Life science & clinical diagnostics instruments

Protein carbonyl assay kit

05 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Sapphire Bioscience

Cayman Chemical’s Protein Carbonyl Assay Kit is a colorimetric assay for the measurement of oxidised proteins. Protein samples are derivatised by making use of the reaction between 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) and protein carbonyls.

Microbial identification

05 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Oxoid Australia Pty Ltd

The RapID range of microbial identification systems is easy to use and allows the accurate identification of a comprehensive range of microorganisms in 4 hours.

Online microarray design tool

05 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Keysight Technologies Australia Pty Ltd

The eArray 5.4 online microarray design tool enables users to design custom microRNA (miRNA) microarrays.

Cell transfection

05 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd

The Invitrogen Neon Transfection Device is a benchtop tool that enables researchers to better understand the functions of cells, genes and proteins. This device simplifies the delivery of DNA, RNA and proteins into a wide range of mammalian cell types, especially difficult-to-transfect cells, such as many types of primary and stem cells.

Intracellular RNA stabilisation

05 June, 2009 | Supplied by: QIAGEN Pty Ltd

PreAnalytiX has received marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for the automation of the PAXgene Blood RNA System on the QIAcube. This clearance enables laboratories to automate an IVD purification method which is part of an integrated IVD blood collection method for intracellular RNA.

miRNA array

07 May, 2009 | Supplied by: http://www.mscience.com.au/Pages/Landing/Affymetrix_miRNA.htm

The GeneChip miRNA array from Affymetrix is a powerful tool for studying the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) and their importance in cancer and other diseases and the discovery of biomarkers and disease signatures.

Mutagenicity assay kits

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd

The Ames II, Ames MPF 98/100, Ames MPF 1535 and Ames MPF 1537 kits can be used to perform the Ames test in the liquid 384-well microplate format with a colorimetric read-out.

miRNA profiling kit

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd

Agilent Technologies has released a labelling and hybridisation kit that simplifies the protocol for running miRNA-profiling experiments on oligonucleotide microarrays.

Immunoassays

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Merck Pty Ltd

Novagen has introduced multiplex immunoassays for the bead-based Luminex xMAP Technology platform. The range of immuno-assays allows the multiplex quantification of phosphorylated proteins, giving researchers the opportunity to examine changes in cellular signalling that reflect disease states or various drug treatments.

RNA isolation kit

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Life Technologies

The PureLink RNA Mini Kit provides a simple, reliable and rapid method for isolating high-quality total RNA from a wide variety of samples, including animal and plant cells and tissue, blood, bacteria, yeast and liquid samples.

Legionella separation test

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Life Technologies

The Dynabeads MAX Legionella provides a process for targeting and concentrating Legionella from environmental samples.

Tissue bath

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: SDR Scientific

The Mayflower Tissue Bath System is suitable for investigations on small muscle preparations, vascular rings or tracheal rings.

Photometric analyser

08 April, 2009 | Supplied by: John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd

Innovatis has introduced the CuBiAn Photometric Biochemistry Analyser, a fully automated, membrane-free chemical analyser that measures key parameters in cell culture media, including IgG. The analyser is designed to provide robust usage and high reproducibility with minimal calibration and maintenance requirements.