Disease-specific assays
16 January, 2006 | Bruker Pty Ltd
HealthLinx has entered into a collaboration with Bruker Daltonics, which will focus on technology transfer and cooperation between the two firms to develop disease-specific assays for use in in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) research and clinical trials using Bruker Daltonics' ClinProt platform technology for clinical proteomics.
Human live skin model
16 January, 2006 | Tissue Therapies Limited
Tissue Therapies has moved a step closer to avoiding animal testing for wound care and cosmetics companies with the development of a live skin model that emulates human skin. Under its R&D contract with QUT, Tissue Therapies has successfully created a human skin model useful for simulating burns and other wounds, and potentially for testing cosmetics and cosmeceuticals.
Hematocrit tubes
16 January, 2006 | Lomb Scientific (Aust) Pty Ltd
Drummond Scientific offers a choice of either plastic or plastic-coated hematocrit tubes to improve blood collection safety.
NMR magnets
16 January, 2006 | Varian Australia Pty Ltd
Varian has debuted its first shielded vertical high-resolution superconducting magnets designed to reduce stray magnetic fields by up to fivefold (in volume), allowing researchers to save space in pharmaceutical and academic laboratories and making nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) more accessible for routine applications. The 500 and 600 MHz premium shielded magnets are integrated with the company's Varian NMR System and are compatible with its suite of cold and room temperature NMR probes.
Programmable magnetic stirrer
08 December, 2005 | Lomb Scientific (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Scientific Industries MultiMagStir Genie multi-position digital programmable magnetic stirrer has been upgraded. Identical in function to the original MagStir Genie, the lightweight and low profile four-position MultiMagStir Genie offers low- to high-speed stirring, including reverse and interval stirring. The stirrer is easily programmed for either manual or automatic use according to user preference. All parameters, including time, pause time, speed, stir direction and ramp rate, may be easily programmed in up to nine distinct steps and stored in memory for subsequent use. In addition, three power levels are available for precision stirring of various sample viscosities.
OH&S testing
08 December, 2005 | Chemical Safety International
ACOHS has released Labsafe - a web-based program designed for testing the occupational health and safety knowledge of staff and students.
GeneFlash USB gel documentation system
08 December, 2005
Syngene has introduced the GeneFlash USB, claimed to be the first gel documentation system on the market to use USB memory device technology to accurately record gel images that are both PC and Mac compatible.
Point of care cardiac test
08 December, 2005 | Roche Diagnostic Systems
Roche Diagnostics has launched the Roche Cardiac proBNP test, a cardiac test for heart failure diagnosis and disease management that provides quick results on the spot. It supports rapid treatment decisions.
Automated HPLC liquid handler
08 December, 2005 | John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd
The Gilson GX-281 Liquid Handler brings flexibility and performance to front-end automation in the laboratory. The GX-281 is specifically designed for semipreparative-to-preparative HPLC applications.
Pneumatic repair kit
08 December, 2005 | Griffiths Components Pty Ltd
Camozzi Pneumatics has released an emergency breakdown kit for pneumatic applications. It is portable to allow running repairs on most air applications at short notice.
Stain and dye information
08 December, 2005 | Merck
The Stain Expert is a web-based application specifically developed to assist users with the retrieval of stain and dye information.
Particle image analyser
08 December, 2005 | ATA Scientific Pty Ltd
The Morphologi G2 high sensitivity particle image analyser uses digital image analysis and automated microscopy to measure both particle size and particle shape.
Large capacity autoclaves
11 November, 2005 | Gallay Medical & Scientific Pty Ltd
The Varioklav 65T Steam Steriliser from H+P has a deep square chamber so the total usable capacity is increased over the conventional round chamber design. The 65T can hold up to 18 x 1 L round laboratory flasks at one time. On top of this, the bench design allows smarter use of space.
Microcentrifuges
11 November, 2005 | Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
Eppendorf has introduced three microcentrifuges, models 5418, 5424 and 5430, which have been designed to reduce operational noises, maximise potential operational speeds and offer intuitive operational panels.
Fast centrifugal partition chromatograph
11 November, 2005 | Lasersan Australasia Pty Ltd
Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) is a separation method based on the liquid partitioning of compounds.
