Agilent Technologies Inc. announces that biotech startup Trilogy Sciences has been awarded an Agilent Golden Ticket at LabCentral, a leading biotech innovation hub based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is a shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups. The Golden Ticket provides funding of one lab bench space for a year...
Jian-Wei Pan, Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, is the winner of the prestigious ZEISS Research Award 2020. He is one of the world's leading researchers in the field of quantum technology. One of the most remarkable results of Jian-Wei Pan's research is the distribution of entangled photons over a distance of 1,200 km, by far the longest distance ever reached....
Greyhound’s range of Syringe filters and Membrane filters provide a comprehensive range of filters, for your chosen application. The main source of particle contamination in HPLC columns originate in the sample to be analysed. Therefore, the final preparation step prior to sample injection into the HPLC instrument is to remove any small particulates from the sample by filtration...
Many technical applications depend on a reliable cooling solution. Huber Minichillers are the ideal solution for environmentally friendly and economical cooling in laboratory and industry. There are several air and water cooled models available, with cooling powers from 0.28 to 0,9 kW. Efficient energy management in all Huber chillers ensures low operating costs and a quick return on investment....
Testing for coronavirus is an essential diagnostic and research tool for monitoring and managing the current pandemic. qPCR and RT-qPCR are proving to be powerful techniques for testing labs worldwide for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. However, each step in the extremely sensitive qPCR procedure can potentially contribute to experimental error and affect the reproducibility of results...
PerkinElmer, Inc. is actively working with our global customers – which include specialty and reference diagnostic labs, clinics, hospitals, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical labs, academia, and governmental and research institutes – to combat the pandemic. Our innovative detection, workflow, and research solutions are being used to drive better outcomes as the world responds to COVID-19....
Scientifc Laboratory Supplies (SLS) Launches a comprehensive range of products aimed at companies welcoming employees back after the lockdown has been eased. As the government releases more guidelines on how employers and their employees should prepare for the return to work, SLS appreciates there will be increased apprehension about the health and well-being of staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Postnova Analytics reports how its latest generation of Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) systems are providing labs worldwide with a uniquely powerful technique to characterize and quantitate virus and virus-like particles. Virus and virus-like particles are widely used in the healthcare industry for vaccination via immune response stimulation....
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced it has received a contract from the U.S. government to provide highly specialized viral transport media (VTM) for COVID-19 sample collection. The VTM is used during collection of patient samples for proper transport to laboratories that can test for the presence of the virus....
To capture the importance of this initiative, and in anticipation of the grand opening of the Ellison Institute’s new building, Olympus has created a video, highlighting the relationship between imaging analysis tools and precision cancer medicine. One focus of the partnership is encouraging projects that engage translational oncology and precision anti-cancer drug screening...
The Coronavirus Pandemic has now reached millions of cases globally. The race is on to develop a vaccine, countries are ramping up testing, and companies are committing resources to the development of test kits. Worldwide Glass Resources® has joined the effort by allocating capacity and manufacturing custom engineered vials for Covid 19 kits....
Linkam has recently seen an increased interest in its stage that was specifically designed for the analysis of catalytic reactions: the CCR1000. Catalysis is a technique for improving the yield or rate of a chemical reaction using a catalyst material. A wide range of catalytic materials are available; including aluminosilicates, which are used in the petrochemical industry to reduce natural materials to smaller hydrocarbons...
Conversations on face mask efficacy and supply for frontline workers and the general public have been heated topics amid the Covid-19 pandemic. As the first in a series of monthly “Pandemic Response Catalyst Conversations,” three leading scientific experts will provide facts and data-driven insights on the current global mask supply, filtration properties of masks and a preview of technological innovations improving masks...
Spectra Analysis’ DiscovIR GC-FTIR focuses on real-time connection of Infrared Spectroscopy to Gas Chromatography. This instrument is now also available through JSB in Europe who is able to deliver complete GC FTIR system solutions for the specific application areas. Temperature controlled, vacuum deposition of the GC eluted peaks onto a rotating IR-transparent disc...
Scientists have discovered a malaria transmission-blocking microbe, making an important stride in the fight against the disease. The disease kills around 400,000 people each year and imposes a huge burden on Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently stressed the need to continue the efforts against malaria, despite the necessary focus on COVID-19...
The sensitivity of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer is underpinning a pioneering multinational research initiative. This is designed to transform the lives of those suffering from a disfiguring and potentially life threatening parasitic disease. The research team has just secured a grant of eight million Euros from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership...
By combining Mologic’s independently verified COVID-19 lateral flow test with BioSure’s market-leading design, the companies have created a self-test for COVID-19 that can be used without any training being required. The innovative design has been proven to be extremely easy to use, requires only a fraction of a drop of blood and gives the user their own result in just 10 minutes...
Vision Engineering, a 61 year old British leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality visual measurement and inspection technologies, has attained ISO 17025:2017 accreditation from UKAS and is now a UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 7706. The award of ISO 17025:2017 by UKAS Accreditation, which is globally recognised, is the only mechanism that determines the technical competence and integrity of the organisations offering testing and calibration services....
The Eppendorf Group is expanding its production capacity at the Oldenburg in Holstein site in Germany by building two additional production halls. As a result, Eppendorf Polymere GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eppendorf AG, will increase its total capacity by around 30 percent from 2021. A milestone for this targeted expansion was reached May 14, 2020 with the topping-out ceremony for the second hall currently under construction....
With the NEW ANALYSETTE 22 NeXT you choose according to your requirements: The ANALYSETTE 22 NeXT Micro with a measuring range of 0.05 – 1500 µm for all typical measurement tasks or the high-end instrument ANALYSETTE 22 NeXT Nano with an extra wide measuring range of 0.01 – 3800 µm for maximum precision and sensitivity for smallest particles with an additional detector system....
Dr Laura Moro-Martin, freelance medical writer at Kolabtree, the freelance platform for scientists, explores the effects of COVID-19 on maternal health. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to escalate worldwide, with Europe and the USA now the epicentres of the pandemic. As of May 1, there are over three million declared cases and almost 240,000 deaths globally, with many countries undergoing community transmission....
HALIX B.V. has joined a consortium of partners under the guidance of the University of Oxford, to provide GMP manufacturing services supporting the large scale production of a COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19), being developed by the University’s Jenner Institute. This GMP manufacturing scale-up is taking place alongside early phase clinical trials. The trials are crucial in testing whether the vaccine is proven to be effective....