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Scientists Develop New Method to Detect Formation of Oligomers in Human Proteins

Researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have developed and patented a method using Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast to detect in human proteins the formation of oligomers, small toxic aggregations of molecules which can initiate the assembly of amyloid fibres found in neurodegenerative diseases.

3 Feb 2011

Fluidigm Unveils New Nanofluidic Technology-Based Genome Analysis System

Fluidigm today introduced the new BioMark™ HD Real-time PCR System, the company’s most advanced instrument for genomic analysis ever.

From Standard BioTools 2 Feb 2011

Agilent Launches Bravo for Protein Purification Based on Micro-Chromatography Technology

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of the AssayMAP Bravo platform and protein purification cartridges, a fully automated solution for high-throughput protein sample preparation and purification.

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 2 Feb 2011

NanoSight Releases Latest NS200 Nanoparticle Characterization System

NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology announce the release of their latest NS200 nanoparticle characterization system. It will be shown and demonstrated for the first time at the renowned US Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition being held in 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia from March 14 until 17th, booth #519.

1 Feb 2011

Avantra's New Biomarker Platform to be Coupled with TD2's Molecular Analysis Tools

Avantra Biosciences (Avantra) today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development (TD2) as a key test site for Avantra's new biomarker quantitation platform. Avantra, based near Boston in Woburn, Mass., has cre...

1 Feb 2011

BBVA Foundation Honors Berkeley Lab Chemist with Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Gabor Somorjai, a chemist who has been hailed as the "father of modern surface chemistry," and who holds joint appointments with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, has won a "Frontiers of Knowledge Award" from Spain's BBVA Foundation.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 31 Jan 2011

Lots of Interest In Malvern's Application Note on Particle Size Analysis

Materials characterization company Malvern Panalytical is known for the breadth and accessibility of the educational offering on its website. By far the most popular document is ‘Basic Principles of Particle Size Analysis’, that has been downloaded more than 7500 times in the past three years.

From Malvern Panalytical 30 Jan 2011

Study on Microstructures That Influence Strength of Metallic Surfaces

Structured surfaces have special properties. It would be desirable to make these properties switchable.

29 Jan 2011

Leica Microsystems Signs Agreement with Digital Surf

Leica Microsystems and Digital Surf announced the signature of an agreement whereby Leica Map surface imaging and metrology software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains Technology® will be used with the Leica Application Suite (LAS) for Leica industrial microscopes.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 Jan 2011

Color Change Experiment Confirms New Method of Energy Harvesting from Sunlight

Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy – similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis.

28 Jan 2011