Thianthrenium chemistry allows for reactivity switch of a nucleophilic amino acid into a versatile intermediate

Useful and broadly applicable tool in the field of chemical biology

03-Jan-2024 - Chemical diversification of proteins is an important concept in the study of biological processes and the complex structures of the proteins themselves. It involves using quick and mild reactions that selectively target a specific amino acid and therefore a building block of proteins. Cysteine is ...

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 ...

Evotec and Dow AgroSciences announce collaboration on Cellular Target Profiling

11-Jul-2013 - Evotec AG announced that Evotec and Dow AgroSciences (DOW) have entered into a research collaboration with the objective of leveraging Evotec's chemical proteomics services to support compounds in development at Dow AgroSciences. To this end, Evotec will perform chemical proteomics services ...

Leading Platform for the Analysis and Biotechnology Industry analytica China 2012 will open in Shanghai in October

24-Sep-2012 - In recent years, life standard and health has become more significant in China. This country has increased its investment and policy-making in bio-medicine, food safety, environmental protection and public health accordingly. Moreover, as China involves further into international trading, quality ...

Major magnet grant to advance state-of-the-art in chemical analysis

Chemistry professor Alan G. Marshall to oversee $17.5 million NSF project

17-Jun-2010 - The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University is planning to build a state-of-the-art magnet system that will transform the study of complex environmental and biological samples. A better understanding of fossil and biological fuels, for example, could lead to ...

Fluorotechnics appoints European biotech veteran Lars Utterman as non-executive director

05-Aug-2009 - Fluorotechnics Limited has appointed Lars Utterman as a non-executive director. Mr Utterman has over 30 years sales and general management experience with biotechnology companies. Currently, he is CEO of German-based IonGate Biosciences, a company specialising in developing systems for ...

Agilent Technologies and National University of Ireland, Galway, Open Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility

05-Feb-2009 - Agilent Technologies Inc. and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, announced the opening of a Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility on the NUI Galway campus. The state-of-the-art facility is fully equipped with the latest accurate-mass quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) and triple ...

European Mass Spectrometry Award : Shimadzu awarded for Exceptional Product Line Strategy

29-Oct-2008 - Shimadzu has been awarded the 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Mass Spectrometry Product Line Strategy Award. It is presented each year to a company that has demonstrated the most insight into customer needs and product demands. The recipient company should have optimized its product line by ...

Fluorotechnics new US base with The Gel Company acquisition

10-Sep-2008 - Fluorotechnics Limited has signed a binding agreement to acquire US-based The Gel Company Inc (GelCo) . GelCo is a company providing over 250 products for applications such as proteomics, cell culture, DNA sequencing, liquid handling, microarray and PCR. Its customers are global pharmaceutical ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Affinity BioReagents

Broad Range of Antibody Products Expands Thermo Fisher's Protein-Research Offering

21-Jul-2008 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that it has acquired Affinity BioReagents, provider of antibodies, peptides, proteins and other reagents for life science research, based in Golden, Colorado. "Affinity BioReagents is an ideal complement to our existing capabilities in protein research," ...