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PAA to highlight integrated robotic systems at SLAS Europe 2019

Peak Analysis & Automation, a global leader at the heart of laboratory automation, will promote its focus on integrated robotic systems as part of the company’s all-round automation capabilities at SLAS Europe 2019.

From Peak Analysis & Automation Ltd 28 Jun 2019

Sartorius launches new ambr 250 modular bioreactor vessel for cell and gene therapy applications

Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, today launched a new vessel for its ambr 250 modular benchtop automated mini bioreactor system.

From Sartorius 28 Jun 2019

Micronic offers versatile and fast single tube code reader

The Micronic Tube Reader DT500 is high-speed storage tube code reading at its best. Attractively designed to enhance your lab space - the DT500 is truly versatile - it reads 1D rack barcodes, 1D barcoded tubes and 2D Data-Matrix coded tubes (in 96-, 48- and 24-well formats) all in less than a second.

From Micronic 28 Jun 2019

Promega UK publishes 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report of sustainable practices and outcomes

Promega announce publication of its annual Corporate Responsibility Report of sustainable practices and resulting trends through the previous year.

From Promega Corporation 28 Jun 2019

Disrupting ChIP Assay Technology with New Advancements

The Chromatrap ChIP technology is a bead-free method of performing ChIP. The potential of the technology emerged from our capabilities in manufacturing porous plastic filters for the filtration and separation of biological materials.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 27 Jun 2019

Compelling New Evidence Further Suggests Parkinson’s Disease Begins in the Gut

A new mouse study has revealed more evidence that Parkinson’s disease originates in the gut before traveling to the brain via the body’s neurons.

27 Jun 2019

A metabolic intermediate in the uronic acid pathway impairs lung cancer metastasis

In a study published online in Nature on June 26, research teams led by Dr. YANG Weiwei at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. LI Guohui from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of CAS reported a new function of uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose), a metabolic intermediate in the uronic acid pathway: It impairs lung cancer metastasis by accelerating SNAI1 mRNA decay.

27 Jun 2019

Zebrafish offers new clues to regenerating damaged cardiac tissue

Research into the hearts of zebrafish, a pet shop staple marked by their eponymous stripes, has shed light on ways the human heart muscle could be healed following damage.

26 Jun 2019

Quanterix announces agreement to acquire UmanDiagnostics, world’s leading neurofilament light (Nf-l) antibody supplier

Quanterix announce agreement to acquire privately held UmanDiagnostics AB for $22.5 million.

From Quanterix 26 Jun 2019

Bruker announces novel phenomics solutions at Metabolomics 2019

At Metabolomics 2019, Bruker highlights innovative MS and NMR systems, and novel high-value solutions for molecular phenomics and clinical metabolomics.

From Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry 26 Jun 2019

Tips, tricks and solutions for effective sample management

Sample management is the selecting, collecting, storage, and retrieval of samples and their inherent data. It is a fundamental part of quality control in a laboratory and, if overlooked, can have costly and time-consuming repercussions.

From Ziath Ltd 26 Jun 2019

Characterizing and Isolating (Bio)macromolecular Structures using MALS

In this interview, Albena Lederer, Head of the Polymer Separation Group at the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, talks to News-Medical Life Sciences about the techniques and methods used to understand and analyze polymers.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 26 Jun 2019

Using Light Scattering to Characterize Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions

Harnessing the interactions between DNA, RNA, and proteins holds much promise for detecting biomarkers, diagnosing disease, and improving cancer-targeting therapeutics. Quantifying these interactions is essential for understanding and controlling their biomolecular mechanisms.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 26 Jun 2019

Stability Testing of Therapeutic Proteins using DLS and Machine Learning

PIPPI scientists from different fields are developing methodologies, tools, and databases to guide the rational formulation of robust protein-based therapeutics. Their overall goal is to develop a database to guide product formulation development.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 26 Jun 2019

Higher levels of doublets in flow cytometry indicate tuberculosis or dengue fever

Sorting through individual immune cells is a handy way to see how the body responds to disease. For years, researchers around the world have used a technique called flow cytometry to separate different types of immune cells, such as T cells, B cells and monocytes.

26 Jun 2019