Ion analysis by capillary electrophoresis kits
09 June, 2009 | Beckman Coulter Australia
Beckman Coulter has introduced two kits for anion and cation analysis on the company’s P/ACE MDQ System. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) analysis of ions performed using these kits delivers efficient, rapid separations with small sample requirements and short preparation times. The kits incorporate a dynamic coating technology that claims to produce more consistent migration times than other approaches.
Glycan characterisation
09 June, 2009 | Waters Australia Pty Ltd
Waters has released the UltraPerformance LC (UPLCÂ) analytical solution for the characterisation of 2-AB labelled glycans from glycoproteins. The UPLC solution combines the Acquity UPLC BEH Glycan Columns with the Acquity UPLC System equipped with fluorescence detection. Current FDA regulations require that firms developing and manufacturing therapeutic proteins are able to accurately characterise the glycans attached to those proteins to ensure the efficacy and safety of a biopharmaceutical product.
Catalogues
09 June, 2009 | Merck
Sigma-Aldrich has available its flagship analytical catalogues from Fluka and Supelco.
Melting point determination
09 June, 2009 | Arrow Scientific
The OptiMelt system provides a fast and accurate means of automatically determining the melting points and melting ranges of chemical substances. With microprocessor-controlled temperature ramping and a built-in digital camera, OptiMelt offers a fast and accurate method to measure melting point of products such as butter, margarine, chocolate as well as pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
Urogenital mycoplasma diagnosis
09 June, 2009 | Dutec Diagnostics Pty Ltd
MycoView test enables the identification of the two species of urogenital mycoplasmas, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis from different urogenital specimens. The easy-to-interpret results feature visualisation of the growth by colour change.
Food allergen test kit
09 June, 2009 | Graintec Scientific
The Romer Labs AgraQuant Food Allergen ELISA test kit can be used to detect food allergens sensitively in a wide range of processed foods and raw materials. The user-friendly test kits include all ready-to-use reagents.
Single-run human genome sequencing
09 June, 2009 | Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
Applied Biosystems recently announced that its research and development scientists used human disease samples from the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center to sequence an entire human genome in a single run at 17-fold coverage using the SOLiD 3 System.
Protein analysis tool
09 June, 2009 | Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) Pty Ltd
Wyatt Technology has published a brochure to support its dynamic light scattering (DLS) instrument, the DynaPro NanoStar. The brochure, which is entitled ‘DynaPro NanoStar: The Most Widely Used Dynamic Light Scattering Instrument Just Got Better’, is available free of charge via www.wyatt.com or info@wyatt.com.
Particle sizing system
09 June, 2009 | Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Agilent Technologies has acquired Particle Sizing Systems, a privately held company that designs and manufactures instruments that measure the particle size and stability in materials ranging from soft drinks to ink jet inks to semiconductor polishing slurries.
High-throughput magnetic DNA and RNA purification
09 June, 2009 | Pathtech Pty Ltd
The Thermo Scientific KingFisher Flex is a compact magnetic bead processing system for rapid purification of DNA, RNA, proteins or cells. It can process 24 or 96 samples simultaneously and has a processing volume of 20-5000 µL. Additionally, the KingFisher Flex can be used with any brand of magnetic bead kit available as well as in-house developed kits.
High-speed doors for isolation and containment
09 June, 2009 | Envico Doors Ltd
Envico High Speed Doors have a variety of applications including the containment and isolation of sensitive areas. The doors combine bacterial-resistant materials and enhanced sealing properties to provide greater quality control to production facilities and laboratories, and protection from contamination in storage areas.
Materials testing
09 June, 2009 | IDM Instruments
The Universal Testing Machine is a specialised testing machine that is designed with twin testing capabilities — compression testing in the inner frame and tensile testing on the outer frame of the machine.
Endothelial cell culture media
09 June, 2009 | Merck Pty Limited
The Millipore EndoGro products for vascular research include HUVEC cells and advanced media formulations for endothelial cell culture.
Size exclusion chromatography solution
09 June, 2009 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
The Prosec 300S is a size exclusion chromatography column designed for the accurate and precise analysis of globular proteins in the pharmaceutical and bioscience industries.
Concrete testing machines
09 June, 2009 | Power Parameters Pty Ltd
Tinius Olson concrete testing machines can be used to determine compression, stress, strain, Young’s Modulus and flexural strength. The range of testing machines carrying out tests in accordance with ASTM, AASH, BS and EN standards includes portable, semi-automatic and automatic machines actuated by hydraulic pumps which provide a compressive force range from 50 to 3000 kN.
