Lonza has announced the latest addition to its cell-culture product portfolio – the Quasi Vivo® System. The Quasi Vivo® Device consists of an advanced, interconnected fluidics system to create more physiologically relevant cell-culture conditions, helping researchers improve the predictive value of their studies. This new product offering from Lonza is a result of a worldwide marketing and distribution agreement with...
AMSBIO, a transatlantic life sciences company, and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK) have pioneered a multidisciplinary approach combining expertise in microfluidics and 3D culture to develop a novel microfluidic platform for cancer research. The new platform combines microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with physiologically relevant 3D spheroids to enable formation and long-term culture of 3D multicellular...
New spectrometer is anchored by high definition optics and robust electronics. The latest spectrometer from Ocean Optics uses a novel optical bench design and high-performance components to provide high throughput, low stray light and excellent thermal stability for integrated, industrial and research applications. The Ocean HDX has a back-thinned CCD array and new “High Definition Optics” design to deliver an...
BioTek makes it even easier for laboratories to transition into automated digital microscopy with the new, fully integrated Lionheart™ LX Automated Microscope. The affordable and compact Lionheart LX offers high contrast brightfield, color brightfield and fluorescence imaging with up to 100x air and oil immersion magnification. Users can automatically image microplates, slides, cell culture...
Genevac reports on how its hydrochloric acid (HCl) resistant EZ-2 evaporator offers significant benefits to clinical labs tasked with analysing plasma, blood or urine samples for neonatal disorders. In new born infants, tandem Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) is a widely used analytical technique to identify metabolic neonatal disorders which include aminoacidemia’s, urea cycle disorders...
Mystaire® Inc, Creedmoor NC announces the release of the Latitude™ Series C Filtered Hoods that provide biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies with an important safety solution when handling potentially harmful chemicals in particulate and/or liquid forms. Latitude maximizes user accessibility and incorporates redundant filtration for added safety and easy maintenance. The Latitude Series C filtered hood was designed with rear wall pre-filter and HEPA filtration...
Gilson, industry leader in liquid handling, purification, and extraction laboratory instruments, announces an expansion to its chromatography systems product offering with the introduction of the VERITY® 3011 Isocratic Pump. The new VERITY 3011 Pump broadens the depth of the VERITY purification systems portfolio with advancements over existing pumps including a convenient quick-connect pump head design and intuitive touchscreen control of the instrument....
These compact systems are an excellent choice for cost-conscious scientists who need versatile gel doc imagers and simple-to-use chemi blot imaging systems. For scientists wanting a complete workstation, the NuGenius is the ideal gel doc. This powerful system features an internal processor and 5 million-pixel CCD camera with motor driven zoom lens, guaranteeing incredible at-system image capture with gels of up to 20cm x 24cm.
The range of simple to use equipment on stand will help scientists in any food, environmental and pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories to improve precision and increase their productivity. Microbiologists looking for easy to set-up automated colony counters will have the opportunity to access the Protos 3 and aCOLyte 3 HD systems live on stand. Both colony counters feature high-resolution CCD cameras and LED lighting coupled with powerful analysis software....
Following the success of the FREE ACE HILIC Method Development Protocol Wall Poster, Advanced Chromatography Technologies Limited is excited to introduce another vital free tool for your method development arsenal – the ACE Reversed-Phase Systematic Method Development Protocol Wall Poster. This A2 poster is perfect for the laboratory wall and outlines a step-by-step approach to reversed-phase method development specifically designed to help you develop your separation faster and more efficiently....
The QCS EV 100 litre top loading autoclave is among the most space-efficient sterilisers available and will appeal to lab managers for their superior loading capability.They easily accommodate the tallest flasks, fermentors, and bioreactors, but cost one-third as much as a comparable front-loading autoclave, making them popular with life-science research labs, academic institutions, dairy, pharmaceutical and healthcare centres....
ACE Method Development Kits group together three industry-leading ACE phases with complementary selectivities to aid in the separation of closely related analytes in your mixtures. Screening each of the phases under the same mobile phase conditions can help you achieve your desired separation faster and increase your lab’s productivity. Each kit contacting three columns is available for the same price as a single column!...
New from Pop-Bio is the NS-100 NanoScan Microplate Reader. This excellent and versatile absorbance microplate reader is essential for laboratories that require routine measurement of concentration or absorbance in 96-well plates. It is intended for use in various applications such as ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays), protein quantification, cell proliferation, enzyme kinetic as well as colorimetric assays....
J.G. Finneran's 96-square deep well plates are available with 96 glass tapered inserts. The inserts have a unique push-point design allowing sample access down to 10µL. The plates have a standard 8x12 well array with an etched 1-12 by A-H matrix. The combination of the plate and the glass tapered inserts are an ideal solution for sample storage, reactive chemistry and biological testing....
The cooler HTS-PS1 from Huber Kältemaschinenbau is low-cost and compact cooling solution for the laboratory. Typical applications include the removal of process heat or temperature control for peltier elements and bioreactors. The air-water cooler does not include an active refrigeration unit. Instead, it uses a circulating cycle of cooling water in the form of a heat exchanger....
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to introduce its new red InGenius3 gel documentation system. Designed with a small darkroom which scientists can use with a choice of UV, blue and white lighting, the InGenius3 is excellent for laboratories looking for a versatile, budget system to accurately image both DNA and protein gels....
Porvair Sciences is a leader in bespoke and speciality microplate design and manufacture. Closely examining the needs of clients for special microplate designs, assembly techniques and plate structure, Porvair can deploy more than 30 years’ experience in the design, assembly and testing of microplates to deliver a world-class final product that can meet or exceed the most exacting specifications....
Third-party acknowledgement provides European validation for STEC, advance in preventing flour-based outbreaks. Hygiena, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company that specializes in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, today announced it received extensions to its AOAC-Research Institute validation for the BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay Suite for STEC for two additional matrices: 25g flour and...
In order to accelerate the sample storage workflow in the lab, Micronic made the Manual Capper CM480 to seal a full rack of 96 tubes with push caps in a single action. The capper is extremely easy to use and makes the process of sealing tubes with push caps more efficient. The Manual Capper is an ideal economical alternative to large and automated capping equipment....
Postnova Analytics reports on how the inorganic analysis team within LGC (Teddington, UK) has been using the AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to characterise nanomaterials in complex food sample matrices. Nanomaterials are known to be present in over 1300 foods and commercial products. ....
Edinburgh Instruments is excited to share the latest upgrades to our FS5 Sample Cassettes range. The easy-to-use cassettes see improvements that provide users ease of access, and time-saving features that makes operation more straightforward. With the use of a new, harder wearing material, the cassettes include a ‘Plug n Play’ feature that allows our Fluoracle Software to automatically recognise which measurement module is being used....
You may read the title of this article and wonder how these two are connected as they seem about as far apart as you could possibly imagine. But there are more similarities than you think. And, I believe that liquid chromatography users could learn a great deal from the aviation industry. What made me come to this connection? My experience living near the London Heathrow airport for the past 20 years–which has allowed...