Life Science News and Press Releases

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Benchtop Robot for Automated Workflows

Thermo Fisher Scientific

14/01/2013

The Thermo Scientific VALet provides Flexible, Future-proof Microplate Storage and Movement ORLANDO, FL (January 14, 2013) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of the Thermo Scientific VALet, a benchtop robot enabling simple, configurable laboratory automation. Adaptable to user demands, VALetTM has been designed to allow multiple hotel positioning for customizable, high density microplate movement and...

Top Pharma and Biotech firms Trust CompacT Automated Cell Culture to Generate their Cell Lines

TAP Biosystems

11/01/2013

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications today announced that with its latest installation of CompacT SelecT™, the technology remains the most widely adopted system for automated culture of adherent cell lines in T-flasks, used by major pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide. On Booth #712 at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2013 there is a...

A Simple Way of Creating Physiologically Relevant Co-Cultures and Barrier Models

TAP Biosystems

10/01/2013

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications today announced it is launching a new RAFT Kit on Booth #712 for the generation of 3D cell cultures in inserts at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2013 Conference. The flexible kit is designed for quick, easy generation of single or multiple 3D cell cultures using collagen, in a new format which expands the range of...

Performing Gas Liquid Chemistries in a Controlled Manner

Uniqsis Ltd

09/01/2013

Using a Uniqsis FlowSyn™ flow reactor system - Sygnature Discovery (Nottingham, UK), a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical industry, has reported results demonstrating how the system allows them to perform traditionally hazardous chemistries in a controlled manner.For example, using the proprietary FlowSyn technology with a Uniqsis GAM IIgas-liquid reactor, laboratory scientists at Sygnature Discovery, in conjunction with...

World’s most Precise Nanolitre Microplate Dispenser on Show at SLAS2013

Redd&Whyte

08/01/2013

Redd&Whyte Preddator System on Booth #231 Achieves Validated CVs of less than 1%Bury St Edmunds, UK: Redd&Whyte, an expert supplier of liquid handling automation for drug discovery and life science research applications today announced it is showing its Preddator liquid handling system for dispensing even difficult to pipette liquids into microplates on Booth #231 at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2013 Conference in Orlando, USA. The...

TTP Labtech Launches acumen® hci for Rapid Multiplexed Imaging

TTP LabTech

07/01/2013

High throughput meets high content imaging for cell-based primary screeningCambridge, UK – 07 January 2013 – TTP Labtech has announced the release of the acumen® hci (high content imaging) system, developed for researchers who are looking to increase the productivity of their high throughput imaging. Replacing the acumen eX3, the new acumen hci is the fastest imager on the market for multiplex assays in up to 1536-well plates, and the new open-source...

Integrating matrix into 3D spheroid culture enables high throughput measurement of cell invasion

AMS Biotechnology (AMSBIO)

21/12/2012

AMSBIO has announced the launch of the 3D Culture 96-Well BME* Cell Invasion Assay to address the growing need for more complete and physiologically predictive cancer invasion models.Invasive migration is a fundamental function underlying cellular processes such as angiogenesis, embryonic development, immune response, metastasis, and invasion of cancer cells. AMSBIO's new 3D Culture 96-Well BME Cell Invasion Assay offers a flexible, standardized, high-throughput...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech expands PAT software portfolio for optimization of biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes

Sartorius Group

18/12/2012

• Chemometrics software for Design of Experiments (DoE) and multivariate data analysis (MVA) • Global partnership with Swedish software manufacturer Umetrics ABGoettingen, December 18, 2012 – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has entered into a global sales partnership with Umetrics AB, a Swedish software manufacturer. Umetrics is a highly specialized, leading provider of chemometrics software...

Controlling Nucleation on Production Freeze Dryers

SP Scientific

17/12/2012

SP Scientific has announced that ControLyo™ Nucleation On-Demand Technology can now be retrofitted to a wide range of previously installed production freeze dryers.The ControLyo™ technology, patented by Praxair Inc., was licensed exclusively by SP Scientific in 2010 for use on development freeze dryers with shelf surface areas < 1.0 sq.-m. The technology was incorporated into the SP Scientific Lyostar 3 freeze dryer, the first commercial dryer to offer...

Acusera 24.7 Live Online Interlaboratory Programme

Randox Laboratories

13/12/2012

Randox are pleased to announce the launch of a new web based inter-laboratory data management programme Acusera 24.7 Live Online. Acusera 24.7 is specifically designed to complement the Acusera range of third party quality controls and aims to improve the effectiveness of quality control processes within the clinical laboratory whilst also helping to interpret QC results. With Acusera 24.7 users have the ability to extensively monitor analytical performance and...