Is the genomics bubble sustainable?
06 July, 2011
In the ten years since the human genetic code was mapped, expectations among scientists, the healthcare industry, policymakers and the public have remained high concerning the promise of genomics research for improving health.
Social relationships and genomics
06 July, 2011
Scientists supported by Genome BC have set a new standard for studying outbreaks of infectious disease by combining advanced genomics with a detailed map of the social relationships between cases to investigate a recent outbreak of tuberculosis in a BC community.
Microarray technology speeds up drug development
06 July, 2011
RNA interference technology, which is used in cell biology, has revolutionised functional research of gene products in the last ten years.
Genetic testing for IVF embryos
06 July, 2011
Couples affected by carriers of genetic diseases may benefit from a new technique which helps ensure that in vitro fertilised babies are free of both the disease in question and other chromosomal abnormalities.
Abnova Precipitor 16 automated magnetic bead platform
24 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Sapphire Bioscience
Abnova’s Precipitor 16 is a fully automated magnetic bead platform for large-scale nucleic acid and protein purification.
Agilent SureCycler 8800 thermal cycler
22 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
The Agilent SureCycler 8800 is a full-featured thermal cycler that delivers high speed and high volume in the same instrument, so users aren’t forced to choose between the two.
Qiagen qBiomarker Somatic Mutation PCR Array System
21 June, 2011 | Supplied by: QIAGEN Pty Ltd
The qBiomarker Somatic Mutation PCR Array System has been designed for rapid and accurate mutation profiling in basic research and drug discovery. The assays consist of collections of pathway or cancer-specific assays in 96- or 384-well plate formats with a number of pathways (EGFR, ErbB2, etc) and cancer types.
Integrated DNA Technologies RNA interference (RNAi) products
20 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Glycon Pty Ltd
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has a comprehensive range of customisable products for RNA interference (RNAi) applications. The Screening Dicer-substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) provides researchers with a quick solution for their RNAi requirements. IDT’s DsiRNAs are chemically synthesised 27-mer RNA duplexes optimised for Dicer processing and incorporation into the RISC complex, resulting in an increase in potency. IDT’s predesigned library includes over 3,000,000 DsiRNAs designed against human, mouse, rat, cow, dog, chicken and chimp transcriptomes within RefSeq, enabling the production of DsiRNAs to meet the majority of user requirements.
Bio-Rad Laboratories BioPlex 2200 Antiphospholipid Syndrome IgG, IgM and IgA kits
20 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories
Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched its BioPlex 2200 Antiphospholipid Syndrome IgG, IgM and IgA kits for use on its BioPlex 2200 system in Europe and Canada. Antiphospholipid Syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly produces antibodies to certain blood proteins causing thrombosis (clotting) within arteries, veins and small blood vessels.
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Microsart @vance colony counter
20 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Sartorius Australia Pty Ltd
The Biotech Microsart @vance colony counter has been specifically designed for microbiological quality control in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. The latest addition to the Microsart range is the single-use filter units, @filter 100 and 250.
Bruker MALDI Biotyper solution
19 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Bruker Pty Ltd
Bruker has announced the successful completion of an integrated workflow using the company’s MALDI Biotyper for microbial identification (ID) from cultures and the BD Phoenix system for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). The ID and AST systems are integrated via the BD EpiCenter data management system.
Merck Millipore Magna ChIP-Seq preparation kit
18 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Merck Pty Ltd
The Merck Millipore Magna ChIP-Seq preparation kit has been designed to simplify genome-wide profiling of DNA-protein interactions by chromatin immunoprecipitation and next-generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq).
Biotrin Intl to develop a nucleic acid test (NAT) analyser
17 June, 2011 | Supplied by: DiaSorin Australia Pty Ltd
DiaSorin has announced that its fully owned Irish subsidiary Biotrin International has signed an agreement with Precision System Science (PSS) of Japan for the development of a nucleic acid test (NAT) analyser.
Ion Torrent Ion OneTouch automated sample preparation system
16 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
The Ion Torrent Ion OneTouch System is an automated sample preparation system for the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) sequencer that eliminates complexity, reduces hands-on time to 5 min and offers walk-away convenience.
Single molecule sequencer
16 June, 2011
A gene expression technique adapted for single molecule sequencing has enabled researchers at the Riken Omics Science Center (OSC) to accurately and quantitatively measure gene expression levels using only 100 ng of total RNA. The technique, which pairs Riken’s Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) protocol with the Helicos Genetic Analysis System opens the door to the detailed analysis of gene expression networks and rare cell populations.
