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AI and robotics identify new cellular hallmarks of Parkinson's disease

A study published today in Nature Communications unveils a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis.

28 Mar 2022

Low profile microplates optimise space utilisation

Porvair Sciences low profile microplates offer the highly efficient use of stacking space that is essential to achieving efficient automation workflows.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 10 Mar 2022

The Nucleic Acid Experts – Certified Twice!

BioEcho Life Sciences receives two important hallmarks for its quality management – DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and DIN EN ISO 13485:2016.

From BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH 10 Mar 2022

Future of AI in Life Science Research

In partnership with the SLAS 2022 exhibition and conference, we speak to Brian O’Sullivan about artificial intelligence and its future within the life sciences sector.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 1 Mar 2022

Dotmatics releases Platform 22.1

Latest Platform delivers new capabilities to streamline lab workflows and support customers’ data-informed decision making.

From Dotmatics 23 Feb 2022

Semarion raises £2.14 million GBP ($2.89 million USD) seed funding

Semarion Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs, announced today that it has closed a £2.14 million GBP seed funding round.

22 Feb 2022

Automata raises US $50 million in series B financing to accelerate automation in life science

Automata – the automation company helping life sciences rapidly innovate, diagnose and discover at scale – today announces it has raised US$50 million in Series B funding.

From Automata 22 Feb 2022

Researchers develop and demonstrate new procedure for controlling directed evolution

A new procedure for controlling directed evolution in bacteria is developed and demonstrated by scientists at North Carolina State University.

16 Feb 2022

Refeyn launches TwoMP Auto for automated protein characterisation at single-molecule level in solution

New mass photometer enables rapid, autonomous, and label-free mass characterisation of biomolecules at the single-molecule level

From Refeyn Ltd. 14 Feb 2022

SPT Labtech paves the way for a new era of genomics liquid handling with firefly® launch

SPT Labtech today announced the launch of firefly®, an innovative liquid handling platform for next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation.

From SPT Labtech 9 Feb 2022

Expanded range of nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection

AMSBIO announce the addition of several new products to its growing range of magnetic bead based nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection.

From AMS Biotechnology 9 Feb 2022

Fast & efficient evaporator for chromatography solvents

Designed to provide dry down of samples in microplates and glass tubes up to 150 mm in length - the Ultravap® Mistral XT150 blowdown evaporator from Porvair Sciences offers a low maintenance, sample-safe alternative to using water bath-based evaporators.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 6 Feb 2022

Leukemia-on-a-chip; The Future of Preventing Therapy Resistance?

We speak to Dr. Chao Ma, one of the speakers at SLAS 2022, about his groundbreaking 'leukemia-on-a-chip' technology and its future within therapy resistance.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 27 Jan 2022

High resolution single tube reader

Ziath announce the Uno single tube reader – a powerful device packed with exciting features to make your sample management work with 2D barcoded tubes easier and faster.

From Ziath Ltd 12 Jan 2022

Integrating Microplate Evaporators with Liquid Handling Robots

The Ultravap® Mistral family of microplate evaporators from Porvair Sciences are used in labs worldwide to remove the traditional laboratory ‘bottleneck’ of solvent evaporation from 12- to 384-well microplates and vials up to 15cm tall.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 7 Jan 2022

Ziath supports mental health charity for young people

Ziath Ltd are putting a bit of Christmas cheer in the hearts and minds of young people in London suffering from mental health issues.

From Ziath Ltd 21 Dec 2021

Rapid 2D barcode rack scanners help lower the cost of COVID-19 PCR testing

Ziath reports how its super-fast 2D barcode rack readers are assisting leading COVID-19 testing lab – SummerBio LLC (Menlo Park, California, USA) to offer rapid, low-cost, high-volume testing solutions for educational organizations, employers and laboratories.

From Ziath Ltd 15 Dec 2021