The globally active Eppendorf Group proudly announces the 5-year partnership renewal with LabCentral, a renowned life sciences incubator, dedicated to empowering innovative biotech startups. As a Partner since 2014 and Founding Sponsor since 2019, the Eppendorf Group continues its commitment to fostering scientific breakthroughs and supporting the next generation of biotech innovators ..read more

JEOL is pleased to announce the introduction of a new CRYO-FIB-SEM, a Focused Ion Beam milling specimen preparation tool specifically designed for creating thin, frozen samples for Cryo-Electron Microscopy. The new system complements JEOL’s existing Cryo-TEM technology and provides a comprehensive solution for preparing and imaging vitreous frozen biological and biopolymer samples to be observed in the CRYO ARM 200 and CRYO ARM 300II Transmission Electron Microscopes ..read more

Researchers Koichiro Yaji and Shunsuke Tsuda at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan have developed an improved type of microscope that can visualize key aspects of electron spin states in materials. The quantum mechanical property of electrons called spin is more complex than the spin of objects in our everyday world but is related to it as a measure of an electron’s angular momentum ..read more

Spectral Instruments Imaging, the performance leader in preclinical optical imaging solutions, is excited to announce the launch of Aura 4.5, the latest version of its in vivo imaging software. This feature release introduces the highly anticipated Kinetics mode, a revolutionary, new way for researchers to capture and analyze dynamic bioluminescent signals automatically, in real-time ..read more

RheoSense’s flagship automated viscometer, the initium one plus, has an exciting new update. The versatile automated viscometer has been revamped to reach an impressive new throughput threshold. With no human intervention after sample loading, the initium one plus can now test and analyze 96 samples in less than 24 hours. The required volume for each sample is further reduced to only 19 uL. With this new capability, fast screening and formulation development work are within a touch of fingertip ..read more

When the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States of America compared their steam-jacketed autoclaves and Priorclave’s non-jacketed laboratory autoclaves side-by-side, they found that jacketed autoclaves used in excess of thirty times more water – with no corresponding benefit. In field tests, Priorclave's laboratory autoclaves operating costs have been documented at more than 80% lower than same-capacity jacketed autoclaves ..read more

Launched in May 2022 by thriving life science community Discovery Park, Discovery Park Ventures (DPV) is an investment fund that invests in ambitious and growing life sciences companies, driving disruptive innovation and catalysing economic growth. Initially a £1m fund, DPV has now expanded to £3m. Following the fund’s first 10 investments, Emma Palmer Foster, Director of Discovery Park Ventures, and Martino Picardo, Director of DPV and Chairman of Discovery Park, share their learnings and insights into life science investing...   ..read more

clinPAL from Analytik Jena is the first fully automated solution for sample preparation and sample handling in the field of clinical research for analysis using ICP-MS. The device is tailored to the typical workflow for testing human samples such as plasma, serum, urine and whole blood. The optimized and reproducible process minimizes sources of error and ensures accurate analysis results ..read more

Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, announced the acquisition of Labguru (BioData), the life-science laboratory-data platform from Holtzbrinck Digital. Terms were not disclosed. Labguru provides a comprehensive laboratory data management hub for planning and tracking; documenting experiments; streamlining lab logistics; and sharing results across teams and organizations ..read more

The new OMNIS NIRS enhances the platform's versatility, enabling comprehensive chemical analysis through a single system. The introduction of OMNIS NIRS brings three specialized configurations to cater to different sample types: OMNIS NIRS Liquid for liquid samples, OMNIS NIRS Solid for solid and viscous materials, and OMNIS NIRS Liquid/Solid for dual sample analysis ..read more