Lab Services - Reference Materials

Fisher Scientific
Address: Bishop Meadow Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom LE11 5RG
Tel: 01509 231166 Fax: 01509 231893
Web: www.fisher.co.uk Email: FSUK.sales@thermofisher.com
Contact: .

Company Profile
Fisher Scientific is the world's oldest and largest suppliers of laboratory equipment to the scientific community.
The one-stop lab shop with >130,000 product lines. These ranges include laboratory & fine chemicals, bioreagents, life science, safety, laboratory capital equipment and consumables.
Products cover balances, centrifuges, freezers, pH meters, rotavapours, spectrometers, filtration, and glassware.

Health Protection Agency Culture Collections
Address: Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK SP4 0JG
Tel: + 44 1980 612512 Fax: +44 1980 611315
Web: www.ecacc.org.uk Email: ecacc@hpa.org.uk
Contact: Dr Elizabeth Fashola-Stone

Company Profile
Formation of the Health Protection Agency in 2003 brought together four of the existing UK culture collections, NCTC, NCPV, NCPF and ECACC:

EUROPEAN COLLECTION OF CELL CULTURES (ECACC)
One of the world's premier collections of authenticated cell cultures, with over 40,000 cell lines representing 45 different species. Along with a new range of Early Passage Cells and associated media.

NATIONAL COLLECTION OF PATHOGENIC FUNGI (NCPF)
The UK's only culture collection specialising in fungi pathogenic to humans and animals. The NCPF holds about 2500 strains, most of which are available for sale and distribution.

NATIONAL COLLECTION OF PATHOGENIC VIRUSES (NCPV)
Preserves well-characterised, authenticated human pathogenic viruses in a secure facility, and supplies the agents or nucleic acids derived from them to the scientific community according to national and international guidelines.

NATIONAL COLLECTION OF TYPE CULTURES (NCTC)
Supplies reference bacterial cultures of medical, scientific and veterinary importance world-wide to support academic, health, food and veterinary institutions. The collection comprises over 5000 bacterial cultures, over 100 mycoplasmas and more than 500 plasmids, host strains, bacteriophages and transposons.

The collections also support a range of identification, characterisation and testing services. HPACC supplies its microorganisms, products and services to both academic and commercial customers worldwide.

Product and services: Cell culture, Cell Lines, Cell Line, Normal Early Passage Cells, Normal Early Passage Cell Media, Synoviocytes, dermal papilla cells, endothelia cells, HUVEC, Coronary artery, smooth muscle cells, skeletal muscle cells, chondrocytes, osteoblasts, preadipocytes, keratinocytes, melanocytes, primary cultures, human control DNA, genomic DNA, primate DNA, ethnic diversity DNA, ethnic DNA, Diabetes, Diabetes Type 1 DNA, Diabetes Type 2 DNA, microbial testing, sterility testing, DNA extraction, RNA extraction, cell pellets, virus testing, mycoplasma testing, mycoplasma eradication, cell culture scale-up, training courses, blood processing, EBV transformation, cGMP Safe Deposit, Safe Deposit, Patent Deposit, Cell Banking, quarantine cell banking, inventory management, cell analysis, quality assurance, cell verification, genomic modification of cells, serum-free adaptation and banking, tissue processing, cryo-preserved tissue digests, laboratory automation, pharmacogentics, HTS, high screening, DNA quantification, liquid handling, blood collection, cell collection, drug analysis, biomaufacturing, biotechnology, life science, genetic, pharmaceutical, drug discover, consultancy, cell culture troubleshooting, facility set-up, growth profiling, cell phenotype analysis, second site storage, bacterial, reference standards, plasmids, host strains, bacteriophages, transposons, LENTICULE, International Depository Authority, viruses, fungi, yeast, dermatophytes, mould, dimorphic fungal pathogens.

LGC
Address: Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, United Kingdom TW11 0LY
Tel: 020 8943 7000 Fax: 020 8943 2767
Contact: Gez Morton

Company Profile
LGC, a science service company, is Europe's leading independent provider of analytical and diagnostic services and reference standards. LGC's market-led divisions - LGC Forensics, Food Chain and Environment, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Services and LGC Promochem (for Reference Materials) - operate in a diverse range of sectors for both public and private sector customers. Its research-led Analytical Technology and Government Chemist division houses specialist laboratories for the delivery of contracts under the DTI's National Measurement System and to serve its role as the UK's National Measurement Institute for chemical and biochemical analysis.

LGC Promochem
Address: Queens Road, Teddington, Middx, UK TW11 0LY
Tel: 02089438489 Fax: 02089437009
Contact: S Mackay

Company Profile
LGC Promochem is now the leading reference materials supplier in Europe. We offer services supplying reference materials from the world's leading producers in combination with an in-house production facility (ISO Guide 34 accredited) which offers a wide variety of certified reference materials to suit the often exacting needs of our customers. LGC Promochem is also the exclusive European distributor for ATCC cultures and bioproducts.

LGC Promochem provides the very highest levels of technical support expertise in combination with a network of offices throughout Europe and India. Our partnerships with the world's leading reference materials producers enable us to assist customers with the often time consuming task of locating the most appropriate materials for the specified application.

Metrohm UK Ltd
Address: Unit 2 Top Angel, Buckingham Industrial Park, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom MK18 1TH
Tel: 01280 824824 Fax: 01280 824800
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Company Profile
Instrumentation for potentiometric titration, karl fischer titration,ion chromatography, HPLC, Voltammetry / Polarography, Lab Automation, Dosing & Dispensing, CFR COMPLIANT SOFTWARE.

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MP Systems, LLC
Address: P.O. Box 3746, Los Altos, California, USA 94024
Tel: 1-650-967-5125 Fax: 1-650-967-3625
Contact: Eric Levenson

Company Profile
MP SYSTEMS is a Silicon Valley consulting firm that specializes in identifying and evaluating very early-stage companies (pre-VC) for investment and partnerships in Nanotechnology, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Semiconductor Equipment and Processes. The company has particular expertise in sulfur trioxide-based (SO3 gas) semiconductor wafer/substrate, organic dry-cleaning.

The principals have significant technology, business and market experience and industry contacts that enable them to introduce attractive partners for mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing or sales partnerships, and joint development relationships between global firms and those in the Silicon Valley.

Our breadth of experience spans sales and marketing, acquisitions and mergers, IPO’s, investment funding, business plan preparation and evaluation, customer satisfaction activities, engineering, manufacturing and operations. This breadth enables us to judge the potential of very early-stage companies and their specific technologies.

Particle Technology Ltd
Address: Station Yard Industrial Estate, Hatton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom DE65 5DU
Tel: 01283 520365 Fax: 01283 520412
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Company Profile
Christison Particle Technologies Limited have more than 40 years experience in the supply of equipment for particle size reduction and particle size analysis including PSS single particle optical sizing and dynamic light scattering techniques for sizing down to nanometer scale; particle size and shape analysers; all types of sieves and sieve shakers, sonic and air jet sieves. MicroJet Processors for sub-micron dispersions, emulsions, liposomes and cell disruption. Christison M3 Mixermill, Christison M4 Planetary Mill. Jaw crushers, pulverisers and grinding media. LumiFuge analytical centrifuges for classification of stability and separation behaviour. We offer a reasonably priced Contract Service including particle size and shape analysis; material processing from a few grams to full production runs (we can emulsify, disperse, grind etc); small scale grinding down to analytical fineness. We have approval from the MHRA for Contract Sizing of Pharmaceutical Products

Ravenfield Designs Ltd
Address: Russell Street, Heywood, Lancashire, United Kingdom OL10 1NX
Tel: 01706 369307 Fax: 01706 360472
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Company Profile
Designers and manufacturers of scientific instruments

Rubber Consultants
Address: Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Brickendonbury, Hertford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom SG13 8NL
Tel: 01992 554657 Fax: 01992 504248
Contact: Mrs K Ward

Company Profile
Rubber Consultants is based at one of the world's leading research centres with over 60 years' experience. In addition to staff expertise in rubber science and technology, engineering materials, chemical testing and failure analysis, facilities are available as support services.

Spectronic Analytical Instruments
Address: Tudor House, Barley Hill Road, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom LS25 1DX
Tel: 0113 286 4536 Fax: 0113 232 0424
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Company Profile
Established in 1971, Spectronic Analytical Instruments specialise in the supply and maintenance of a wide range of laboratory instruments and are the authorised sales and service distributor for the following leading scientific equipment manufacturers:

AURORA
Atomic absorption spectrophotometers and accessories.

CAMSPEC
Single and double beam UV/Visible spectrophotometers.

JENWAY
UV/Visible spectrophotometers, electro-chemical and analytical instruments.

LEICA
Industrial microscopy systems and accessories.

LUMEX
FT-IR spectrophotometers and mercury analysers.

RUDOLPH RESEARCH ANALYTICAL
Automatic polarimeters, refractometers and saccharimeters.

SERVOGOR / KIPP & ZONEN
Portable and laboratory flatbed and vertical chart recorders.

STELLARNET
Fibre optic spectrometers, spectrum analysers and radiometers.

SWEDMETER
Industrial pH meters and accessories.

The company also stocks a comprehensive range of consumable items.

Stanhope-Seta
Address: London Street, Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom KT16 8AP
Tel: 01932 564391 Fax: 01932 568363
Contact: Caroline Morrison

Company Profile
Stanhope-Seta design and manufacture quality control instruments used to measure the physical characteristics that determine product quality and consistency.

Seta instruments are used by many diverse industries including petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, plastics and transport. Measurements include Flash Point, Vapour Pressure, Viscosity, Penetration, Contaminants and many other “quality” parameters.

Yorlab
Address: 9 The Crescent, Blossom Street, York, Yorkshire, UK YO24 1AW
Tel: 01904 651493 Fax: 01904 611932
Web: www.yorlab.co.uk Email: sale@yorlab.co.uk
Contact: Mark Walsh

Company Profile
As well as being manufacturers of specialist Laboratory glassware. Yorlab are suppliers of quality Laboratory equipment. We pride ourselves on being able to supply all of your lab needs from a test tube to designing and supplying a complete laboratory. Among our products we have Hanna, Grants Baths, IKA equipment, incubators, ovens and all your laboratory consumables. Yorlab are UK business parteners with Sigma Aldrich and can supply all your chemical requirements

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