Life Science News and Press Releases

Enterococcus QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test Now Available

Alpha Laboratories

07/02/2013

Identification of pathogens from positive blood culture in just 20 minutesQuickFISH™ is a new molecular diagnostic technology, from AdvanDx, that significantly advances time-to-result and ease-of-use. Providing species identification of bacteria directly from positive blood cultures in just 20 minutes, it will help clinicians, consultant microbiologists and hospital pharmacists greatly improve antibiotic therapy for patients with dangerous bacterial pathogen...

Hyb-Ice® System Replaces Thermal Cycler

SciGene

05/02/2013

February 05, 2013 (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) — SciGene today released the Hyb-Ice Thermal Profiling System*, an affordable and flexible alternative to a standard thermal cycler for performing everyday temperature profiles. The system consists of a programmable heating/cooling base and removable block that heat and cool samples from 4 to 99°C. The system accommodates a variety of quick-change blocks to fit nearly any tube or plate.The Hyb-Ice System provides...

Trade-up Your Old or Broken Pipettes & Save up to £150 on a New Hand Friendly Rainin XLS Pipette

31/01/2013

The accuracy of results is of the utmost importance to scientists, which is why most scientists would love to be able to regularly replace their pipette with the latest innovation in pipetting, however budget constraints sometimes mean this is not possible. Anachem can offer a solution; if you trade-up your old or broken pipettes with Anachem you will save up to £150 on a brand new Rainin manual, electronic, single or multichannel XLS pipette. It’s simple to...

NEW Independent Validation Study of ProtoCOL 3 System

Synbiosis

30/01/2013

Shows System’s Rapid Performance is as Accurate as Manual Colony Counting Cambridge, UK: Synbiosis, a world-leading manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, is delighted to announce its ProtoCOL 3 rapid automated colony counter has been shown in an independent study to perform with the same level of accuracy as manual colony counting for enumerating 10 different types of microbial colonies on a range of agar plates.The study, which was performed to...

Syngene Launches PXi Touch Range of Versatile Image Analysis Systems

Syngene

23/01/2013

Quick and Simple Touch Screen Set-up for Perfect Blots, 1D and 2D Gel ImagesCambridge, UK: Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions today announced the introduction of the new PXi Touch range of high resolution, multi-application image analysis systems. These easy-to-use systems are ideal for scientists wanting a rapid touch screen driven method of accurately imaging chemiluminescent and fluorescent blots, as well as 1-D and 2-D gels stained...

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....

Purified Genomic DNA and cDNA Products Save Research Time

AMS Biotechnology (AMSBIO)

22/01/2013

Drawing upon 25 years experience of serving life science research laboratories - AMSBIO has put together a comprehensive range of genomic DNA and cDNA products derived from various human normal and disease state tissue types. These purified samples save valuable research time allowing the immediate identification of genes of interest without the need to acquire tissues and perform in-house processing.AMSBIO has added cancer and normal tissue cDNA arrays to its cDNA range...

Meet the Microplate Specialists at Pittcon 2013

Porvair Sciences Ltd

17/01/2013

Porvair Sciences has chosen the forthcoming Pittcon 2013 exhibition to showcase its latest applications focused microplates and microplate equipment to scientists visiting the event in Philadelphia, PA (17-21st March).Visitors to Pittcon Booth 2854 will be able to meet Porvair's technical specialists, see the company's new MiniSeal II heat sealer, a wide selection of high quality microplates and have a preview of a new microplate evaporator - the UltraVap Mistral.The new...

TAP Biosystems Partners with Life Technologies on New Transient Expression Platform

TAP Biosystems

15/01/2013

Combined Technologies Will Offer High Throughput Automated Protein ExpressionCambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Life Technologies, one of the world’s foremost suppliers of cell culture products and molecular biology reagents for life science research, to develop a cost-efficient, high throughput protein expression...

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces advanced incubation solution for cell-based research

Thermo Fisher Scientific

14/01/2013

The Thermo Scientific Cytomat® 10 is designed to be the fastest automated incubator with a proven thermal decontamination routineORLANDO, FL (January 14, 2013) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the introduction of the new Thermo Scientific Cytomat® 10, a fully automated incubator and storage module for high-capacity cell growth and assay incubation. Designed to fit into the busiest of cell biology or...