IONTAS Limited, a leader in the discovery and optimisation of fully human antibodies, has announced that it will collaborate with IGEM Therapeutics (IGEM), an immuno-oncology company developing novel immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer....
Genevac reports on how Eurofins Biomnis has, using a miVac Quattro concentrator and SpeedTrap frost-free cold trap, considerably improved sample preparation productivity in its specialised clinical pathology laboratory....
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, has announced Oxford BioMedica® plc, a leading gene and cell therapy group, has invested in two Gyrolab xPlore™ systems....
JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation has announced it has agreed to sell Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. and IS Japan Co., Ltd. to FUJIFILM Corporation (FujiFilm). JXTG Energy acquired Irvine Scientific in 1987 and launched IS Japan in 1989....
Are you interested in mass spectrometry, chromatography, or electrophoresis? Are you solving complex analytical problems? Are you looking for a conference with strong scientific content, a robust program, presentations by world renowned experts...
Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the effects of a mutation that gives rise to a form of Intellectual Disability. Intellectual Disability is a type of developmental brain disorder in young patients which to date remains poorly understood and is incurable. Researchers in the School of Life Sciences at Dundee focussed on mutations in the OGT gene, which plays a critical role in protecting brain cells against stress. In patients harbouring...
Researchers at Okayama University describe in the journal Scientific Reports the role of an extracellular protein, versican, in regulating tumor growth and providing a newly formed network of blood vessels to further nourish the tumor. Angiogenesis is the creation of new blood vessels from the branching of pre-existing ones....
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Taiji Adachi which uses the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to understand the mechanical basis of mechanotransduction at...
BioIVT has acquired Ascendance Biotechnology and will be adding the HepatoPac®, HepatoMune™ and HepatoStem™ liver cell and stem cell product lines to its drug safety testing and toxicology portfolios....
Attana and University College of Dublin collaborated between 2014 and 2017 on the EU-funded project NanoClassifier. The project aimed at developing new methods for evaluation and screening of nanoparticles for therapeutic applications....
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and BioTek Instruments, Inc., have announced a new, integrated solution that combines cellular metabolic analysis and imaging technologies. The optimized solution integrates the Agilent Seahorse XFe96 / XFe24 Analyzers with the BioTek Cytation 1 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader....
With exclusive rights to sell purified human 20S proteasome, a promising target for hematological malignancy treatment and cancer drug development, NovAliX will also provide structural biology analysis by X-ray crystallography of the protein complex....
SMi proudly presents its 5th annual conference on Molecular Diagnostics, taking place at the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK on 9th and 10th July 2018, with a half-day post-conference workshops on 11th July 2018....
Research, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and food: many laboratories rely on steam sterilizers or equipment where processes are monitored using pressure and temperature control. Thanks to our collaboration with Evidencia GmbH, we can now offer them the services of a strong team of technical experts....
The 26th analytica met with overwhelming interest. Over four days, some 35,800 visitors from all over the world came to the competitive exhibition of the industry on the Munich fairgrounds. They all wanted to know: Where is the laboratory industry heading?...
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has introduced several new informatics and automation solutions for clinical laboratories, which may play a critical role in the fight against infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance....
Sterghios Moschos, Associate Professor in Cellular and Molecular Sciences at Northumbria University discusses the benefits of gene therapies and the financial implications of treatments. If you were born with a rare form of blindness, there is now a treatment for you that may restore your eyesight. That’s because gene therapies became a clinical reality in 2017. Yet many people with rare diseases that could be treated in this way may never benefit from these therapies because they are too expensive for drug companies to develop...
It would have been difficult to anticipate the growth of the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference when it began in 2010. From an initial attendance of around 400, we are now anticipating over 1,000 visitors at our fifth show, and are delighted with the popularity of the conference. We pride ourselves on running the entire show without outsourcing the management to an events company, and this has enabled us to maintain our SLS-ness as the show grows, continuing to place customers at the heart of what we do....
Ingenza is pleased to announce its relocation to Roslin Innovation Centre, a £30 million, multi-purpose research hub on the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus. The centre offers 41,000 sq ft of flexible laboratory and office space, and Ingenza will occupy 11,000 sq ft on the top floor, with its own secure access to ensure security and confidentiality.
SpeeDx’s ResistancePlus® MG Positive Control kit has now been listed with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for sale in the United States through the company’s recently incorporated US entity, SpeeDx Inc...
Change from a 350 litre Power-Door autoclave to a Priorclave 450 litre laboratory autoclave installed in the ‘plant’ research laboratory of York University’s Biology Department has strengthened its green credentials, slashing significantly energy costs associated with running a sterilisation process for compost and vegetation with a massive 90% reduction in water usage....
Horizontal cylindrical chamber autoclaves manufactured by Priorclave are among the most energy efficient laboratory autoclaves currently available. Such is their potential for savings on energy and water usage the Priorclave QCS range of research autoclaves is also much in demand by Universities where stringent budgetary control is essential. On stand E41, Hall 4.2 at the forthcoming ACHEMA exhibition Priorclave will be...