Plasmid purification from bacterial culture is a commonly performed protocol in molecular biology and life science laboratories. For medium preparations 15 mL conical tubes with screw caps are typically used which often pose handling drawbacks and don’t enable achieving optimal productivity of bacterial culture and maximal yields of DNA....
Researchers led by Prof. Johan Thevelein at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, have discovered that Saccharomyces boulardii, a yeast with probiotic properties, produces uniquely excessive amounts of acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. They were able to find the genetic basis for this trait, which allowed them to abolish the acetic acid production of the yeast....
Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that demonstrates the promise of Electrical Asymmetric Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology for separation and characterization of nanoplastics in the environment. Nanoplastic particles have proven challenging to separate and characterize using traditional techniques such as dynamic light scattering or size exclusion chromatography...
Game-changing instrumentation and presentations spanning new regulations to artificial intelligence feature in the UK’s most forward-thinking laboratory event. Visitors to Lab Innovations 2019 will be able to discover ways to improve workflow efficiency, benefit from advances enabled by the digital age, and make sustainable procurement decisions that both support the environment and also save money....
BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, has announced investment in precision medicine biotech, Kinomica Ltd., via the Innovate UK Precision Medicine Investment Accelerator. Spun out from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Kinomica Ltd is an early stage precision medicine biotech developing novel technologies for companion diagnostics...
Breakthrough research has revealed a new drug that may prevent the spread of malaria, and also treat people suffering with the deadly parasitic disease. The findings, which were delivered by an international team of scientists led by the University of Glasgow and published in Science, offer fresh hope in the global fight against malaria...
Join Markes International for the day on 25 September 2019 at the Manchester Hall, Manchester, for a free-to-attend workshop, and learn about the recent advances in VOC and SVOC sampling for GC–MS. Join peers and industry experts in the stunning 1920’s former Freemasons’ Hall to learn about recent innovations in VOC and SVOC sampling...
Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced it has completed the acquisition of BioTek Instruments, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative life science instrumentation. The BioTek acquisition expands Agilent's growing presence and expertise in cell analysis and strengthens the company's position in the large and growing immuno-oncology and immunotherapy areas....
Turn your October into one to remember with an extraordinary day out to the world's greatest science festival, and a visit to the UK's largest exhibition for the entire laboratory community! Ever wanted to learn how to speak gorilla or wondered if it was possible to beat your genes and stop the aging process? Keen to find out if gaming is really bad for us....
Testa Analytical Solutions e.K reports on the development and supply of key detector components for ACOMP, a smart manufacturing system by Fluence Analytics that continuously analyzes polymers during production. ACOMP is an automated monitoring system that produces real-time data about reaction kinetics and polymer properties, including....
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, has stepped up its Pore Analysis Capabilities. The Company has announced those efforts include capillary flow porometery (CFP) and liquid-liquid displacement porometry (LLDP). Using CFP, pore properties are calculated by measuring the the fluid flow....
From daily lotions that keep skin soft to moisturizers for a refreshing face wash, emulsions are synonymous with protecting and nourishing the skin. These cosmetic products are indispensable to many, and the science behind them is quite fascinating. When you successfully combine two or more fluids that usually don’t mix well together, you create an emulsion....
The DrySyn Spiral Evaporator from Asynt is enabling the Cresswell Group within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath (UK) to improve and streamline many aspects of their synthetic organic methods development. The research activities of the Cresswell Group are focused on new reaction development, and the exploitation of novel or underutilised reactivity....
Velabs Therapeutics, specializing in the fast generation of functional therapeutic antibodies, has announced that its cooperation with Chiome Bioscience, Inc., Tokyo, will be deepened, to jointly discover modulatory and functional antibodies for one of Chiome’s GPCR target genes. The collaboration will capitalize on Velabs’ microfluidics-based technology in the field of functional antibody screening....
The Research into Inflammatory Arthritis Centre Versus Arthritis (RACE) is a University of Glasgow-led collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Oxford, led by Prof Iain McInnes, Director of the University’s Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Oxford is welcomed as the newest collaborating partner.....
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that Dr. Gang Yu, a professor at the School of Environment at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. The award recognizes his contributions towards understanding the problems caused by emerging organic contaminants in water, and the development of solutions to combat these problems....
AMSBIO reports on a paper from the Malmberg Lab at Oslo University Hospital and the Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research (Norway) that suggests a mechanism by which Natural Killer (NK) cell education operates through modulation of the lysosomal compartment under the influence of inhibitory receptor–ligand interactions....
GCC Forensics Conference & Exhibition is the must attend event for the entire forensics sector in the Middle East. Following the unprecedented success of the first two editions of the event in Abu Dhabi, the event will move to Bahrain this year and take place 13-14 November 2019 at Gulf Hotel Bahrain....
Consumers aren’t just interested in the product — they’re interested in the process too. More and more cosmetic manufacturers are formulating natural and eco-friendly products as public interest in sustainability increases. Here Ramya Sriram, digital content manager of online platform for freelance scientists Kolabtree, discusses the trends in sustainable cosmetics and the things that you should look out for....
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has announced that it has opened a new office space at Granta Park in Cambridgeshire, UK. The new facilities support the Company’s accelerated expansion and accommodate its plans for further growth....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, September 18th with A LIMS Primer for the Cannabis Industry. With the legalization of cannabis for both medical and recreational uses in a growing number of states in the US, and recently in Canada...
Cryo transfer can enable or improve the ability to collect atom probe data in difficult applications, like: Rapid oxidation studies (e.g. uranium, lithium, aluminum), Catalyst/reaction chamber studies of surface contamination, Characterization of hydrogen embrittlement of steel, Transport between various analysis modalities (e.g. FIB, TEM) under vacuum conditions and Analysis of "soft" (i.e. biological) materials...
Plasmid purification from bacterial culture is a commonly performed protocol in molecular biology and life science laboratories. For medium preparations 15 mL conical tubes with screw caps are typically used which often pose handling drawbacks and don’t enable achieving optimal productivity of bacterial culture and maximal yields of DNA....
Researchers led by Prof. Johan Thevelein at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, have discovered that Saccharomyces boulardii, a yeast with probiotic properties, produces uniquely excessive amounts of acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. They were able to find the genetic basis for this trait, which allowed them to abolish the acetic acid production of the yeast....
Postnova Analytics has published a new application note that demonstrates the promise of Electrical Asymmetric Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology for separation and characterization of nanoplastics in the environment. Nanoplastic particles have proven challenging to separate and characterize using traditional techniques such as dynamic light scattering or size exclusion chromatography...
Game-changing instrumentation and presentations spanning new regulations to artificial intelligence feature in the UK’s most forward-thinking laboratory event. Visitors to Lab Innovations 2019 will be able to discover ways to improve workflow efficiency, benefit from advances enabled by the digital age, and make sustainable procurement decisions that both support the environment and also save money....
BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, has announced investment in precision medicine biotech, Kinomica Ltd., via the Innovate UK Precision Medicine Investment Accelerator. Spun out from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Kinomica Ltd is an early stage precision medicine biotech developing novel technologies for companion diagnostics...
Breakthrough research has revealed a new drug that may prevent the spread of malaria, and also treat people suffering with the deadly parasitic disease. The findings, which were delivered by an international team of scientists led by the University of Glasgow and published in Science, offer fresh hope in the global fight against malaria...
Join Markes International for the day on 25 September 2019 at the Manchester Hall, Manchester, for a free-to-attend workshop, and learn about the recent advances in VOC and SVOC sampling for GC–MS. Join peers and industry experts in the stunning 1920’s former Freemasons’ Hall to learn about recent innovations in VOC and SVOC sampling...
Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced it has completed the acquisition of BioTek Instruments, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative life science instrumentation. The BioTek acquisition expands Agilent's growing presence and expertise in cell analysis and strengthens the company's position in the large and growing immuno-oncology and immunotherapy areas....
Turn your October into one to remember with an extraordinary day out to the world's greatest science festival, and a visit to the UK's largest exhibition for the entire laboratory community! Ever wanted to learn how to speak gorilla or wondered if it was possible to beat your genes and stop the aging process? Keen to find out if gaming is really bad for us....
Testa Analytical Solutions e.K reports on the development and supply of key detector components for ACOMP, a smart manufacturing system by Fluence Analytics that continuously analyzes polymers during production. ACOMP is an automated monitoring system that produces real-time data about reaction kinetics and polymer properties, including....
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, has stepped up its Pore Analysis Capabilities. The Company has announced those efforts include capillary flow porometery (CFP) and liquid-liquid displacement porometry (LLDP). Using CFP, pore properties are calculated by measuring the the fluid flow....
From daily lotions that keep skin soft to moisturizers for a refreshing face wash, emulsions are synonymous with protecting and nourishing the skin. These cosmetic products are indispensable to many, and the science behind them is quite fascinating. When you successfully combine two or more fluids that usually don’t mix well together, you create an emulsion....
The DrySyn Spiral Evaporator from Asynt is enabling the Cresswell Group within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath (UK) to improve and streamline many aspects of their synthetic organic methods development. The research activities of the Cresswell Group are focused on new reaction development, and the exploitation of novel or underutilised reactivity....
Velabs Therapeutics, specializing in the fast generation of functional therapeutic antibodies, has announced that its cooperation with Chiome Bioscience, Inc., Tokyo, will be deepened, to jointly discover modulatory and functional antibodies for one of Chiome’s GPCR target genes. The collaboration will capitalize on Velabs’ microfluidics-based technology in the field of functional antibody screening....
The Research into Inflammatory Arthritis Centre Versus Arthritis (RACE) is a University of Glasgow-led collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Oxford, led by Prof Iain McInnes, Director of the University’s Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Oxford is welcomed as the newest collaborating partner.....
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that Dr. Gang Yu, a professor at the School of Environment at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. The award recognizes his contributions towards understanding the problems caused by emerging organic contaminants in water, and the development of solutions to combat these problems....
AMSBIO reports on a paper from the Malmberg Lab at Oslo University Hospital and the Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research (Norway) that suggests a mechanism by which Natural Killer (NK) cell education operates through modulation of the lysosomal compartment under the influence of inhibitory receptor–ligand interactions....
GCC Forensics Conference & Exhibition is the must attend event for the entire forensics sector in the Middle East. Following the unprecedented success of the first two editions of the event in Abu Dhabi, the event will move to Bahrain this year and take place 13-14 November 2019 at Gulf Hotel Bahrain....
Consumers aren’t just interested in the product — they’re interested in the process too. More and more cosmetic manufacturers are formulating natural and eco-friendly products as public interest in sustainability increases. Here Ramya Sriram, digital content manager of online platform for freelance scientists Kolabtree, discusses the trends in sustainable cosmetics and the things that you should look out for....
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has announced that it has opened a new office space at Granta Park in Cambridgeshire, UK. The new facilities support the Company’s accelerated expansion and accommodate its plans for further growth....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2019 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, September 18th with A LIMS Primer for the Cannabis Industry. With the legalization of cannabis for both medical and recreational uses in a growing number of states in the US, and recently in Canada...
Cryo transfer can enable or improve the ability to collect atom probe data in difficult applications, like: Rapid oxidation studies (e.g. uranium, lithium, aluminum), Catalyst/reaction chamber studies of surface contamination, Characterization of hydrogen embrittlement of steel, Transport between various analysis modalities (e.g. FIB, TEM) under vacuum conditions and Analysis of "soft" (i.e. biological) materials...