Vibrio identification
07 April, 2009 | Dutec Diagnostics Pty Ltd
V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus and V. cholerae genic bacteria, which can cause serious seafood poisoning. For the detection of those bacteria, conventional methods (TCBS) are long, require a heavy workload and are not very sensitive.
Aerosol barrier tips
07 April, 2009 | Interpath Services Pty Ltd
Aerosol Barrier Tips come in a rack with a hinged lid for easy access and can be used with multi-channel pipettes.
Real-time PCR detection
07 April, 2009 | QIAGEN Pty Ltd
The Rotor-Gene is a rotary real-time PCR cycler system used to detect real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) reactions, making specific sequences of DNA and RNA targets visible and quantifiable through amplification.
SDMS
07 April, 2009 | Waters Australia Pty Ltd
Waters has released the NuGenesis scientific data management system (SDMS) for the Business and Enterprise editions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system platform (32 bit, Service Pack 1). Waters NuGenesis SDMS 7.1 Service Release 3 (SR3) also supports Microsoft Office 2007 with SP1 and includes updates for SDMS Vision Publisher that allow it to be validated on Vista and Office 2007.
Metabolite detection kits
07 April, 2009 | Sapphire Bioscience
The Cayman Chemical Nitrate/Nitrite Colormetric Assay Kit provides an accurate and convenient method for measurement of total nitrate/nitrite concentration in a simple two-step process.
Wash stations for xMAP assays
07 April, 2009 | Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
Bio-Rad Laboratories has released two Bio-Plex Pro Wash Stations for washing bead-based assays. The Bio-Plex Pro Wash station is used exclusively for magnetic beads. The Bio-Plex Pro II Wash Station automates magnetic and vacuum wash steps for researchers who use a combination of magnetic and polystyrene assays.
Magnetic stirring bar
07 April, 2009 | Lomb Scientific (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Spinbar Capsule Magnetic Stirring Bar consists of a magnetic stirring bar that spins freely inside a small flat capsule and prevents the stirring bar from contacting the gel.
Microscope cameras
07 April, 2009 | Scientific Instrument & Optical Sales
Tucsen C mount microscope cameras are available in a range of resolutions including 1.3, 3, 5 and 8 megapixels. The colour CMOS cameras feature a USB 2.0 interface and are compatible with Windows XP and Vista. Manual image analysis as well as twain drivers are included in the software package.
Protein fragmentation for ion traps
07 April, 2009 | Bruker Pty Ltd
Bruker Daltonics has released ETD II, an ETD (electron transfer dissociation) module for its HCT-Ultra high-capacity ion traps.
Drugs of abuse analysis platform
06 April, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
The EasyTox 2.5 GC/MS platform is suitable for routine drugs of abuse analysis. Incorporating the ToxLab Forms 2.5 software, the platform has been designed to reduce costs, increase sample throughput and improve productivity in forensic and clinical laboratories performing analysis of urine for signs of drugs of abuse.
EDS X-ray microanalysis system
06 April, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Thermo Scientific Noran System 7 advanced EDS X-ray microanalysis system is equipped with a high throughput pulse processor, spectral imaging capability and a sophisticated software suite. Noran System 7 is claimed to be the fastest complete EDS X-ray microanalysis system available on the market. The system produces accurate and dependable results in just a few seconds, accelerating the microanalysis capabilities of modern electron microscopy laboratories.
Nanoscopic indenting
06 April, 2009 | The Innovation Group Pty Ltd
The Asylum Research MFP-3D NanoIndenter is an AFM-based indenter that does not use cantilevers as part of the indenting mechanism.
Nanostructure analysis
06 April, 2009 | Metrohm Australia & New Zealand
The Anton Paar SAXSess is a small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) instrument that can be used to analyse nanostructures present in all different kinds of samples, from liquids (eg, colloids, protein solutions) to solids (eg, polymer films, nanocomposites). It adds precision to scientific investigation and reliability to industrial analysis.
Recombinant human albumin
06 April, 2009 | Novozymes Biopharma Au Limited
Novozymes has developed a range of recombinant human albumins (rHAs) (LONG R3IGF-I, Albufuse, CellPrime rAlbumin AF-S) suitable for industrial cell culture and biomedical applications, such as protein, drug and vaccine formulation and medical device coating.
Chiral HPLC/SFC columns
06 April, 2009 | Phenomenex Australia
The Lux line of polysaccharide-based columns is suitable for the identification and resolution of enantiomers. Lux columns are offered with two chiral stationary phases (CSPs), both of which use coated derivatised cellulose as the chiral selector. The two phases combine to create a dependable screening set with a wide range of selectivity. The Lux line is based on chiral technology that Phenomenex acquired along with the company Sepaserve.

