Takara Bio and Eppendorf cooperate

Automation of Takara Bio’s Chemistries on Eppendorf’s Automated Pipetting Systems for Significantly Higher Efficiency

29-Aug-2023 - Takara Bio Inc. (Takara Bio) and Eppendorf SE, two renowned leaders in the life science industry, are pleased to announce their collaboration through a strategic co-marketing agreement. This partnership aims at jointly developing cutting-edge solutions to automate Takara Bio’s chemistries on ...

New Max Planck Institute in Göttingen Combines Natural and Medical Sciences

Largest institute in the Max Planck Society

05-Jan-2022 - The Göttingen-based Max Planck Institutes (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry and Experimental Medicine have merged as of January 1, 2022. This will establish a new MPI, the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences. It will cover a much broader spectrum of research, thus promoting ...

The egg in the X-ray beam

Innovative time-resolved study reveals network formation and dynamics of proteins

31-Mar-2021 - Using DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III, a research team has analysed the structural changes in eggs during cooking. The study shows how the proteins in chicken egg whites unfold and crosslink during heating to form a solid structure. The innovative investigation method is interesting for the ...

Shaping light lets 2D microscopes capture 4D data

Invention adds new dimension to fluorescent microscopy

20-Feb-2019 - Rice University researchers have added a new dimension to their breakthrough technique that expands the capabilities of standard laboratory microscopes. Two years ago, the Rice lab of chemist Christy Landes introduced super temporal resolution microscopy, a technique that allowed researchers to ...

Scientists determine strength of 'liquid smoke'

31-Jul-2008 - Researchers have created a 3D image of a material referred to as "liquid smoke." Aerogel, also known as liquid smoke or "San Francisco fog," is an open-cell polymer with pores smaller than 50 nanometers in diameter. For the first time, Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley scientists have ...

Electromagnetic Miniatures

Simultaneous production of microchannels with parallel, electrically conducting metal wires

09-Oct-2006 - Magnetic components that can be controlled by the application of an external electric field are useful in many different applications. They can serve as microfluidic pumps, mixers, or valves in miniature lab-on-chip systems, or they can help in sorting and arranging magnetic particles. ...

Strategic Analysis of European High Throughput Screening Market

01-Nov-2004 - Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology companies are under constant pressure to discover and develop new therapeutics at a lesser cost and within shorter timeframes. However, with investments exceeding USD 500 million and nine out of ten candidates failing to get drug approval, pharmaceuticals and ...

Published Zonagen Data Heralds Potential for New Contraceptive Vaccine

19-Sep-2001 - Zonagen, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZONA)(PCX:ZNG) announced that data developed by Zonagen has been published in the September 2000 issue of Journal of Reproduction and Fertility indicating the potential of the Company's contraceptive vaccine. The publication reported results from two primate studies, one of ...