Life Science News and Press Releases

High Throughput Biological Sample Concentrator

Genevac Ltd.

16/09/2014

The miVac Quattro from Genevac is the perfect workhorse sample concentrator for biological laboratories tasked with handling larger numbers of samples.The miVac Quattro centrifugal vacuum concentrator rapidly removes a wide range of solvents, from volatile organic solvents through to DMF, including water, making it the ideal system for concentrating precious samples in applications including oligonucleotide synthesis, RNA/DNA preparation, peptide preparation, sequencing,...

A Rapid Safe Technique for Drying DNA and Oligonucleotide Samples

Genevac Ltd.

20/01/2014

A technical article is available from Genevac that describes a rapid, safe technique for drying oligonucleotide and DNA samples.DNA and oligonucleotide samples are sensitive and care needs to be exercised during concentration. Research done at the Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (UK) shows that the Genevac EZ-2 evaporator is an ideal tool for concentrating SNP and oligonucleotides in microplates when preparing samples for microarraying and for Sequenon analysis....

Faster Drying of Deep Well Microplates

Genevac Ltd.

10/09/2013

Genevac’s new generation heat transfer plates for centrifugal evaporators enable almost any deep well plate to be dried up to 50% faster than previously possible. Evaporation from microplates, especially deep well plates, can be extremely slow. The design of deep well plates makes it particularly difficult for an evaporator system to transfer enough heat for rapid drying, especially with higher boiling point solvents such as water or DMSO. In addition, often the...

Routine Generation of Powder Samples from HPLC Fractions

Genevac Ltd.

15/07/2013

Genevac reports that its HT Series II Evaporator using the Fast Lyophilisation, or LyoSpeed™ process is enabling a growing number of pharmaceutical labs to routinely dry HPLC fraction samples to a powder form, such that the samples can then be accurately weighed, easily sub-sampled and redissolved.When working with certain HPLC solvents, such as water and acetonitrile, a fully dried result can be hard to achieve due to interactions with the dissolved sample -...

Protein Concentration Prior to Separation & Analysis

Genevac Ltd.

14/03/2013

Many research applications require concentration of dilute protein solutions. The miVac sample concentrator from Genevac provides a proven efficient and cost effective alternative to membrane centrifugation techniques for protein concentration prior to separation or analysis.For laboratories looking to pre-concentrate protein solutions prior to chromatographic separation and analysis – membrane centrifugation was traditionally the method of choice. However, for...

High Throughput Natural Product Discovery

Genevac Ltd.

22/01/2013

A technical article from Genevac is available that details how its HT-24 centrifugal evaporation system is assisting a commercial flavours and fragrance company in its quest to find and isolate novel flavour ingredients from nature.Natural product derived discovery of novel flavour molecules is a highly complex process. Natural product sources yield complex extracts containing many components, which often do not lend themselves to processing and analysis....