Labware loading racks
01 January, 2009 | Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Velocity11 has expanded the range of Labware Racks available for its BenchCel Microplate Handling System and VStack Labware Stacker.
H. pylori infection and atrophic gastritis diagnosis
01 January, 2009 | Alere Australia
The non-invasive GastroPanel examination diagnoses H. pylori infection as well as atrophic gastritis and its location. It also reveals if risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease is increased due to high stomach acid secretion.
Molecular assay for K-ras
01 January, 2009 | QIAGEN Pty Ltd
Qiagen has launched a test to determine mutations of the K-ras gene, which can better define which metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients will benefit from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibiting monoclonal antibodies, such as Amgen’s Vectibix (panitumumab) and Imclone/Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Erbitux (cetuximab).
FTIR/FTFIR spectrometer
01 January, 2009 | PerkinElmer (Australia) Pty Ltd
The Spectrum 400 FTIR/FTFIR is a dual-range spectrometer that combines mid-infrared (IR) and far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy in a single instrument. With automatic beamsplitter changeover, it offers flexible performance for advanced research and industrial laboratories.
Nucleic acid extractor
01 January, 2009 | Beckman Coulter Australia
The Spri-te nucleic acid extractor for the automated purification of DNA and RNA prepares between one and 10 samples in about 30 minutes and requires minimal user training.
GC columns for blood alcohols
01 January, 2009 | Phenomenex Australia
Phenomenex has launched a line of blood alcohol columns for GC-FID analysis in forensic and toxicology applications.
Synthesis and purification catalogue
01 January, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Biotage has released its 2008–09 Synthesis and Purification Catalogue. The 336-page catalogue includes a range of products for microwave synthesis, work-up, flash purification and evaporation.
Polyubiquitin antibody
01 January, 2009 | United Bioresearch Products Pty Ltd
Biomol International has introduced a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognises K63-linked polyubiquitin, but not any other isopeptide-linked (K6, K11, K27, K29, K33 or K48) polyubiquitinylated species.
ICP emission spectrometer
01 January, 2009 | Backplane Systems Technology Pty Ltd
The simultaneous ICPE-9000 ICP emission spectrometer can be used for a wide range of high-precision analytical assessments, including high-level R&D, environmental management analysis and high-concentration component analysis.
Magnetic stirrer
01 January, 2009 | John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd
The 2mag BioMixDrive range of magnetic stirrers is designed for careful and protective mixing of cell suspensions and culture media, and provide a stirring volume of up to 5 L.
Short read de novo analysis
01 January, 2009 | Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
Applied Biosystems has expanded its suite of bioinformatics solutions to include de novo assembly of small organisms on the Solid 3 System, the company’s sequencing platform that enables the comprehensive analysis of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes.
Gene expression system
01 January, 2009 | Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd
The StellARray Gene Expression System consists of three products: the GeneSieve Query; the StellARray qPCR 96/384-well Arrays; and the Global Pattern Recognition (GPR) analysis tool.
Stem cell cytometry kits
01 January, 2009 | Merck Pty Limited
Millipore has launched six flow cytometry kits for stem cell research. The robust, three-parameter FlowCellect kits allow scientists to assess embryonic and neural stem cell phenotypes at various stages of differentiation.
Controlled drug delivery in gut
01 January, 2009 | Philips Scientific & Industrial
Philips Research has recently announced its intelligent pill technology iPill, targeted at assisting drug development and enabling new therapies for digestive tract disorders such as Crohn’s disease, colitis and colon cancer.
Purified solvents
01 January, 2009 | Merck Pty Ltd
The Seccosolv solvents are ready-to-use products of high purity and with minimal water content. They are produced with distillation methods that result in consistently high dryness and batch-to-batch consistency.
