Industry News
Tethering HIV particles to the cell
US researchers identify protein that stops the release of HIV by tethering it to the cell. [ + ]
Dodgy Listeria hides out in SLAPs
Bacteria can dodge the immune response by hiding out in macrophage vacuoles nicknamed SLAPs. [ + ]
Protein duo for caveolae formation
Queensland researchers have discovered a second protein essential for caveolae formation. [ + ]
Lomb opens service centre in Melbourne
Lomb Scientific is set to open an office and warehouse facility in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington.
[ + ]Bring on the debate
New science minister promises charters of independence for public researchers. [ + ]
Bonnett becomes Microanalytix
Bonnet Equipment, supplier of a range of high quality laboratory products and consumables to laboratories in Australia and New Zealand, has recently instituted a name change to Microanalytix.
[ + ]Heart beats in the laboratory
US scientists have engineered a bioartificial heart by perfusion decellularisation. [ + ]
No Australian indicator for West Nile virus
Scientists at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Victoria, have found that birds are unlikely to be used as part of an ‘early warning’ system for the deadly West Nile virus in Australia.
[ + ]Invitrogen acquires CellzDirect
Invitrogen, a provider of life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has announced a definitive agreement to purchase privately held American company CellzDirect for around $57 million.
[ + ]Evolution of the sexes, fungus-style
Fungi don't exactly come in boy and girl varieties, but they do have sex differences. [ + ]
A new direction for gas spectroscopy
Physicists at NIST-Boulder have carried out a powerful new spectroscopic study of a gas sample using optical frequency combs.
[ + ]Database for drug addiction
Chinese scientists have developed an online molecular database of 1500 human genes linked to drug addiction. [ + ]
Protons power the unmentionable
US scientists say protons act like neurotransmitters in nematode toilet behaviour. [ + ]
Respiratory test identifies 12 viruses at once
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the marketing of a test that simultaneously detects and identifies 12 specific respiratory viruses from a single throat swab.
[ + ]Raman spectrometric data cleansing
Thermo Fisher Scientific has been awarded a US Patent on Spectrometric Data Cleansing. This patent describes a method for filtering artefacts from Raman spectra and is of particular use in removing the distorted data points generated by cosmic ray interference. Elimination of spectral artefacts facilitates automated analysis by such methods as reference library searches and correlation with standard spectra.
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