Case Studies
A bioinformatics platform for managing biospecimens
The Lewin-Cameron laboratory recently commissioned and installed OpenSpecimen, a bioinformatics platform for managing biospecimens inventories. [ + ]
Monash opens cathodoluminescence characterisation facility
The inventor of angle-resolved cathodoluminescence and one of the pioneers of the field of nanophotonics, Professor Albert Polman, officially opened Monash University's Advanced Cathodoluminescence Characterisation Facility on 4 February. [ + ]
Peristaltic pumps for the biopharma industry
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has supplied peristaltic pumps to Novasep for the Sius TFF Skid, a tangential flow filtration system used to separate and concentrate biomolecules according to their size. [ + ]
Scaling up screening
Researchers at the Health Innovations Research Institute are using INTEGRA's electronic pipettes and pipetting platform to scale up their screening of venoms and small compounds. [ + ]
Tecan helps drive the fuels of the future
At the Madrid-based technology centre of global energy company Repsol, scientists are conducting research into fossil fuel alternatives. [ + ]
Solving the mysteries of granular materials flow
Professor Itai Einav and his researchers use experimental, theoretical and computer program models to predict how granular materials behave under various conditions.
[ + ]Rapid data centre expansion
When the Finland-based CSC – IT Centre for Science needed to expand its data centre infrastructure, it turned to CommScope and its Data Center on Demand (DCoD) family of prefabricated modular data centres. [ + ]
Microcalorimetry and meningitis vaccine development
Oxford University researcher Dr David Staunton has recommended the use of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) as a first-line technique when characterising recombinant proteins. [ + ]
How Testo supports UTS's critical facilities
Philip Lawrence details how the Testo Saveris data logger assists him in maintaining optimal storage environments. [ + ]
Sensors in chocolate paradise
Capacitive sensors are a fine thing in and of themselves: they can detect levels of liquids, powders and granular materials through nonmetallic container walls without the sensor coming into contact with the media. However, conventional capacitive sensors also have a number of disadvantages. [ + ]
Accurate dosing with photoelectric sensors
The accuracy and function of the high-performance dosing systems from Brand are based on the sophisticated technology of the seripettor bottle-top dispenser. The process reliability is improved by the miniaturised MICROmote photoelectric sensors from Balluff. [ + ]
Improved sterilisation of medical devices
ONBoard Solutions has announced the launch of a product for the room-temperature sterilisation of tissue-engineered and medical device products: REVOX.
[ + ]Fuels testing laboratory opens in Queensland
Product testing and inspection company Intertek has announced the opening of a new fuels testing laboratory in Gladstone, Queensland. [ + ]
An advanced system for high-density E. coli fermentation
Eppendorf has demonstrated the use of the BioFlo 320 bioprocess control station to achieve E. coli cultivation. [ + ]
Point-of-care diagnostics for Ebola
Integrated DNA Technologies and Ubiquitome have collaborated on the development of technology that can detect the Ebola virus in the field. The companies' assay and PCR device will be used to detect Zaire ebolavirus, the species involved in the 2013–2015 West African Ebola outbreak. [ + ]