Astell Scientific is pleased to announce the release of a new full-range product catalogue containing autoclaves, effluent decontamination systems (EDS), steam generators and more. Comprising 36 colour pages, the catalogue includes two new model ranges as well as listing all circular and square section autoclaves, from 33 litre benchtop to 1200 litre pass-through. It also includes explanation of important options for cooling, vacuum and direct steam – to name just a few....
Cancer Research UK recruits first patients in trial to improve the early detection and diagnosis of different cancer types. Study will use Owlstone Medical’s Breath Biopsy platform to identify breath biomarkers to detect and differentiate early-stage disease. Study will recruit 1,500 patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Owlstone Medical, a global diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for applications in early disease detection...
INTEGRA Biosciences is offering labs the chance to win a VIAFLO 96/384 pipette. Designed to simplify plate replication, plate reformatting or reservoir-to-plate transfers, the VIAFLO 96/384 allows labs without the space or budget for an expensive pipetting robot to increase the speed and throughput of routine tasks. Affordable, compact and user-friendly, the VIAFLO 96/384 enables straightforward liquid transfers for 24-, 96- or 384-channels in parallel....
FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a US subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation and a leading company in cell culture media, announced that on January 1, 2019 in the United States, the company changed its name from Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. The new company name combines the “FUJIFILM” brand, which is recognized worldwide as a global company, together with the “Irvine Scientific” brand, which has been established as a leading company for cell culture media....
Professor Mel Greaves has been knighted in the New Year honours list 2019 for his pioneering and hugely influential research into childhood leukaemia. Professor Greaves, or Sir Mel, as he can now be known, has carried out groundbreaking work to understand the hidden natural history and causes of childhood leukaemia during a 35-year career at The Institute of Cancer Research, London – leading to advances in...
Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation technologies, announces that it has entered into an exclusive target discovery partnership with C4X Discovery Holdings plc (AIM: C4XD), a pioneering drug discovery company. The partnership aims to validate the novel synthetic lethal oncology targets that Horizon has identified using its cutting-edge CRISPR-Cas9 technology....
This report studies the global flash chromatography market over the period 2017 to 2022. The report provides detailed insights into the market dynamics to enable informed business decision making and growth strategy formulation based on the opportunities present in the market. The global flash chromatography market was valued at US$ 210.7 million in 2016 and is projected to grow at a healthy...
Photochemical deracemization of chiral compounds achieved. Enantiomeric molecules resemble each other like right and left hands. Both variants normally arise in chemical reactions. But frequently only one of the two forms is effectual in biology and medicine. Hitherto, completely converting this mixture into the desired enantiomer was deemed impossible. Deploying a photochemical method, a team from the Technical University of Munich...
SP Scientific announces sponsorship of the popular 14th annual European freeze-drying seminar Lyoscopedia, being held in the Congress Centrum (Würzburg, Germany) on March 13, 2019. Designed for both freeze-drying experts and novices, the interactive seminar format of Lyoscopedia 2019 provides a platform for exciting discussions about freeze-drying topics relevant to both academic research and...
High throughput, fast analysis times and low detection limits: Analytik Jena has optimized its ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer) solutions for the requirements of routine drinking water analysis. The PlasmaQuant MS series offers optimal performance in throughput and analysis time without sacrificing precision. The ICP-MS systems of the PlasmaQuant MS series analyze 60 drinking water samples per hour for 21 elements...
The cost-effective, cloud-based middleware solution helps low-volume laboratories streamline processes and minimize costs. Beckman Coulter has announced the U.S. release of its DxONE Workflow Manager, the first and only cloud-based middleware offered by a major in-vitro diagnostics organization, designed to help low-volume laboratories deliver timely results for patient care by enhancing consistency, accuracy and efficiency....
BMG LABTECH supported the team by providing a CLARIOstar microplate reader. At the 2018 iGEM Gaint Jamboree, the team of the University of Marburg won the Grand Prize in the overgraduate section with their project “VibriGens – Accelerating SynBio”. At the end of October the team received its award in Boston, USA. In response to the great demand, the students presented again their project on Tuesday 27th of November in front of a selected...
World market leader strengthens competence in the field of lab temperature contro. LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG has announced the acquisition of GFL Gesellschaft für Labortechnik mbH today. This is the third takeover in total for the world market leader from Lauda-Königshofen. While the previous acquisitions primarily served to open up new business areas in the industrial environment, LAUDA intends to expand...
Reagecon, the world’s largest manufacturer of standards and reagents and supplier of chemicals, consumables and equipment to testing laboratories across the globe has implemented a Sana web-store to simplify the complex buying process for its customers. The web-store integrates with Reagecon’s SAP Business One ERP system to deliver technical and regulatory data on each product page, including the display of vital safety...
Over 6,000 freelance scientists from 131 countries have registered with Kolabtree, the global online platform for freelance scientists. Freelancers offer advanced services including data analytics, scientific writing and experiment design, to provide small businesses and research organizations with the specialized skills and experience required for their projects. Based in London and established in 2015...
Autoscribe Informatics has appointed Labcom Technology as distributor in Bangladesh for the Matrix family of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) products. Labcom Technology is a leading consultant and supplier to the laboratory scientific instrument industries and ICT industries in Bangladesh, with a strong customer base in both industrial and educational sectors...
Batavia Biosciences announces that the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Batavia Biosciences will work together under a grant to advance the development of a Lassa fever vaccine. With this grant, Batavia Biosciences will leverage its novel, highly intensified manufacturing technology to develop a low-cost, easy-to-implement manufacturing process. This process can facilitate rapid clinical development and establishment of a stockpile of an innovative new Lassa fever vaccine...
WuXi Biologics, a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing and Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd., a clinical stage oncology company with a pipeline of immuno-oncology and antibody-drug conjugate based therapies, has announced the expansion of their strategic and innovative immuno-oncology (IO) alliance...
Eppendorf reached a further milestone of sustainability by focusing the flagship ULT freezer CryoCube F740 series on future-proof green cooling liquids only: The new F740h, the advanced F740hi, and the water-cooled F740hiw. By combining longevity and quality with sustainability aspects, the CryoCube F740h is the entry model of the CryoCube F740 series. 740 L of -80°C can be filled with up to 576 freezer boxes...
Optical Surfaces Ltd. announces that it produced an updated version of its popular 'Practical Guide to Off-Axis Paraboloid Alignment Procedures'. Off-axis paraboloids, also referred to as off-axis parabolic mirrors, provide the advantage of an unhindered aperture and access to the focal plane. They are ideal for broadband or multiple wavelength applications, thanks to their complete achromatic performance...
Company receives award in healthcare category for cancer therapy in clinical development with an action on cancer stem cells. Genoscience Pharma, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing anticancer drugs, is delighted to announce that it received the Most Innovative European Biotech SME Award for 2018 in the Healthcare category at EuropaBio. Genoscience Pharma is an innovative SME located in Marseille, France...
Developer of the PredictSURE IBD™ prognostic test awarded £100K from Innovate UK’s ‘Precision medicine technologies: shaping the future’ fund to support feasibility study. PredictImmune, developer of prognostic tools to guide treatment of patients with immune-mediated diseases, announced today that it has been awarded a grant of £100,000 by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. PredictImmune is focussed on the...