Until the end of March 2014, purchasers can save £1,200 (€1,755) on a ³Prime and £1,900 (€2,635) on a Techne Prime gradient thermal cycler from Bibby Scientific.

PCR machines throughout the Prime range are being offered at their lowest ever prices – a ³Prime 48 x 0.2ml personal cycler is only £1,995 (€2,395) and a full size 96 x 0.2ml model is just £2,495 (€2,995). Techne’s extensive range of Prime Thermal Cyclers delivers rapid, effective PCR solutions for institutions of every size and type, from small single laboratories to multi-user organisations....

Dri-Pure® technology from Genevac offers significant benefits to scientists, especially those working in synthesis and purification. 

This innovative technology enables scientists to rapidly dry their samples without cross-contamination or loss of sample due to solvent bumping. Other methods of solvent removal tend to be very laborious or lead to unacceptable cross-contamination, Dri-Pure® running on a Genevac evaporator gives smooth, controlled solvent removal in optimum time. The patented Dri-Pure® technology is available for all current models of Genevac centrifugal evaporators, from the affordable EZ-2 through to the production-scale HT-24...

New Environmentally-Friendly Reagent Offers Real-Time PCR and Stronger Signaling Capabilities

Syzygy Biotech^™, a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced rEVAlution qPCR Master Mix, an environmentally-safe, ready to use hot-start qPCR mixture specifically formulated with high quality components to offer superior safety, speed, and signaling capabilities. EvaGreen^® dye was purposely selected for this formulation because it is cell membrane impermeable making it a non-mutagenic, non-cytotoxic PCR dye that’s safe for aquatic life, safe for handling, and can be directly disposed of down the drain. Similar master mixes typically utilize SYBR^® green dyes that are mutagenic...

High Performance Microplate Reader with Advanced Monochromators, Spectrometer, and Filters,  Anything is possible with the CLARIOstar - Any Wavelength. Any Bandwidth. Any Assay.

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....

Now available, J.G. Finneran Associates manufactures 20mL Clear and Amber Headspace Vials with ceramic write-on spots with graduated marks for easier labeling and identification. 

The graduated marks provide the ability to fill the vial to a desired level and facilitates viewing the sample volumes.  The marking spots can be written on with a #2 pencil.  Our line of headspace vials, are made from only Type I borosilicate glass for durability, heat resistance and low extraction.  The Finneran headspace vials are designed for high pressure strength during the heating process thus reducing the possibility of cracking or strain lines.

OHAUS, a leading worldwide manufacturer of scales and balances, has developed the MB Series Moisture Analysers.

The instruments combine high quality and useful features into compact designs. The MB45, MB35, MB25 and MB23 Moisture Analysers offer chemical, food, and research laboratories consistent moisture testing, with high precision readability and strong test repeatability.

Constructed from Victrex® PEEK™ polymer - the low cost, high accuracy Atrato ultrasonic flow meter from Titan Enterprises sets a new standard for flow monitoring applications requiring a high degree of cleanliness.

Accurate and cost effective flow measurement is increasingly important to industries requiring a high degree of cleanliness including pharmaceuticals, industrial engineering and food and beverages. The Atrato flow meter leverages Titan's patented ultrasonic flow meter technology enabling the direct-through meter to handle flows from laminar to turbulent. The device deploys the 'time of flight' measurement system where a signal is passed along the pipe with the flow and back up the pipe against the flow, the difference in these signals produces the flow rate...

The compact and lightweight MICROPUMP range of magnet drive pumps are now available with all-new electromagnetic brushless DC motors which provide increased torque and power for liquids handling applications requiring higher flow rates.  

Available through MICHAEL SMITH ENGINEERS the new EagleDrive™ model MS option is a compact, high performance drive providing a speed range of 500 to 10,000 rpm, torque of 70 mNm, power of 48 watts and weighs just 0.3kg. The new MS drive can be coupled with the GA, GAF and GJ Series of Micropump’s stainless steel, leak free gear pump heads, covering capacities up to 1800 ml/min and differential pressures to 17 Bar.  The MS drive can also be integrated with Micropump’s abrasion resistant centrifugal pump, the CA Series, for circulating and transfer applications requiring higher flows and lower differential pressures...

Even for Difficult to Handle Samples

The Ripette Stepper Dispenser, now available from Alpha Laboratories is the perfect tool for economical yet high performance repeat liquid dispensing. Its lightweight but robust construction makes routine pipetting over long series easier and reduces the risk of repetitive strain injury. Working on the principle of positive displacement, the Ripette uses disposable tips fitted with internal pistons, which make direct contact with the liquid during aspiration and dispensing. This ensures easy, safe, accurate and precise performance even with difficult sample types...

New Candida QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test Now Available

The new Candida QuickFISH BC Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test can positively identify C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis, directly from yeast-positive blood cultures in just 20 minutes. The CE marked, nucleic acid based test enables the microbiologist to report pathogen-identification results 2 to 5 days earlier than conventional methods. This enables clinicians, consultant microbiologists and hospital pharmacists to better optimise therapy for patients with fungaemia....

On October 1, 2013, ASTM International approved Test Method D7889, “Standard Test Method for Field Determination of In-Service Fluid properties using IR Spectroscopy.”

The approval represents official confirmation that the FluidScan^® handheld infrared oil analysis technology from Spectro Inc. meets ASTM guidelines for the analysis of in-service lubricants. The FluidScan method provides direct, immediate measurement of multiple lubricant condition parameters via Spectro’s patented Direct Infrared Spectroscopy (DIR) technology. DIR operates without wet chemistry and requires no solvents....

Merck Millipore Launches CpGenome™ Direct Prep Bisulfite Modification Kit for Simplified One-Step Conversion of Unmethylated Cytosines

New Technology Could Be The Greatest Breakthrough In Cancer Treatment 

The launch of Malvern Instruments’ Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 chromatography detector has triggered record downloads of one of the supporting white papers ‘Static light scattering technologies for GPC/SEC explained’, underlining the enthusiasm amongst users for straightforward information on GPC/SEC analysis.

The recent addition of Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 to Malvern’s range of detectors puts the company in the unique position of being the sole provider of every commercially available light scattering technology for GPC/SEC. Customers can therefore be assured of a truly unbiased choice of detector solutions. The popular white paper is just one of a suite of educational information and application notes provided by Malvern’s specialist team to help users select the right detector for their application...

SciGene today introduced its new Sodium Thiocyanate Pretreatment Reagent, a convenient 1M liquid formulation of NaSCN for pre-treating tissue samples prior to application of nucleic acid probes for cytogenetic assays. 

The product is available in a 1 L bottle for Coplin jars or staining dishes and a 4 L container with flow control spout for filling baths on the Little Dipper Processor and VP 2000 instruments. No dilution is required and the reagent can be stored at room temperature. The product joins an expanding line of FISH slide processing products from SciGene including FISH Wash Buffers, CytoZyme Stabilized Pepsin and CytoBond Removable Coverslip Sealant...

The new ReactoMate Pilot jacketed reaction vessel, from Asynt, offers precise control of reaction variables, a powerful direct drive overhead stirrer and excellent reaction visibility even with the vacuum jacket option.

Optimised for process scale reactions from 1 to 30 litres - the ReactoMate Pilot is available packaged with a Julabo A40 Presto Circulator to ensure superb temperature management and unrivalled performance, a ReactoMate-Pilot Super Support system to support your jacketed reactor and IKA overhead stirrer to ensure efficient reaction mixing. One of the problematic issues associated with reaction vessel set up is the cumbersome and, often dangerous, scaffolding supporting the unit.....

Porvair Filtration Group has introduced Hydrofil HTZ – an innovative dual 0.2µm membrane sterilisation filter cartridge that incorporates a pharmaceutical grade, positively charged Nylon 6,6 membrane.

The positive zeta-potential of the nylon membrane enables highly effective reduction of most endotoxins derived from bacteria which typically have a negative charge in water. The dual membrane structure results in a significant increase in the endotoxin adsorption capacity of the filter. Applications for Hydrofil HTZ include GMP pharmaceutical grade water systems where endotoxins levels need to be kept below Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay detection limits and recirculation of parenteral products through endotoxin removal filters to allow batch release...

Highest rotational speed for finest grinding results in shortest times - ideal for grinding of tablets, dragées and pharmaceuticals

Malvern Instruments has recently released an article detailing the use of laser diffraction particle size analysis  for powder metallurgy applications.

Entitled ‘Using laser diffraction to measure particle size distributions’, the article presents new data on how laboratory and on-line laser diffraction provide the comprehensive particle size and size distribution data required to support metal powder product and manufacturing process development. Powder metallurgy - the production of a solid object from the sintering of a fine metal powder - is a versatile and precise method for creating a wide range of metal components.....

Quo-Test and Quo-Lab analyzers meet set requirements for determination of HbA1c

EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics business, announces the publication of a new white paper detailing the successful external evaluation of its Quo-Test and Quo-Lab glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) analyzers - ‘Evaluation of four POCT-Systems for the measurement of HbA1c’. The aim of the study by scientists at IMCARMED GmbH was to compare four point-of-care (POCT) methods with established laboratory techniques for the determination of HbA1c, an internationally recognized biomarker of blood glucose levels for diabetes management...

Exeter Analytical reports that its Model 440 Elemental Analyser provides a fast and precise analytical tool for the biomass industry.

Identifying a particular tree, crop, grass, or algae with the chemical composition to make it an optimal biofuel candidate has traditionally been laborious and painstaking.  The Exeter Analytical Model 440 Elemental Analyser can analyse a sample in as little as 6 minutes to provide precise percentage Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen (N) data.  Using the percentage Hydrogen data enables easy calculation of the biomass sample gross or net calorific value....