Gilson and Acumium Collaborate to Improve Data Collection in Cell Culture Laboratories

Middleton, WI – Gilson and Acumium announced today their collaboration to develop contemporary technologies and tools for academic and industrial cell culture laboratories. The partnership aims to bring scientists new digital solutions for managing cell culture protocols, data collection and maximizing data use. Both companies see these advances to be of particular importance to pharmaceutical research [...]

Axion Polymers enhances lab testing with new XRF analyser

Manchester, UK -- Axion Polymers has invested in new laboratory test equipment at its Salford-based plastics recycling facility that will allow for more accurate and rigorous material testing of its recycled polymer infeed material and finished products. Designed for regulatory compliance screening, the XRF X-MET8000 Expert CG handheld analyser identifies regulated elements, usually metals, within [...]

The FDA expands collaboration with CN Bio to investigate lung-on-a-chip model for inhaled drug evaluation applications

Extension aims to evaluate CN Bio’s PhysioMimix lung-on-a-chip platform in addition to deepening existing research collaboration for liver studies  Follows success of initial project demonstrating the advanced performance of the Company’s liver-on-a-chip platform Cambridge, UK: CN Bio, a leading developer of single- and multi-organ-on-chip microphysiological systems (MPS) that improve the accuracy and efficiency of drug discovery, [...]

Caron Adds Experienced Life Sciences and Lab Products Executive Mark McLoughlin to Board of Directors

MARIETTA, Ohio — Caron Products and Services (“Caron”), a leading provider of laboratory equipment used in small and large molecule drug development and manufacturing, cell and gene therapy, and academic research, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark McLoughlin to its Board of Directors.   McLoughlin brings more than four decades of relevant operating experience [...]

Bio-Works signs exclusive distribution agreement with MicroAnalytix in Australia and New Zealand

Bio-Works Technologies AB has signed an exclusive Distribution Agreement with Microanalytix Pty Ltd for the import, storage, distribution, marketing and sales of WorkBeads resins and pre-packed BabyBio and OptioBio columns in Australia and New Zealand. Bio-Works is strengthening its presence in Australasia by engaging a well-respected laboratory supply company, MicroAnalytix, established in 1988. Bio-Works next-generation agarose resins, WorkBeads™, are well-suited not only for the purification of [...]

Gatan and DECTRIS Announce the Release of the Stela Low-Voltage Camera for the GIF Continuum K3

PLEASANTON, CA – AMETEK Gatan, a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software used to enhance the performance of electron microscopes, and DECTRIS, the industry leader in hybrid-pixel X-ray and electron detectors for science and industry, today announced the use of the DECTRIS-powered Stela™ hybrid-pixel camera as a low-voltage partner to the Gatan GIF Continuum® K3® [...]

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Releases Fast Force Mapping (FFM) nanomechanical mode on Jupiter XR, Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope

(Santa Barbara, CA).  Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is pleased to announce the release of Fast Force Mapping (FFM) mode for the Jupiter XR atomic force microscope (AFM). The FFM mode enables users to image sample topography and simultaneously acquire nanomechanical information such as elasticity, adhesion, and hardness. Additionally, when used in conjunction with the conductive [...]

Autoscribe Informatics Appoints Axis Solutions Africa as its Distributor for Matrix Gemini LIMS in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi

Autoscribe Informatics is delighted to announce that it has appointed Axis Solutions Africa as our distributor in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi to sell, configure and support the Matrix family of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) products. With Head Office in Harare, Zimbabwe, Axis Solutions Africa provide a range of technology services and consulting solutions, including Healthcare and [...]

Oxford Nanopore provides updated kits and protocols for rapid, scalable and low-cost sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Oxford Nanopore has released new protocols enabling the rapid, cost effective sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19. Research teams are able to access sequencing technology in days, without capital cost, for quick set-up of rapid turnaround SARS-CoV-2 sequencing.  From initial characterisation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus genome to the rapid identification of variants, researchers have been utilising nanopore sequencing to [...]

M&G invests £35 million in Oxford Nanopore Technologies

M&G plc today announces that it has participated in a private transaction totalling £195 million, investing £35 million in Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore). The company was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford. The investment has been made by M&G’s newly formed Catalyst team, who are investing up to £5 [...]

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