To shmoo or not to shmoo?
06 July, 2010
Yeast cells decide whether to have sex with each other within two minutes of meeting according to research published in ‘Nature’. One of the authors of the study, from Imperial College London, says the new insights into how yeast cells decide to mate could be helpful for researchers looking at how cancer cells and stem cells develop.
GeneCopoeia miTarget miRNA target sequence expression clones
21 June, 2010 | Supplied by: United Bioresearch Products Pty Ltd
GeneCopoeia offers genome-wide microRNA 3′ UTR target constructs in mammalian expression vector systems with luciferase reporter genes for functional validation experiments.
Qiagen expands partnership
21 June, 2010
Qiagen has entered into an agreement with the Dutch molecular diagnostic component supplier Genome Diagnostics, which covers the development and commercialisation of six new tests until 2011.
Nucleofection - combining high transfection performance with superior preservation of functionality
20 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd
Nucleofection has become a method of choice whenever transfection of primary cells or difficult-to-transfect cell lines is required.
Bio-Rad TC10 automated cell counter
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd
The TC10 automated cell counter accurately and reproducibly provides total mammalian cell counts in 30 s or less - eliminating the need for manually counting cells under the microscope using a haemocytometer.
RF360 high-resolution system for ADME assays
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Biocius Life Sciences and Agilent Technologies have released the RF360 high-resolution system for high-throughput screening of in-vitro ADME assays.
Millipore FlowCellect kits
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Merck Pty Limited
The FlowCellect kits are suitable for the analysis of cell health using flow cytometry. The kits permit researchers to evaluate mitochondrial health in drug compound screening, apoptosis-related research and understanding the mechanism of diseases.
Agilent Technologies SurePrint G3 gene expression microarray
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd
Agilent Technologies has introduced the SurePrint G3 gene expression microarray, providing up to one million features per standard 1 x 3″ slide for added throughput, and coverage which includes both coding and non-coding RNA.
Trek Sensititre MTB MIC Plate (Part MYCOTBI)
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Dutec Diagnostics Pty Ltd
The Trek Sensititre MTB MIC Plate (Part MYCOTBI) is a dry MIC plate for M. tuberculosis isolates.
DuPont Qualicon BAX System Listeria assays
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Oxoid Australia Pty Ltd
Food microbiologists can obtain next-day Listeria results with the DuPont Qualicon BAX System Listeria monocytogenes 24E and BAX System Genus Listeria 24E assays. The speed of these assays enables users to obtain a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer before products are released from the factory.
Applied Biosystems SOLiD Total RNA-Seq Kit
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd
The SOLiD Total RNA-Seq Kit offers a streamlined solution for the construction of next-generation sequencing libraries for either whole transcriptome or small RNA analysis. The optimised kit enables hypothesis-neutral discovery of coding RNA, non-coding RNA, novel transcripts, alternate splicing, small RNAs and isoforms, while maintaining accurate sequence representation and preserving strand orientation.
Integrated DNA Technologies Zen double-quenched probe
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Glycon Pty Ltd
Integrated DNA Technologies has introduced a double-quenched probe that increases the accuracy and reliability of 5′ nuclease qPCR experiments. While traditional probes have 20-30 bases between the dye and quencher, this probe design positions an internal Zen quencher only 9 bases from the 5′ fluorophore.
Qiagen GeneGlobe web portal
07 June, 2010 | Supplied by: QIAGEN Pty Ltd
On the GeneGlobe web portal, users can explore and order gene and pathway specific products for a range of applications. For miRNA research, the miScript target protector is available for researchers doing functional analysis of miRNAs.
BD Influx cell sorting system
03 June, 2010 | Supplied by: BD
The Influx cell sorting system enables researchers to configure up to seven lasers to support two-, four- and six-way sorting, giving users flexibility to meet specific application or environmental requirements.
Oxoid Australia Xpect Legionella immunochromatographic test
03 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Oxoid Australia Pty Ltd
Xpect Legionella is a rapid immunochromatographic test for the direct detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroups one and six antigen in human urine samples.
