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.
Carl Zeiss LSM 780 laser scanning microscope
20 November, 2009 | ZEISS Group
Added to the LSM 7 range of laser scanning microscopes, the LSM 780 with GaAsP detector technology is claimed to significantly increase sensitivity.
Lonza Potelligent CHOK1SV host cell line
20 November, 2009 | Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd
Potelligent CHOK1SV, a host cell line for manufacturing recombinant antibodies, combines BioWa’s glycosylation Potelligent technology with Lonza’s GS Gene Expression System and CHOK1SV.
AmpFISTR Identifiler Direct, Identifiler Plus and NGM PCR Amplification Kits
20 November, 2009 | Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
Forensic DNA kits with chemistry reagents, the AmpFISTR Identifiler Direct, Identifiler Plus and NGM PCR Amplification Kits provide good performance, efficiency and data quality, enabling fast recovery of more DNA results from a wider range of samples.
Qiagen Influenza A/H1N1 test kit
20 November, 2009 | QIAGEN Pty Ltd
Qiagen has launch its Influenza A/H1N1 test and several updates to its activities in the global surveillance of the swine flu pandemic. The kit enables both the highly sensitive and specific detection of the novel Influenza A/H1N1 and all other known Influenza A and B virus strains. The test kit has been designed for use by governments and public health institutions.
Greiner Bio-One tissue culture range
20 November, 2009 | Interpath Services Pty Ltd
Greiner Bio-One’s tissue culture products include flasks, dishes, bottles, tubes and plates. Advanced tissue culture treatments are also available.
PerkinElmer AutomatedGSP Genetic Screening Processor
20 November, 2009 | PerkinElmer (Australia) Pty Ltd
PerkinElmer has received the first 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its automated GSP Genetic Screening Processor, used by public health laboratories as part of newborn screening programs.
SensiGene Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Carrier Screening Test
20 November, 2009 | Agena Bioscience Inc
The SensiGene Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Carrier Screening Test screens for 103 mutations and five variants, including the 23 mutations recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG).
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.
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.
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.
