After more than 1,670 laboratories collecting over 100 tonnes of plastic, Starlab has now succeeded for the first time in producing a high-quality laboratory product from the collected recycled material. For the first time, the laboratory product manufacturer can thus close the recycling loop for its TipOne® pipette tip racks. Starlab's recycling service for the collection of TipOne® system polypropylene components is not only popular with researchers – but also well received by the German government...
Alpha Laboratories (Eastleigh, UK) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, marking half a century of commitment to supporting clinicians, scientists, and patients across the globe. Founded in 1975, Alpha Laboratories has become a trusted supplier of laboratory consumables, liquid handling supplies, diagnostic solutions, and lab equipment...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the country’s largest and most influential trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology, is set to return bigger than ever. Taking place from 2-4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, this 8th edition will be the largest in the event’s history, expanding to two exhibition halls and welcoming over 300 exhibitors and brands, and 6,000 trade visitors from across the region...
The world’s number one laboratory gas generator manufacturer1, PEAK Scientific, has announced that its’ best-selling Genius range of nitrogen gas generators for LC-MS are now the first laboratory nitrogen generators to be certified with an Accountability, Consistency and Transparency (ACT®) Ecolabel from My Green Lab®. With this certification, laboratories with an active Genius product can access independently verified environmental impact data, covering key sustainability metrics related to manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life considerations...
Synexa Life Sciences, a global provider of biomarker and bioanalytical solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and CRO industries, has proudly achieved the My Green Lab Certification at the highest ‘Green’ level at its Cape Town, South Africa facility. Laboratories play a crucial role in advancing healthcare but are among the most resource-intensive environments in the life sciences industry. Synexa is committed to implementing and enhancing sustainability practices throughout the organisation...
Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, has announced that LabConnect, a global leader in central laboratory services, has chosen Sapio LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) to digitally transform complex research workflows, streamline sample tracking, and enhance data management. LabConnect partners with biopharma companies and clinical research organizations (CROs) to accelerate the development of new medicines...
The requirements for quality assurance of biologics are increasing. Danish contract laboratory now opens for access to a database that - combined with the company’s measurement tools - can shorten the development time and heighten the quality of novel biological products. Since 2007, the contract laboratory Alphalyse A/S has developed and refined a new method of impurity analysis in biological pharmaceuticals based on mass spectrometry (MS)...
Metrohm USA is proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Young Chemist Award, Ms. Elham Akbari, a graduate student from Temple University. This year’s award, increased to $15,000 to reflect Metrohm’s growing commitment to fostering scientific innovation, honors Ms. Akbari’s outstanding research on thermal treatment methods for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals...
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, release its 2025 Structure Elucidation & Verification Report. Distilled from the experience and expertise of hundreds of researchers gathered at the ACD/Labs’ annual virtual symposium in Q4 2024, the report discusses how trends have shifted since 2022; and how some of the world’s leading R&D organizations are setting themselves up for success in 2025 and beyond...
The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has opened its new upgraded and extended Battery Development Laboratory (BDL) which has greatly increased the facility’s capabilities in key areas of battery materials characterisation, cell analysis and forensic activities. The new laboratory allows customers from all over the world to come to UKBIC to have their materials and cells analysed and tested in real-time...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG), a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organisation for the drug discovery community, announces the keynote speakers for Research & Innovation 2025. Dr Jue Wang, Research Scientist and Co-lead of the Protein Design Team at Google DeepMind, and Dr Robert Grundy, CEO of Intelligent OMICS, will lead this year’s event focussed on ‘Big molecules to big data…thinking BIG to drive innovative research’...
Hudson, a global laboratory automation solutions provider, is pleased to announce that, effective January 26, 2025, the company will operate under the unified name Hudson Lab Automation. This rebranding signifies a major step forward, uniting our legacy brands—Hudson Robotics, Art Robbins Instruments, and Tomtec—into one cohesive organization dedicated to redefining laboratory automation...
Azenta Life Sciences announce, as part of their commitment to sustainable science, that they are increasing the use of recycled polypropylene in their FluidX sample storage consumables range. To support this initiative, from January 2025, all SBS tube rack bases will be manufactured with up to 90% recycled polypropylene, sourced from repurposed material generated during the production of FluidX sample storage tubes...
South West London Pathology (SWLP) introduces cutting-edge technologies to its laboratories to create one of the most modern, innovative, and efficient clinical blood science services in the country. The installation of the analysers at Croydon is the first step of the rollout of new blood sciences services at all SWLP sites across the network, covering clinical chemistry, haematology, coagulation, serology, and pre-analytical automation, in collaboration with Beckman Coulter, a global leader in clinical diagnostics.
Trilobio, developer of whole lab automation solutions for advancing biology research, has introduced the first version of its comprehensive robotics, lab equipment and software platform at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening conference, SLAS2025, alongside pilot customer data, demonstrating the platform’s abilities in advancing research workflows...
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has received a £500,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation to purchase an ultrafast confocal spinning disc microscope. This instrument will accelerate AIME research, led by Professor Roslyn Bill, into treatments for dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. An ultrafast spinning disc confocal microscope enables faster, higher-resolution images of biological processes than is currently possible at AIME...
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) have agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote interdisciplinary training and develop innovative projects that address pressing challenges in human and planetary health. EMBL Director General Edith Heard and ELLIS President Bernhard Schölkopf signed the agreement at an event on “Shaping Europe’s AI Leadership” in Brussels on 14 January 2025...
Leading science and innovation campus, Discovery Park, in Sandwich, Kent has launched applications for the fourth cohort of its immersive business growth competition, ‘Discovery Spark’. Supported by Capital Enterprise Network and Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Discovery Park’s latest Discovery Spark programme will have an oncology theme. It invites cancer tech start-ups looking to accelerate their business to apply...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has been selected as the technology provider by UK Biocentre as they expand their large-scale sample storage in support of the preservation of internationally significant sample collections. This new system is in addition to the seven Azenta BioArc™ Flex™ automated sample store systems already in place at the facility. UK Biocentre will utilize the new BioArc Ultra™ to deliver on critical research projects including the United Kingdom’s largest health research program
Scientists and engineers will collaborate to develop and verify platform workflows utilizing the broad offering of automation-enabled assays from the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Together, the custom workstation and automation-enabled assays will deliver increased consistency and higher throughput by reducing manual processing and repetitive tasks with a user-friendly robotic system...
Cormica, a global leader in life sciences testing and consulting, has completed the acquisition of Zwisler Laboratorium, a premier provider of laboratory services headquartered in Reichenau, Germany. This landmark acquisition marks Cormica’s first entry into the German market, a key milestone in its strategy to expand its European footprint. The move underlines Cormica’s commitment to becoming a leading operator in high-growth European markets, with plans to explore additional opportunities for expansion in Germany...
Labomatic Instruments AG and KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH are pleased to announce a strategic cooperation aimed at combining their complementary strengths to offer a larger portfolio to their respective customer bases. Customers in the liquid chromatography segment in particular are likely to benefit from the complementary expertise, especially in terms of flow rate and pressure ranges...
After more than 1,670 laboratories collecting over 100 tonnes of plastic, Starlab has now succeeded for the first time in producing a high-quality laboratory product from the collected recycled material. For the first time, the laboratory product manufacturer can thus close the recycling loop for its TipOne® pipette tip racks. Starlab's recycling service for the collection of TipOne® system polypropylene components is not only popular with researchers – but also well received by the German government...
Alpha Laboratories (Eastleigh, UK) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, marking half a century of commitment to supporting clinicians, scientists, and patients across the globe. Founded in 1975, Alpha Laboratories has become a trusted supplier of laboratory consumables, liquid handling supplies, diagnostic solutions, and lab equipment...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the country’s largest and most influential trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology, is set to return bigger than ever. Taking place from 2-4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, this 8th edition will be the largest in the event’s history, expanding to two exhibition halls and welcoming over 300 exhibitors and brands, and 6,000 trade visitors from across the region...
The world’s number one laboratory gas generator manufacturer1, PEAK Scientific, has announced that its’ best-selling Genius range of nitrogen gas generators for LC-MS are now the first laboratory nitrogen generators to be certified with an Accountability, Consistency and Transparency (ACT®) Ecolabel from My Green Lab®. With this certification, laboratories with an active Genius product can access independently verified environmental impact data, covering key sustainability metrics related to manufacturing, energy and water use, packaging, and end-of-life considerations...
Synexa Life Sciences, a global provider of biomarker and bioanalytical solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and CRO industries, has proudly achieved the My Green Lab Certification at the highest ‘Green’ level at its Cape Town, South Africa facility. Laboratories play a crucial role in advancing healthcare but are among the most resource-intensive environments in the life sciences industry. Synexa is committed to implementing and enhancing sustainability practices throughout the organisation...
Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, has announced that LabConnect, a global leader in central laboratory services, has chosen Sapio LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) to digitally transform complex research workflows, streamline sample tracking, and enhance data management. LabConnect partners with biopharma companies and clinical research organizations (CROs) to accelerate the development of new medicines...
The requirements for quality assurance of biologics are increasing. Danish contract laboratory now opens for access to a database that - combined with the company’s measurement tools - can shorten the development time and heighten the quality of novel biological products. Since 2007, the contract laboratory Alphalyse A/S has developed and refined a new method of impurity analysis in biological pharmaceuticals based on mass spectrometry (MS)...
Metrohm USA is proud to announce the winner of the 2025 Young Chemist Award, Ms. Elham Akbari, a graduate student from Temple University. This year’s award, increased to $15,000 to reflect Metrohm’s growing commitment to fostering scientific innovation, honors Ms. Akbari’s outstanding research on thermal treatment methods for the destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals...
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, release its 2025 Structure Elucidation & Verification Report. Distilled from the experience and expertise of hundreds of researchers gathered at the ACD/Labs’ annual virtual symposium in Q4 2024, the report discusses how trends have shifted since 2022; and how some of the world’s leading R&D organizations are setting themselves up for success in 2025 and beyond...
The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has opened its new upgraded and extended Battery Development Laboratory (BDL) which has greatly increased the facility’s capabilities in key areas of battery materials characterisation, cell analysis and forensic activities. The new laboratory allows customers from all over the world to come to UKBIC to have their materials and cells analysed and tested in real-time...
The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG), a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organisation for the drug discovery community, announces the keynote speakers for Research & Innovation 2025. Dr Jue Wang, Research Scientist and Co-lead of the Protein Design Team at Google DeepMind, and Dr Robert Grundy, CEO of Intelligent OMICS, will lead this year’s event focussed on ‘Big molecules to big data…thinking BIG to drive innovative research’...
Hudson, a global laboratory automation solutions provider, is pleased to announce that, effective January 26, 2025, the company will operate under the unified name Hudson Lab Automation. This rebranding signifies a major step forward, uniting our legacy brands—Hudson Robotics, Art Robbins Instruments, and Tomtec—into one cohesive organization dedicated to redefining laboratory automation...
Azenta Life Sciences announce, as part of their commitment to sustainable science, that they are increasing the use of recycled polypropylene in their FluidX sample storage consumables range. To support this initiative, from January 2025, all SBS tube rack bases will be manufactured with up to 90% recycled polypropylene, sourced from repurposed material generated during the production of FluidX sample storage tubes...
South West London Pathology (SWLP) introduces cutting-edge technologies to its laboratories to create one of the most modern, innovative, and efficient clinical blood science services in the country. The installation of the analysers at Croydon is the first step of the rollout of new blood sciences services at all SWLP sites across the network, covering clinical chemistry, haematology, coagulation, serology, and pre-analytical automation, in collaboration with Beckman Coulter, a global leader in clinical diagnostics.
Trilobio, developer of whole lab automation solutions for advancing biology research, has introduced the first version of its comprehensive robotics, lab equipment and software platform at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening conference, SLAS2025, alongside pilot customer data, demonstrating the platform’s abilities in advancing research workflows...
Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has received a £500,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation to purchase an ultrafast confocal spinning disc microscope. This instrument will accelerate AIME research, led by Professor Roslyn Bill, into treatments for dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. An ultrafast spinning disc confocal microscope enables faster, higher-resolution images of biological processes than is currently possible at AIME...
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) have agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote interdisciplinary training and develop innovative projects that address pressing challenges in human and planetary health. EMBL Director General Edith Heard and ELLIS President Bernhard Schölkopf signed the agreement at an event on “Shaping Europe’s AI Leadership” in Brussels on 14 January 2025...
Leading science and innovation campus, Discovery Park, in Sandwich, Kent has launched applications for the fourth cohort of its immersive business growth competition, ‘Discovery Spark’. Supported by Capital Enterprise Network and Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Discovery Park’s latest Discovery Spark programme will have an oncology theme. It invites cancer tech start-ups looking to accelerate their business to apply...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has been selected as the technology provider by UK Biocentre as they expand their large-scale sample storage in support of the preservation of internationally significant sample collections. This new system is in addition to the seven Azenta BioArc™ Flex™ automated sample store systems already in place at the facility. UK Biocentre will utilize the new BioArc Ultra™ to deliver on critical research projects including the United Kingdom’s largest health research program
Scientists and engineers will collaborate to develop and verify platform workflows utilizing the broad offering of automation-enabled assays from the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Together, the custom workstation and automation-enabled assays will deliver increased consistency and higher throughput by reducing manual processing and repetitive tasks with a user-friendly robotic system...
Cormica, a global leader in life sciences testing and consulting, has completed the acquisition of Zwisler Laboratorium, a premier provider of laboratory services headquartered in Reichenau, Germany. This landmark acquisition marks Cormica’s first entry into the German market, a key milestone in its strategy to expand its European footprint. The move underlines Cormica’s commitment to becoming a leading operator in high-growth European markets, with plans to explore additional opportunities for expansion in Germany...
Labomatic Instruments AG and KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH are pleased to announce a strategic cooperation aimed at combining their complementary strengths to offer a larger portfolio to their respective customer bases. Customers in the liquid chromatography segment in particular are likely to benefit from the complementary expertise, especially in terms of flow rate and pressure ranges...