Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and QIAGEN N.V., a leading global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, have announced that their boards of directors, as well as the managing board of QIAGEN N.V., have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher's proposal to acquire QIAGEN for €39 per share in cash. The offer price represents a premium of approximately 23% to the closing price of QIAGEN's common stock on the Frankfurt Prime Standard on March 2, 2020...
Trajan Nutrition has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to accelerate the translation in the global market of nutrition testing research led by professors Maria Makrides and Robert Gibson. Trajan Scientific and Medical established Trajan Nutrition in 2017 as a joint venture with Prof Makrides and Prof Gibson, and recently appointed Mr Marco Baccanti as CEO....
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and NanoPin Technologies, Inc., the developer of the novel NanoPin diagnostic platform for rapid and quantified results from patient blood samples, have entered into a collaborative relationship to advance blood-based infectious disease detection technology through the development of highly sensitive liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based workflows...
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Visiopharm have entered a co-marketing agreement. The announcement was made at the USCAP 109th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Based on a joint vision of end-to-end quality and standardization of tissue diagnostics, the partnership will address the currently unmet needs of pathology labs around the world. The companies’ shared goal is to provide specific technologies, products, and services that will improve the standardization of pathology labs and accelerate accurate diagnoses....
Metrohm USA is pleased to announce the winner of its 2020 Young Chemist Award, Dr. Pawan Jolly. Pawan is a Senior Research Scientist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute where he works under the supervision of Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD, Director Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Pawan’s research focuses on developing an anti-fouling sensor coating to be used in low cost diagnostic tools....
Due to the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe and on the basis of the recommendations of the Bavarian State Government as well as of the responsible health authorities, Messe München feels compelled to postpone analytica 2020. This measure is taken in consultation with the Exhibitors’ Advisory Board and in responsibility for the health of exhibitors and visitors. analytica will now take place from October 19 to 22, 2020.
Pharmacogenomics – a new scientific research field focused on the interplay between the human genome and the safety and efficacy of modern drugs, may level the playing field for all patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1.3 million Americans each year end up in the hospital because of an adverse drug reaction (ADR). With more than 100,000 deaths per year attributable to ADRs - making it the fourth leading cause of death...
Arctoris Ltd, an Oxford-based company that operates the world’s first fully automated drug discovery platform, has announced the 2nd edition of BioTarget, a global business competition for drug discovery entrepreneurs. BioTarget 2020 is now open for applications. BioTarget is a non-profit initiative, sponsored by Arctoris Ltd and leading investment management firm Baillie Gifford, and is directed at identifying and supporting emerging biotech companies dedicated to innovation within drug discovery...
Governing molecular mechanism for chromosome condensation identified 140 years after mitosis first described. The molecular mechanism underlying chromosome condensation, one of the key steps in cell division, has been discovered from three-dimensional (3-D) refractive index (RI) reconstructions of individual mitotic cells. Writing in Nature Communications1, the authors describe using the Tomocube HT-1S holotomographic microscope to quantify the structural and biochemical parameters of the cytoplasm and chromosomes within the individual mitotic cells...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette provides a flexible solution for transferring samples from tubes to plates or 96- to 384-well formats. Various options are available, with 4, 6, 8 or 12 channels, to perfectly suit a wide variety of genomic, proteomic and cell culture applications. Tip spacing can be adjusted automatically at the push of a button, from 4.5 to 33 mm, enabling multiple samples to be transferred simultaneously in the blink of an eye – up to 12 times faster than traditional single channel pipettes!...
EU COST actions aim to connect and foster collaborations between research communities in Europe. COMULIS is one such COST action focusing on “COrrelated MUltimodal imaging in LIfe Sciences” It brings together basic life science and (pre)-clinical imaging scientists to combine different imaging technologies with the goal to generate more informative data. The first training school by COMULIS was organised by Work Group 1, Correlative Light Electron Microscopy (CLEM)...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has announced that several of its analytical instruments and solutions have received industry recognition through multiple respected awards. These award-wining analytical solutions are enabling scientists and organizations to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer by unlocking a greater understanding of the human proteome, advancing the development of novel biotherapeutics and enhancing the analysis of time-critical samples within routine testing environments....
Exosomics SpA, the leading extracellular vesicles biotech company, has announced that it has implemented NanoFCM Co., Ltd’s NanoAnalyzer instrument to offer sophisticated contract research and measurement services worldwide. In this strategic partnership, Exosomics becomes NanoFCM’s approved service supplier of nano-flow cytometry measurements. These can be performed as stand-alone or coupled to solutions provided by Exosomics....
Markes International will be launching a range of new products for sample preparation at Pittcon 2020, which will be held at McCormick Place, Chicago, from 1–5 March. On display, the newest version of its successful Centri® multi-mode sample automation and concentration platform for GC–MS. The TD100-xr DAAMS, an automated thermal desorption unit accommodating DAAMS tubes, and a thermal desorption autosampler for DAAMS tubes, which adds to the company’s popular UNITY-xr thermal desorption instrument....
Q-Fil Syringe Filters set the new Quality standard for today’s laboratory syringe filters. Manufactured from the highest quality medical grade, high density polypropylene. Q-Fil Syringe Filters provide excellent chemical compatibility with acids, alcohols, bases, ethers, glycols, ketones and oils. Every colour-coded filter is printed with details of the membrane material and its pore size on the outside of the filter and every box is labelled with the batch number making them ideal for traceability, GLPs and validation purposes....
'Metrohm' has always meant state-of-the-art technology for the chemical laboratory. For many scientists, we have also been a preferred partner to help find or develop solutions for specific application challenges. We would like to share the highlights of our application know-how with the world, and that is why, as of this year, we will start blogging about many interesting topics geared towards our scientific readership....
BWB Technologies Ltd, a leading manufacturer of flame photometric instrumentation and peripheral equipment, has announced that it will be exhibiting, its latest innovations at ArabLab 2020, stand number 128 Hall S2. The latest generation of flame photometers will be on show for the first time in the region since the launch in July. Pushing the boundaries of flame photometric detection, BWB continuously researches new advanced ways of bringing its clients the easiest and most cost efficient instrumentation available on the market....
GCxGC-MS is the ideal analytical technique to accommodate the complexity of the samples due to its enhanced peak capacity and sensitivity. For quantitative purposes, and when using flow modulation, splitting to a FID is a logical choice. Sample preparation and sample introduction introduce further challenges due to the complex nature of the samples....
The Native Antigen Company, one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents that enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic infectious diseases, has announced the commercial introduction of its Novel Coronavirus antigens, derived from the emerging Wuhan strain. These recombinant proteins offer scientists high-quality reagents to support ongoing infectious disease research, and the development of diagnostics and vaccines....
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of infectious diseases has been launched by RCVS Knowledge, in memory of eminent veterinary virologist Walter Plowright and his wife, Dorothy Plowright. Every two years, the Plowright Prize will offer £75,000 to recognise an individual working in Europe or the Commonwealth who has made a significant impact on the control, management and eradication of infectious diseases...
Visitors to analytica 2020 can experience the laboratory of the future in a special show that is unique in the whole world: 18 partners from science and industry have joined forces to demonstrate device networking, collaborative robotics and user interaction, using the example of eight workflows from real-world applications. In the associated Forum, experts give lectures on the current state of digitization in the laboratory...
The UK’s National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC has expanded its portfolio of reference materials to include the first ever multi-allergen reference material kit containing five common allergens (milk, egg, almond, hazelnut, walnut), traceable to the SI (International System of Units). Food allergy is a serious and growing problem, with up to 2 million people in the UK estimated to be affected....
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and QIAGEN N.V., a leading global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, have announced that their boards of directors, as well as the managing board of QIAGEN N.V., have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher's proposal to acquire QIAGEN for €39 per share in cash. The offer price represents a premium of approximately 23% to the closing price of QIAGEN's common stock on the Frankfurt Prime Standard on March 2, 2020...
Trajan Nutrition has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) to accelerate the translation in the global market of nutrition testing research led by professors Maria Makrides and Robert Gibson. Trajan Scientific and Medical established Trajan Nutrition in 2017 as a joint venture with Prof Makrides and Prof Gibson, and recently appointed Mr Marco Baccanti as CEO....
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and NanoPin Technologies, Inc., the developer of the novel NanoPin diagnostic platform for rapid and quantified results from patient blood samples, have entered into a collaborative relationship to advance blood-based infectious disease detection technology through the development of highly sensitive liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based workflows...
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Visiopharm have entered a co-marketing agreement. The announcement was made at the USCAP 109th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Based on a joint vision of end-to-end quality and standardization of tissue diagnostics, the partnership will address the currently unmet needs of pathology labs around the world. The companies’ shared goal is to provide specific technologies, products, and services that will improve the standardization of pathology labs and accelerate accurate diagnoses....
Metrohm USA is pleased to announce the winner of its 2020 Young Chemist Award, Dr. Pawan Jolly. Pawan is a Senior Research Scientist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute where he works under the supervision of Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD, Director Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Pawan’s research focuses on developing an anti-fouling sensor coating to be used in low cost diagnostic tools....
Due to the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe and on the basis of the recommendations of the Bavarian State Government as well as of the responsible health authorities, Messe München feels compelled to postpone analytica 2020. This measure is taken in consultation with the Exhibitors’ Advisory Board and in responsibility for the health of exhibitors and visitors. analytica will now take place from October 19 to 22, 2020.
Pharmacogenomics – a new scientific research field focused on the interplay between the human genome and the safety and efficacy of modern drugs, may level the playing field for all patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1.3 million Americans each year end up in the hospital because of an adverse drug reaction (ADR). With more than 100,000 deaths per year attributable to ADRs - making it the fourth leading cause of death...
Arctoris Ltd, an Oxford-based company that operates the world’s first fully automated drug discovery platform, has announced the 2nd edition of BioTarget, a global business competition for drug discovery entrepreneurs. BioTarget 2020 is now open for applications. BioTarget is a non-profit initiative, sponsored by Arctoris Ltd and leading investment management firm Baillie Gifford, and is directed at identifying and supporting emerging biotech companies dedicated to innovation within drug discovery...
Governing molecular mechanism for chromosome condensation identified 140 years after mitosis first described. The molecular mechanism underlying chromosome condensation, one of the key steps in cell division, has been discovered from three-dimensional (3-D) refractive index (RI) reconstructions of individual mitotic cells. Writing in Nature Communications1, the authors describe using the Tomocube HT-1S holotomographic microscope to quantify the structural and biochemical parameters of the cytoplasm and chromosomes within the individual mitotic cells...
INTEGRA Biosciences’ VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette provides a flexible solution for transferring samples from tubes to plates or 96- to 384-well formats. Various options are available, with 4, 6, 8 or 12 channels, to perfectly suit a wide variety of genomic, proteomic and cell culture applications. Tip spacing can be adjusted automatically at the push of a button, from 4.5 to 33 mm, enabling multiple samples to be transferred simultaneously in the blink of an eye – up to 12 times faster than traditional single channel pipettes!...
EU COST actions aim to connect and foster collaborations between research communities in Europe. COMULIS is one such COST action focusing on “COrrelated MUltimodal imaging in LIfe Sciences” It brings together basic life science and (pre)-clinical imaging scientists to combine different imaging technologies with the goal to generate more informative data. The first training school by COMULIS was organised by Work Group 1, Correlative Light Electron Microscopy (CLEM)...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has announced that several of its analytical instruments and solutions have received industry recognition through multiple respected awards. These award-wining analytical solutions are enabling scientists and organizations to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer by unlocking a greater understanding of the human proteome, advancing the development of novel biotherapeutics and enhancing the analysis of time-critical samples within routine testing environments....
Exosomics SpA, the leading extracellular vesicles biotech company, has announced that it has implemented NanoFCM Co., Ltd’s NanoAnalyzer instrument to offer sophisticated contract research and measurement services worldwide. In this strategic partnership, Exosomics becomes NanoFCM’s approved service supplier of nano-flow cytometry measurements. These can be performed as stand-alone or coupled to solutions provided by Exosomics....
Markes International will be launching a range of new products for sample preparation at Pittcon 2020, which will be held at McCormick Place, Chicago, from 1–5 March. On display, the newest version of its successful Centri® multi-mode sample automation and concentration platform for GC–MS. The TD100-xr DAAMS, an automated thermal desorption unit accommodating DAAMS tubes, and a thermal desorption autosampler for DAAMS tubes, which adds to the company’s popular UNITY-xr thermal desorption instrument....
Q-Fil Syringe Filters set the new Quality standard for today’s laboratory syringe filters. Manufactured from the highest quality medical grade, high density polypropylene. Q-Fil Syringe Filters provide excellent chemical compatibility with acids, alcohols, bases, ethers, glycols, ketones and oils. Every colour-coded filter is printed with details of the membrane material and its pore size on the outside of the filter and every box is labelled with the batch number making them ideal for traceability, GLPs and validation purposes....
'Metrohm' has always meant state-of-the-art technology for the chemical laboratory. For many scientists, we have also been a preferred partner to help find or develop solutions for specific application challenges. We would like to share the highlights of our application know-how with the world, and that is why, as of this year, we will start blogging about many interesting topics geared towards our scientific readership....
BWB Technologies Ltd, a leading manufacturer of flame photometric instrumentation and peripheral equipment, has announced that it will be exhibiting, its latest innovations at ArabLab 2020, stand number 128 Hall S2. The latest generation of flame photometers will be on show for the first time in the region since the launch in July. Pushing the boundaries of flame photometric detection, BWB continuously researches new advanced ways of bringing its clients the easiest and most cost efficient instrumentation available on the market....
GCxGC-MS is the ideal analytical technique to accommodate the complexity of the samples due to its enhanced peak capacity and sensitivity. For quantitative purposes, and when using flow modulation, splitting to a FID is a logical choice. Sample preparation and sample introduction introduce further challenges due to the complex nature of the samples....
The Native Antigen Company, one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents that enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic infectious diseases, has announced the commercial introduction of its Novel Coronavirus antigens, derived from the emerging Wuhan strain. These recombinant proteins offer scientists high-quality reagents to support ongoing infectious disease research, and the development of diagnostics and vaccines....
A new award recognising individuals who have made significant contributions to the eradication of infectious diseases has been launched by RCVS Knowledge, in memory of eminent veterinary virologist Walter Plowright and his wife, Dorothy Plowright. Every two years, the Plowright Prize will offer £75,000 to recognise an individual working in Europe or the Commonwealth who has made a significant impact on the control, management and eradication of infectious diseases...
Visitors to analytica 2020 can experience the laboratory of the future in a special show that is unique in the whole world: 18 partners from science and industry have joined forces to demonstrate device networking, collaborative robotics and user interaction, using the example of eight workflows from real-world applications. In the associated Forum, experts give lectures on the current state of digitization in the laboratory...
The UK’s National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC has expanded its portfolio of reference materials to include the first ever multi-allergen reference material kit containing five common allergens (milk, egg, almond, hazelnut, walnut), traceable to the SI (International System of Units). Food allergy is a serious and growing problem, with up to 2 million people in the UK estimated to be affected....