Blood storage refrigerators
12 April, 2004 | Thermoline L+M
Thermoline now offers six models of blood storage refrigerators that comply with Australian Standard 3864-1997. Cabinets feature stainless steel interiors, extra thick polyurethane foam insulation and generously sized refrigeration systems to cope with high ambient conditions.
Particle size and shape analyser
12 April, 2004 | FLSmidth Pty Ltd
The Camsizer is a robust instrument capable of the simultaneous measurement of particle size distributions and particle shape characteristics. It is suitable for analysing all dry, free-flowing bulk materials, granules and powders in the range 30 µm to 30 mm.
Diamond ATR accessory
12 April, 2004 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Smart Orbit diamond attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory offers users the many advantages of diamond ATR technology, coupled with the complete instrument integration of the Nicolet FT-IR products. The Smart Orbit uses a real Type IIa diamond for ruggedness and versatility, allowing analysis of challenging samples. Another benefit is access to the entire infrared range, because the accessory is not limited by use of substrate materials or lenses.
Whole human genome microarray
12 April, 2004 | Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Agilent Technologies has announced commercialisation of its whole human genome microarray compatible with major 1 x 3" microarray scanners. This microarray benefits scientists researching disease and developing therapeutic interventions in such areas as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Breath testing
12 April, 2004 | IsoScience Pty Ltd
The GV2003 from GV Instruments is a CO2 and N2 mass spectrometer, providing a safe, rapid and non-invasive breath-testing tool for a number of clinical conditions. The 13C-breath test is Detection of Helicobacter pylori, but this is just one of an increasing range of tests that now includes fat malabsorption, gastric emptying, lactose intolerance, amino acid oxidation, liver function, fatty acid oxidation, intestinal overgrowth and metabolic turnover.
New Benchtop Centrifuge Streamlines Cell Separations
12 April, 2004 | Beckman Coulter Australia
Fullerton, California, December 2003 - Beckman Coulter introduces the Allegra® X-12 Series benchtop centrifuges, delivering unique capabilities that streamline cell separations. The Allegra X-12R and Allegra X-12 spin up to 4 x 750 mL and feature new Cell Culture Flask Adapters* which enable direct centrifugation of cell culture flasks. By eliminating the transfer step to and from conical tubes for cell concentration, these exclusive adapters save time and expense and reduce the potential for contamination.
Solvent degassers
12 April, 2004 | ALPE Pty Ltd
Sanwa offers two lines of solvent degassers to suit most applications. Both lines, the Degasys Ultimate and Degasys Populaire, are available in flow rates of 1, 3 and 10 mL/min max with a choice of between one and 10 channels.
Thermal cycler
12 April, 2004 | Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd
The Eppendorf Mastercycler ep is a fast, flexible, user-friendly PCR thermal cycler.
Shaking thaw bath
21 March, 2004 | Thermoline L+M
Thermoline has a shaking thaw bath with a special tray, which is a specialised bath for the rapid and even thawing of frozen bags of plasma products. The units are based on the standard shaking bath but with many inclusions including a revised reciprocating tray and a twelve 500 mL bag rack, raised bath (splash) rim to accommodate deeper water levels and high capacity heating element to maintain the thaw time to twelve minutes (this time is adjustable).
Total protein stain
21 March, 2004 | Global Life Sciences Solutions
Deep Purple Total Protein Stain is a fluorescent stain for the detection and visualisation of proteins in 1D and 2D gels. The product offers up to eight times more sensitivity in protein detection. Deep Purple gives proteomics customers the ability to detect more proteins with accuracy while eliminating the problem of uneven levels of background fluorescence, known as 'speckling'.
Automatic cryoscopic osmometer
21 March, 2004 | Gallay Medical & Scientific Pty Ltd
Gonetec has added the Osmomat Auto multiple sampler to its cryosopic range of osmometer units for the determination of osmolality in aqueous solutions.
Storing images in LIMS
21 March, 2004 | LabWare Australia Pty Ltd
While Version 4 of LabWare LIMS allowed users to associate LabWare LIMS data with information stored in files elsewhere on the network - perhaps graphics images or document files such as SOPs, work instructions, material safety data sheets, worksheets, etc - there was a dependency that all users of the system would have access to the network drives where the external files were located.
Handheld light measurement system
18 March, 2004 | Warsash Scientific Pty Ltd
Labsphere has introduced the HLMS-200P handheld light measurement system - an easy-to-use, precision photometric instrument designed for use in the field, laboratory, or production floor. The instrument measures luminous flux from divergent sources such as LEDs, small lamps, and fibre-illuminators.
Moisture analysis
18 March, 2004 | Ohaus Australia
The MB35 is a basic level moisture analyser designed to deliver fast, reliable results for numerous applications including chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and environmental. Ohaus' MB45 Moisture Analyser is a high precision model designed for demanding environments.
Pipettor
18 March, 2004 | Mirella Research Pty Ltd
The Mirella Research Softline Pipettor has been designed to fit into the palm of the hand. The large curved finger rest allows users to hold the pipette loosely, with the pipette hanging from the index finger.
