Case Studies
Collaborative robots coming to medical laboratories
Technology company ABB will introduce its collaborative robots to medical laboratories as it opens a new healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [ + ]
Customised biomedical clinical analysis for blood samples
When customising its biomedical clinical analysis system, the challenge for BioSystems was to innovate the dosing mechanism for liquids in a blood analysis system. [ + ]
High-throughput genetic sequencer deployed in Melbourne
Next-generation sequencing facility Micromon Genomics is the first Australian commercial user of the high-throughput genetic sequencer MGISEQ-2000. [ + ]
DNA technology used to detect E. coli in our water
SA Water scientists are using DNA technology to quickly differentiate between climate-influenced non-infectious bacterial blooms and potentially dangerous E. coli bacteria. [ + ]
Mobile breathing assistance for premature infants
medin Medical Innovations' latest CPAP system for premature infants — medinCNT — was the result of a joint development project with Bürkert. [ + ]
Spectrometer enhances surface science capabilities
The University of Sydney recently expanded its surface science capabilities with the installation of a Thermo Scientific K-Alpha+ X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS). [ + ]
Eliminating superbugs on the International Space Station
An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals has reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the International Space Station. [ + ]
Investigating the genetics behind male infertility
Researchers from Newcastle University are investigating the genetic causes of male infertility — an often-overlooked condition about which very little is known. [ + ]
Ultrahigh-resolution TEM unveiled in Sydney
Two Nobel Laureates and the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer recently unveiled a multimillion-dollar transmission electron microscope (TEM) at the University of Sydney. [ + ]
Crusher technology developed for the mining industry
Intertek, a multinational testing company, recently adopted crusher technology that it helped to develop, following a project with testing equipment supplier Orbis and AXT. [ + ]
Robot speeds up NZ uni's research efforts
The Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, has installed an automated liquid handling system to probe the atomic structure of proteins. [ + ]
Protein crystallography system installed at UWA
AXT recently completed the first Australian installation of an XtaLAB Synergy-S protein X-ray crystallography system from Rigaku Oxford Diffraction. [ + ]
Reducing genomic testing time for critically ill babies
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services' new bio-IT platform is reducing the turnaround time of genomic testing from months to days. [ + ]
Improving efficiency with LIMS
An Australian developer and distributor of laboratory informatics software solutions, LTech, was recently asked to design a laboratory information management software for emerging labs to help them improve operational and cost efficiencies. [ + ]
Mini synchrotron enables biomedical imaging research
The light generated by the Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS) can be used to increase contrast in techniques that can be applied to real-world medical diagnosis problems, thus enabling groundbreaking biomedical imaging research. [ + ]
