Bioprocess researchers undertaking high-density mammalian, bacterial or microbial cell culture separations can now benefit from a next-generation single-use, sterilized, closed-system BioProcess Container (BPC) designed to offer a highly efficient alternative for harvesting by centrifugation. Developed specifically for use with the Thermo Scientific Sorvall BIOS 16 Centrifuge, the single-use, sterilized, closed-system Thermo Scientific CentriPAK BPC enables...
Analytik Jena has published a new e-book for water and wastewater analysis. It demonstrates efficient methods and solutions for a wide range of selected routine and special applications. The e-book focuses on some central areas of water and wastewater analysis: In addition to the analysis of TOC/TNb and AOX, elemental analysis, and UV/Vis spectroscopy, the e-book also highlights molecular biological detection solutions....
Would you like to brighten up your lab? To celebrate four decades of success, INTEGRA is giving you the opportunity to win one of 100 PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controllers. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is fill out a short questionnaire to help us understand your pipetting needs. The competition is open to everyone and the deadline for entries is the 31st of May 2021, with the winners announced shortly afterwards....
Clean air and containment specialist Envair has announced a new partnership with Dutch engineering firm SmartCompounders. The collaboration means Envair will be the only isolator manufacturer in the UK to offer this innovative solution to personalised medication. Combining the SmartCompounders Chemo automated solution with the Envair CDC F negative pressure isolator can help pharmacy managers quickly and easily increase output...
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has launched the first cell painting kit as part of its new portfolio of PhenoVue™ cellular imaging reagents. This new range of reagents leverages PerkinElmer’s expertise in cellular imaging and high-content screening and works alongside the Company’s microplates, automation, software and industry-leading high-content screening instruments....
Purpose designed, RSC research grade laboratory autoclaves from Priorclave suit sterilising applications requiring a taller chamber profile, it makes them ideal for high-volume throughput or frequently tasked handling of taller and bulkier loads. The popularity of these front-loading autoclaves is driven by a design that offers a large rectangular sterilising chamber yet requires a relatively small footprint and is by far one of the easiest to install since it is castor mounted for easy positioning and can pass through a standard door....
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, announces that it has received the first data for its SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test from ongoing clinical studies in Europe and the UK. These data show excellent performance of the test in identifying patients with an infectious viral load and no false positive results. Avacta’s SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test has been developed to identify infectious individuals so that they can isolate promptly and reduce the spread of COVID-19....
AMSBIO has introduced a collection of mutated SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins and recombinant antigens for the new virus variants - B.1.1.7 and B.1.351. These reagents can be used by researchers to evaluate the efficacy of the antibodies and identify targets for development of improved therapeutic drugs and vaccines. Emerging in the latter part of 2020, multiple new SARS-CoV-2 variants are now circulating globally....
Linkam Scientific’s PE120 Peltier system formed part of the experimental set-up used to develop a radical new diagnostic test for the SARS CoV-2 virus at Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, Ohio, USA. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted scientists to focus their research on rapid and robust diagnostic tests. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays – the ‘gold-standard’ for molecular clinical diagnostics – became available quickly, however this provides relatively long characterisation times...
Digital R&D simulation software platform RheoCube has attracted an investment of over $2 million. This funding round, which will drive RheoCube’s global expansion, was co-led by renowned investors Holland Capital and Join Capital. Digitalization is a hot topic in R&D departments worldwide. Current R&D processes are time consuming largely due to trial-and-error in physical labs. Reducing that costly process empowers organizations to build smarter and faster R&D cycles, while speeding up time to market....
The life science group Sartorius confirmed its preliminary figures for 2020 upon the release of its annual report. Group sales revenue surged by 30.2 percent to nearly 2,336 million euros in constant currencies (reported: +27.8 percent). Order intake1 grew even more dynamically than sales revenue and was up 49.0 percent in constant currencies to 2,836 million euros (reported: +46.2 percent). Pandemic-related orders accounted for close to 14 percentage points of growth....
Thermo Scientific Vanquish Online 2D-Liquid Chromatography (LC) Systems offer a robust and flexible platform for pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical R&D, food safety, environmental testing, omics and polymer analysis scientists to characterize complex samples in-depth with the highest confidence. The Vanquish Online 2D-LC system leverages the performance and ease of use of the innovative Vanquish technology, while offering maximum application flexibility and versatility for multi-dimensional liquid chromatography....
INTEGRA Biosciences’ EVOLVE manual pipettes and VOYAGER electronic adjustable tip spacing pipettes are both integral parts of the lab workflows at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where researchers are investigating the evolution and ecology of a fascinating group of fish that includes a popular aquatic pet, the guppy. Samantha Levell, a PhD candidate at UCR, explained...
Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG from Offenburg has been awarded the TOP 100 seal for 2021. This award honours particularly innovative medium-sized companies. The company had previously proven its innovative capacity in a scientific selection process. On behalf of Compamedia, the organiser of the TOP 100 innovation competition, the innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and his team examined the innovative capacity of medium-sized companies....
Peak Scientific, the global leader in laboratory gas generation, has launched its latest innovation designed to provide a long-term cost-effective gas solution for Shimadzu high-flow LC-MS/MS systems, including the latest LCMS-8060NX. Modelled on the market leader’s best-selling Genius XE nitrogen gas generator, Peak Scientific’s all-new Genius XE SMZ offers Shimadzu customers a tailored solution in a compact unit....
Malvern Panalytical, a leading analytical instrument supplier, will launch a new version of Aeris compact X-ray diffractometer (XRD) at a digital event on February 23, 2021 at 2.00 PM CET. This next generation of XRD instruments will give the user additional methods for analyses traditionally only available in multipurpose floor-standing systems. The event will feature several engaging presentations from Malvern Panalytical’s panel of experts, as well as a live demo of the new Aeris....
Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, reports that its BioFlash® Biological Identifier is capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the air following tests conducted by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). The tests were performed using live SARS-CoV-2 virus in a Biosafety Level 3 containment area at Fort Detrick, Maryland...
CloudLIMS, a leading laboratory informatics provider, and Folio, a leader in the digital identity world, offers an integrated solution that enables COVID-19 diagnostic testing laboratories to register patients, seamlessly manage tests, and digitally deliver COVID-19 results and certifications directly to patients efficiently and securely. The Folio mobile wallet, a biometrically secure wallet on patients’ smartphones, enables patients to receive, store and share their COVID-19 test results digitally with their employers or government authorities....
Ergonomic, easy to use TacticID Mobile helps identify threats on the spot. B&W Tek is unveiling the TacticID Mobile, its newest handheld 1064-nm Raman for first responders, police, and customs agents to identify illicit and hazardous substances where they find them. The TacticID™ Mobile 1064-nm Raman has an ergonomic design with a large touchscreen and display for even greater ease of use in identifying a range of samples including impure, colored street samples.
In response to laboratories’ need to minimize in-person contact during the pandemic, Thermo Fisher Scientific now offers its essential Thermo Scientific Dionex Easion and Thermo Scientific Dionex Aquion Ion Chromatography (IC) systems through easy, online ordering. The newly introduced online purchase option makes it possible for environmental and academic laboratories to order the complete Dionex Easion and Dionex Aquion IC product packages — including anion or cation column sets...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s largest independent supplier of scientific products are pleased to announce further consolidation of their relationship with Merck through their appointment as an official distributor for the Merck – Supelco® Range of Analytical Products. Comprising of over 500,000 products, the comprehensive range from SLS provides a solution for most applications....
Anticipating on the increasing demand for externally threaded tubes, Micronic launches the 1.10ml Tubes with External Thread. The 1.10ml tube with external thread capped with a screw cap has the same height as a Micronic 1.40ml tube with internal thread capped with a push cap, making it the ideal tube for users that want to switch to an externally threaded screw cap tube....