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High spec gel documentation imaging at a low price
Syngene announces the availability of its new U:Genius, an affordable gel documentation system for accurately recording DNA and protein gels images Brochure available
News from Syngene (15 May 2008)
miRNA profiling gives answers for disease research
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) announces the launch of a new microRNA (miRNA) profiling service designed to help researchers accelerate their discoveries
News from OGT (15 May 2008)
Cell culturing to advance regenerative medicine
User application article Tecan's new solution will control all necessary cell culture steps, including the isolation, seeding, proliferation, harvesting and analysis of cell lines and primary cells
News from Tecan Group (13 May 2008)
2D gel imaging at Singapore's new Smart centre
User application article Yngene's first Dyversity 6 2D gel imaging system has been installed at the prestigious new, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Smart) Centre, by distributor Insta BioAnalytik Brochure available
News from Syngene ( 8 May 2008)
Detailed brochure on Bio-Plex suspension array
The system is composed of all of the products necessary for a complete workflow, from sample preparation reagents and diluents to sophisticated data analysis software Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories ( 1 May 2008)
Reconstructing Oetzi's family tree
Since the discovery of Oetzi, a neolithic man, in 1991 and his extraction from the glacier in Alto Adige in Italy, Europe's most famous mummy has been the subject of intensive scientific study Brochure available
News from Roche Applied Science ( 1 May 2008)
Sponsoring Chikungunya fever arbovirosis research
Technical background article Bio-Rad Laboratories announces the availability of a reprint of an article that describes research that improves the ability to detect and diagnose Chikungunya fever virus Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (30 April 2008)
Accelerating biomarker discovery
User application article "Careful standardisation is extremely important for reproducible analysis so we always process all of our chips under identical conditions using the HS 4800 Pro hybridisation stations"
News from Tecan Group (28 April 2008)
What is best approach for sequencing human genomes
User application article Baylor College of Medicine is to use Applied Biosystems's Solid System genetic analysis technology as a central part of the ambitious 1000 Genomes Project
News from Applied Biosystems (28 April 2008)
Chromatographic method monitoring technical note
Technical note demonstrates how the Experion and Pro260 kit can be used to accelerate the process of developing a purification scheme for an antibody or other protein Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (24 April 2008)
Quick, easy downloads of food testing methods
Applied Biosystems unveils its new iMethods web portal to share downloadable, turnkey food testing methods for Cliquid software, attempting to emulate the success of iTunes
News from Applied Biosystems (18 April 2008)
Bio-Rad's two new absorbance microplate readers
Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced the iMark absorbance microplate reader and the xMark absorbance microplate spectrophotometer, as well as the Microplate Manager 6 (MPM6) software Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (17 April 2008)
Filter and lighting selector is web-based
New site from Syngene contains information on the best imaging conditions to use with any Syngene image analyser for over 160 commercially available chemiluminescence, fluorescence and visible stains Brochure available
News from Syngene (17 April 2008)
Profinity Exact fusion-tag brochure now available
The bulletin demonstrates the one-step purification and tag cleavage mechanism of the system, while comparing it to conventional, more tedious methods of tag removal Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (16 April 2008)
Resin to purify and process fusion-tagged proteins
Bio-Rad Laboratories publishes a six-page bulletin that describes its new purification resin, a way of purifying and processing fusion-tagged proteins using Profinity eXact fusion-tag system Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (15 April 2008)
MicroRNA analysis tools advance cancer research
User application article TaqMan reagents speed up workflows and enable analysis of trace amounts of RNA in cell and tumour samples
News from Applied Biosystems (14 April 2008)
Save time achieving 21 CFR and GMP
Syngene has produced new software and validation information for its Dyversity, G:Box and GeneGnome range of image analysis systems Brochure available
News from Syngene (14 April 2008)
Taking routine clinical diagnostics off your hands
Tecan's IVD-D compliant Freedom Evolyzer has proved to be a highly reliable tool for automated Elisa processing in clinical diagnostics for more than ten years
News from Tecan Group (10 April 2008)
Transfection of primary and difficult cells
Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the availability of a poster (number 07-0883) that was displayed at the Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities Annual Meeting held in February 2008 Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories ( 9 April 2008)
Protein purification systems promises reliability
Technical note bulletin 5514A compares Bio-Rad's Profinia protein purification system with the Aktaprime system from GE Healthcare, for the purification and desalting of His-tagged proteins Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories ( 8 April 2008)
HudsonAlpha Institute adopts Nucleofector
User application article The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will utilise Amaxa's Nucleofector technology as a core technology in certain research projects
News from Amaxa ( 4 April 2008)
Simplified monitoring of signaling in stem cells
Amaxa and Promega will provide cell biologists broader access to monitor cell signaling events in difficult-to- transfect cells, including stem cells, cancer cells and primary cells
News from Amaxa ( 4 April 2008)
Understanding biological and disease processes
Applied Biosystems says its next-generation Solid sequencing platform for small RNA discovery enables new experiments for highly sensitive digital gene expression analysis
News from Applied Biosystems (31 March 2008)
New techniques for difficult-to-transfect cells
Bio-Rad technical note 5686, 'Optimisation of electroporation conditions for Jurkat cells using the Gene Pulser MXcell electroporation system', offers a comparative study of gene transfer methods Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (31 March 2008)
Responding to the global challenge of food safety
As a response to growing concern, Applied Biosystems is expanding its presence in the food testing market by providing pathogen detection kits directly to food companies and food testing laboratories
News from Applied Biosystems (21 March 2008)
Four mini gels in under an hour
Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the new Mini-Protean Tetra system for vertical mini gel electrophoresis, which can run up to four mini gels in less than hour or 2D gels in less than a day Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (21 March 2008)
Design oligos for multiplexed nucleic sequences
Premier Biosoft International releases PrimerPlex, a tool based on Luminex's xMap technology, for designing custom oligos for the simultaneous analysis of up to 100 different nucleic acid sequences
News from Premier Biosoft International (20 March 2008)
The easy way to pay for oligos is by OligoCard
The IDT OligoCard works like a phone card, so a single purchase enables research groups to prepay for any number of future oligo orders
News from Integrated DNA Technologies (20 March 2008)
Assess RNA quality using automated electrophoresis
Bio-Rad Laboratories's technical note 5315A describes the use of Bio-Rad's Experion automated electrophoresis system to assess RNA quality and quantity in siRNA-induced gene silencing experiments Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (18 March 2008)
RNA quantitation performance: methods compared
Bio-Rad Laboratories reports the availability of a technical paper, bulletin 5420A, that compares the performance of Bio-Rad's Experion system to other methods of RNA quantitation Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (18 March 2008)
Human genome sequenced for just $60,000
Applied Biosystems was able to analyse the human genome sequence for a cost of less than $60,000, which is the commercial price for all required reagents needed to complete the project.
News from Applied Biosystems (14 March 2008)
The risks and rewards of synthetic biology
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will describe efforts to prevent the misuse of synthetic genomics, and presenting recent developments in RNAi research, at both Analytica and the RNAi World Congress
News from Integrated DNA Technologies (13 March 2008)
Multiplex assays for research into human diabetes
Bio-Plex Pro assays are carried out on magnetic beads and reproducibly detect human disease biomarkers over the concentration ranges reported for normal and disease conditions. Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (12 March 2008)
PCR instrumentation made more modular and flexible
The Bio-Rad C1000 and S1000 thermal cyclers offer a flexible and modular high-end PCR platform, with features giving performance that is fast, accurate, and reproducible Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (11 March 2008)
From genotype to phenotype
Technical background article The euro12 million Gen2phen project, funded by the European Commission, aims to harness the web to capture and unify genetic information that affects a person's health and disease processes
News from PhenoSystems (11 March 2008)
CSI: Tecan, as workstation makes TV debut
A Tecan Freedom Evo 150 liquid handling workstation recently starred in a two-hour special episode of the long-running, forensic science-based television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
News from Tecan Group ( 3 March 2008)
Kits handle large-scale plasmid DNA isolation
The CompactPrep Plasmid Mega and Giga kits promise faster extraction than other methods, with a vacuum-driven protocol enabling isolation of plasmid DNA in less than 50 minutes
News from Qiagen (27 February 2008)
Improved DNA analysis in sexual assault cases
New forensic testing kit from Applied Biosystems is expected to enable forensic laboratories to quickly generate more information from complicated DNA evidence earlier in the testing process
News from Applied Biosystems (22 February 2008)
2D gel analysis used to identify proteins
User application article Dymension is being used at the Open Mind Institute (OMI), Slovenia, a centre for studying the effects of medicinal plants, to determine the effects of the anti-addictive alkaloid ibogaine on the brain Brochure available
News from Syngene (22 February 2008)
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