INTEGRA has launched new single-use waste collection bottles for its VACUSIP benchtop aspiration system – a compact, portable solution for safe and convenient disposal of small volumes of biological liquid waste.

The introduction of new disposable bottles allows VACUSIP users to go one step further in terms of operational safety and reducing the cost of handling / disposal of biohazardous substances. Made of heavy duty polypropylene, the new single-use collection bottle is shatterproof and vacuum resistant, eliminating risks of breakage and contamination by the biological agents during manipulation...

A new range of animal-free and endotoxin-free growth factors and cytokines, tailored to stem cell research, has been launched by AMSBIO – a leading supplier of recombinant proteins.

The success of stem cell research depends on the development of optimal cell culture systems. Both expansion and differentiation of stem cells is highly reliant on growth factor and cytokine supplements, with the activity and purity of these recombinants being critical to successful research and clinical applications....

Spinnovation Biologics introduces new Elemental and Trace Metals Analysis for Cell Culture Media

To offer a more complete analysis platform for cell culture, Spinnovation introduces new Elemental Analysis for cell culture media and raw materials. Elemental Analysis uses Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) to test samples for up to 30 elements and trace metals, at levels as low as parts per billion (ppb). With this service Spinnovation enables customers to characterize raw materials and monitor the elements critical to cells, for maximum cell culture production yield and optimal performance...

Now fully controllable using PLC technology for remote monitoring

Glen Creston - ‘Leaders in Size Reduction’ have improved the design and function of their Roller Crusher. It can be supplied with a new control box with PLC which allows remote monitoring and control of the crusher in process applications. The largest single shaft unit is now 800mm long by 500mm wide internally and designed for crushing lump coal up to 250mm. High temperature versions are available for crushing power station ash at up to 250 degrees centigrade....

Sherwood Scientific exhibits solution for enzyme-based diagnostic testing in remote locations 

Sherwood Scientific Ltd will exhibit the CHROMA Model 260uv Programmable Colorimeter for the first time at MEDICA 2013 (20 - 23 November 2013, Düsseldorf Fairgrounds, Germany). The instrument allows users to conduct enzyme-based tests in challenging and remote locations without access to a laboratory. Also on display at MEDICA will be Sherwood Scientific’s magnetic susceptibility balance and the model 926S Chloride analyser, both valuable and established tools in clinical applications. The Model 260uv Programmable Colorimeter’s ability to operate in the near UV region makes it ideal for enzyme-based clinical diagnostic tests...

New Method for Microcarrier Cell Culture using TAP’s ambr Micro Bioreactors Saves Time Optimising Process Conditions Enabling Rapid Vaccine Production

TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and consumables for life science, today announced it has developed a new method of using microcarriers with its ambr™ micro bioreactor system. This technique enables scientists to produce uniform microcarrier samples and perform automated media exchange to rapidly optimise parameters for culturing adherent cell lines on microcarriers, thus shortening timelines for successfully scaling up manufacturing of vaccines and cell therapies...

For laboratories wishing to acquire a high capacity, front loading cylindrical chamber autoclave with an exception pack density at a more affordable price the ideal solution is a new 500 litre steam steriliser being launched by Priorclave. 

The new autoclave joins the popular Q63 range which is renowned for sterilising chambers with a taller profile than that found in most ‘cylindrical’ machines making it ideal for accepting larger items.  This range also offers better loading versatility with much easier and safer chamber access due to the lower loading height of just 725 mm. The new Q63/EH500 autoclave is the largest cylindrical-chamber steam steriliser...

Eppendorf has launched seven new models to its epMotion range of automated pipetting systems.

Designed for effective, automated liquid handling applications, the new epMotion 5070 and epMotion 5075 systems provide a precise, accurate alternative to time-consuming manual pipetting and liquid handling tasks. The combination of accelerated operational speed, new software & hardware features and an increased number of worktable positions make the systems ideal for simple and flexible laboratory use across a wide range of liquid handling applications...

60 new, high quality CE marked tests lasting up to 2 years

The Diatron Group,global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers, has added 60 new CE marked tests to offer a comprehensive range of high quality clinical chemistry reagents which are complemented by calibrators and controls to meet growing laboratory requirements. The new tests include substrates, enzymes, electrolytes, lipids, specific proteins and special tests. Easy-to-use and safe, the tests’ liquid reagents are ready-to-use and load directly onto the Diatron Pictus clinical chemistry analyzer range, for which they have been designed and performance-optimized...

Improve detection of ‘Winter Bugs’ with DiaSorin nucleic acid extraction kits

DiaSorin LIAISON^® Ixt / Arrow BUGS’n BEADS™ extraction kits provide high yield, high purity nucleic acid preparations for sensitive and accurate molecular identification of norovirus and Mycoplasma pneumonia. As winter approaches, clinical laboratories are preparing for an increase in test requests for certain seasonal pathogens, such as norovirus and Mycoplasma pneumonia.  The DiaSorin BUGS’n BEADS™ nucleic acid extraction kits, for use with the automated DiaSorin LIAISON^® Ixt / Arrow™ instruments, provide a highly purified nucleic acid preparation from patient samples for sensitive and accurate molecular confirmation of these microorganisms¹...

In the food industry the trends of the future are Healthy Nutrition and Convenience Products.

The national as well as the international markets are shaped by wellness and health, as well as fitness oriented consumers which desire and demand natural products in convenient packaging. Due to these facts, PET packaging and their production and packaging with so called clean room concepts have become more and more significant. A major advantage of the clean room technology compared to other methods....

New Heat2Seal™ from Alpha Laboratories

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)...

Porvair Sciences has announced that it will officially launch Chromatrap®96 HT – an innovative 96-well chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay plate at Epigenomics of Common Diseases (Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, UK) from 7th-10th November 2013.

The Chromatrap®96 HT is a new high throughput ChIP microplate based on the novel spin-column ChIP technology. It is essentially 96 separate Chromatrap spin-columns in one device designed to enable researchers to perform up to 96 ChIP experiments in parallel. Assays can be performed either by using hand-held multichannel pipette or by using automated liquid handling robots for even higher throughputs...

Sheldon Manufacturing has introduced the BactronEZ, an ideal first anaerobic chamber or replacement chamber for users who desire to upgrade their existing chamber.

The BactronEZ has a 13.7 cu.ft. workspace and a 300 plate capacity incubator. Specifically designed for use by smaller laboratories, it may also serve as an economical set-up for larger labs. Bactron systems have airtight construction of stainless steel and rigid Plexiglas, for unobstructed vision and integrity. The patented cuffs form a comfortable seal around the operator's arms permitting bare hand manipulation of plates and specimens inside the working chamber, making work more comfortable and efficient...

Asynt has designed its range of products for parallel synthesis to share standard parts (inserts) for reaction tube, vial and round-bottom flask based reactions. 

Consequently investment in an entry level DrySyn Parallel Synthesis kit provides you with an easy upgrade path to the advanced capabilities of a DrySyn Snowstorm system. The DrySyn Parallel Synthesis Kit provides a convenient, low cost solution for chemists wishing to conduct simple synthetic reactions with temperature control and magnetic stirring, but without the complications of reflux or inerting. The kit accommodates a range of standard reaction tubes and vials, of different diameters....

Approval Covers BOSS® Units and HiLight® Brinell Scope

Test & Calibration Instruments, an established leader in material test and calibration devices including hardness testers and accessories, is pleased to announce that its Newage Hardness Testing B.O.S.S.® (Brinell Optical Scanning System) units and HiLight® Brinell scope have received CE approval and certification. Used extensively in North America by the automotive, metal casting, foundry and other industries, both products are now available to hardness testing customers globally...

XEI Scientific Inc, awarded  US patent for an improved method and instrumentation for the production of oxygen radicals to be used in the cleaning of high vacuum instruments such as electron microscopes.

XEI is pleased to announce that the company has been granted a new US patent # US8507879B2 which describes a new oxidative cleaning method and system for electron microscopes and other high vacuum instrumentation using UV excitation in an oxygen radical source. The new method and apparatus comprises a vacuum ultraviolet light source housed in an irradiation chamber where it photo dissociates oxygen to be used downstream to clean the chamber or samples in the absence of the UV light....

Link Technologies sets new standards in oligonucleotide modification reagent quality

Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of oligonucleotide reagents, is launching its high-end Link+ range at the 9^th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS), which takes place in Naples, Italy, from 6-8 October. Manufactured to the highest available industry specification, Link+ will offer customers a collection of premium phosphoramidites to bring new standards to the modifier reagent market. In addition to the supply of high purity products, Link+ customers will benefit from a bespoke service from order to delivery, which includes a detailed impurity profile for thorough quality assurance - vital for oligos with diagnostic and therapeutic applications...

Torrey Pines Scientific announces NEW EchoTherm™ Stackable/ Programmable Vibration Free Chilling Incubators for protein crystallography and other life science uses. 

The incubators are 27 liter capacity and Peltier-based for heating and chilling.  They have no compressors or CFC's and are vibration-free making them ideal for doing protein crystallizations. Other applications include incubating marine samples below room temperature, enzyme reactions and deactivations, hybridizations, ligations, storing oocytes, and general lab incubations. Three units may be stacked using two stacker accessories Model IN30-300.

Porvair Sciences new generation Krystal™ glass bottom plates are precision manufactured using a proprietary process resulting in excellent light transmission and an ultra-flat optical plane (+/- 15µm) making them perfect for imaging growing cells.

The complete range of 24-, 96- and 384-well Krystal glass bottom microplates is available sterilised for tissue culture to optimise cell growth or non-sterile for assay development. Deep black plates for fluorescent studies are available, together with brilliant white plates which increase sensitivity for luminescence and absorbance work. The high optical clarity base of each plate in the range offers the advantage of easy positioning and crisp images when used with confocal microscopes....