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.
Life science research reagents
09 June, 2009 | United Bioresearch Products Pty Ltd
Enzo Life Sciences has incorporated both Alexis Biochemicals and Biomol International into its company. The entire range of Enzo’s comprehensive portfolio is now available in Australia and New Zealand through United Bioresearch Products.
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.
Engineering plastics for the medical industry
09 June, 2009 | Dotmar EPP Pty Ltd
Dotmar can offer an extensive range of medical-grade thermoplastics that meet strict FDA and USP Class IV requirements. Designed specifically for the medical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, these medical-grade thermoplastics will replace existing solutions made of stainless steel, titanium, glass or ceramics.
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.
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.
Water purification system
09 June, 2009 | Merck Pty Limited
The Milli-Q Reference water purification system is the latest addition to Millipore’s redesigned line of water purification tools that meets the laboratory water needs for analytical and life science research.
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.
Blue light transilluminator
09 June, 2009 | Life Technologies
The Safe Imager 2.0 Blue Light Transilluminator is claimed to eliminate safety concerns and minimise damage to samples.
Coulometric Karl Fischer titrator
09 June, 2009 | DKSH Australia Pty Ltd
The Schott Titroline KF Trace system is a coulometric titrator that can be used for determining trace moisture levels. The unit will have applications in the petrochemical, plastics and pharmaceutical industries.
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.
HPLC detector control
09 June, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Integrating a Corona ultra UHPLC detector with a Waters Acquity UPLC or Alliance HPLC system is easy due to the Empower 2 - Corona detector instrument control software driver. ESA Biosciences has announced that the driver for Waters’ chromatography control and data-analysis platform is available free of charge to new and existing users. The software driver comes standard with all new Corona detectors. The driver can also be used with ESA’s Corona CAD and Corona Plus detectors. Existing users can download a copy by visiting: http://www.esainc.com/services/software_downloads/empower_driver.
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.
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.
Flammable cabinet extraction system
09 June, 2009 | Gallay Medical & Scientific Pty Ltd
Gallay Medical and Scientific has announced the creation of a system to remove potentially harmful fumes and odours from existing chemical safety cabinets.
