Alleviate all those aches & pains from hours of pipetting with Anachem's Free Stretch & Posture Posters.
Stretch! It's Good for Your Mind & Great for Your Body - It is common knowledge that pipetting regularly increases the risk of developing RSI’s. By applying Good Pipetting Practice in your lab you can help to prevent these risks. One way to help reduce the repetition of pipetting is to simply take frequent breaks every 20 or 30 minutes to stretch your shoulders, arms and hands....
NHS funded Lung Cancer Indicator Detection (LuCID) program to recruit up to 3,000 patients across 21 international sites
Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced that it is expanding its Lung Cancer Indicator Detection (LuCID) clinical trial. The study, originally funded by the Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare), an NHS England funded initiative, aims to save 10,000 lives and save the NHS £245 million by 2020 with a quick, easy to use, non-invasive, high-compliance breath test to detect lung cancer....
Affimer PD-L1 inhibitor significantly reduces tumour growth in mouse model
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and research reagents, is pleased to announce positive results from the first preclinical in-vivo studies of its therapeutic Affimer molecules. The results meaningfully de-risk the development of the technology as a therapeutic platform; demonstrating that Affimer molecules possess good drug-like properties in terms of efficacy, serum half-life and tolerability....
Desktop Genetics Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Vectalys SAS and Horizon Discovery Group plc, to design, produce and commercialize custom-made CRISPR lenti-gRNA libraries.
The agreement will provide customers with access to fully licensed lentivirus and CRISPR libraries designed for their specific experiment and cell line. The libraries will allow researchers to perform precise edits to the genome of cells, including a variety of cell lines that might otherwise be out of reach with standard CRISPR delivery methods....
AMSBIO has produced a new 24-page guide that brings together applications, protocols, results and citations to provide an informative resource for researchers using heparan sulfate antibodies.
Heparan Sulfate (HS) is synthesized as the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) component of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs). It is expressed on the cell surface of virtually all cell types and basement membranes. It displays specific interactions with many biologically active proteins and, thus is involved in many important biological processes....
MR Solutions has received an order for a high-powered 7T, cryogen-free, preclinical PET-MRI multi-modality imaging system from the newly formed pre-clinical imaging resource at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI) at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
The simultaneous acquisition of PET and MR images marries the exquisite sensitivity of PET with the high spatial resolution and soft tissue contrast of MRI. MR Solutions is the only company in the world to be able to deliver this ground breaking cryogen free technology. Dr. Russell Jacobs, Professor of Research Physiology and Biophysics at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute commented...
Scientists at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) are literally taking Australian nuclear medical advancements to the world.
Speaking at the 2016 Mo-99 Topical Meeting in St Louis, ANSTO General Manager Jayne Senior addressed nuclear science experts on the progress of the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine project. “The ANSTO Nuclear Medicine project will make Australia a world leader in the production and distribution of vitally important nuclear medicines...
The Board member responsible for Sales and Marketing, Ulrich Krauss, will become the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of October 1, 2016.Klaus Berka, who founded Analytik Jena with two partners in April 1990 and has led the Company ever since, will become a member of the Supervisory Board as of April 1, 2017. Until then, he will sit on the Executive Board as the member responsible for the area of Innovation...
Research in optical materials is rapidly moving towards stable, high-power laser sources emitting in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region.
Despite their promising applications, there are currently not many commercially available lasers for this range of wavelengths (2 μm ? 8 μm). One of their main applications is in absorption spectroscopy for the detection of trace gases and atmospheric pollutants: many organic compounds have characteristic mid-IR bands, so the detection in this region is highly selective....
MarqMetrix has developed the only TouchRaman spectroscopy measurement device and is partnering with Metrohm USA, a leading provider of laboratory and process instrumentation, to make Raman spectroscopy more accessible, accurate and reliable.
The Metrohm Mira is a compact Raman spectrometer for rapid, nondestructive identification of samples from a variety of industries. The increased accuracy of the Mira is due to its exclusive Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) technology. The innovative MarqMetrix TouchRaman BallProbe with the patented spherical lens, allows users to “touch the sample, take the measurement” without any sample prep or handling...
Penetration testing is a fast and accurate measure of the consistency of fluids, gels and pastes.
Ointments with a low consistency for example can be more thoroughly applied on the skin and more easily absorbed. On the other hand, a substance with a high consistency can be used to cover a wound effectively. Using small sample quantities the PNR 12 penetrometer from Anton Paar provides quick and easy measurements of sample consistency. A variety of test kits are available for different pharmaceutical products and standards such as the official WHO...
Syrris, a world leader in the field of flow chemistry, launched its Asia Automated Reagent Injector at the 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition
This latest innovation is designed for use with Asia flow chemistry systems, enabling fully automated experiments with multiple reagents. Driven by the Asia Syringe Pump module, the compact Asia Automated Reagent Injector offers high performance, fully automated sample injection via two independent channels, allowing complex matrixed libraries to be synthesized....
50th anniversary for one of the world’s most agile programming languages will be celebrated during Dyalog’s annual global user meeting this October 9th-13th in Glasgow
Dyalog Ltd will host a celebration of the 50th anniversary of APL (A Programming Language) during Dyalog ’16, its annual global user conference in Glasgow. Live at the event, Big Data research solution, Galileo Cosmos, will demonstrate how researchers, such as Cancerlinq in the US, explore terabytes of data to highlight areas of interest that help clinicians choose the optimum treatment for each new cancer patient....
Read MoreINTEGRA Introduces Benchtop 1536-well PipettingOct 4, 2016
INTEGRA has introduced a new plate holder enabling 1536-well pipetting on its VIAFLO 384 electronic handheld pipette.
The introduction of this new capability provides screening labs with a unique alternative to fully automated robotic liquid handling systems as the VIAFLO 384 is the only benchtop pipette on the market, which allows easy and precise pipetting into 1536 well plates. Most screening assays start in larger formats (96 - 384 well plates) before they are up-scaled to the 1536-well plate format.....
The Alpha Cycler 4 from PCRmax, a Bibby Scientific company, enables independent control and monitoring of four blocks in one thermal cycler system for cost-effective DNA analysis in high throughput and multi-user life science labs.
The AC4 PCR machine supports multiuser functionality by condensing four truly independent blocks into one chassis, saving precious laboratory space and enabling high throughput PCR such as for Sanger sequencing and screening applications, as well as highly accurate PCR in applications such as next-generation sequencing....
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have made a second significant breakthrough in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia – using precision medicine to kill more than 90% of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) stem cells.
CML is a rare form of blood cancer. An individual gets CML when normal blood stem cells are turned into leukaemic stem cells, or CML stem cells. These CML stem cells then produce large numbers of leukaemic cells which, if left untreated, is fatal. At present, CML patients are treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, otherwise known as TKIs....
166,000 Trade visitors and 3,800 Exhibitors from 56 countries for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries.
The extensive range of new products and initial product introductions underline the importance of ACHEMA as the "world innovative summit" for the process industries. The next ACHEMA shall take place at the Messe Frankfurt 11- 15 June 2018. Exhibitor Registration has just begun, the first deadline for registrations is 15th November 2016.....
ALS Pharmaceutical, one of the UK's top microbiology and chemical analysis laboratories, has invested over £2m to quadruple the size of its facility in Ely.
The new laboratories, with over 35 staff, welcomed the Mayor of Ely, Ian Lindsay, and over 70 clients, colleagues, suppliers and contractors from around the UK to the official opening ceremony on Wednesday, 7th September. The company, with five sister laboratories located across the UK and Ireland, and part of the £700 million ASL Global company, offers a comprehensive range of high quality analytical testing services....
Anachem is urging all accredited laboratories in the UK to embrace the new ISO 15189 standards for UKAS accreditation, believing that positive support for the new standards will only increase confidence in the results they produce by eliminating wherever possible the causes of variability in their protocols.
ISO 15189 emphasises the need for laboratories to implement calibration and testing regimes conforming to ISO 17025 for all pieces of equipment that may have a significant impact on results. Whether hand-held pipettes, pH meters or complex PCR thermocyclers, laboratories must demonstrate that they adhere to defined quality assurance levels and retain traceable records of consistent testing, competently performed...
Chromatrap® reports on the advantages of using its Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (ChIP-seq) assay kits for histone methylation applications.
Chromatrap’s® ChIP-seq kit uses solid state technology in parallel with high throughput sequencing to deliver a streamlined ChIP-seq protocol from small cell numbers and low chromatin concentrations to investigate the epigenetic landscape. Specifically adapted for broader chromatin concentrations, Chromatrap® ChIP-seq combines the dynamic range of Chromatrap® with the downstream analysis power of deep sequencing...
Partnership will enable Novasep to offer early-stage solid-state chemistry services in North America
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces its partnership with Triclinic Labs, Inc., a US-based provider of contract pharmaceutical and fine chemical solid-state development services. This is Novasep’s first partnership agreement focusing on early-stage, solid-state services....
AGC Asahi Glass (AGC), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announces that it has acquired all of the shares of Biomeva GmbH (Biomeva) from Biomeva Holding GmbH.
Biomeva is one of the leading biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing organizations (CMO) in Europe. With Biomeva now a part of the AGC Group, AGC’s Life Science Business will be offering wider geographic coverage and a wider range of capacities. Based in the Bio Cluster City of Heidelberg, Germany, Biomeva has almost 25 years of experience....
Stretch! It's Good for Your Mind & Great for Your Body - It is common knowledge that pipetting regularly increases the risk of developing RSI’s. By applying Good Pipetting Practice in your lab you can help to prevent these risks. One way to help reduce the repetition of pipetting is to simply take frequent breaks every 20 or 30 minutes to stretch your shoulders, arms and hands....
Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced that it is expanding its Lung Cancer Indicator Detection (LuCID) clinical trial. The study, originally funded by the Small Business Research Initiative for Healthcare (SBRI Healthcare), an NHS England funded initiative, aims to save 10,000 lives and save the NHS £245 million by 2020 with a quick, easy to use, non-invasive, high-compliance breath test to detect lung cancer....
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and research reagents, is pleased to announce positive results from the first preclinical in-vivo studies of its therapeutic Affimer molecules. The results meaningfully de-risk the development of the technology as a therapeutic platform; demonstrating that Affimer molecules possess good drug-like properties in terms of efficacy, serum half-life and tolerability....
The agreement will provide customers with access to fully licensed lentivirus and CRISPR libraries designed for their specific experiment and cell line. The libraries will allow researchers to perform precise edits to the genome of cells, including a variety of cell lines that might otherwise be out of reach with standard CRISPR delivery methods....
Heparan Sulfate (HS) is synthesized as the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) component of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs). It is expressed on the cell surface of virtually all cell types and basement membranes. It displays specific interactions with many biologically active proteins and, thus is involved in many important biological processes....
The simultaneous acquisition of PET and MR images marries the exquisite sensitivity of PET with the high spatial resolution and soft tissue contrast of MRI. MR Solutions is the only company in the world to be able to deliver this ground breaking cryogen free technology. Dr. Russell Jacobs, Professor of Research Physiology and Biophysics at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute commented...
Speaking at the 2016 Mo-99 Topical Meeting in St Louis, ANSTO General Manager Jayne Senior addressed nuclear science experts on the progress of the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine project. “The ANSTO Nuclear Medicine project will make Australia a world leader in the production and distribution of vitally important nuclear medicines...
The Board member responsible for Sales and Marketing, Ulrich Krauss, will become the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of October 1, 2016.Klaus Berka, who founded Analytik Jena with two partners in April 1990 and has led the Company ever since, will become a member of the Supervisory Board as of April 1, 2017. Until then, he will sit on the Executive Board as the member responsible for the area of Innovation...
Despite their promising applications, there are currently not many commercially available lasers for this range of wavelengths (2 μm ? 8 μm). One of their main applications is in absorption spectroscopy for the detection of trace gases and atmospheric pollutants: many organic compounds have characteristic mid-IR bands, so the detection in this region is highly selective....
The Metrohm Mira is a compact Raman spectrometer for rapid, nondestructive identification of samples from a variety of industries. The increased accuracy of the Mira is due to its exclusive Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) technology. The innovative MarqMetrix TouchRaman BallProbe with the patented spherical lens, allows users to “touch the sample, take the measurement” without any sample prep or handling...
Ointments with a low consistency for example can be more thoroughly applied on the skin and more easily absorbed. On the other hand, a substance with a high consistency can be used to cover a wound effectively. Using small sample quantities the PNR 12 penetrometer from Anton Paar provides quick and easy measurements of sample consistency. A variety of test kits are available for different pharmaceutical products and standards such as the official WHO...
This latest innovation is designed for use with Asia flow chemistry systems, enabling fully automated experiments with multiple reagents. Driven by the Asia Syringe Pump module, the compact Asia Automated Reagent Injector offers high performance, fully automated sample injection via two independent channels, allowing complex matrixed libraries to be synthesized....
The introduction of this new capability provides screening labs with a unique alternative to fully automated robotic liquid handling systems as the VIAFLO 384 is the only benchtop pipette on the market, which allows easy and precise pipetting into 1536 well plates. Most screening assays start in larger formats (96 - 384 well plates) before they are up-scaled to the 1536-well plate format.....
The AC4 PCR machine supports multiuser functionality by condensing four truly independent blocks into one chassis, saving precious laboratory space and enabling high throughput PCR such as for Sanger sequencing and screening applications, as well as highly accurate PCR in applications such as next-generation sequencing....
CML is a rare form of blood cancer. An individual gets CML when normal blood stem cells are turned into leukaemic stem cells, or CML stem cells. These CML stem cells then produce large numbers of leukaemic cells which, if left untreated, is fatal. At present, CML patients are treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, otherwise known as TKIs....
The extensive range of new products and initial product introductions underline the importance of ACHEMA as the "world innovative summit" for the process industries. The next ACHEMA shall take place at the Messe Frankfurt 11- 15 June 2018. Exhibitor Registration has just begun, the first deadline for registrations is 15th November 2016.....
The new laboratories, with over 35 staff, welcomed the Mayor of Ely, Ian Lindsay, and over 70 clients, colleagues, suppliers and contractors from around the UK to the official opening ceremony on Wednesday, 7th September. The company, with five sister laboratories located across the UK and Ireland, and part of the £700 million ASL Global company, offers a comprehensive range of high quality analytical testing services....
ISO 15189 emphasises the need for laboratories to implement calibration and testing regimes conforming to ISO 17025 for all pieces of equipment that may have a significant impact on results. Whether hand-held pipettes, pH meters or complex PCR thermocyclers, laboratories must demonstrate that they adhere to defined quality assurance levels and retain traceable records of consistent testing, competently performed...
Chromatrap’s® ChIP-seq kit uses solid state technology in parallel with high throughput sequencing to deliver a streamlined ChIP-seq protocol from small cell numbers and low chromatin concentrations to investigate the epigenetic landscape. Specifically adapted for broader chromatin concentrations, Chromatrap® ChIP-seq combines the dynamic range of Chromatrap® with the downstream analysis power of deep sequencing...
Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences industry, today announces its partnership with Triclinic Labs, Inc., a US-based provider of contract pharmaceutical and fine chemical solid-state development services. This is Novasep’s first partnership agreement focusing on early-stage, solid-state services....
Biomeva is one of the leading biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing organizations (CMO) in Europe. With Biomeva now a part of the AGC Group, AGC’s Life Science Business will be offering wider geographic coverage and a wider range of capacities. Based in the Bio Cluster City of Heidelberg, Germany, Biomeva has almost 25 years of experience....