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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences expands range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences continues to expand its range of Avanti High Performance centrifuges with the launch of the Avanti JXN-30.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 13 Jan 2015

Porvair Sciences releases 2015 catalogue of tissue culture plastics and epigenetic consumables

Porvair Sciences has released a new 2015 catalogue that describes its popular range of high quality tissue culture treated plastics and consumable products for Epigenetics.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 22 Dec 2014

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences contributes its flow cytometry expertise to support the ONE Study

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences participates in the ONE Study, international collaboration of scientists across Europe and the USA.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 17 Nov 2014

CytoFLEX flow cytometer from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences delivers full analysis capabilities

Surpassing the performance expectations of full-size, top-line analyzers, the CytoFLEX flow cytometer (www.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 10 Nov 2014

Molecular diagnostics and blood screening systems: an interview with Dr Bos and Dr Koppelman

Screening blood donations and molecular diagnostics for patients started in the nineties. At the beginning, the level of automation in molecular diagnostic testing was limited; most of the work had to be done manually.

12 Oct 2014

Tianyin Pharmaceutical's Qionglai Facility completes official GMP site visit by CFDA

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical, modernized traditional Chinese medicine (mTCM), branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), today announced that its Qionglai Facility (QLF) has successfully completed the official site visit by the China Food & Drug Administration's (CFDA) for its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification.

29 Sep 2014

New pediatric heart-defect patches enhance electrical connections between cells

Carbon nanotubes serve as bridges that allow electrical signals to pass unhindered through new pediatric heart-defect patches invented at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital.

24 Sep 2014

Daktari receives NIH SBIR grant to develop point-of-care sickle cell diagnostic test

Daktari Diagnostics, in collaboration with Harvard University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Zambia in Lusaka, is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institute of Health for a point-of-care sickle cell diagnostic test.

23 Sep 2014

EKF Diagnostics to highlight expanding product portfolio at AACC Clinical Lab Expo

EKF, will be highlighting its expanding product portfolio on its subsidiary Stanbio Laboratory’s booth #1933 at the AACC Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, USA.

From EKF Diagnostics 24 Jul 2014

Addcare’s liquid handling systems, automated immunoassay workstations, customized systems

Addcare Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. provides advanced liquid handling systems, automated immunoassay workstations and customized systems.

22 Jul 2014

NuAire's Laminar Airflow Workstations create bacteria-free, clean air environment

NuAire's AireGard ES NU-201 Table Top and NU-301 Console Horizontal Laminar Airflow Hoods provide a HEPA filtered clean work area that is ideal for operations requiring a particle-free, bacteria-free, clean air environment.

22 Jul 2014

Researcher describes possible implications of increased gravity effect on immunity

Before you swat away the next fruit fly, consider instead just how similar its biological complexities are to our own.

4 Jul 2014

OSU's scientist leverages OSC systems to study 3-D model of ant anatomy

A recent study into the biomechanics of the necks of ants - a common insect that can amazingly lift objects many times heavier than its own body - might unlock one of nature's little mysteries and, quite possibly, open the door to advancements in robotic engineering.

21 May 2014

Space Station science: Microgravity on human thyroid carcinoma cells

The multi-national efforts that go into research aboard the International Space Station show that working together can yield results with universal benefits.

21 May 2014

Introduction to Solid State ChIP technology

A new instructional video from Porvair Sciences explains exactly how to conduct a ChIP assay for epigenetic research starting from a confluent monolayer of human cells.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 14 May 2014

Recycling patients' red blood cells during heart surgery better than banked blood transfusion

Patients whose own red blood cells are recycled and given back to them during heart surgery have healthier blood cells better able to carry oxygen where it is most needed compared to those who get transfusions of blood stored in a blood bank, according to results of a small study at Johns Hopkins.

9 May 2014

Exposure to microgravity can simulate aging for immune cells

Telling someone to "act your age" is another way of asking him or her to behave better. Age, however, does not always bring improvements.

23 Apr 2014

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ Avanti centrifuges combine high performance and application versatility

Avanti JXN-26 centrifuges from Beckman Coulter offer lab an intuitive interface and advanced data management features.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 1 Apr 2014

Scientists discover simple method to measure density of engineered nanoparticles in physiological fluids

Thousands of consumer products containing engineered nanoparticles — microscopic particles found in everyday items from cosmetics and clothing to building materials — enter the market every year. Concerns about possible environmental health and safety issues of these nano-enabled products continue to grow with scientists struggling to come up with fast, cheap, and easy-to-use cellular screening systems to determine possible hazards of vast libraries of engineered nanomaterials.

29 Mar 2014

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces agreement with Wyatt Technology Corporation

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced an agreement with Wyatt Technology Corporation enabling collaboration on products, applications and technical development. The partnership brings together Wyatt’s expertise in protein characterization, light scattering and biophysics with Beckman Coulter’s expertise in particle counting, particle characterization and cell viability measurement.

4 Mar 2014