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Porvair Previews New Microplate Products at ACHEMA

Visitors to ACHEMA 2015 have been invited by Porvair Sciences to Stand F44 in Halle 4.2 to see their expansive range of application optimised microplates and microplate equipment...

From Porvair Sciences Limited 24 Apr 2015

VolitionRx adds three new laboratory automation systems to expedite sample analysis for its large ongoing clinical trials

Using its first installed robot, VolitionRx has recently completed the analysis of a first NuQ® assay on the complete set of 4,800 blood samples for its large retrospective, symptomatic population colorectal cancer study in collaboration with Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

10 Apr 2015

BioTek to exhibit at American Association for Cancer Research 2015

BioTek Instruments will demonstrate their latest microplate-based imaging, detection and liquid handling solutions for cancer research at the AACR Annual Meeting to be held April 18-22 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

9 Apr 2015

INTEGRA Biosciences announces opening of German subsidiary

Following on from the successful launch of subsidiaries in France, the UK and the USA - INTEGRA Biosciences has announced the opening in January 2015 of a new organisation based in Konstanz, Germany.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 19 Mar 2015

INTEGRA Supports Breast Cancer Research

INTEGRA Biosciences has launched PIPETGIRL - a new pink version of its popular PIPETBOY acu 2 pipette controller

From INTEGRA Biosciences 10 Feb 2015

Productive Pipetting - Are Robots the Solution?

An interview with Juerg Bass from Integra Biosciences, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of laboratory robots.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 3 Feb 2015

INTEGRA expands VIAFLO II electronic pipette range

INTEGRA has expanded its popular VIAFLO II electronic pipette range. Often requested by users of PCR applications, the new 50 µl models perfectly fill the gap between the 0.5-12.5 µl and 5-125 µl ranges. Now available for single-, 8-, 12- and 16-channel VIAFLO II pipettes, the new models deliver optimized precision pipetting in the volume range of 2 – 50 µl.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 12 Jan 2015

Liquid handling product specialists from INTEGRA to offer demonstrations at SLAS 2015

At SLAS 2015 - product specialists from INTEGRA will be on hand to demonstrate and answer questions on the company's popular range of productivity enhancing liquid handling products.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 15 Dec 2014

Cytation™ 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader to be introduced by BioTek at ASCB 2014

Join BioTek Instruments as they introduce the Cytation™ 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader at the ASCB 2014 Conference and Exhibition to be held December 6-10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. BioTek’s “Think Possible” philosophy is reflected in their microplate-based imaging, detection, liquid handling and automation solutions and the company will showcase their newest innovations at Booth #349.

3 Dec 2014

Grand Challenges Canada announces $1.2 million in grant for 11 new global health innovations

Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today announced $1.2 million in funding for 11 new global health innovations implemented in member states of La Francophonie.

29 Nov 2014

INTEGRA introduces Three Position Stage for VIAFLO 96 and VIAFLO 384 handheld benchtop pipettes

INTEGRA has introduced a Three Position Stage for its VIAFLO 96 and VIAFLO 384 handheld benchtop pipettes. The new accessory expands available stage positions for microplates, reservoirs and tips on a VIAFLO 96 or VIAFLO 384 from 2 to 3 thereby enhancing workflow in a wide range of applications. Beneficially the Three Position Stage also features an indexing function to allow access to 384-well plates using a 96-channel pipetting head.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 20 Nov 2014

Vancive and Aspen Medical partner to distribute absorbent wound dressing products in the UK, Ireland

Vancive Medical Technologies and Aspen Medical Europe Ltd. today announced an agreement for the exclusive distribution of the Vancive BeneHold Absorbent Wound Dressing portfolio in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

25 Oct 2014

Next generation sequencing applications automated through partnership between Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and New England Biolabs

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, through a partnership with New England Biolabs®, Inc.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Automation and Genomics 21 Oct 2014

Porvair Sciences appoints SPEware Corporation as its exclusive partner

Porvair Sciences, a world leader in applications optimised microplates and microplate equipment has appointed SPEware Corporation (Baldwin Park, CA) as its exclusive partner for supporting and servicing its UltraVap, MiniVap and UltraVap Mistral microplate sample concentration systems.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 9 Oct 2014

NIH announces high-risk, high-reward grants for UCSF researchers

UC San Francisco researchers received five awards announced this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for high-risk, high-reward scientific research projects. Their work will focus on novel approaches for diagnosing and treating diseases ranging from autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, to cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders.

8 Oct 2014

UCSF researchers receive five NIH awards for high-risk scientific research projects

UC San Francisco researchers received five awards announced this week by the National Institutes of Health for high-risk, high-reward scientific research projects. Their work will focus on novel approaches for diagnosing and treating diseases ranging from autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases, to cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders.

8 Oct 2014

Accurate measurement of bubble size in fluid delivery tubes using ultrasonic air-in-line sensors from Morgan

Morgan Advanced Materials is continuing to meet the unique demands of customers in the medical OEM sector, with the addition of a new capability enabling the accurate measurement of bubble size in fluid delivery tubes using its ultrasonic air-in-line (AIL) sensors.

23 Sep 2014

VolitionRx installs automated liquid handling system to increase rate of blood sample analysis

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today announced it has installed a Tecan EVO200 automated liquid handling system in its Namur, Belgium laboratory.

13 Aug 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

DARPins could revolutionize protein therapeutics

Integrating an INTEGRA VIAFLO 96 multichannel pipette into their high throughput expression facility has enabled Molecular Partners (Zurich, Switzerland) to streamline the discovery and development of a novel class of targeted protein therapeutics termed DARPins.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 15 Jul 2014