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Scientific Consumable Selection: Making the Right Choice

An interview with Dr. Rob Bunn, providing advice for scientists who are working on a new application and want to select the best products.

From Agilent Technologies - Consumables 13 Aug 2013

Olympus pathology microscope systems and accessories to be presented at ECP

Enhancing the workflow of research and diagnostic centres alike, the latest range of Olympus pathology microscope systems and accessories will be on show at the 25th European Congress of Pathology (ECP) 2013, 31 August – 4 September in Lisbon, Portugal. Delegates can visit booth 14 to view the Olympus BX3 range of upright microscopes and the Olympus VS120 virtual slide scanner.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 13 Aug 2013

Malvern Instruments to showcase new analytical tools at The Bioprocessing Summit in Boston

Malvern Panalytical is showcasing new analytical tools for biopharmaceutical applications on its exhibition booth at The Bioprocessing Summit in Boston from 19-23 August 2013.

From Malvern Panalytical 9 Aug 2013

Cambridge Consultants help Clinigen Group to breathe new life into old drugs

Innovative product development and technology consultancy firm Cambridge Consultants has collaborated with Clinigen Group to create a new way of identifying fresh market applications for drugs nearing the end of their product lifecycle.

From Clinigen Group plc 24 Jul 2013

Microfuge 20 and 20R microcentrifuges from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences simplify setup, offer increased speed and capacity

Microfuge 20 and 20R microcentrifuges from Beckman Coulter are designed to meet the specific requirements of a wide range of research applications.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Centrifugation 17 Jul 2013

New application note describes ChIP assay technology for screening multiple epigenetic targets

Porvair Sciences has announced an application note describing the excellent results achievable from a new 96-well format version of its ChromaTrap chromatin immunoprecipitation assay technology.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 16 Jul 2013

Panasonic’s CO2 cell culture incubators deliver outstanding environmental reliability

Increasingly stringent regulation and the need for absolute sample security when working with human materials heightens the need for laboratory instrumentation that performs to the highest standards. Panasonic MCO-19 CO2 cell culture incubators deliver outstanding environmental reliability.

From PHC Europe B.V. 25 Jun 2013

Panasonic Biomedical launches new website and magazine

Panasonic Biomedical has launched a comprehensive, easy to navigate new website that reflects the full incorporation in April this year of Panasonic’s healthcare and biomedical products into a single branded division.

From PHC Europe B.V. 18 Jun 2013

Bioapplications of nanoparticles: an interview with Dr Catherine Berry, University of Glasgow

These particles are all classed as inorganic particles, which can all be utilised in biomedical applications. They differ in terms of their inherent material and size dependent physiochemical properties, for example, their optical and magnetic properties.

18 Jun 2013

Perfinity, Thermo Fisher Scientific sign co-marketing agreement for automated online biopharmaceutical analysis system

Perfinity Biosciences Inc. has announced the signing of an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, to co-market an automated protein sample preparation and analysis system.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 13 Jun 2013

Workflow-orientated incubation system for live cell imaging launched by Olympus

Designed with the complete workflow in mind, Olympus has launched its cellVivo incubation system, for precise and ergonomic environmental control of advanced live cell imaging. Following the modular approach of the IX3 range of inverted microscope frames, cellVivo is based on a “one size fits all” concept, with adaptors for various IX73 and IX83 frame types, circumventing the need for multiple incubation systems for distinct microscope configurations.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 13 Jun 2013

PerkinElmer launches AxION iQT gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometer

At the 2013 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference, PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, introduced the AxION iQT gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometer.

From PerkinElmer 11 Jun 2013

New LC-MS software to transform high performance mass spectrometry unveiled by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced 10 new or updated software packages to help customers harness the power of its new-generation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) instruments and turn data into knowledge in a wide range of discovery and quantitation experiments.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 10 Jun 2013

World’s first “Tribrid” LC-MS launched by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduced the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system, combining its three mass analyzers –quadrupole, Orbitrap and linear ion trap – in a novel “Tribrid” architecture that offers unprecedented depth of analysis of complex biological samples.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 10 Jun 2013

Standalone labelling service announced by Packaging Coordinators Inc (PCI)

Packaging Coordinators Inc (PCI), formerly AndersonBrecon, a global supplier of pharmaceutical commercial packaging solutions and clinical trials services, today announced a standalone labelling service that can dramatically reduce design and printing turnaround times. The fast response labelling solution has been developed to meet the ever-evolving needs of customers in the industry, providing bespoke, around-the-clock support and ensuring that even projects where labelling requirements change unexpectedly are successfully kept on track.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 29 May 2013

Chromatrap® ChIP assay kit enriches epigenetic marks from primary human tissue cells

A new application note from Porvair Sciences details a protocol for its Chromatrap® ChIP assay kit that has been developed to enrich epigenetic marks from primary human tissue cells.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 28 May 2013

Video demonstrating a SPE microplate method for reproducible isolation of high quality RNA released by INTEGRA

INTEGRA has released a new video demonstrating a solid phase extraction (SPE) microplate method for reproducible, high throughput isolation of high-quality DNA-free total RNA.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 22 May 2013

Novel cell sorting enhancement to MoFlo Astrios platform to be introduced by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences at CYTO 2013

Two seminars and seven poster sessions, Beckman Coulter will have a prominent role when CYTO 2013 convenes at the San Diego Convention Center May 18-22, 2013.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 16 May 2013

Olympus enhances its life science imaging and analysis software cellSens

Focusing on ease of use for routine applications, the latest cellSens software release, version 1.8, offers flexible and user-centric imaging, processing, analysing and reporting. New and enhanced functions include a fully customisable user interface, precise frame-by-frame sample navigation and easy one-button switching between wells.

From Olympus Life Science Solutions 16 May 2013

New Process Analytical Technology for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries

Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is quickly becoming an integral component in the pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing industries. Utilizing a low latency network of powerful chemometric instruments, multivariate data analysis software, process control tools, and a central SQL database, PAT provides pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies an edge over their competitors.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 May 2013