BioTek Instruments will be recognized for their efforts in worksite wellness by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports and Vermont Department of Health on March 25, 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

BioTek is one of 92 businesses that will receive an award for 2014. This is the fourth year the company has been honored. “Worksites that promote healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco use cessation, and breastfeeding, contribute to the overall health and wellness of all Vermonters, and they are one of the key reasons we are routinely rated the nation’s healthiest state,” said Health Commissioner Harry Chen, MD...

LINK, the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the incorporation of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), and the first two appointments of Drs Brian Sproat and Thomas Rupp.

LINK’s SAB will identify and prioritise the development of new nucleic acid reagents designed to help researchers synthesise novel oligonucleotide therapeutics and diagnostics. The SAB will also support the management team in identifying other markets where LINK’s chemistry expertise can be beneficial. Brian Sproat (currently Managing Director, Chemconsilium GCV) has worked in the oligonucleotide market since its inception over 30 years ago. A graduate of the...

Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Firefly BioWorks Inc ("Firefly") ("the Acquisition") on a cash-free/debt-free basis for £18.5m ($28.0m).

The consideration, which is payable in cash on completion, will be funded from Abcam's existing resources [1]. Firefly has developed a novel multiplex assay platform for the detection of biomarkers, based on a microfabrication technology developed by the founders at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has developed its first product for detection of microRNAs (miRNAs). Firefly has 15 employees and is based in Cambridge...

The Pittcon Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the third annual Food Labs Conference, the only food conference focused on the food laboratory, will be held in conjunction with Pittcon 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The co-location of the two conferences provides that the registration fee to attend the two-day Food Lab Conference, March. 9-10, will also include unlimited week long admission to the Pittcon exposition floor and technical program. The Food Labs Conference is unique in that it is not just focused on one discipline such as microbiology or chemistry, but takes a more holistic approach to best practices in managing food testing and analyses needs...

Partnership to develop high-quality immunoassays for life science research

Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. Under the terms of the agreement, Abcam will develop a range of RabMAb^® antibody pairs against targets jointly selected by IMCB and Abcam, to be...

New study examines tweets from a medical conference

A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback. The study resulted from collaboration between a group of doctors with a strong interest in Social Media and was brought together by Dr Damian Roland, a honorary senior lecturer at the University of Leicester and Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Care at Leicester’s Hospitals...

Strategic acquisition of high-throughput functional genomics platform aims to drive product development, revenue growth and enable broader market penetration

Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon" or the "Company"), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has agreed to acquire Haplogen Genomics GmbH, a biotechnology company based in Vienna, Austria (“Haplogen Genomics”), for an initial consideration of ...

Biologics, oncology drugs and blood-based products will be key revenue-generating segments, finds Frost & Sullivan 

Big pharmaceutical companies and foreign investors are flocking to Turkey to capitalise on its encouraging economic policies. The establishment of technology development zones that exempt pharmaceutical entrepreneurs and academics from income taxes until 2023 has played a particularly crucial role in driving R&D activity in the nation’s life sciences industry.  New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, 2014 Life Sciences Outlook in Turkey...

BMG LABTECH exhibits at the biggest Swiss Life Sciences Meeting for the first time

BMG LABTECH, the Microplate Reader Company is Gold sponsor of the LS² Annual Meeting 2015 from January 29-30^th in Zurich. A visit to booth #33 at the Campus Irchel of the University of Zurich promises a personal introduction to BMG LABTECH’s high performance microplate readers and latest innovations. Since its establishment in Offenburg, Germany BMG LABTECH has become a world leader in microplate reading due to...

The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, is proud to announce its 2015 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) recipients.

The maximum funding available this year for each grant is $10,000 and is awarded to the science departments of colleges with less than 5,000 full-time students for the purchase of scientific equipment, audio-visual or other teaching aids, and/or library materials for use in the teaching of science at the undergraduate level. This year’s awardees are as follows...

A host of dynamic and influential scientists, lecturers and clinicians in the pathology field were amongst over 115 delegates who convened in London recently to present important scientific findings for ‘Next Generation Diagnostics’, the subject of the fourth Innovation Academy Scientific Symposium organised by Viapath.

Held in the auspicious setting of The Grocers’ Hall in the City of London on 5 December 2014, the day-long free symposium was opened by Dr Dominic Harrington, Scientific Director at Viapath, who spoke of the unprecedented opportunity that the Innovation Academy offered to the profession to share ideas around the founding principles of Innovation, Quality and Staff Development and ultimately improve the lives of patients...

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published a new document, Planning for Laboratory Operations During a Disaster; Approved Guideline (GP36-A).

This document provides guidance for laboratory and health care leadership for development, implementation, and sustainment of effective emergency preparedness plans (all hazards) supporting nonanalytical components of clinical and public health laboratory services that may pertain to various natural and manmade disasters. This document follows a preparedness planning process recommended by business continuity planning professionals, which is intended to take the...

Alon Vaisman, Product Development Manager for Process Systems at Malvern Instruments, will speak about two quite different analytical techniques and their applications as part of the ‘Particle Characterization’ session at this year’s IFPAC® (International Forum on Process Analytical Technology and Quality by Design) Annual Meeting.

In separate presentations he will discuss the ‘Applications of Dynamic Light Scattering as PAT for on-line nano-particle characterization’ and ‘In-situ monitoring of high shear and fluid bed processing using spatial filter velocimetry’. Both address areas of growing emphasis in pharmaceutical production. The continuing importance of large molecule based therapeutics, and the drive to reduce the particulate size of small molecule APIs, is bringing new challenges for...

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Ltd, believes that its continued growth is due in no small part to the pricing structure and configurability of its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS. 

In results announced for the most recent financial year, increased turnover in the UK was also accompanied by an increase in orders of more than 30% from the US office, with both operations reporting increased profitability. Autoscribe’s Managing Director, John Boother, said: “In a recent survey of our customers, ‘Value for money’ and ‘The ability to configure for any type of testing’ were the overwhelming reasons given for choosing...

At SLAS 2015 - product specialists from INTEGRA will be on hand to demonstrate and answer questions on the company's popular range of productivity enhancing liquid handling products.

The VIAFLO II multichannel electronic pipette range combines ultra lightweight design and unsurpassed operational comfort enabling users to improve efficiency in their working environment. VIAFLO II electronic pipettes together with INTEGRA’s wide range of GripTip pipette tips form the perfect pipetting system.  GripTips snap into place with minimal tip loading effort, providing a secure connection. GripTips never fall off and are always perfectly...

Asynt has formed a partnership with Asahi Glassplant (AG!) to supply their range of high performance reaction vessels alongside, and incorporated with, its popular ReactoMate Controlled Lab Reactors.

Having visited the AG! production facility in Japan - Asynt Managing Director (Martyn Fordham commented “I was greatly impressed by the AG! glassblowing capabilities which is technically beyond what I have witnessed anywhere in the last 30 years”. He added “At Asynt our aim is always to offer the highest specification and best performing products, so consequently the AG! Glass reaction vessels fit perfectly in our portfolio.  I believe that the wider chemistry community...

The Bibby Scientific Web Shop is offering exclusive savings of up to 15% on all products.

Until 28th February 2015, purchasers can take advantage of discounts on products from Bibby Scientific’s Techne, Electrothermal, Stuart and Jenway brands. This unique opportunity allows laboratories to purchase top quality instrumentation at limited prices, including heating mantles, melting point analysers, vortex mixers, pH meters, block heaters and thermal cyclers. As well as money-saving offers and fast delivery, everyone purchasing from...

A new company, Alizé Pharma III SAS, has been set up to develop this project

Dr. David Clemmons, co-inventor of the technology and a highly reputable key opinion leader in endocrinology and metabolism, will collaborate on the drug optimization and development programs. Alizé Pharma III SAS, an Alizé Pharma group company specialized in the development of biopharmaceuticals to treat metabolic disorders and rare diseases, today announces that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to...

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has launched a 'live chat' facility on its website, providing visitors with rapid access to Markes' analytical expertise.

The new online chat facility allows website visitors to 'speak'' directly with Markes' experts, simply by typing their message into the on-screen widget. The live chat feature is staffed by Markes' team of thermal desorption and time-of-flight mass spectrometry specialists in the UK and USA, and enables website visitors to get a quick answer to any question they may have about Markes, its products, or their applications...

Today ZoBio (Leiden, The Netherlands) and Domainex Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) announce a collaboration with FORMA Therapeutics (Watertown, MA, USA) to provide NMR-based structural biology services for a substantial panel of FORMA drug targets.

The goal of the collaboration is to use ZoBio’s expertise in protein nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to elucidate the molecular basis for compound-target interaction, to complement ongoing X-ray crystallography approaches. NMR is currently the only alternative to crystallography capable of elucidating atomic resolution, 3D structural information. Under the agreement, ZoBio will design and express protein variants suitable for structural studies, to support FORMA’s oncology drug discovery research. In addition, Domainex will apply its Combinatorial Domain Hunting technology to...

This award is recognition of both Pierre Fabre's expertise in dermatology, one of its development priorities, and of its ability to form public-private partnerships, such as that established with the University of Bordeaux

Recognition for major progress

Each year, the Prix Galien award distinguishes recent therapeutic innovations, made available to the public. It is conferred after an evaluation by an independent panel of experts and eminent specialists. Its renown and prestige have made it the highest distinction in the field. Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, a subsidiary of Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetics, was distinguished today by the Prix Galien award (France) for Hemangiol®, an oral pediatric propranolol solution specifically developed for some severe infantile hemangiomas. Hemangiol® was successively approved...

Precisely engineered cell line will facilitate a new revenue stream and enable faster, more efficient production of therapeutic antibodies

Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that its Bioproduction division has shipped its first commercially available engineered CHO cell line for use in manufacturing of therapeutic antibodies. Horizon’s innovative licensing model brings these cutting edge bioproduction cells within reach of...