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The bright white choice in real-time PCR plates
With their opaque white wells, twin.tec real-time PCR plates from Eppendorf enable detection of significantly lower levels of fluorescence and enhance the reproducibility of real-time PCR data Brochure available
News from Eppendorf UK (29 April 2008)
Taken to task over bovine viral diarrhoea
User application article The multi-year agreement is part of the Swiss national BVD eradication programme in which over one million cows are to be screened to identify and contain infectious animals
News from Qiagen (22 April 2008)
PentaBase strengthens Beijing collaboration
One of the leaders in the field of genetics, Chinese Beijing Genome Institute, BGI, has increased its collaboration with PentaBase, Denmark
News from PentaBase (14 April 2008)
Susan Lindquist wins the Otto Warburg medal
The medal is considered the most prestigious German award for biochemists and molecular biologists, is awarded by the German Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and sponsored by Qiagen
News from Qiagen (31 March 2008)
Cell-based gene expression research advances
Applied Biosystems has announced a new family of real-time PCR reagent kits that enable researchers to perform cell-based gene expression research more rapidly
News from Applied Biosystems (28 March 2008)
Reproducible and sensitive QPCR results
Thermo Fisher Scientific specialises in the provision of optimised consumables for highly reproducible, sensitive and accurate QPCR assays, including ABsolute Blue QPCR master mixes
News from Thermo Fisher Scientific (28 February 2008)
PCR clean-up by simple ion-exchange procedure
Invitrogen has announced the launch of the its ChargeSwitch-Pro PCR clean-up kits which allow for high-quality DNA purification following PCR or enzymatic reactions
News from Invitrogen (27 February 2008)
Qiagen opens new service centre in Singapore
Cmpletes global service network by adding a centre in the Asia-Pacific region to existing centres in the USA (Valencia, CA and Germantown, MD), Europe (Hilden, Crawley, Paris) and Japan (Tokyo)
News from Qiagen (25 February 2008)
Thermal cycler validation with Ukas accreditation
Anachem says its Cyclertest now offers the most sophisticated and accurate temperature validation service for your PCR thermal cycler with Ukas accreditation. Brochure available
News from Anachem (22 February 2008)
Cell strategies for high transfection efficiency
The TransFect Database, available online and without charge or registration, provides DNA, RNA, and siRNA transfection protocols for a wide range of cell types and plate or dish formats
News from Qiagen (20 February 2008)
Qiaxcel is faster than slab-gel electrophoresis
Qiagen has announced the launch of Qiaxcel, an automated system that will replace tedious and time-consuming methods of nucleic acid separation in low- to high-throughput laboratories
News from Qiagen (30 January 2008)
PCR instrumentation taken to the next level
Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced the introduction of the Bio-Rad 1000-series thermal cycling platform, its next generation PCR instrumentation Brochure available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (23 January 2008)
Maximum flexibility from these thermal cyclers
A range of cost-effective and easy-to-use thermal and gradient thermal cyclers have recently been added to the expanding range of laboratory products offered by Cleaver Scientific
News from Cleaver Scientific (23 January 2008)
Unlimited DNA from fixed tissue samples
The Repli-G FFPE kit, the latest development in Qiagen's whole genome amplification portfolio, eliminates problems associated with DNA fragmentation and damage caused by formalin fixation
News from Qiagen (22 January 2008)
Avian flu surveillance for Singapore
User application article Qiagen awarded contract by the Singapore Ministry of Health to supply sample preparation solutions and molecular tests for the specific detection of influenza H5N1 viruses - better known as avian flu
News from Qiagen (10 January 2008)
Real-time PCR and data analysis in one
The Applied Biosystems-Integromics system is the first commercially available offering that integrates the system that generates the data with the software that is used to analyse it.
News from Applied Biosystems (17 December 2007)
Robust method for direct PCR from whole blood
Combination of highly processive Phusion DNA Polymerases, ultra quick Piko Thermal Cyclers and ultra-thin walled UTW tubes provides benefits to PCR speed, yield, fidelity, specificity, and robustness
News from Labtech International ( 6 December 2007)
JV to develop molecular diagnostics products
Dx Assays expects to be one of the first centres in Singapore for assay development in which molecular diagnostics for infectious and genetic diseases will be developed
News from Qiagen ( 4 December 2007)
Health Canada licenses Hepatitis B molecular test
The Artus HBV LC PCR kit, which monitors the viral load of HBV infected patients, is now available to doctors in Canada to help them determine the success of a treatment
News from Qiagen (22 November 2007)
Bacterial identification accelerated by ReaX assay
PCR reaction set-up using the ReaX assay 16S beads required no prior optimisation and was quicker and more user-friendly to perform compared to conventional liquid-based PCR set-up
News from Q Chip (20 November 2007)
miRNA and total RNA from FFPE tissue
The miRNeasy FFPE kit complements Qiagen's existing range of miRNeasy Kits, which enable miRNA purification from a wide variety of animal cells and tissues
News from Qiagen (17 October 2007)
PCR enzyme is fridge storable for ease of use
The benefits of TopTaq DNA polymerase include fridge storage for immediate reaction setup, room temperature handling, and a single preoptimised protocol suitable for all PCR assays, says Qiagen
News from Qiagen (16 October 2007)
PCR reactions made more robust and reproducible
ReaX Assays contain all the components to perform a PCR amplification assay of a selected target organism or genes, encapsulated into beads; only template DNA is required prior to running the protocol
News from Q Chip ( 8 October 2007)
Maximise recovery of DNA and RNA from tiny samples
Two new kits from Qiagen provide maximal nucleic acid yields from very small samples: the RNeasy Plus Micro Kit for RNA, and the AllPrep DNA/RNA Micro Kit, which simultaneously purifies DNA and RNA
News from Qiagen ( 5 October 2007)
Faster one-step RT-PCR on any real-time cycler
QuantiFast Probe RT-PCR Kits deliver significantly faster results in real-time one-step RT-PCR with sequence-specific probes, such as TaqMan probes
News from Qiagen ( 4 October 2007)
Highly specific PCR in just 30 minutes
Qiagen has added a fast-cycling PCR kit and a unique fridge storage DNA polymerase to its range of standard, hot-start, multiplex, long-range, and high-fidelity end-point PCR kits
News from Qiagen ( 3 October 2007)
StepOnePlus PCR takes another step forward
Applied Biosystems designed the StepOne and StepOnePlus Systems with user-friendly, yet highly functional interfaces for both new and experienced real-time PCR researchers
News from Applied Biosystems ( 3 September 2007)
Sequence disclosure for guaranteed gene knockdown
Qiagen, the first company to provide sequences of predesigned siRNA products, says that its HP validated siRNAs will also be provided with full sequence information at no extra cost
News from Qiagen (29 August 2007)
Reliable detection of Chlamydia trachomatis
Artus C trachomatis Plus PCR kits are said to be the only dual-target tests worldwide detecting a region of the ompA gene and the cryptic plasmid
News from Qiagen (12 July 2007)
Qiagen wins workplace excellence award
Latest award in a series of national and international recognitions for QIAGEN as employer of talented, passionate and motivated employees
News from Qiagen (14 June 2007)
PCR buffer eliminates post-amplification steps
Thermo has developed a PCR buffer that enables samples to be loaded directly onto an agarose gel after thermal cycling, reducing the number of pipetting and reagent handling steps in PCR protocols
News from Thermo Fisher Scientific (15 May 2007)
Novel assay technology for miRNA targets
New Qiagen miScript system forms an integrated and comprehensive solution for the isolation and detection of miRNAs in hundreds of assays, which are available for the human, mouse and rat genome
News from Qiagen ( 9 May 2007)
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