Slim LED Transmitted Light Illumination Base with Turret System and LED Light Source Expand Observation and Contrast Options for SZX2/SZ2/MVX10 Microscopes

May 07, 2019 Enhance Imaging with Nine Observation and Contrast Combinations and Improve Color and Brightness Users of Olympus’ SZX2 and SZ2 series stereo microscopes and the MVX10 fluorescence microscope can expand their observation capabilities thanks to a new slim 41.5mm (1.6 in.)LED transmitted light illumination base. The base contains an easy-to-use turret system that... Read more

ZEISS Smart Microscopy

Efficient digital documentation of microscopic samples Smart Microscopy from ZEISS simplifies biomedical routine lab work JENA/Germany, 2019-05-07. Smart Microscopy from ZEISS is a new concept for the routine digital documentation of microscopic samples. The microscopes ZEISS Axiolab 5 and ZEISS Axioscope 5, as well as the microscope cameras ZEISS Axiocam 202 mono and ZEISS Axiocam... Read more

Followers inspire IKA /// Set-up plate designs of IKA myPlate now ready for download

Staufen, May 7, 2019 – Eleven snazzy illustrations can now be downloaded from www.ika.com to individualize the set-up plate of the magnetic stirrer myPlate. And so, in addition to the outstanding technical properties of the well-known magnetic stirrers from IKA, myPlate also brings more color to the laboratory. The designs were inspired by IKA users themselves. The... Read more

A wholly-owned subsidiary, Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) Co., Ltd. Acquires ISO:13485 certification

2019/05/07 Kusatsu/Shiga, Japan – April 24, 2019 –  Takara Bio Inc. (Takara Bio) announced that Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (Dalian city, China, hereafter “Takara Biotechnology (Dalian)”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio has acquired ISO 13485:2016 certification, an international standard for quality management system of medical devices and diagnostic pharmaceuticals.   Takara Biotechnology (Dalian) is a... Read more

Ad hoc Announcement according to Art. 17 Market Abuse Regulation

QIAGEN to conduct an additional up to $100 million share repurchase program Venlo, The Netherlands, May 6, 2019 – QIAGEN N.V. announces that its Managing Board, upon authorization of the Supervisory Board, has today passed a resolution to exercise the authorization granted by the General Meeting of Shareholders on June 19, 2018, and to purchase shares in the... Read more

New Columns and Screening Service From KNAUER for the Enantioseparation of Chiral Substances

06.05.2019  KNAUER introduces three new chiral stationary phases (CSPs), that are typically applied in production or quality control of pharmaceuticals with chiral active ingredients. To select the optimal chiral column the Berlin based lab instruments manufacturer also offers a screening service. Whenever a separation of enantiomers is desired, classical HPLC columns like C18 are usually... Read more

The solution for NGS library-construction in cases of small sample numbers and limited space in the laboratory: epMotion® 5073m NGS solution

Hamburg, May 2019 Until now, the automated construction of Next Generation Sequencing libraries has only been economical for preparations of at least 96 samples, as entire plates are processed using multichannel dispensing tools. Furthermore, large pipetting stations are often costly and take up valuable space in the laboratory. As a result, smaller sample numbers are... Read more

New England Biolabs® launches myNEB™, a first of its kind voice-activated digital lab assistant for Alexa

The new cloud-based service enables quick access to scientific information — including key restriction enzyme details — for molecular biologists in the lab. Ipswich, MA (May 3rd, 2019) — Imagine you’re at the bench performing a restriction enzyme digest, and you need information about an enzyme and don’t want to have to take your gloves off. myNEB, an... Read more