Porvair Sciences has announced a new video that provides an informative introduction to the Ultravap Mistral - a next generation robot-compatible dry down station designed to remove the 'bottleneck' of solvent evaporation from microplates.
Drawing upon Porvair’s market leading position in nitrogen blow down evaporation – the UltraVap Mistral offers a simple, turnkey solution for integrating an automatic dry down step into your automated liquid handling protocol. The UltraVap Mistral is fully optimised to work with robotic liquid handling systems from suppliers including Beckman, Hamilton and Tecan and features a “shuttle” design capable of serving and retrieving microplates to and from the robot deck without further need for off-deck handling....
Read MorePlanetary Ball Mills Apr 21, 2014
FRITSCH Planetary Mills classic line are most effective for rapid loss-free and reproducible ultra-fine grinding of hard, medium-hard, brittle and fibrous materials dry or in suspension, for mixing and homogenising as well as for mechanical alloying/activation in materials research.
Samples can be processed from a few milligrams to several kilograms at a wide range of fineness levels down to less than 1 μm. They are absolutely reliable, especially easy to operate and clean. Matching grinding parts of various materials are also available to provide maximum protection against undesired contamination of the samples.
The fastest, most productive and reliable platform in the market is now enhanced with ready-to-use (RTU), optimized staining kits and integrated barcode reading.
Quality-controlled RTU H&E staining kits, lead to consistent high-quality staining up to 2000 slides per kit. The flexibility of the system also allows optimization of protocols meeting the specific diagnostic requirements. Chris Koeman, CEO Sakura Finetek Europe, states, “This is a great advancement of the SMART Automation portfolio. Thestaining and coverslipping platform has an impressive track record with a market leading installed base of more than a thousand systems, and the best Mean Time Between Failures....
CryoFreeze® – Range of tubes, racks and accessories for use in cryogenic preparation and storage.
SSI, an American manufacturer of consumable plastics for laboratory researchers for over 23 years, has launched a comprehensive family of cryogenic storage products designed to provide researchers with consumables needed in the cryopreservation of tissue and cells. The CryoFreeze® family of cryogenic tubes, racks, and accessories was created to provide users with safe and handy solutions for the cryogenic transportation and storage of biological material....
The Magritek Spinsolve Carbon is the world’s first Carbon-13 capable benchtop NMR spectroscopy system. It has been designed to meet the needs of every chemistry lab and is perfect for chemistry education, synthetic chemists & reaction monitoring.
The launch of Spinsolve Carbon follows naturally after the successful adoption of the Spinsolve family of benchtop NMR spectrometers by users around the globe. It has been designed to meet the needs of specific groups of users. These are split into several categories: pharmaceutical and medicinal chemists, synthetic chemists, academics focused on organic chemistry education and researchers working on the structure elucidation of organic molecules....
The ABB MB-Rx In-Situ Reaction Monitor is a plug-and-play solution designed for research laboratories and pilot plants in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.
This robust and maintenance free analyzer provides real-time insight into chemical reaction dynamics. Key parameters such as kinetics over different phases, reagent consumption and the synthesis of products and by-products can be assessed in real time. The MR-Rx features a rugged Hastelloy ATR probe and an intuitive software interface that allows for rapid set-up of experiment templates....
A new online tutorial video from FLIR Systems demonstrates the comprehensive capabilities of its ResearchIR™ thermal imaging camera control and analysis software.
FLIR ResearchIR software is aimed at R&D and Science users of thermal imaging cameras with a cooled or uncooled detector. FLIR ResearchIR allows you to make the most out of your thermal imaging camera through high speed recording and advanced thermal pattern analysis. ResearchIR is the perfect tool for industrial R&D. ResearchIR Max is available for users that are interested in more advanced science applications. The software, available in 20 languages, provides a comprehensive set of acquisition, diagnostic and data sharing tools, and features customizable, savable workspaces that allow users to arrange how images, data, charts and plots are displayed. It features zoom and pan capabilities and performs real-time image analysis with a variety of measurement modes...
A new customer testimonial video from INTEGRA demonstrates how the VIAFLO VOYAGER motorised adjustable spacing pipette can be used to rapidly set up a 384-well qRT-PCR plate for analysis in a ViiA™ 7 Real-Time PCR system (Life Technologies).
In the video demonstration, the VIAFLO VOYAGER simplifies and significantly accelerates the loading of samples into a 384-well plate. The researcher shows how it is routinely possible to pipette 64 samples in triplicate for two genes of interest - all in under 10 minutes!...
Multichannel pipettes are invaluable when working with multiwell plates. However, prolonged and repetitive pipetting sessions bear the risk of strain and fatigue, often resulting in repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and less reproducible results. VIAFLO ASSIST together with INTEGRA’s VIAFLO II electronic pipettes form the perfect symbiosis to prevent users from RSI and to increase the reproducibility of prolonged pipetting protocols such as serial dilutions, plate filling and reagent addition significantly....
GSK reports sales growth +1%, earnings per share +16% and strong cash generation which has enabled the company to re-affirm its guidance for the full year.
Simon Dingemans, CFO, gives an update on the emerging markets business. Key highlights: Core EPS 28.9p (+16%) benefiting from operating, financial and long-term cost efficiencies. Pharma & Vaccines sales flat: US +2%, Europe +5%, Japan +2% offset by EMAP -9%. Consumer Healthcare +4%. 4 approvals in 3 markets; Tivicay for HIV and FluLaval Q-IV vaccine for flu; Tafinlar for metastatic melanoma; Relvar Ellipta for asthma..
Exeter Analytical has produced a new video that provides an informative introduction to the technique of elemental microanalysis that provides precise determination of percentage Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen in a sample.
The use of CHN microanalysis as a routine technique to provide a precise and accurate elemental analysis of a sample is widely accepted across many market sectors worldwide. CHN microanalysis is a powerful and relatively straightforward method for determining whether or not a sample is pure by providing a precise and accurate analysis of a sample's percentage carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen content....
TissueMark software automatically marks and detects potentially cancerous sections in tissue samples with unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy.
Leap in precision equates to the shift from a freehand outline sketch of a country’s border to a high resolution map of the whole country. New technology, developed in Belfast, will soon enable pathologists to automate the process of marking tissue samples with unprecedented accuracy. TissueMark, developed by Belfast-based digital pathology specialists PathXL, is being launched today at the Association for Molecular Pathology conference in Phoenix, Arizona. TissueMark analyses the detailed structural patterns in tissue samples and marks the boundaries of potentially cancerous sections for more detailed analysis. The new software will help accelerate cancer research and discovery, reduce time in drug development and identify new markers of the disease...
Sensitive, flexible, field-upgradeable system supports a wide range of applications
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 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader. Brightfield and fluorescence based green and red channel cellular image acquisition and analysis is made simple using the SoftMax Pro® software workflow....
Specialised Imaging reports on how its SIM-D8 ultra high-speed framing camera is being used by Sorlox Corporation (Irvine, CA, USA) to look at the behaviour of plasma generated by a compact Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF) system.
Sorlox Corporation is a pioneer in the development of compact pulsed-plasma devices for use as highly efficient, environmentally friendly power production or for medical isotope production. Using Deuterium as its fuel source - the Sorlox Nautilus Compressor employs an electric field to generate a hot plasma. Using a magnetic field, the Nautilus system compresses the plasma to a high energy state, facilitating fusion and releasing heat that can be used for power generation...
Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Nederlands Kanker Instituut, NKI) are benefitting from the advanced, multi-parameter characterisation offered by Avacta Analytical’s Optim® technology for the study of novel proteins.
Dr Anastassis Perrakis, Principle Investigator in the Institute’s Structural Biology Group, explained: “We are interested in the mechanisms controlling a variety of different cellular processes, using in vitro protein characterisation to look at how proteins interact with other proteins and DNA. In addition to traditional biochemical assays, we perform a large number of biophysical experiments to help us understand these molecular interaction....
INTEGRA has published a video* demonstrating how its VIAFLO 96 handheld electronic pipette, used in conjunction with the Seahorse Bioscience XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer, provides high throughput screening of the cellular bioenergetics of multiple cell lines.
The measurement of cellular bioenergetics, the processes by which cells produce and consume energy, is fundamental to determining the growth, development, function and metabolism of cells. The Seahorse Bioscience XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer enables the determination of the two major energy yielding pathways in cells, aerobic respiration and glycolysis, by simultaneously measuring the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR)...
AMSBIO has announced a new on-demand webinar entitled 'CometAssay: Detecting single and double strand DNA breaks in individual cells'.
Presented by Dr Sandra Woodgate, a Subject Matter Expert for this technique., this informative webinar explores how the Comet Assay quantitates DNA damage and repair from in vivo and in vitro samples of eukaryotic cells. The comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) is a technique to easily and rapidly detect and quantitate DNA fragmentation associated with DNA damage caused by apoptosis and cytotoxicity. The technique can be particularly useful in the field of genotoxicity testing, human biomonitoring, cellular response to DNA damage, and for screening cancer therapeutics...
BioTek's new MultiFlo™FX Microplate Dispenser is a modular, upgradable, automated reagent dispenser for 6- to 1536-well plates. Our unique Parallel Dispense™ technologies offer both peristaltic and syringe pump operation down to 500 nL, while an available wash module adds multi-purpose functionality. MultiFlo FX is an ideal platform for efficient 2D and 3D cell-based workflows, especially when integrated to the new BioStack™4 to automate operations with lidded or non-lidded plates. MultiFlo FX replaces up to five liquid handlers, saving space, time, and multiple plate loading and unloading in automated systems...
BMG LABTECH showcased the CLARIOstar multimode microplate reader at the European Laboratory Automation 2013 conference in Hamburg, Germany.
Watch the video to learn about this new and exciting microplate reading technology, which includes a next generation monochromator for fluorescence and luminescence assays. The LVF monochromators, which incorporate linear variable filters and dichroics, allow greater light transmission, which translates into significantly increased sensitivity....
Once a James Bond fantasy, diamond-based lasers are now becoming a reality.
Ground-breaking research is harnessing the unique properties of diamonds to develop a new generation of lasers that could lead to many benefits, from better treatment of skin complaints and diabetes-related eye conditions to improved pollution monitoring and aeronautical engineering. A University of Strathclyde team has developed a new type of high-performance, ultra-versatile Raman laser* that harnesses diamonds to produce light beams with more power and a wider range of colours than current Raman lasers...
PrimeTime® qPCR Assay Plates with online tool for ordering primers and probes in 96 well format
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has announced the launch of PrimeTime® qPCR Assay Plates, for high throughput qPCR analysis. Primers and probes for 5’-nuclease and intercalating dye assays (e.g., SYBR®) can now be directly ordered online in a 96 well plate format, eliminating the time-consuming transfer of primers and probes from reagent stocks, and streamlining the reaction set-up. PrimeTime qPCR Assay Plates offer an ideal solution for many applications that generate large quantities of data, such as validation of NGS and microarray data, as well as high throughput gene expression screening...
In this latest video you will hear why people are choosing F-DSi Gas Generators over their other competitors.
End users talk about their experience of using FDGSi gas generators and share their feedback on the products and quality of service provided. Whatever are your needs, F-DSi gas generators enable you to produce Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Pure Air with purities higher than 99,9999%.
Drawing upon Porvair’s market leading position in nitrogen blow down evaporation – the UltraVap Mistral offers a simple, turnkey solution for integrating an automatic dry down step into your automated liquid handling protocol. The UltraVap Mistral is fully optimised to work with robotic liquid handling systems from suppliers including Beckman, Hamilton and Tecan and features a “shuttle” design capable of serving and retrieving microplates to and from the robot deck without further need for off-deck handling....
Quality-controlled RTU H&E staining kits, lead to consistent high-quality staining up to 2000 slides per kit. The flexibility of the system also allows optimization of protocols meeting the specific diagnostic requirements. Chris Koeman, CEO Sakura Finetek Europe, states, “This is a great advancement of the SMART Automation portfolio. Thestaining and coverslipping platform has an impressive track record with a market leading installed base of more than a thousand systems, and the best Mean Time Between Failures....
SSI, an American manufacturer of consumable plastics for laboratory researchers for over 23 years, has launched a comprehensive family of cryogenic storage products designed to provide researchers with consumables needed in the cryopreservation of tissue and cells. The CryoFreeze® family of cryogenic tubes, racks, and accessories was created to provide users with safe and handy solutions for the cryogenic transportation and storage of biological material....
The launch of Spinsolve Carbon follows naturally after the successful adoption of the Spinsolve family of benchtop NMR spectrometers by users around the globe. It has been designed to meet the needs of specific groups of users. These are split into several categories: pharmaceutical and medicinal chemists, synthetic chemists, academics focused on organic chemistry education and researchers working on the structure elucidation of organic molecules....
This robust and maintenance free analyzer provides real-time insight into chemical reaction dynamics. Key parameters such as kinetics over different phases, reagent consumption and the synthesis of products and by-products can be assessed in real time. The MR-Rx features a rugged Hastelloy ATR probe and an intuitive software interface that allows for rapid set-up of experiment templates....
FLIR ResearchIR software is aimed at R&D and Science users of thermal imaging cameras with a cooled or uncooled detector. FLIR ResearchIR allows you to make the most out of your thermal imaging camera through high speed recording and advanced thermal pattern analysis. ResearchIR is the perfect tool for industrial R&D. ResearchIR Max is available for users that are interested in more advanced science applications. The software, available in 20 languages, provides a comprehensive set of acquisition, diagnostic and data sharing tools, and features customizable, savable workspaces that allow users to arrange how images, data, charts and plots are displayed. It features zoom and pan capabilities and performs real-time image analysis with a variety of measurement modes...
Multichannel pipettes are invaluable when working with multiwell plates. However, prolonged and repetitive pipetting sessions bear the risk of strain and fatigue, often resulting in repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and less reproducible results. VIAFLO ASSIST together with INTEGRA’s VIAFLO II electronic pipettes form the perfect symbiosis to prevent users from RSI and to increase the reproducibility of prolonged pipetting protocols such as serial dilutions, plate filling and reagent addition significantly....
Simon Dingemans, CFO, gives an update on the emerging markets business. Key highlights: Core EPS 28.9p (+16%) benefiting from operating, financial and long-term cost efficiencies. Pharma & Vaccines sales flat: US +2%, Europe +5%, Japan +2% offset by EMAP -9%. Consumer Healthcare +4%. 4 approvals in 3 markets; Tivicay for HIV and FluLaval Q-IV vaccine for flu; Tafinlar for metastatic melanoma; Relvar Ellipta for asthma..
The use of CHN microanalysis as a routine technique to provide a precise and accurate elemental analysis of a sample is widely accepted across many market sectors worldwide. CHN microanalysis is a powerful and relatively straightforward method for determining whether or not a sample is pure by providing a precise and accurate analysis of a sample's percentage carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen content....
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 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader. Brightfield and fluorescence based green and red channel cellular image acquisition and analysis is made simple using the SoftMax Pro® software workflow....
Sorlox Corporation is a pioneer in the development of compact pulsed-plasma devices for use as highly efficient, environmentally friendly power production or for medical isotope production. Using Deuterium as its fuel source - the Sorlox Nautilus Compressor employs an electric field to generate a hot plasma. Using a magnetic field, the Nautilus system compresses the plasma to a high energy state, facilitating fusion and releasing heat that can be used for power generation...
The measurement of cellular bioenergetics, the processes by which cells produce and consume energy, is fundamental to determining the growth, development, function and metabolism of cells. The Seahorse Bioscience XF96 Extracellular Flux Analyzer enables the determination of the two major energy yielding pathways in cells, aerobic respiration and glycolysis, by simultaneously measuring the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR)...
BioTek's new MultiFlo™FX Microplate Dispenser is a modular, upgradable, automated reagent dispenser for 6- to 1536-well plates. Our unique Parallel Dispense™ technologies offer both peristaltic and syringe pump operation down to 500 nL, while an available wash module adds multi-purpose functionality. MultiFlo FX is an ideal platform for efficient 2D and 3D cell-based workflows, especially when integrated to the new BioStack™4 to automate operations with lidded or non-lidded plates. MultiFlo FX replaces up to five liquid handlers, saving space, time, and multiple plate loading and unloading in automated systems...
Watch the video to learn about this new and exciting microplate reading technology, which includes a next generation monochromator for fluorescence and luminescence assays. The LVF monochromators, which incorporate linear variable filters and dichroics, allow greater light transmission, which translates into significantly increased sensitivity....
Ground-breaking research is harnessing the unique properties of diamonds to develop a new generation of lasers that could lead to many benefits, from better treatment of skin complaints and diabetes-related eye conditions to improved pollution monitoring and aeronautical engineering. A University of Strathclyde team has developed a new type of high-performance, ultra-versatile Raman laser* that harnesses diamonds to produce light beams with more power and a wider range of colours than current Raman lasers...
End users talk about their experience of using FDGSi gas generators and share their feedback on the products and quality of service provided. Whatever are your needs, F-DSi gas generators enable you to produce Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Pure Air with purities higher than 99,9999%.