Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, is pleased to announce that Proximagen, a company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), has licensed Cresset’s Forge and Spark software.

These applications provide extensive capabilities in SAR analysis, ligand-based molecular design and bioisosteric replacement. "Proximagen has successfully used Cresset’s computational chemistry tools in the past to generate pharmacophores from known ligands and to identify novel chemical series by scaffold hopping,” says Dr Ed Savory, Deputy Head of Chemistry at Proximagen. “We will be using Spark to identify new drug scaffolds and to...

Spark Holland B.V. is pleased to announce that the company has been presented with the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2014 award for Best Practices in Product Line Strategy Leadership in the LC-MS industry.

Frost & Sullivan is renowned as the the world leader in growth consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market research, mega trends, economic research, best practices, training, customer research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy....

Chiron is delighted to announce that they have signed an arrangement with Kura Biotec™ to distribute their impressive range of enzymes for analytical toxicology.

Kura Biotec™, whose motto is ‘Inspired by nature, moved by science’, manufactures the highest quality beta-glucuronidase and other ocean-fresh enzymes. The red abalone derived enzymes enable consistent, fast, and accurate deconjugation of both glucuronides and sulfate esters, aiding the detection of conjugated drugs and xenobiotics....

Molecular Profiles Ltd., a subsidiary of Columbia Laboratories, Inc. and Maryland-based Xceleron have announced a collaboration to assist drug developers with improved efficiency during clinical development.

This partnership extends Molecular Profiles’ new ROADMAP to Clinical Trials enabling technologies platform, which it launched earlier this month. The company also has complementary collaborations in place with Onyx Scientific and XenoGesis that broaden its expertise to give clients an end-to-end solution using a connected network of industry experts allowing it to compete with larger CROs...

A new facility in North Wales will provide a welcome boost in manufacturing output for Glen Dimplex Professional Appliances (GDPA) and foremost brand, Lec Medical - one of the UK’s leading names in medical refrigeration.

Comprising a 45,000 square foot industrial unit at Buckley, this latest investment is supported by business finance from the Welsh Government, and will create 50 new manufacturing jobs over the next year. As well as providing additional capacity for the manufacture of Lec Medical’s extensive portfolio of medical fridges, freezers and bloodbanks, the new site will enable the company to significantly expand its market share across...

Analytik Jena AG has established its own subsidiary in India, AJ Instruments India Pvt. Ltd., in order to strengthen its presence in the Indian market.

The subsidiary is based in New Delhi, from where the Company will serve the customers of its largest business unit, Analytical Instrumentation, in the Indian subcontinent. The official opening of the subsidiary and its new applications laboratory took place today, with customers, business partners, suppliers, and employees in attendance. It will now commence operations under the leadership of Upendra Dixit...

Asynt won this year’s Lions’ Lair competition, which took place at Lab Innovations on Wednesday 5 November.

The company fought off competition from three other exhibitors all pitching their most innovative products to an expert panel in order to be voted best in show. The panel of Lions’ (judges) included Phillip Broadwith, Business Editor of Chemistry World, Kasia Wincoirek, Laboratory Manager at DNA Electronics, Phil Prime, Managing Editor at Laboratory News and Yahya Akudi, QC Lab Manager at Nuarfarm Ltd. Asynt won with its pioneering product, PressureSyn...

MicroMatrices, a service provider specialised in high resolution cell type-specific analysis to characterise toxicological responses in different cell types in tissue, today announced a preferred partnership agreement with Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD), a leader in the field of molecular pathology and developer of cell and tissue-based analysis tools.

MicroMatrices solves molecular toxicological problems using unique visualisation and localisation technologies, adding resolving power to standard methodologies. Consisting of a highly skilled core of scientists networked to facilities of excellence across the United Kingdom, MicroMatrices is scalable, efficient and flexible. MicroMatrices offers innovative, collaborative, state of the art solutions for unique efficacy and safety requirements...

Horizon Discovery Group plc, a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics, has announced the formation of a new Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for its Diagnostics Business Unit (Horizon Diagnostics). 

Drawing on key opinion leaders from both the clinic and industry, this SAB will recommend improvements needed in laboratories adopting Companion Diagnostic assays, to improve patient care and suggest guidelines for assay standardization. Horizon Diagnostics will utilize these guidelines to further evolve its strategy for personalized medicine, which has already delivered a suite of Molecular Reference Standards. These products are...

Cambio, the Cambridge-based supplier of world-class molecular biology reagents and consumables, has become the UK distributor for BioPointe Scientific, a global leader in consumable lab products.

BioPointe offers a new standard of excellence across its range of lab products – from pipette tips and PCR plastics, to deep well plates and microcentrifuge tubes. BioPointe’s ultra-premium pipette tips, including Total Defense tips, combine several advanced features to produce the ultimate in sample protection, sample retrieval, and contamination prevention. Total Defense tips incorporate a filter that seals on contact, preventing the risk of...

Hichrom's 2015 training programme is now available, featuring courses covering every area of HPLC, UHPLC, GC and sample preparation and delivered by world-renowned experts including John Dolan, Mel Euerby, Mark Powell, Diane Turner, Alan McKeown, Geoff Pickerell, Brian Montgomery, Helen Poole, Gemma Lo and Annette Larder.

Hirschmann will celebrate a notable anniversary in 2014 to mark 50 years of use of Hirschmann products in laboratories around the world. The pipetus® product family will be supplemented by a special edition to mark the anniversary year along with the rotarus® peristaltic pump series

pipetus® combines many years of experience, innovative technology and superior-quality materials. Charging and dispensing of the medium is realized at the press of a button. Exact meniscus configuration is enabled through fine dispensing valves with valve pins made of ceramic compound. The valves are free of wear and offer maximum chemical resistance.

Largest available collection of PDX cell lines, faithfully modelling human breast cancers

Horizon Discovery Group plc (Horizon), a leading provider of products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, today announced the launch of its Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) models of breast cancer under its SAGE Labs brand. The new panel is the largest available collection of highly characterized PDX models, and is licensed from Washington University. The collection comprises a broad range of PDX lines, which...

The University of Glasgow and AstraZeneca have officially launched the GLAZgo Discovery Centre which will focus on understanding more about immunological disease processes.

Following an agreement to develop the Centre, signed just under a year ago, the launch highlighted what can be achieved when two parties share a common philosophy on how academic medicine and a pharmaceutical company should combine forces to drive forward the creation of future medicines. The partnership is based on an agile and highly-integrated collaborative model. This has helped to create a dynamic and flexible environment bringing together...

Techcomp (Holdings) Ltd. (“Techcomp”) is delighted to announce the acquisition of the ex-Varian GC and GC-MS SQ assets from Bruker Corporation (“Bruker”) and the establishment of a new business - Scion Instruments - registered in Fremont California.

The GC and GC-MS SQ systems and Compass CDS software will be supplied and managed by the existing manufacturing operations and technical support team in Fremont California.  Orders for new systems, spares and software will now be accepted by Scion Instruments in all global markets.  To ensure a smooth transition and continuity of operations, service will continue to be supported by Bruker local offices until further notice...

LabAuctionsNow introduce a new approach to the scientific/academic community in the process of resale and auction of laboratory equipment that may have been superseded by something newer, faster or perhaps smaller.

Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer in the undergraduate teaching program at Long Beach City College under the leadership of Dr Marlon Jones. 

Dr Marlon Jones is an Instructor of Chemistry in the Physical Science Department at Long Beach City College (LBCC). The College has served the community for more than eighty years through exceptional educational and student support services opportunities to help them succeed including moving on to full time university education. His teaching goals for the Organic Chemistry course at LBCC are to ensure that students have a fundamental understanding of the basic aspects of...

EATRIS, TIA, NCATS and CDRD join forces to share knowledge and insight

EATRIS ERIC, the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, has joined forces with three major translational health research organisations to launch a global collaboration in the field of translational research in medicine. Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA), The Centre for Drug and Research Development (CDRD) in Canada and the US-based National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will be...

Genedata Expressionist^® for Genomic Profiling helps Takara Bio to manage, process, and analyze large NGS datasets.

The investment in the Genedata platform underlines Takara Bio’s commitment to stay at the forefront of genomic research and to offer highest quality services to its customers. Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that Takara Bio Inc., a leading global biotechnology company, has chosen Genedata Expressionist for Genomic Profiling as its key software platform for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. The platform will be integrated with in-house and third party data analysis tools and...

The S-Lab 2015 Awards for Laboratory Good Practice and Innovation are now open, with a closing date of 12 January 2015.

The categories include design of new and refurbished laboratories, laboratory effectiveness, laboratory environmental improvement, laboratory informatics, and best new or improved laboratory product. The Awards will be presented in conjunction with the ‘Supporting World Class Science’ conference most likely to be held at the University of Bristol on June 16-17 2015. This provides a unique forum for key stakeholders such as science...

Welsh-based scientific instrument manufacturer, Markes International, proved their talents as marketers as well as manufacturers of innovative products for trace organic analysis when the company scooped not one, but two awards at the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) Canmol: Wales Marketing Awards.

Markes scooped the award in the Technology and Energy category and were also awarded the “Best of Best” trophy sponsored by Exterion Media Ltd, beating many household brands for their campaign for the new product introduction of Select-eV, variable-energy ionisation technology for mass spectrometry. Commenting on the Markes campaign Canmol judge, Simon Campbell-Davies, said: “One of the key ideas we liked about this campaign was...

Horizon CombinatoRx to perform drug combination screening on lead oncology asset

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 Horizon CombinatoRx division has been contracted by a top ten pharma company to profile a lead oncology asset. Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon CombinatoRx will be paid approximately USD $450,000 (GBP £276,000) for work to be completed within...