In laboratories, the level of water purity will determine the application that it’s used for. The purer the water, the more sensitive the work it will aid with.
For that reason, it’s crucial that once a water purification system has been installed in your laboratory, you ensure that good working practices are maintained, so that the system can continue to function at peak performance. Triple Red has shared their five tips for best practices on maintaining pure water levels in your laboratory....
Alpha Laboratories Ltd.is delighted to have been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Arquer Diagnostics Ltd in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Arquer (Sunderland, UK) is an in-vitro diagnostic company developing breakthrough diagnostic tests for the detection of bladder and prostate cancer.
Its non-invasive cancer diagnostic tests are based on the MCM5 (minichromosome maintenance protein) platform. The first Arquer product is ADXBLADDER, a bladder cancer diagnostic test, and a number of clinical trials are running to validate many other indications....
Australian developed advanced pathology instrument reading and interpreting plates for faster diagnosis of infectious diseases - Center of excellence laboratory to test automation efficiency in a busy real-life setting
Australian medical technology company LBT Innovations Limited and joint venture company Clever Culture Systems AG (CCS) have installed their APAS® Independence instrument at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne to commence its first global in situ evaluation....
Syrris, a world leader in flow chemistry, batch chemistry reactor and chemistry scale-up systems, has recently launched a new website accompanied by a logo redesign.
With an array of innovative products alongside its award-winning R&D, it was time that Syrris’ online presence reflected the energy and personality of the company; a rebrand was in order. The fresh website was designed with customers in mind, following a consultation with chemists....
The horrific increase in the number of acid attacks in the UK has given medical research trust RAFT even more reason to back its latest next generation artificial skin called Smart Matrix® which was specially invented to help burns victims.
Smart Matrix® is a potentially revolutionary treatment for wounds that may not heal naturally and could potentially be a life-changing breakthrough for acid attack victims and other burns patients in the future....
Messe München bolsters its portfolio with the future market of Africa.
By taking over Lab Africa, it is acquiring the only laboratory and analytics trade fair in South Africa, which is part of the analytica trade fair network. The first Lab Africa under the banner of Messe München will take place in Johannesburg in mid-2019....
HILIC method development is essential for the successful separation of many polar analytes. New ACE HILIC Method Development Kits are now available to provide you with an unrivalled screening platform for your HILIC analysis....
Read MoreBreaking Bad: Cancer Cell Drug Addiction SolvedOct 20, 2017
Cancer cells can become not only resistant but also addicted to the drugs that serve to kill them.
A research team led by professor Daniel Peeper from the Netherlands Cancer Institute has now discovered the underlying mechanism, which may guide the development of more rational alternating therapies. They publish their findings in Nature on October 4th....
Finnish biotech Nightingale Health, which provides a comprehensive blood analysis service world-wide to universities and medical research institutions, has announced a pilot of its technology in the healthcare sector.
The goal of the pilot, in partnership with Finnish health service provider Coronaria, is to verify that Nightingale’s service can be successfully applied within a healthcare setting. Nightingale's blood test can replace many routine blood tests currently used in healthcare (e.g. glucose tests)....
Powder characterisation specialists, Freeman Technology, have expanded their global operations with the establishment of an office in Germany.
“We have been working with businesses in Germany since the company was founded. “It has long been a region with a significant number of powder processing companies across a range of industries” said Tim Freeman, Managing Director....
INTEGRA continues to place itself at the forefront of pipetting technology, developing and perfecting its VIAFLO 96/384 range of microplate pipettes for a variety of applications, including ELISA, PCR, and nucleic acid and protein extraction.
With intuitive hand guided operation, these systems enable the simultaneous transfer of entire plates in a single step, increasing throughput and reproducibility. The benchtop VIAFLO 96 and 384 channel pipettes benefit from a small footprint and easily exchangeable pipetting heads....
SUEZ Water UK has responded to increasing laboratory interest in sustainable solutions by introducing ECO options for its popular Select water purification systems.
In addition to saving electricity with an intelligent stand-by feature, customers can now save water through high recovery reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Recovery rates in similar RO-based systems can sometimes be as low as 10%....
Metrohm USA is excited to announce the opening of its newest field office in Fountain Valley, California.
Located just outside of Los Angeles, the new West Coast location supports the company’s mission to bring its market-leading technologies closer to customers. The 6,200 square foot office will feature a full laboratory for training and demonstrations and generous space for customer meetings....
Lab Innovations – the UK’s only dedicated showcase for laboratory, analytical and biotech equipment – returns to the NEC, Birmingham, for its sixth consecutive year on the 1st and 2nd of November 2017.
With the largest gathering of laboratory suppliers in the UK, this free-to-attend show has lots on offer for professionals across a wide range of sectors, from pharmaceuticals to food and drink. As well as browsing the latest products from over 150 exhibitors, visitors have the opportunity to take advantage of over 35 hours of seminars.....
Lonza has introduced the CytoSMART™ 2 System, an updated version of Lonza’s popular CytoSMART™ System for live cell imaging.
The CytoSMART™ 2 Device features an advanced optical system and more powerful camera unit, which enables researchers to capture higher-resolution images of their cell cultures. Images taken can be digitally enlarged two-fold to display more cellular detail for enhanced monitoring of cell cultures....
Will store 3.5 million biospecimens, including over 150,000 aliquots from 25,000 participants, as part of the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts joint collaboration
Hamilton Storage announces that their Hamilton BiOS® automated storage system was selected for use in the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts (BIOM-Mass) project; a collaborative effort between....
Tecan has unveiled its latest innovation, the automated RESOLVEX™ A200 positive pressure workstation for LC-MS sample prep.
This walkaway systemfurther expands Tecan’s portfolio of MS sample preparation workstations and smart consumables, uniquely allowing the company to provide complete solutions to match any workflow, from manual processing to semi-automated high throughput systems based on a Freedom EVO® or Fluent® platform.....
Lab Innovations – the UK’s only dedicated showcase for laboratory, analytical and biotech equipment – returns to the NEC, Birmingham, for its sixth consecutive year on the 1st and 2nd of November 2017.
Science writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford will be a keynote speaker at this year’s event, drawing on his experiences as a scientific adviser for the film industry to highlight how popular culture can be an effective medium for ‘normalising’ science...
Announcing the Single-Cell Printer for documented isolation of cells in clonal cell line development
Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, have announced a partnership with Cytena GmbH to launch the CloneSelect™ Single-Cell Printer™ in North America. This novel system utilizes sophisticated microfluidics-based technology and real-time image analysis to isolate single cells....
Research carried out by academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle could lead to improvements in treating patients with diseases caused by mutations in genes, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and potentially up to 6,000 other inherited conditions.
By using virus genomics (genetic material), big data analysis and coding, the experts have devised a technique for predicting how patients are likely to respond to treatments that directly target mutated genes, without even coming into contact with the patient....
In-Depth Genomics Leverages PerkinElmer’s Comprehensive Sequencing Services to Provide Whole Genome Sequencing to Neurology Patients
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, have announced an innovative collaboration with In-Depth Genomics (IDG) to support IDG’s Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Diagnostic Program that will bring genetic diagnosis.....
The UConn School of Engineering announced the launch of a new UConn-ZEISS Partnership with the opening of a new, state of the art laboratory, the Reverse Engineering, Fabrication, Inspection and Nondestructive Evaluation (REFINE) Lab.
The event was attended by many members of the ZEISS leadership team, including President of ZEISS North America, James Sharp. According to Sharp, working with a top research institution like UConn is part of the ZEISS tradition....