Tradeshow
Sep 29, 2015 - Oct 02, 2015
Olympia Conference Centre, London, UK, Booth #34
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Today’s biobanks are looking at the end-to-end lifecycle of their samples and procedures. Without confidence in the integrity of biospecimens, there can be no confidence in the results.

See how Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions protect your precious research. Stop by ESBB 2015 booth #34 and complete a customer profile form and receive a scientist USB stick. 

Featured products

New Thermo Scientific™ TSX ultra-low temperature freezers offer a better environment inside and out. They are environmentally friendly, and provide leading sample protection and energy savings.

Easy-to-use, accurate, and small thermal cycler designed to fit any lab's needs for everyday PCR.

The Ion PGM system enables a simple and fast workflow for targeted next-generation sequencing.

Ensure excellent sample containment using Thermo Scientific™ Sterilin™ Polystyrene 30 mL Universal Containers. 95kPa compliant and CE marked leak-resistant containers are ideal for sample transport.

The Thermo Scientific™ SampleArray™ Tube Handler streamlines sample handling to create custom tube arrays. Works in cold room down to -20°C to prevent sample thawing.

The Thermo Scientific™ VisionMate™ High Speed 2D Barcode Reader saves you time and provides accurate reads, even with frosty tubes.

The Thermo Scientific™ Capit-All™ instrument removes and replaces screw caps on racks of 96-, 48- and 24-format storage tubes with precision and ease.

After observing how much cryoboxes could warm during out-of-freezer handling, we developed the CryoCradle™ as a countermeasure. By using this with a smaller basin instead of large carts, we have standardized biospecimen processing, minimized temperature variability, and improved efficiency for both dry ice and space in our global network of biobanks and biorepositories.

Posters
Thermo Fisher Scientific Poster at ESBB

Title: "Creation of the first tuberculosis biobank in the UK"
Author: Matt Slade

Abstract
TB is currently a global pandemic. The WHO estimates that 2 billion people (a third of the world's population) is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium which causes the disease. Here at FBS UK, we are currently collaborating with our partners on a global phase III clinical trial to create a bank of blood, urine, and sputum samples taken from TB-positive patients during treatment. These can be used in the future to test potential biomarkers of treatment response that may serve as surrogate endpoints for long-term relapse data. Samples have been collected in the Phase III for the evaluation of one of the fourth generation synthetic fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent in the treatment of sputum-smear-positive tuberculosis trial. The collection of samples will be pursued from at least another 1000 patients and if researchers are successful in identifying new biomarkers, these efforts could lead to the first new drug approved in the treatment of drug-sensitive TB in 50 years.

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