BD Kaleidoscope reagent and dye expansion program
20 November, 2009 | BD
The BD Kaleidoscope reagent and dye expansion program includes nearly 200 fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies for flow cytometry
Bio-Rad acquires Biotest diagnostics
20 November, 2009 | Bio-Rad Laboratories
Bio-Rad Laboratories has signed an agreement to acquire certain diagnostic businesses of Biotest for 45 million euros, the terms of which were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010.
Eppendorf Research plus multipipette
20 November, 2009 | Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
Eppendorf’s pipette line Research plus is now available. The multipipette electronic model is available as a special edition.
Millipore FlowCellect kits
20 November, 2009 | Merck Pty Limited
Three FlowCellect kits are now available for benchtop flow cytometry, targeted at key signalling pathways and said to provide the first complete validation for evaluating complex cell signalling events without sending samples to a core laboratory.
Ergonomic electronic pipettes
19 November, 2009 | FB Australia
Viaflo has released the Vision and Voyager range of electronic pipettes, designed for comfort and ease of use.
Digital proteome chip
19 November, 2009 | Millennium Science Pty Ltd
The digital ProteomeChip (dPC) developed by Protein Forest for mass spec sample preparation is available from Millennium Science.
Real-time PCR
19 November, 2009 | Arrow Scientific
The R.A.P.I.D. LT is a real-time PCR instrument from Arrow Scientific capable of analysing samples for the presence of targeted nucleic acid sequences. The complete system is said to provide the easiest end-to-end PCR protocol and is the only AOAC-approved post-enrichment pooling protocol.
PANalytical automatic low- and high-vacuum system
14 November, 2009 | PANalytical
PANalytical, in cooperation with Edwards, has developed a fully automatic low- and high-vacuum system for non-ambient chambers.
iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer application note
14 November, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific has published an application note to illustrate the capabilities of its iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer for the analysis of toxic trace elements in children’s toys.
nanoViper fitting
13 November, 2009 | Dionex Pty Ltd
Dionex has introduced the nanoViper fitting, a 100 MPa compatible, finger-tight fitting to be used with nano LC systems and nano and capillary columns.
Laser-coding system
13 November, 2009 | SCHOTT Australia Pty Ltd
A laser-coding system enables glass containers for parenteral use to be clearly coded at the glass syringe manufacturer and tracked from production to end user, enabling a track and trace system and reducing mix-ups of syringes and batches. It also counters drug counterfeiters.
710-ES series of ICP-OES instruments
13 November, 2009 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has announced a series of productivity enhancements for its 710-ES series of ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometer) instruments.
Kinetex LC columns
13 November, 2009 | Phenomenex Australia
Phenomenex has introduced Kinetex, ultra-high-performance LC columns based on the company’s core-shell silica technology.
Online manuals, instructions, data sheets and informational documents
13 November, 2009 | Beckman Coulter Australia
Beckman Coulter’s Chemistry and Automation product chemistry and automation manuals, instructions, data sheets and informational documents are available online at techdocs.beckmancoulter.com.
Micromeritics AccuPyc II 1340 gas displacement pycnometer
13 November, 2009 | Particle & Surface Sciences Pty Ltd
Micromeritics has designed a gas displacement pycnometer to address the needs of operations that need to know the pore volume of drilling cores. The AccuPyc II 1340 has a large sample chamber (a volume of approximately 2000 cm3) that can accommodate a 95 mm diameter core of up to 278 mm in length, improving sampling statistics by eliminating the need to run multiple analyses.
