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BioScreening - organic compounds for screening
News: EquipmentSeegene Multi-Pathogen Detection Tests Now Compatible with Lab901 ScreenTape and Caliper LC90 Automated Detection Systems - Rockville, MD, April 23, 2008: Seegene today announced that its Seeplex(R) multi-pathogen tests are now optimized for Lab 901’s ScreenTape(R) and Caliper LifeSciences’ LC90(R) automated detection systems. Compatibility with these two leading detection systems opens the way for Seeplex tests to be used throughout a wide spectrum of labs, from small to mid-sized labs to [...]
Biological Drugs Spurring an Evolution in Injectable Drug Delivery - (Amherst, NH) - The success of recombinant protein drugs such as Enbrel, Remicade, and Herceptin in treating refractory conditions is fueling the search for protein and peptide-based therapeutic agents in oncology, inflammation and a host of other disease classes. Led by the proliferation of antibody-based drug candidates, biological drugs as a class continue to outpace [...]
Bio-Synthesis Expands Dye Labeling Licensing - We are happy to announce that Biosearch Technologies of Novato, California, have extended Bio-Synthesis Inc, of Lewisville, Texas their line of Fluorescent dyes and quenchers for use in biomedical research applications. End users who source Biosearch dyes for any purpose other than non-commercial R&D applications will still be required to contact the Biosearch Technologies Licensing [...]
New Multi-channel Microplate Reader from Anthos - Complete with comprehensive on-board software for qualitative, quantitative and kinetic applications, integral shaking, and extensive memory for both results and methods storage the Anthos MultiRead 400 stand-alone reader offers the laboratory versatility, reliability and fast reading times.
Incorporating digital light control to optimise long term stability and an automatic self-test and calibration procedure, quality measurements are [...]
Burnham Institute Selects Labcyte Acoustic Liquid Handling Technology - Sunnyvale, CA November 15, 2007 - Labcyte Inc. will supply Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) with more than $2.3 million worth of Echo® liquid handlers for use in screening large biological libraries. The systems will be installed at both the Institute’s LaJolla, (CA) and Lake Nona, Orlando (FL) campuses. These instruments will be part [...]
Brady labelling technology - Brady’s proven labelling technology protects against the potential disaster of being unable to identify a sample due to the label falling off!
Laboratory labelling presents many challenges: labels may be subjected to hostile environments, solvents and other chemicals and extreme temperatures. They are also applied to widely varying surfaces and sample shapes and sizes. Sometimes, as [...]
Device Offers Pharmaceutical Makers A Fast, Cheap and Safe Way to Screen Potential Drug Compounds - A new device invented by researchers at the University of Virginia could save pharmaceutical companies significant time and money in screening potential new drug compounds.
“We want to help the pharmaceutical industry identify effective therapuetic compounds by allowing them to fail early, fail fast, and fail cheap before going to very expensive animal studies,” said Brett [...]
New Clinical Trial Code break System ‘Safecode’ - ‘Safecode’ is a new system for clinical trials represents a significant enhancement over traditional CODEBREAK product identification
methods.
Our system allows confidential information to be printed using industry standard inkjet technology.
The printed information is illegible unless a tamper evident strip is removed. This ensures that any effort to compromise the security of data is immediately apparent.
http://www.acs-labels.co.uk/Safecode.htm
New Forensic Toxicology Application from Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX Improves Accuracy of Screening for Drugs of Abuse - FOSTER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, and its joint venture partner, Sciex, a division of MDS Inc.’s Analytical Technologies business, (NYSE: MDZ, TSX: MDS), today introduced a new, automated [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Introduces N-TER Nanoparticle siRNA Transfection System for Delivery of siRNA Into Difficult-to-Transfect Cell Types - ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sigma-Aldrich announced today the global release of the N-TER(TM) Nanoparticle siRNA Transfection System. N-TER allows researchers to reproducibly interrogate gene function, via siRNA transfection, in model cell types that have previously not been considered amenable to conventional lipid-based siRNA delivery reagents.
“Traditional lipid-based siRNA transfection reagents exhibit a number of [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends its GC/MS Product Portfolio with Introduction of Highly Sensitive and Versatile GC Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer - Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announces the launch of the ultra-sensitive TSQ Quantum(TM) GC gas chromatograph triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Developed for use in environmental, food, toxicology, pharmaceutical and clinical research laboratories, the system allows industry leading levels of sensitivity, selectivity and simultaneous quantification and structural confirmation [...]
The increased sensitivity, functionality and vehicle mounted mobile capability of the Voice200, as well as its competitive pricing model, are raising strong commercial interest in the market - Syft Technologies is launching the next generation of Sift-MS instrumentation, the Voice200, which it says delivers real-time identification and quantitation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the push of a button. Geoff Peck CEO of Syft Technologies says: ‘The design criteria and market requirements for this next generation of instruments were exacting.
‘We set a goal [...]
Managing Worldwide Compound Delivery with Tecan REMP Automated Sample Storage and Retrieval Systems - At Boehringer Ingelheim’s principal research site in Biberach, Germany, the Screening Support group relies on REMP automated sample storage and retrieval systems to provide compound management services for the company’s high throughput screening laboratories worldwide.
Dr Gerhard Mihm, head of the Screening Support group, explained: “Over the years, the number of compounds to be managed has [...]
Tecan and the Monash Antibody Technologies Facility join forces to produce the largest monoclonal antibody production facility in the Southern hemisphere - Männedorf, Switzerland, July 11 2007: Tecan, the leading provider of advanced automation and detection systems, and the Monash Antibody Technologies Facility (MATF) at Monash University, Australia, have announced a partnership to create one of the largest, most sophisticated monoclonal antibody production systems in the world today. Plans are already underway to [...]
Portrait™ 630 Reagent Multi-spotter Wins Technology Prize at MipTec 10th Anniversary Conference in Basel, Switzerland - Sunnyvale, CA, May 22, 2007 - Portrait™ 630 Reagent Multi-spotter Wins Technology Prize at MipTec 10th Anniversary Conference in Basel, Switzerland
The European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) has selected the Labcyte Portrait 630 reagent multi-spotter as the winner of its annual Technology Prize, awarded this year at the MipTec 10th Anniversary Conference, held May 8-11, [...]
Labcyte Awarded 28th U. S. Patent Describing Improved HTS Microplates for Low Volume Acoustic Transfer - Sunnyvale, CA, March 15, 2007 – Labcyte Inc. announces the issuance of U.S. Patent 7,185, 969 describing microplates used in high-throughput screening that have low electrical resistance. These plates are more easily electrically grounded than traditional plastic microplates and are more easily de-ionized.
“The trajectory of small droplets can be influenced by electric charges and [...]
HAMILTON aquires TekCel - The key automation solution-provider HAMILTON broadens his product portfolio and strengthens his position as market leader in laboratory automation by this acquisition.
High-tech for Cooling and Storage in research laboratories
The Boston, MA based Company TekCel designs and manufactures specialised Cooling- and Storage systems for research labs in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry.
Sample logistics often is the [...]
Tecan and VWR announce a strategic alliance for microarray products and microplate readers - Tecan and VWR International, Inc., have announced a strategic alliance to unite the strengths of each company and together provide Tecan's cutting edge microarray instruments and microplate readers to the global research market. The collaboration takes advantage of VWR's BioSciences program, which aims to provide researchers with the highest quality services and products available, whatever [...]
Fluidigm Singapore launches Biomedical Product Development Centre - Singapore R&D center to develop life science instruments targeted for US$650 million market
SINGAPORE, Feb. 1, 2007 - Fluidigm accelerates its R&D and manufacturing activities in Singapore, through the launch of its new Biomedical Product Development Center. This center, a core part of Fluidigm’s worldwide R&D organization, will be responsible for the full development of a Fluidigm [...]
NEXUS Biosystems’ Universal Store Compound Management System Selected as Key Component of Vanderbilt University’s High-Throughput Screening Facility - POWAY, CALIF., January 11 /CNW/ - NEXUS Biosystems announced that
Vanderbilt University's High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility has selected
the Universal Store to manage its ever-growing collection of synthetic small
molecules and natural products. The Universal Store will serve as the main
repository for maintaining and managing Vanderbilt's collection as a part of
its basic research and translational drug discovery activities. [...]
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