Life Science News and Press Releases

Affordable, reliable quality imaging with the SC50 camera

Olympus Europa Holding GmbH

18/11/2014

High quality digital microscopy is now more accessible than ever with the new 5 Megapixel SC50 microscope camera from Olympus, bringing fast, Full HD live imaging and more to a host of routine applications. Hamburg, 18.11.2014 – Designed for the convenience of everyday use and ideal under low light conditions, the new 5 megapixel SC50 microscope camera from Olympus is built on the latest CMOS chip technology to deliver improved speed, sensitivity and resolution at a...

Innova Biosciences Introduces Lightning-Link Rapid Bioconjugation Kits

Innova Biosciences

05/11/2014

Cambridge, UK, 3rd November 2014: Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, announced today the launch of new antibody and protein labelling kits within its Lightning-Link® Rapid range. These kits enable researchers to label primary antibodies or other proteins in just 20 minutes. Dyes recently launched within this range include high sensitivity Atto® dyes and Cy® dyes. Innova has also released a rapid biotin...

RANDOX LAUNCHES WORLD’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE THIRD PARTY HAEMATOLOGY CONTROL

Randox Life Sciences

29/10/2014

Randox Laboratories has launched a third party multi-analyte haematology control; the most comprehensive haematology quality control (QC) solution on the market to date. Recently CE marked, Randox’s Acusera Haematology control contains 45 parameters – more than any other haematology control on the market – enabling labs to completely cover the commonly tested full blood profile in a single control. It provides a true third party QC solution for Sysmex...

Bringing images to life with cellSens 1.12

Olympus Europa Holding GmbH

28/10/2014

With the new Olympus cellSens imaging software offering new functions and support for the latest microscopy hardware, life science researchers can now observe and react to the most elusive events taking place within biological samples.Hamburg, 28.10.2014 – Assisting researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of dynamic biological processes, the new cellSens imaging software (version 1.12) ensures the most efficient use of valuable time-lapse experiments and the...

Reproducible Medium Throughput Compound Screening

INTEGRA

28/10/2014

INTEGRA reports on how respiratory drug discovery and development specialists - Pulmocide Ltd. (London, UK) are using a VIAFLO Assist pipetting assistant to enhance the productivity and reproducibility of their screening of novel compounds in a range of biological assays.Drawing upon its world-class drug discovery team - Pulmocide is generating a pipeline of potent anti-infective agents for delivery by inhaled administration for the treatment of life threatening lower...

Next Generation Sequencing Library Sample Preparation Kits

AMS Biotechnology (AMSBIO)

28/10/2014

AMSBIO announces RapidSeq – new convenient and cost-effective library sample preparation kits for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) research and diagnostic work.The RapidSeq Small RNA Sample Prep Kit is optimised for preparation of NGS libraries for subsequent cluster generation, using purified mRNA or total RNA which contains small RNA fragments as input. The protocol includes steps for adapters ligation, reverse transcription, PCR amplification, and size...

Cleaver Scientific Helps in UK Fight Against Ebola

Cleaver Scientific Ltd.

28/10/2014

Cleaver Scientific reports that its horizontal electrophoresis equipment is being used on the frontline of the UK fight against Ebola.The Cleaver Scientific MultiSUB electrophoresis system features in a recent ITV report (www.itv.com/news/update/2014-10-10/government-defends-ebola-screening-plans/) on UK Government plans to step up Ebola screening of passengers arriving from West Africa at Heathrow and Gatwick airports as well as major rail terminus.At the Porton Down...

Merck Millipore Introduces Three New Resins for its Chromabolt ® Prepacked Chromatography Columns

Merck Millipore

21/10/2014

• Columns available prepacked with strong cation exchangers, weak cation exchangers or strong anion exchangers• Saves time by eliminating manual column packing and cleaning• Designed for pilot and early clinical manufacturing Darmstadt, October 21, 2014 - Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, announces the availability of three new chromatography resins for its Chromabolt®...

Tecan’s AC Extraction Plate™ boosts productivity for clozapine testing at King’s College Hospital

Tecan Trading AG

21/10/2014

King’s College Hospital, London, has established a fully automated therapeutic drug monitoring protocol for clozapine using Tecan’s AC Extraction Plate™ and Freedom EVO® liquid handling platform. Lewis Couchman, Senior Clinical Scientist (Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory and Toxicology Department), explained: “We perform about 30,000 tests a year for clozapine, preparing the samples manually by liquid-liquid extraction. We wanted to automate the...

TriStar2 S – now with monochromator technology

Berthold Technologies

21/10/2014

With the TriStar² S Berthold Technologies introduces monochromator technology in its basic multi-label microplate reader. The TriStar² S is capable of these reading technologies• UV/VIS absorbance• fluorescence• FRET• Time-resolved fluorescence• luminescence• BRET and BRET²TriStar2 S with multiple measurement technologies...