Life science & clinical diagnostics instruments

Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits

03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd

Xenometrix Ames MPF and Ames II assay kits can be used to screen pharmaceutical compounds for mutagenicity before they are considered for clinical trials. The kits are modified to use liquid culture instead of agar plates.


Eppendorf twin.tec PCR plates

03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Eppendorf South Pacific Pty Ltd

Eppendorf’s two-component PCR plate has been designed to be easily divisible, saving material and money when running smaller-scale experiments. The twin.tec unskirted 96-well plates fit almost all available PCR instruments and can be snapped into four separate 24-well segments and the empty wells saved for future use.


Xenometrix PAN I Cytotoxicity assay kit

21 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Haematex Research Pty Ltd

In order to determine which novel compounds are warranted for further development, early detection of unwanted cytotoxic effects is vital.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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