Bio-Rad Laboratories, a company specializing in life science research and clinical diagnostic products, is accelerating measurable residual disease (MRD) research through more than a half dozen collaborations with institutions and companies leveraging its new QX600 Droplet Digital PCR System. Launched late last year, it boasts six color detectors capable of quantifying 12 targets per well,…
R&D 100 of the day: Park FX40 Atomic Force Microscope
AFM is often cited as being challenging to learn and operate by many engineers and scientists. To overcome this reputation, Park Systems has introduced The Park FX40, a next-generation, research-grade, automated AFM platform with fully automated probe exchange and beam alignment — and uses machine-learning technology to overcome these challenges. With simplified sample navigation and…
Thermo Fisher Scientific opens facility at UCSF to accelerate development of breakthrough therapies
Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), will accelerate advanced cell therapies for difficult-to-treat conditions, including cancer, rare diseases, and other illnesses, from a newly opened cGMP manufacturing facility adjacent to UCSF Medical Center’s Mission Bay campus. The partnership between Thermo Fisher and UCSF, first announced in 2021, has the potential to demonstrate…
Waters’ next-generation HPLC system is aimed at reducing lab errors by up to 40%
Waters Corporation introduces Alliance iS, the next-generation intelligent HPLC System, designed to reduce compliance risk by adding new levels of proactive error detection, troubleshooting, and ease of use. When combined with Waters’ compliance-ready Empower Chromatography Software and eConnect HPLC Columns, the Alliance iS High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) System streamlines the task of making accurate…
Advanced Energy demos its portfolio for laboratories and life sciences at Pittcon 2023
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., a maker of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions, will be showcasing a wide portfolio of power, measurement, and sensing technologies optimized for the stringent demands of laboratory and life science applications at the 2023 Pittconn Conference and Exposition. “Today’s laboratory and life science applications are more sophisticated…
Thermo Fisher Scientific simplifies trace elemental analysis in multiple labs
Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Thermo Scientific iCAP RQplus ICP-MS Analyzer, a new trace elemental analyzer that simplifies everyday analyses in environmental, food, pharmaceutical, and industrial testing laboratories. The company also introduced the Thermo Scientific iSC-65 Autosampler to improve productivity for the Thermo Scientific iCAP Qnova Series ICP-MS analyzer and the Thermo Scientific iCAP…
New qPCR master mixes help shorten path from discovery to commercialization of final assay
Applied Biosystems has introduced the TaqMan 2.5X Lyo-Ready 1-step qPCR Master Mix with an excipient, an optimized, ready-to-use formulation to be incorporated into a lyophilization process. All lots are functionally tested to help ensure lot-to-lot reproducibility. This reagent is manufactured in an ISO 13485-certified facility to a high level of quality standards. Lyophilization guidelines provided…
PerkinElmer launches plate reader to drive improved research and discovery workflows
PerkinElmer, has launched the EnVision Nexus system, its fastest and most sensitive multimode plate reader to date, designed for demanding high-throughput screening (HTS) applications and to accelerate drug discovery efforts. The EnVision Nexus platform, with complementary microplates and optimized reagents from PerkinElmer’s drug discovery reagents portfolio, including proprietary HTRF and AlphaLISA technologies and the latest…
Thermo Fisher introduces water analysis systems for assorted wet testing needs
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has launched two new wet chemistry analyzers that deliver fully automated, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-compliant testing for environmental, agricultural, and industrial testing labs. Through custom-designed software, the new Thermo Scientific Gallery Aqua Master and Thermo Scientific Gallery Plus Aqua Master analyzers offer extensive workflow automation for high-throughput, simultaneous multiparameter wet…
JEOL introduces new FIB-SEM for fast, atomic resolution STEM sample preparation
JEOL has developed a new Focused Ion Beam (FIB) solution for preparation of specimens prior to observation in the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The new JIB-PS500i is a multipurpose FIB-SEM that delivers the synergy of fast sample preparation, SEM imaging, and EDS analysis in a single instrument. High-quality fast TEM sample preparation The new FIB…
Science data: the good, the bad, and the ugly
By Marwan Alsarraj, BioPharma Segment Manager, Digital Biology Group As of 2021, there were 8.8 million scientists worldwide, and all their research generates data. The number of scientists continues to rise, too, resulting from the analytical-minded wanting to help the world counteract crises like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. The adage would claim that…
What is a mass spectrometer?
A mass spectrometer is an instrument which ionizes a sample, separates the ions depending on their mass-to-charge ratio, and measures the intensity of the ions present at different mass-to-charge ratios. This can be used to determine the elements or isotopes present in the sample. The technique of mass spectrometry can be best understood by considering…
What are microwave assisted extraction systems?
Microwave assisted extraction is used to extract compounds from matrices, such as oils and other volatile natural products from plant matter. It can be used for both testing and routine extraction in areas including food testing, biofuel and medicine production, and the environmental analysis of soils, sludge and waste matter. Methods such as microwave assisted…
What are laboratory evaporators?
Laboratory evaporators are used to vaporize a liquid sample or the liquid component of a preparation. This is typically in order to remove the liquid from a preparation that is required to be either concentrated or dry for analysis. Evaporation is often used to prepare samples before mass spectrometry, gas chromatography or liquid chromatography. Laboratory…
Digital transformation: Creating the pathways to bring scientists closer to the truth
By Laércio Fernandes, Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific Hypothesize, test, and repeat. For centuries, the fundamentals of the scientific method have helped researchers stride toward greater understanding, and these principles are just as sound today. In recent years, leaps in technological innovation have brought us faster analysis and a greater depth of understanding — two…
A new look for BRANDTECH Scientific
For over 25 years BRANDTECH Scientific has represented the BRAND Group as the U.S. and Canadian supplier of dependable, high-quality laboratory solutions with BRAND, VACUUBRAND, and VITLAB products. The company’s product lines include pipettes, automated pipetting robots, bottletop dispensers, burettes, pipette controllers, repeating pipettes, vacuum pumps, cuvettes, PCR plastics, microplates, glass and plastic labware, and…
Cost-effective system monitors temperature inside medical refrigerators and freezers
Healthcare and laboratory professionals must regularly monitor the temperature inside medical refrigerators and freezers that hold specimens, research material, and pharmaceutical products. Failure to do so can compromise patient care, medical research, and regulatory compliance. Sensaphone’s IMS-1000 system provides cost-effective 24/7 remote monitoring of unattended medical refrigerators and freezers. The system is used in facilities…
Thermal imaging lets researchers see beyond the surface of butterfly wings
Originally developed for surveillance and military operations, thermal cameras are now widely used for scientific research. Advanced IR cameras enable scientists to observe and study all types of environments, including the oceans, land, and sky (space). Different cameras can excel at different things, so researchers need to understand the tradeoffs between different types of thermal…
Wastewater surveillance kit and RNA master mix simplifies detection of COVID-19 targets
The Applied Biosystems Absolute Q SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Kit* is designed to provide rapid and consistent absolute quantitation of relevant COVID-19 targets from wastewater samples using digital PCR (dPCR). With minimal hands-on time, the two-tube kit simplifies the dPCR workflow toward a 90-minute time result, without the need for specialized training. Wastewater surveillance has emerged…
Ellutia showcasing nitrosamine testing system at Lab Innovations 2022
Ellutia will present the newest addition to its nitrosamine detection solutions, the Automated Total Nitrosamine Analyser (ATNA), at Lab Innovations 2022. The fully automated solution allows for rapid testing of apparent total nitrosamine content (ATNC) and has the right selectivity and sensitivity, so it can quickly identify whether nitrosamines are present down to 1 ppb…
Re-envisioning virtual labs to ensure researchers focus on science
By Simon Adar, Ph.D., Co-Founder, and CEO of Code Ocean According to a report by Grand View Research the global personalized medicine market was valued at $493.1 billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% through 2028. The firm attributes much of this growth to the…
Hemco modular lab furniture systems
Hemco’s UniLine Furniture offerings include base cabinets, wall cabinets, countertops, sinks, fixtures, base tables, mobile workstations, specialty storage cabinets, and peg boards. The UniLine Casework Groupings are designed to incorporate Hemco’s most popular casework styles in a complete package. Hemco’s services can also include a complete turnkey installation to ensure the one source quality standards…
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches a more sustainable solution for large-scale cell culture harvesting
Thermo Fisher Scientific has unveiled the Thermo Scientific DynaSpin Single-Use Centrifuge system at the BioProcess International annual conference in Boston. The system is specifically designed to provide an optimal single-use solution for large-scale cell culture harvesting. The DynaSpin system improves and streamlines harvesting for cell culture separation in single-use bioprocesses by reducing the number of…
Atomic absorption spectrophotometers provide safe, high-performance, high-sensitivity analysis
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of its new AA-7800 Series atomic absorption spectrophotometers. These instruments offer high sensitivity, stability and comprehensive safety elements, provide versatility with a variety of options and support multielement analysis. The series also features the industry’s smallest dual atomizer system. These new spectrophotometers enable safe high-performance flame analysis. For…
New digital corrosion-resistant programmable stirring hot plates
Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its EchoTherm Model HS70 corrosion-resistant fully programmable digital stirring hot plates. These units are designed with a purge port for infusing an inert gas, such as lab air, into the chassis of the unit. This positive pressure inside the chassis causes the gas to flow out of any openings and…