientist Dr. Michael Schwertner...
The Government Chemist (GC), hosted at LGC, has published the results of a recent international ring trial on the determination of cannabidiol (CBD) - an uncontrolled cannabinoid- and controlled cannabinoids in consumer products such as food and cosmetics. Consumer CBD products have entered the UK market rapidly in a variety of forms, including food and cosmetics. CBD when used as an ingredient in food or cosmetic products must currently be free from controlled cannabinoids....
A shortlist of eye-catching images and videos has been drawn up for the RMS Scientific Imaging Competition – featuring as part of mmc2021. As a ‘sneak preview’, the RMS has put together a collage of all the shortlisted entries across the different categories (excluding video entries) ahead of mmc2021. The images and videos will be uploaded to an online gallery available to view from the start of the event...
AMSBIO invite the global research community to the 2021 annual meeting of the ISSCR, the leading professional organization of stem cell scientists, to discover how iPSCs and organoids can be used in COVID-19 drug discovery research. At this virtual meeting - Dr. Kazuo Takayama from the renowned Center for iPS Cell Research and application (CiRA) at Kyoto University will be giving a unique insight into his recent pioneering research...
Introducing Priorclave double-stack, research-grade laboratory autoclave to a laboratory enables them, for a given space, to increase, significantly the sterilizing load throughput of the same make-up. Alternatively, they can run two different sterilising programmes simultaneously for loads requiring different process settings. This latest range of front-loading stackable autoclaves were designed and are built at the company’s dedicated autoclave UK manufacturing facility....
The Maulide Group at the University of Vienna (Austria) describe how a devastating water leak in a nearby chemistry laboratory prompted them to search for alternative, water-free, options to Liebig condensers for refluxing. The group teamed up with Green Labs Austria to see if they could provide and share a more sustainable solution to water cooled refluxing in the lab....
The moisture determination of liquid soap is essential to ensure a product of the highest quality. If the moisture content is too high or too low, this can result in a low quality product and wastage can occur. In this application note we determine the moisture of liquid soap using Precisa’s XM60/EM120 Halogen moisture analyser...
In 2021, Eppendorf AG, the Hamburg life sciences company, is presenting its highly prestigious research prize for the 26th time. The independent Eppendorf Award Jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn announced Dr. Tanmay Bharat, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom as the winner of the Eppendorf Award for European Investigators 2021....
HORIBA announces its participation in a new consortium formed to accelerate the development of process analytical technologies (PAT) in cell and gene therapy manufacturing. HORIBA’s new A-TEEM™ Molecular Fingerprinting technology has shown great promise for fast QC/QA of complex biological systems and is a core technology being assessed for reducing batch failures and manufacturing costs, to enable faster time to market....
Biotage is pleased to announce the launch of Biotage® PhyPrep, a new automated platform for plasmid DNA purification that releases laboratory staff from the tedium of repetitive, manual labor – and takes full advantage of the PhyTip® columns’ dual flow chromatography technology, to yield supercoiled, endotoxin-free, transfection-grade plasmid DNA....