Thermo Fisher Scientific to Highlight New Laboratory Solutions during UK Summer Symposium

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (April 27 2011) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a free summer symposium presenting the latest developments in laboratory solutions. Following the success of last year’s event, the Summer Symposium returns in 2011 with a much broader scope that offers something for all scientific researchers. The event is scheduled for Tuesday 7th June 2011 in the prestigious QEII Conference Centre near the Palace of Westminster in London. Space is limited, so pre-registration is recommended to guarantee a place. To register, please visit www.thermoscientific.com/uksummersymposium.

The symposium will include presentations from scientists within Thermo Fisher and customers representing organizations that use Thermo Scientific products and equipment in their daily research. The symposium will commence with an open plenary session to introduce participants to the Thermo Scientific brand and illustrate how the company’s broad portfolio of complete laboratory solutions can help make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The remainder of the event will include parallel sessions that feature independent speakers discussing recent technology and application developments.

Scott Brothers Introduces New Honeywell Evaporative Coolers In Time For Summer 2011

Scott Brothers Ltd., the specialist distributor of innovative portable cooling solutions and storage products for the home, announces the launch of the new Honeywell CO301PC and CL60PM evaporative air coolers. The new air coolers deliver the large air flow necessary for outdoor applications and are also suitable for indoor use, making them ideal for staying cool over the summer months.

The Honeywell Evaporative Air Cooler model CO301PC is a rugged yet elegant outdoor evaporative air cooler with a touch control panel and full function remote control, enabling the user to achieve their desired temperature with ease. The cooler is an ideal outdoor air cooling system for gardens and patios and its modern design makes it suitable for offices, shops, reception areas and banks.

Equipped with a powerful airflow of 1410m3/hr and a low energy motor of 250 watts, the CO301PC is an environmentally friendly yet robust cooler system. Its 30 litre water capacity dramatically reduces air temperature providing sufficient cooling to any space and its slim-line design makes it portable and easy to move around where needed. The cooler also comes with a direct water feed which has a built-in overflow protection system making refilling the water tank hassle-free. 

ITT Analytics’ AADI and The University of North Carolina partner to monitor oil and gas releases in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys

ATLANTA, GA., April 28, 2011— ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) announced that its AADI brand has teamed up with the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to develop two new multi-sensor arrays to detect light hydrocarbons and oxygen depletion associated with oil and gas releases such as recent occurrences in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This research is vital to monitor the long-term effects of water contamination and its threat to coral reef and other coastal ecosystems. The multi-sensor arrays, built on AADI’s SEAGUARD platform, have enabled scientists in the University’s Department of Marine Sciences to set new standards for the efficiency of analyses while offering unmatched precision and simple deployment.

The AADI SEAGUARD platform from ITT Analytics is a multi-parameter instrument offering advanced flexibility and real-time capabilities for underwater observation. The first of the new arrays developed from the platform, nicknamed HANDI by the UNC-Chapel Hill scientists, was deployed for testing in 2010 at Conch Reef off Key Largo, Florida. The array assisted the team by effectively detecting oxygen depletion and potential oil and gas transport along the reef ecosystem’s border with fast-moving water in the Florida Straits. Equipped with two of AADI’s fast-response optodes from ITT Analytics, HANDI offers the team immediate and reliable dissolved oxygen measurements without the need for repeated calibrations.

Learn “How to manage communications in Asia” at ABCA Conference

Jacky Cheng from The Scott Partnership's China office is chairman of Asia Business Communications Association (ABCA) – a non-profit organization and a social network of communicators. It runs monthly salons, and occasionally runs training programs, conferences.

As more and more companies have located their Asia-Pacific headquarters in China, we see more communicators are taking Asia-Pacific responsibilities now, but it is also difficult for them to understand different cultures in the wide Asia region. So ABCA is organizing a conference on June 3^rd to talk about “How to manage communications in Asia”, with confirmed speakers from key countries across Asia including Japan, Korea, India, Singapore, Vietnam (and TBC one more speaker from Australia/New Zealand). All of the speakers are very senior and very experienced in communication industry and will talk about the difference of running communication programs in their countries/regions. This will be an excellent opportunity for companies to meet with experts from those countries to have first-hand information about the way of running communication programs in Asia.

For more information or to register for the event please contact: 

Joyce Wang

T: +86 21 5820 4200

M: +86 138 1665 3070

joyce.wang@bizcomms.asia

Sage-N Research Releases New Developer Toolkit That Facilitates Integration of SORCERER Platform With Independent Software Suites

MILPITAS, 26th April 2011 - Sage-N Research, Inc., the world leader in computational proteomics announced today a new API toolkit for developers of proteomics data analysis software. The toolkit will enable software developers to add the power and sensitivity of SORCERER analyses to their existing software packages, expanding the utility of the SORCERER platform for high-throughput proteomics laboratories.

The SORCERER is a customized platform that can be used by researchers studying, diseases like cancer and stem cell research. It combines SORCERER Enterprise 4.0 software with a range of additional proprietary post-processing tools such as ETD analysis, ASCORE, MUSE and CENSUS. A key feature of the SORCERER platform is SEQUEST 3G that was developed in partnership with Professor John R. Yates III of the Scripps Research. The API toolkit  allows other applications, either running on the SORCERER platform or accessing it across the network from another computer, to specify and submit SEQUEST 3G searches, to track and control submitted searches and to retrieve hits and scores.  SEQUEST 3G is Sage-N Research's next-generation evolution of the original SEQUEST algorithm for MS-MS protein identification, with enhanced sensitivity for PTM analysis.

Molecular Profiles' Innovative Drug Development Services Win Queen's Award for Enterprise 2011

(Nottingham, UK, 21 April 2011) Molecular Profiles, a leading pharmaceutical development service provider, today announced that it has been awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise 2011 in the Innovation category for its nanoPASS (nanoscale Predictive Analytical Screening Solution) service platform. This novel analytical approach improves the development of new pharmaceuticals by exploiting the latest advances in nanotechnology to yield key analytical data from minute quantities of potential drug candidates and then predicting those candidates that are most likely to make it to market. It helps customers to substantially reduce R&D and production costs and enables earlier introduction of new medicines to market benefiting both industry and patients.

The Queen's Award for Enterprise is the most prestigious and widely recognised accolade for UK industry. The Innovation category recognises companies that have demonstrated spectacular commercial success through innovative products or services. Following a 2007 Queen's Award for Continuous Innovation and Development, the 2011 award honours Molecular Profiles for the creation of cutting-edge development services that significantly improve and speed-up the introduction of new drugs.

Celebrating Pittcon 2011 success!

Cheers! The Scott Partnership team enjoyed a glass of champagne together to celebrate yet another successful year at Pittcon, the world’s largest exposition for laboratory science.

After a busy first quarter preparing for the show, it was time to say well done and recognise our achievements. The Scott Partnership supported some of the world’s leading analytical instrumentation companies at Pittcon 2011, organising media activity including press conferences, media dinners with company executives and editor meetings on booth.

Attending Pittcon myself for the first time this year, it was great to see full press conference rooms and successful meetings between our clients and key industry journalists. Although not everyone in the TSP team was present in Atlanta, it really was a team effort this year with months of meticulous planning, phone calls and editor liaison.

As we raised our glasses in the office a toast was made to a successful Pittcon 2012…grab your sunglasses, we’re going to Orlando!

We’ll see you there,

Lindsay