A new consultancy has been established to assist analytical chemists with complex or demanding applications using gas chromatography (GC).
SepSolve Analytical Ltd (Peterborough, UK), a company of the Schauenburg International Group (Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany), provides a unique combination of expert advice, equipment from numerous suppliers, and applications support to the global analytical chemistry sector for the characterisation of complex mixtures by GC-based technologies....
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM system at the University of South Australia, Adelaide.
AFM is being applied to many areas including smart wound healing, plant toxicology and novel methods of nanoparticle characterization. Dr Gordon McPhee is head of production for NextCell Pty in Adelaide, Australia. Situated on the Mawson Lakes Campus, he is located next to the University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia's leading university for interdisciplinary research, where he has access to their...
Functionalized gold nanoparticles for easy, fast covalent conjugation of antibodies
Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, today announced the launch of a carboxylated derivative of its unique InnovaCoat® GOLD 40 nm nanoparticles. The new product enables customers to quickly generate highly stable covalent gold-antibody conjugates at R&D and manufacturing scales....
The human cell culture specialists join experts in ion channel research to study human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes for drug discovery applications
Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specialising in the supply of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cells, and Metrion Biosciences, a specialist ion channel drug discovery business, have signed a collaboration agreement to improve, standardise and more accurately predict the risk of human clinical pro-arrhythmias....
Creative Biolabs is a phage display company specialized in applying phage display technology to generate various phage display peptide, protein, antibody libraries for drug development and antibody discovery purposes.
Phage display has become a important tool in immunological and cellular biological research owing to its remarkable contribution for the development of new drugs and vaccines. As one of the most successful applications, phage display technology has proved its safety and efficiency in the research and development of specific antibodies....
Metrohm USA is pleased to announce a series of seminars dedicated to Karl Fischer (KF) analysis hosted in 16 cities across the US and Canada.
Part of Metrohm’s commitment to ongoing education and practical training, these half-day seminars are designed for anyone from a laboratory measuring moisture or water content or for those who are currently using other techniques for moisture analysis and would like to learn about KF techniques....
Have you seen the latest agenda for this year’s Cell Culture & Bioprocessing Congress?
Now entering its fifth year, this leading biologics event features experts at the forefront of the field from across Europe and the US, including speakers from Sanofi Pasteur, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim,Novartis, Merck and more!...
Have you seen the final agenda for our 3rd Annual Drug Discovery USA Congress?
Our expert panel of speakers will address the current strategies for directed discovery, including the resurgence of phenotypic screening and comparing its utility with target based discovery. They will explore novel peptide drug discovery, strategies for target selection and incorporating genomic technologies into discovery research....
Anglo-American life science firm AMSBIO announces a new range of recombinant antigens and antibodies for Zika virus, which are suited for the development of rapid assays and to overcome the problem of cross-reactivity with related viruses.
The Zika virus (ZIKV), which is borne by mosquitos, is causing worldwide concern because of its connection to a neurological birth disorder and its rapid spread across the globe. The imminent 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, where the epidemic started, is as a consequence suffering withdrawals from a growing number of competitors....
Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has published a new technical article that discusses and describes methodologies to increase Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) efficiency by making sure chromatin in your samples is sheared to the correct size range.
The authors describe how for every chromatin preparation it is essential to check the chromatin is sheared to fragments between 100-500 bp. They emphasise using a microfluidics platform is the most accurate measure of quantifying DNA. Problems associated with over or under sheared Chromatin fragments are discussed....
XEI Scientific, Inc. is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with EMS, Electron Microscopy Sciences, to sell and promote Evactron® products in North and South America.
XEI has sold more than 2400 plasma radical sources for cleaning localized areas, analytical specimens, and large and small vacuum chambers. EMS specializes in the manufacturing, preparation and distribution of only the highest quality chemicals, supplies and equipment for microscopy and histology....
BioTek Instruments celebrated the start of a $4 million, 22,000 square foot facility expansion during a company-wide event, featuring honorable guests Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressman Peter Welch, Governor Peter Shumlin, and Lt. Governor Phil Scott.
The increased space will be used to support the Company’s rapidly growing manufacturing and design needs, and once completed at the end of 2016, will also add a number of new jobs to the local economy.....
ZEISS and arivis for the first time enable immersive microscopy for life and materials sciences
Virtual reality solutions are regarded as important drivers for future technological developments. ZEISS in close collaboration with arivis AG now offers its customers a unique virtual reality application for microscopy. Modern ZEISS light-, electron-, und X-ray microscopes are able to image large sample volumes non-destructively and in high resolution, resulting in large volumes of imaging data that span from the gigabyte up to the...
INTEGRA has prepared an explanatory application guide that demonstrates the benefits of its electronic adjustable tip spacing VOYAGER II pipette range in transferring liquid samples between different labware formats.
Many laboratory applications require liquid transfers between various labware formats. Due to varying requirements in their sample processing, different labware vessels are typically used for sample storage, processing and analysis tasks. Traditional multichannel pipettes were not designed to accommodate the wide variety of labware formats used today because their tip to tip spacing is optimized for use with standard 96-well microplates....
The Wistar Institute has granted Horizon Discovery an exclusive license to 153 of its Melanoma Patient-Derived Xenograft models
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies including in vivo and Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) models, and The Wistar Institute (“Wistar”), an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, announce that Horizon has taken an exclusive license to 153 of Wistar’s melanoma PDX models....
Techcomp (Europe) Ltd has appointed Dr Roger Fenske as the new CEO of Edinburgh Instruments.
Roger has worked for EI for over 14 years and brings a wealth of customer application and technology experience to the role. Since Techcomp acquired EI in 2013, the business has launched several new products, including the FS5 Spectrofluorometer, and expanded into new manufacturing facilities at their Livingston site. Roger replaces the outgoing CEO Mark Vosloo who led the re-organisation of the operations following...
Blacktrace Holdings Limited, a leading group of companies focused on Productizing Science®, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest brand, Dolomite Bio.
This biology-focused brand – spun out from sister company Dolomite Microfluidics – is dedicated to the development of innovative products for high throughput single cell research. Dolomite Bio specializes in microfluidic droplet applications, offering a range of microfluidic systems and individual modules, as well as control software and reagents, for cell biology applications. Its core droplet technology is...
AMSBIO has introduced new CRISPR gRNA Lentivector Cloning Kits that provide scientists with a targeted and precise genomic gene editing methodology.
Targeted and precise genomic gene editing technologies are today key tools for genomic correction, modification and gene therapy. The recently discovered CRISPR/Cas gene editing technique offers higher targeting accuracy, much more target sequence selection, much less complexity and less off-target cell toxicity than the previous generation genome editing technologies. To enable CRISPR genomic editing, the AMSBIO kit...
Small-Spot Capabilities of JVX7300LSI System Enable Development of Advanced Technology Nodes
Bruker has announced that multiple leading logic and foundry manufacturers have selected Bruker’s JVX7300LSI X-ray metrology system to support their ramp and development for 10 nanometer (nm) and 7/5 nm technology nodes. The JVX7300LSI tool is equipped with both large and small spot measurement capabilities for in-line production process monitoring of the most advanced logic devices...
Read MoreIndependent Scientific Reports Evaluate Air Versus Water CondensersAug 22, 2016
New scientific evaluations from the Department of Chemistry, University of Uppsala (Sweden) and the Australian National University (Canberra) report on their testing of the performance of the Asynt CondenSyn air condenser versus traditional water-driven condensers and an alternative commercial air condenser in “real-world” laboratory conditions.
Synthesis labs are aware that water-driven condensers use a large amount of water which is wasteful / expensive and offer the possibility of leaks from the condenser which can result in flooding thus are keen to find an alternative. In the two independent reports the Asynt CondenSyn air condenser displayed comparable performance to even the most efficient water-driven condensers and outperformed...
Initial €50,000 Phase 1 grant will fund full feasibility study
Symcel, the company behind the revolutionary cell-based assay tool for real-time cellular bioenergetic measurements, calScreener™, has secured Horizon 2020 Phase I funding to prepare the company for the planned commercialisation of its groundbreaking technology....
Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, report on the use of their PP3010T cryo SEM preparation system which is being used to understand the formation of ice crystals in high altitude clouds.
Dr Nate Magee is an associate Professor of Physics at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) where he leads a team working to advance the understanding of the physical role of ice crystals in processes with high altitude clouds. Cirrus clouds are primarily composed of ice crystals that interact with solar radiation and IR radiation from the ground, and they play a significant, but still poorly understood role in Earth's climate...
SepSolve Analytical Ltd (Peterborough, UK), a company of the Schauenburg International Group (Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany), provides a unique combination of expert advice, equipment from numerous suppliers, and applications support to the global analytical chemistry sector for the characterisation of complex mixtures by GC-based technologies....
AFM is being applied to many areas including smart wound healing, plant toxicology and novel methods of nanoparticle characterization. Dr Gordon McPhee is head of production for NextCell Pty in Adelaide, Australia. Situated on the Mawson Lakes Campus, he is located next to the University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia's leading university for interdisciplinary research, where he has access to their...
Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, today announced the launch of a carboxylated derivative of its unique InnovaCoat® GOLD 40 nm nanoparticles. The new product enables customers to quickly generate highly stable covalent gold-antibody conjugates at R&D and manufacturing scales....
Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specialising in the supply of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cells, and Metrion Biosciences, a specialist ion channel drug discovery business, have signed a collaboration agreement to improve, standardise and more accurately predict the risk of human clinical pro-arrhythmias....
Phage display has become a important tool in immunological and cellular biological research owing to its remarkable contribution for the development of new drugs and vaccines. As one of the most successful applications, phage display technology has proved its safety and efficiency in the research and development of specific antibodies....
Part of Metrohm’s commitment to ongoing education and practical training, these half-day seminars are designed for anyone from a laboratory measuring moisture or water content or for those who are currently using other techniques for moisture analysis and would like to learn about KF techniques....
Now entering its fifth year, this leading biologics event features experts at the forefront of the field from across Europe and the US, including speakers from Sanofi Pasteur, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim,Novartis, Merck and more!...
The Zika virus (ZIKV), which is borne by mosquitos, is causing worldwide concern because of its connection to a neurological birth disorder and its rapid spread across the globe. The imminent 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, where the epidemic started, is as a consequence suffering withdrawals from a growing number of competitors....
The authors describe how for every chromatin preparation it is essential to check the chromatin is sheared to fragments between 100-500 bp. They emphasise using a microfluidics platform is the most accurate measure of quantifying DNA. Problems associated with over or under sheared Chromatin fragments are discussed....
XEI has sold more than 2400 plasma radical sources for cleaning localized areas, analytical specimens, and large and small vacuum chambers. EMS specializes in the manufacturing, preparation and distribution of only the highest quality chemicals, supplies and equipment for microscopy and histology....
The increased space will be used to support the Company’s rapidly growing manufacturing and design needs, and once completed at the end of 2016, will also add a number of new jobs to the local economy.....
Virtual reality solutions are regarded as important drivers for future technological developments. ZEISS in close collaboration with arivis AG now offers its customers a unique virtual reality application for microscopy. Modern ZEISS light-, electron-, und X-ray microscopes are able to image large sample volumes non-destructively and in high resolution, resulting in large volumes of imaging data that span from the gigabyte up to the...
Many laboratory applications require liquid transfers between various labware formats. Due to varying requirements in their sample processing, different labware vessels are typically used for sample storage, processing and analysis tasks. Traditional multichannel pipettes were not designed to accommodate the wide variety of labware formats used today because their tip to tip spacing is optimized for use with standard 96-well microplates....
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies including in vivo and Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) models, and The Wistar Institute (“Wistar”), an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, announce that Horizon has taken an exclusive license to 153 of Wistar’s melanoma PDX models....
Roger has worked for EI for over 14 years and brings a wealth of customer application and technology experience to the role. Since Techcomp acquired EI in 2013, the business has launched several new products, including the FS5 Spectrofluorometer, and expanded into new manufacturing facilities at their Livingston site. Roger replaces the outgoing CEO Mark Vosloo who led the re-organisation of the operations following...
This biology-focused brand – spun out from sister company Dolomite Microfluidics – is dedicated to the development of innovative products for high throughput single cell research. Dolomite Bio specializes in microfluidic droplet applications, offering a range of microfluidic systems and individual modules, as well as control software and reagents, for cell biology applications. Its core droplet technology is...
Targeted and precise genomic gene editing technologies are today key tools for genomic correction, modification and gene therapy. The recently discovered CRISPR/Cas gene editing technique offers higher targeting accuracy, much more target sequence selection, much less complexity and less off-target cell toxicity than the previous generation genome editing technologies. To enable CRISPR genomic editing, the AMSBIO kit...
Bruker has announced that multiple leading logic and foundry manufacturers have selected Bruker’s JVX7300LSI X-ray metrology system to support their ramp and development for 10 nanometer (nm) and 7/5 nm technology nodes. The JVX7300LSI tool is equipped with both large and small spot measurement capabilities for in-line production process monitoring of the most advanced logic devices...
Synthesis labs are aware that water-driven condensers use a large amount of water which is wasteful / expensive and offer the possibility of leaks from the condenser which can result in flooding thus are keen to find an alternative. In the two independent reports the Asynt CondenSyn air condenser displayed comparable performance to even the most efficient water-driven condensers and outperformed...
Dr Nate Magee is an associate Professor of Physics at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) where he leads a team working to advance the understanding of the physical role of ice crystals in processes with high altitude clouds. Cirrus clouds are primarily composed of ice crystals that interact with solar radiation and IR radiation from the ground, and they play a significant, but still poorly understood role in Earth's climate...