BMG
LABTECH are delighted to announce that Professor Rose Cooper and her research
group (Aled Roberts, Rowena Jenkins and Sarah Maddocks) from the University of
Wales Institute, Cardiff is the third winner of a SPECTROstar Nano UV/Vis
microplate and cuvette reader.
Professor Cooper is widely known for her research into
the effects of Manuka honey on some of the most stubborn infections encountered
in hospitals including MRSA, and
her work shows that honey can make MRSA
more sensitive to antibiotics such as oxacillin.
Professor Cooper and her group were impressed by the unrivalled
capabilities of the SPECTROstar Nano and both it's compact size and small
footprint.
The group study bacterial growth inhibition, biofilms,
proteomics and gene expression, they require a reader offering flexibility, speed
and sensitivity that is simple and easy to use. The capability of the
SPECTROstar Nano to incubate at 37
0C with shaking and instantaneously
capture a full UV-Vis spectrum to provide either end point or kinetic
measurements in both cuvettes or microplates will also enable her group to
study the kinetics of bacterial growth inhibition and cell death. The ability
of the reader to perform well scanning will also provide more detailed
information on the study of biofilm generation measuring RNA and protein.
"Overall the use of the SPECTROstar Nano will go a
considerable way to helping our entire research group to elucidate the mode of
action of honey against pathogenic bacteria and its action in synergy with
antibiotics. The multiuser software package also means
that everyone in the lab could use the machine and analyse data in a time
efficient manner"
If you, like Professor Cooper, have a great idea on how the SPECTROstar
Nano could redefine absorbance measurements in your lab, submit your entry
before the next winner is chosen. Simply write a short 2-4 page proposal
explaining how your lab would use this new and innovative absorbance reader.
Its proprietary ultra-fast spectrometer instantaneously captures a full
UV-Vis spectrum in microplates, cuvettes and low volumes samples. Fast, full
spectrum measurements will redefine the most common absorbance assays such as
ELISAs, DNA, RNA, Protein
(Bradford, BCA, Lowry), cell growth, and beta-galactosidase.
The proposals will benefit from using the SPECTROstar Nano in a unique fashion
or from proposing to use one of the instrument's many unique features such as:
full UV/Vis spectrum per well, gas vent for atmospheric control, 1536 well
plate reading capability, incubation and shaking, reference corrections to
improve data, cuvette and plate kinetics, BMG
LATECH's low volume LVis Plate, or robotic interface mode.
For more information go to
www.bmglabtech.com/promotion or ask your
local BMG LABTECH representative.
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