New innovations in thermal desorption instrumentation offer major sensitivity & productivity benefit
May 13, 2019
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the release of a suite of improvements to its world-leading ‘xr’ series of thermal desorbers for the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs). These enhancements further extend the capabilities of Markes’ fully automated TD100-xr thermal desorber and of all the modular systems based on the modular UNITY-xr platform – [...]
Applied Spectra, Inc. Appoints Dr. Steve Shuttleworth as New Vice President of Sales
May 13, 2019
Dr. Steve Shuttleworth, a twenty year veteran of laser ablation and scientific instrumentation, joins the company to provide sales leadership, drive growth initiatives, and accelerate growth Applied Spectra, Inc., a leading supplier of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Laser Ablation (LA) instruments, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Stephen Shuttleworth as New Vice [...]
May 13, 2019
This new generation of analytical balances combines the highest level of precision with large weighing capacities. Thanks to the new Single-Cell Generation, the weighing result is displayed in a fraction of the time with comparable models. Together with the intuitively structured menu, this means that you can work efficiently and rapidly. Navigation pad for super [...]
Unchained Labs gets teed up for the future, snags $50 million debt facility with Silicon Valley Bank
May 13, 2019
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that's all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, today announced it has closed a $50 million debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to further support its working capital growth, along with adding dry powder for future acquisitions. The agreement allows the company to retire its [...]
New tissue clearing kits and reagents for faster, accurate 3D imaging
May 13, 2019
Cambridge, UK – Abcam’s tissue clearing kits and reagents enable easy and rapid clearing for 3D imaging of tissues and cell culture models. Traditionally, 3D imaging of thick tissue sections and 3D cell culture models (organoids, microtissues, spheroids) has presented many technical challenges, including laborious and time-consuming tissue processing, layer-by-layer 2D imaging of thin sections and in silico 3D reconstruction. [...]
May 13, 2019
World's highest field preclinical MRI will be used for oncology and neuroscience research MONTREAL -- At the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Bruker today announced an agreement to develop the world's first 18 Tesla 11 cm bore, preclinical ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and its [...]
May 13, 2019
Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the AGX-V series of Autograph universal testing machines. This series offer the highest level of measurement capacities in the industry along with significantly improved operability and safety. This series consists of high-end models developed based on Shimadzu's cumulative knowledge gained by developing testing machines for more than 100 years. [...]
MGI Announces US$200 Million in First Round Fundraising
May 11, 2019
On May 9, 2019, MGI disclosed that its first round of fundraising exceeded US$200 million, the largest amount of capital raised in the genetic field in China in 2018. Investors included well-known institutions such as CITIC, Jinshi Capital, Songhe Capital and Dongzheng Capital. MGI Highlights Rapid Progress in Transforming Industry In recent years, the gene [...]
Verifiable 2D Coded Tube Selection from Racks
May 10, 2019
Ziath has announced a unique combination of instruments that ensures the correct 2D coded tubes are automatically withdrawn from storage racks without the huge expense of a fully-robotic tube picking system.The Mohawk tube selector from Ziath is a cost-effective semi-automated unit for selecting 2D-bar coded tubes from their storage racks, an ideal solution for many medium-throughput applications [...]
May 9, 2019
Stellenbosch University have used both laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) and in situ microCT systems to study Ti6A14V microlattice structures. Funded by the South African Collaborative Program in Additive Manufacturing (CPAM), their work focused on the production and mechanical properties of the microlattice structures. They also looked at the in situ deformation of these structures, [...]
