Life Science News and Press Releases

Ocean Optics Introduces Raman Microscope

Ocean Optics

10/12/2013

Now available from Ocean Optics is the IDRaman micro, a compact microscope designed for Raman measurements in research, quality control and quality assurance environments. The IDRaman micro is a versatile, high-performance analytical tool for applications where sampling requires careful focus and high spatial resolution to optimise the Raman signal.The IDRaman micro uses a novel focusing technique to make sampling more accurate and easier to perform than with systems based...

Tecan’s Cavro® Air Displacement Pipettor proves ideal for new microbiology application

Tecan Trading AG

10/12/2013

The ease of integration of Tecan’s Cavro® Air Displacement Pipettor (ADP) has helped French microbiological instrument manufacturer i2a to develop PRELUD®, an automated pre-analytical instrument for the inoculation of culture plates and preparation of agar susceptibility tests. Project manager Michel Roch explained: “When we were developing PRELUD, the integration of a liquid handling system for streaking Petri dishes was essential. Instead of trying to...

Promega Introduces QuantiFluor ONE dsDNA System for Sensitive “Add-and-Read” DNA Quantitation

Promega Corporation

05/12/2013

QuantiFluor ONE dsDNA System expands Promega’s nucleic acid quantitation offeringMadison, WI USA. (December 05, 2013) Promega Corporation announced today the launch of the QuantiFluor® ONE dsDNA System, a sensitive, dsDNA-specific fluorescent dye suitable for use in both research and clinical workflows. The new dye system is integrated into the new Promega Quantus™ Fluorometer and GloMax® detection instruments, but is compatible with any fluorometer...

Molecular Devices Announces Next-Generation SpectraMax MiniMax 300 Imaging Cytometer

Molecular Devices, LLC

03/12/2013

Sensitive, flexible, field-upgradeable system supports a wide range of applicationsSunnyvale, CA, December 3 2013 – Molecular Devices®, the market leader in microplate reader technology for over 25 years, has announced today the next-generation SpectraMax® MiniMax™ 300 Imaging Cytometer. This MiniMax 300 imaging cytometer enables both cellular visualization and first-of-its-kind stain free cell-based analysis on the field-upgradable SpectraMax® i3...

Problems in Recombinant Protein Production and Strategies for Solutions

Creative Biomart

29/11/2013

Right before the Thanksgiving Holiday, Creative Biomart hosted a web seminar to discuss common problems in recombinant protein production and strategies for solutions. The web-seminar lasted for 40mins. During the webinar, the main host, Dr. J, the scientific officer of Creative Biomart led the participants (including researchers, students, partners, customers etc.) to review the common challenges with recombinant protein production from different hosts, the culture...

Magritek announce Spinsolve Carbon, the world's first Carbon-13 capable benchtop NMR spectroscopy system

Magritek

27/11/2013

Wellington, New Zealand, 27th November, 2013: Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, is pleased to announce the Spinsolve Carbon. For organic chemists, carbon-13 (13C) NMR forms the backbone of routine molecular analysis. For the first time users can have the power of a 1D and 2D proton-carbon NMR in a benchtop instrument that can be safely used in the laboratory. The launch of Spinsolve Carbon follows naturally after the successful adoption of...

Building a case of precision pipetting with Tecan’s Air LiHa

Tecan Trading AG

26/11/2013

The DNA Section of the Orange County Crime Laboratory (OCCL) in California, USA, has recently taken delivery of its first Air LiHa equipped Freedom EVO® workstation for DNA quantitation and amplification reaction set-up. Complementing the laboratory’s existing liquid displacement Freedom EVO platforms for DNA extraction, this new instrument will help to streamline the workflow and improve pipetting precision. Robert Binz, a Forensic Scientist at OCCL, explained:...

New Pressure Monitor & Limiter for Small Animals

Harvard Apparatus, Inc

21/11/2013

Harvard Apparatus-Hugo Sachs Electronik has just released the NEW Pressure Monitor & Limiter; an ideal tool for any small animal volume controlled ventilator. The Pressure Monitor & Limiter is the perfect peripheral to protect rodent lungs, including mice, from typical barotrauma caused by mechanical ventilation.Pressure monitoring features an analog output of the ventilation pressure signal allowing researchers to collect system pressure and make corrections to...

Integrated DNA Technologies Launches xGen® Universal Blocking Oligos

Integrated DNA Technologies

21/11/2013

Enhancing the performance of target capture experimentsCORALVILLE, IA –21 November 2013– Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has launched the latest addition to its portfolio of next generation sequencing (NGS) products, xGen® Universal Blocking Oligos. By incorporating these oligos into target capture experiments, users can decrease the complexity and increase throughput of their target capture experiment...

Exiqon launches qPCR Array product for custom designed microRNA, mRNA and lncRNA assays

Exiqon

21/11/2013

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of fully customizable qPCR arrays that allow for simultaneous detection of any microRNA, mRNA and lncRNA. As more scientists engage in next generation sequencing the need to verify gene expression discovered by sequencing grows. Researchers studying specific developmental or disease pathways are now able to profile microRNA interactions with target...