AGILENT has expanded its portfolio of purification systems with the launch of the new 218 and SD1. These systems enable users to pure compounds in the range from micrograms to hundreds of grams. At the lower end of this scale…
Month: April 2012
Symposium expounds potential of digital pathology
DEFINIENS invites pathology and biomarker development professionals to its 3rd International Symposium, to be held at its Munich headquarters on 14-16 June 2012. It describes this annual event is the premier forum for trends in histology, tissue-based biomarker development, and…
LGC opens new Boston lab
LGC Genomics has launched a new genomics services laboratory at the Cummings Centre near Boston, USA. The company, which merged with KBioscience in July 2011, has grown from just one to 20 US employees in the last year, so this…
Nanoparticle tracking for biomedical nanoconstructs
NANOPARTICLE Tracking Analysis (NTA) is being employed by the Vo-Dinh lab at Duke University’s department of biomedical engineering, to help characterise metal nanoparticle construct materials for use in biosensing, imaging, and cancer therapy, reports Nanosight. The main research goal of…
Plate reader helps researchers unwind the genetic clock
A MICROPLATE reader incorporating a luminescence module has played a key role in a study of circadian rhythms in insects. Researchers at the Institute of Entomology (ENTU) in the Czech Republic used an Infinite M1000 from Tecan in their research…
New mass spec proteomics technique is ‘breakthrough’
A ‘GROUNDBREAKING’ new proteomics technique now available quantifies nearly all peptides and proteins in a single analysis, says AB Sciex. The mass spectrometry-based method was published recently in the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spec…
Automating stem cell handling in Parisian labs
TAP Biosystems reports that I-Stem, the Institute for Stem cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, has selected two of its lab automation systems for installation at its headquarters at Evry, on the southern edge of Paris. The Tap CompacT…
Better temperature control for rheometry and viscometry
AVAILABLE for use with Brookfield viscometers and rheometers, the new TC series circulating water baths offer a number of improvements over earlier models. All four models in the range offer a choice of digital or programmable controllers, boasting control heads…
Benchtop 454 sequencer gets software upgrade
A SOFTWARE upgrade for Roche’s 454 GS Junior benchtop next-generation genomic sequencing system promises better sequencing consistency. The 454 GS Junior is a benchtop version of the Genome Sequencer FLX, and says Roche has become well established in a number…
Weekly news: Left-handed asteroids and dinosaurs on other planets
IF YOU ever wonder how some of the more ludicrous science stories get into the press, this week has provided an excellent example. Every week or so the American Chemical Society puts out a press pack, mostly of worthy-but-dull items…