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iiCON to expand pipeline following Research England funding boost   

Added: 11 Jul 2022

Research England has confirmed a grant of £1.7 million in new funding for iiCON – the Infection Inn…

Cambridge spin-out secures £2.4 million for tumour treatments

Added: 21 Jun 2022

University of Cambridge spin-out Spirea Limited has secured £2.4 million in funding from British an…

Cellomatics moves with growing demand

Added: 21 Jun 2022

Cellomatics Biosciences has tripled its footprint with the opening of its new Nottinghamshire site …

SLS expands operations with two new acquisitions

Added: 21 Jun 2022

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) has announced it has taken over two UK firms active in the UK …

Element bolsters European medical technologies team with duo

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Global testing provider Element Materials Technology Group has boosted its European medical technol…

The character of a medical revolution

Added: 4 Mar 2020

Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. H…

Porvair Sciences has extended its deep well plate range

Ultra-Clean Deep Well Microplate Range Extended

Added: 29 Jul 2019

Porvair Sciences has extended its sample storage and collection range with the introduction of five…

Tecan’s Spark Cyto plate reader

Tecan unveils Spark Cyto plate reader with real-time image cytometry

Added: 30 Jun 2019

SLAS Europe 2019 provided the springboard for Tecan to showcase its Spark Cyto plate reader – offer…

The Chromatrap ChIP-seq kit allows researchers to efficiently enrich chromatin

Optimised Protein Orientation Enhances ChIP Assay Sensitivity

Added: 23 Jun 2019

Porvair Sciences has published data demonstrating how optimising protein orientation for maximum ch…

Electrical pulses identify live bacteria 

Added: 20 Jun 2019

A new bioelectrical device that can differentiate dead or alive bacteria within minutes could offer…

Correct weight handling with carbon-tipped tweezers

Measurement science goes back to nature for landmark change

Added: 14 Nov 2018

As expected, more than 60 leading scientists attending the General Conference on Weights and Measur…

Chemical fingerprinting is being used to combat food fraud

Engineering body funding for Liverpool University research tops £3 million

Added: 27 Mar 2018

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded the University of Liverp…

BBI’s purchase of Maine Biotechnology Services adds 80 antibodies to portfolio

Added: 17 Jan 2018

Cardiff-based BBI Solutions has added more than 80 antibodies to its product portfolio following th…

MSD life sciences deal a ‘huge vote of confidence in industrial strategy’

Added: 28 Nov 2017

The government has said a deal to invest in life sciences research and development in the UK “repre…

Growth of Edwards Lifesciences requires $100 million campus renovation

Added: 19 Sep 2017

Edwards Lifesciences, designers and manufacturers of the Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve - the fir…

How calorimetry helps combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Added: 6 Sep 2017

As resistance to antibiotics increases, the benefits of calorimetry technique in R&D and diagnostic…

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ABPI chief backs call to collaborate with EU on life sciences

Added: 5 Jul 2017

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has backed a call by Jeremy Hunt and …

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University of Nottingham invests £200m in multi-disciplinary research groups

Added: 25 Jun 2017

The University of Nottingham is to invest more than £200m in six multi-disciplinary research groups…

Universities UK chief is new Royal Society of Biology president

Added: 10 May 2017

Universities UK head Julia Goodfellow has been appointed the new president of the Royal Society of …

In the course of insulin secretion, the hormone is packed into vesicles

Monitoring of insulin granule packaging in live cells

Added: 23 Mar 2017

BMG Labtech has published an Application Note on the use of ita PHERAstar plate reader for monitori…