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Tecan introduces Spark 20M multimode microplate reader for drug discovery or life science research

Tecan has launched the Spark 20M multimode microplate reader, offering tailor-made solutions to suit virtually any drug discovery or advanced life science research application.

From Tecan 30 Jul 2016

University-industry partnership enhances biomedical research capability in Australia

The University of Sydney is preparing to acquire advanced MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology that will expedite their preclinical and translational medicine research capabilities.

From MR Solutions 26 Jul 2016

METTLER TOLEDO’s new free guide could help improve moisture content analysis protocols

The moisture content of foods, pharmaceuticals, and other materials affects their processability and price and helps to guarantee freshness, potency and safety.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 26 Jul 2016

METTLER TOLEDO recommends laboratories to embrace new ISO 15189 standard for accreditation

METTLER TOLEDO is urging all accredited laboratories throughout Europe to embrace the new ISO 15189 standard for accreditation, believing that positive support for the new standard will only increase confidence in the results it produces by eliminating the causes of variability in protocols wherever possible.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 26 Jul 2016

Asynt CondenSyn air condenser performs better than traditional water-driven condensers

Asynt announces how new scientific evaluations from the Department of Chemistry, University of Uppsala (Sweden) and the Australian National University (Canberra) report on the testing of the performance of their CondenSyn air condenser versus traditional water-driven condensers and an alternative commercial air condenser in “real-world” laboratory conditions.

From Asynt 22 Jul 2016

Blowdown evaporator that’s automation-ready

The Ultravap Levante from Porvair Sciences is a next generation nitrogen blowdown evaporator designed to meet the needs of the modern automated laboratory.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 22 Jul 2016

Cubresa receives US patent for flexible imaging sensors

Instead of a cloak of invisibility hiding a person in television and movies, a new method that describes mounting many imaging sensors underneath a flexible substrate could reveal tumors within humans or animals.

From Cubresa Inc. 19 Jul 2016

Chromatrap describes methodologies to increase ChIP efficiency

Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has published a new technical article that discusses and describes methodologies to increase Chromatin Immunoprecipitation efficiency by making sure chromatin in your samples is sheared to the correct size range.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 19 Jul 2016

Prior Scientific introduces new range of microscope accessories for Nikon Eclipse Ts2R

Prior Scientific, a leading developer of microscope accessories, has introduced a range of high performance stages, focus motors and automation software for the new Nikon Eclipse Ts2R - an intermediate-sized inverted research microscope designed for a wide variety of applications.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 19 Jul 2016

Chromatrap reports benefits of ChIP technology in ground breaking research

Chromatrap reports on 3 further customer papers published in different prestigious peer reviewed journals, which cite how its proprietary solid state Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) technology has enabled ground breaking research.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 12 Jul 2016

Porvair Sciences extends range of high performance PCR plates

Porvair Sciences range of high performance PCR plates are made from polypropylene for extra rigidity. These plates are compatible with the majority of 96- and 384-well block PCR and sequencing instruments, including fast sequencers and the Roche Light Cycler (TM) RT-PCR machine.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 8 Jul 2016

KNAUER named among TOP 100 innovative medium-sized businesses in Germany for fifth time

During the 3rd German Summit for medium-sized businesses at UNESCO World Heritage Zeche Zollverein in Essen, mentor Ranga Yogeshwar awarded this year’s Top-Innovators on June 24.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 8 Jul 2016

BioTek Instruments expands in Canada

BioTek Instruments, Inc. affirms their ongoing investment across the North American microplate-based technology market with the expansion of their business in Canada. The dedicated sales and support operation will focus on bringing enhanced applications and technical support throughout the country.

6 Jul 2016

KNAUER launches new column selection valve for FPLC systems

KNAUER introduces a new column selection valve that enables the automated selection of five columns and one bypass. Before, three valves were needed for KNAUER AZURA Bio LC systems to conduct this function.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 5 Jul 2016

New optimized cell cultivation solution from Cleaver Scientific

proSET is an exciting new range of benchtop scale fermentation systems from Cleaver Scientific designed to provide an optimized cell cultivation solution for applications including growth of sensitive and fragile mammalian and insect cells.

From Cleaver Scientific Ltd 1 Jul 2016

Comprehensive NMR profiling module for detailed lipoprotein subclass analysis announced by Bruker (research use only)

At the 12th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society (www.metabolomics2016.org), Bruker announces a new, more comprehensive, more efficient and easy-to-use profiling module for detailed lipoprotein subclass analysis using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

From Bruker BioSpin Group 1 Jul 2016

Using NMR to investigate intrinsically disordered proteins: an interview with Dr Isabella Felli

“IDPs” is now a widely used acronym that stands for “intrinsically disordered proteins.” It is the term generally used by the scientific community to refer to a wide variety of proteins that do not have a stable 3D structure and are instead characterized by a high extent of local mobility, disorder and many conformers that are accessible at room temperature.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 30 Jun 2016

Prior Scientific details extensive range of products for neuroscience, electrophysiological applications in new brochure

Prior Scientific, a leader in advanced high precision microscopy products, details its extensive range of automated systems, motorised stages and accessories for neuroscience and electrophysiological applications in a new brochure.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 29 Jun 2016

New Bruker In-Vivo Xtreme II system accelerates preclinical infectious disease research at University of Lausanne

Bruker’s recently introduced preclinical in vivo imaging system – In-Vivo Xtreme II™– is accelerating the preclinical research into infectious diseases being undertaken at the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 24 Jun 2016

Illumina signs initial customer deals for new Global Screening Array

Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has signed deals with 12 customers for its new Infinium Global Screening Array (GSA).

From Illumina, Inc. 20 Jun 2016