The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) will hold its Annual Meeting May 7–10, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. ABRF is a membership organization that brings together Core facilities across the US and supports more than 2,400 members at over 400 institutions including organizations in government, academia, research, industry and commercial settings. Over 50% of members […]
Digitalization has become an aim of many scientific labs. One way to do so is by transforming written information or even information retained in one’s memory into a digital format. Although scientific data produced by instrumentation or informatics analysis is usually automatically digitally recorded, how an experiment is planned and optimized is one of many […]
Molecular Devices, a life science tools company, has long been associated with its plate reader, imaging technology and software. Now, the company is making significant investments in organoid technologies, which it views as the future of drug discovery and development. These investments include the acquisition of organoid provider Cellesce, a developer and manufacturer of patient-derived […]
Marking the conference and exhibit’s 71st year, Pittcon 2020, organized by the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy was held in Chicago, Illinois from March 1 to March 5 (short courses began February 29). The conference is one of the largest conferences and exhibition for analytical chemists and other scientists. As usual, several […]
Rigaku and Metal Analysis Group will provide advanced analytical solutions for metal analysis throughout North America Wilmington, MA – September 3, 2019. Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc. a leader in handheld and portable spectroscopic analyzers, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Metal Analysis Group. Metal Analysis Group is a premier analytical consulting firm with expertise in elemental […]
Rigaku and Metal Analysis Group will provide advanced analytical solutions for metal analysis throughout North America Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc. a leader in handheld and portable spectroscopic analyzers, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Metal Analysis Group. Metal Analysis Group is a premier analytical consulting firm with expertise in elemental analysis for metal production, fabrication, […]
With the latest actions by UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson, a no-deal exit from the EU on October 31 appears increasingly possible, an outcome that could hurt UK scientific research. Scientific research at universities would be especially hard hit, according a report released earlier this month by the UK House of Lords’ Science and Technology […]
Last month, the specific funding amounts for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) were released, which are not part of the President’s budget request for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E). CDMRP funding is usually inserted as “Undistributed Medical Research” in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) RDT&E account in budget proposals. The CDMRP provides […]
Illumina, IDT, Fluidigm among winners at 2018 LSIAs
Over the past few weeks, the US Senate Appropriations Committee has released FY2019 appropriation packages for various departments, including the Department of Energy (DoE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The information below illustrates funding for selected institutes and programs that affect life sciences R&D, and has been extracted from various federal documents, including […]
