RECENT NEWS

Cambridge BioScience has been appointed UK distributor for Cell Biolabs, a supplier of specialised research tools.

In late 2003 a fire destroyed the entire biochemistry laboratory at Strathclyde UniversityÆs Department of Applied Physiology. Just nine months later the department took delivery of a newly launched ABX Pentra 400 benchtop clinical chemistry analyser from Horiba ABX.

UVItec has launched a new website (www.uvitec.co.uk), which will include details of the entire UVItec range of gel documentation systems, chemiluminescence imaging systems, analysis software, ultraviolet (UV) light sources, UV crosslinkers and UV safety wear.

Biacore International has acquired the FLEXChip system and related assets from the US company HTS Biosystems.

Sigma-RBI, a division of Sigma-Aldrich, has released the most comprehensive compilation of current information on obesity and diabetes in its new Obesity and diabetes brochure.

Grant Instruments has acquired a 50% shareholding in Biosan, a leading Latvian laboratory equipment company, following a successful three-year distribution partnership.

Thermo Electron has announced the availability of its new BioBank brochure, which describes how the BioBank stores biological samples safely at û80░C for a wide range of research applications.

Priorclave have the worldÆs first range of sterilisers with the capacity to eradicate bacteria, not only on the inside but also on the outside.

Oxoid are pleased to announce that the ú5,000 first prize in the 2004/2005 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards has been awarded to Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston on Thames, UK.

Now available from Radleys Discovery Technologies (RDT) are special magnetic stirrer-bar designs that provide optimal stirring performance for a range of synthesis vessel shapes and different sample types.

French genomics company IntegraGen has discovered a groundbreaking method of identifying causal disease genes, with the aid of Applied BiosystemsÆ custom assays and the SNPIex genotyping system.

Another DPC milestone has been reached with the placement of the companyÆs first Immulite 2500 system at a major UK laboratory, the North Middlesex University Hospital, London. This extends the relationship between DPC and the North Middlesex.

SyngeneÆs ChemiGenius² chemiluminescent image analysis system is being used at the University of Warwick to analyse proteins associated with type 2 diabetes, including adiponectin which has been linked with protection against type 2 diabetes.

Digital imaging specialists Syncroscopy has announced that SyncroScan, its automated microscope focus and stage control system, is being used at a leading European bone research centre in Cambridge to provide accurate image maps of bones.