News releases on Laboratorytalk categorised by date
Sunday 26 January
to Saturday 1 February 2003
Hotplates go large
Economically priced to suit the pocket of even the most budget-conscious laboratory, the new large stirrer and stirrer hotplates have features normally only found on more expensive systems Brochure Available
News from Barloworld Scientific (31 January 2003)
Tools to meet FDA audit in the UK
Laboratories are required to use volumetric flasks calibrated to tolerances specified by the United States Pharmacopoeia, which have been difficult to obtain outside America - until now Brochure Available
News from Barloworld Scientific (31 January 2003)
Dispensing/metering pumps
Piston operated pumps can dispense at rates from five microliter to 1.5cc per stroke, while compact and long lasting design means millions of cycles of operation
News from ESE (31 January 2003)
Determination of mercury in difficult matrices
Direct mercury analyser enables direct determination of mercury content of solid and liquid samples, eliminating the need for sample digestion and chemical pre-treatment
News from John Morris Scientific (31 January 2003)
Automatic digital refractometer
For rapid precision measurements of refractive index, Brix, concentration, or custom user scales in beverages, sugar liquids, and chemical or industrial solutions
News from John Morris Scientific (31 January 2003)
Quantify proteins for western blots
Fluorescence-based system provides simultaneous detection of two target proteins on the same membrane with sensitivity that is equal to or better than chemiluminescence
News from John Morris Scientific (31 January 2003)
Calibrate your torque wrench
These highly accurate units measure static torque in both the clockwise or counterclockwise direction and can be used as a reference standard for most torque wrench types
News from Lebow Products (31 January 2003)
Chromatography software/cabinet solution
Column organiser software application for tracking and managing HPLC and GC columns is provided with a LC/GC column cabinet to provide an integrated solution
News from Novatek International (31 January 2003)
Document, training and audit management solution
Document changes are tracked using deviations, change controls, investigations, approval and completion forms
News from Novatek International (31 January 2003)
Training calendars for food and pharma
Calendars detailing food industry courses offered by by Food Industry Training and pharmaceutical industry training courses offered by RSSL Pharma are now available
News from Reading Scientific Services (31 January 2003)
Ultrasonic debut at food rheology symposium
Ultrasonic spectroscopy is a non-destructive analytical technique based on the measurement of parameters of low energy ultrasonic waves propagating through analysed samples
News from Ultrasonic Scientific (31 January 2003)
Peptide, organic and combinatorial website
Advanced ChemTech, a developer of instrumentation and chemicals technology for peptide, organic and combinatorial chemistry, has updated its website.
News from Advanced ChemTech (30 January 2003)
Record growth in sales and profit
Cedip Infrared Systems,a manufacturer of IR thermal camera systems, has ended its 2002 financial year with record growth in sales and net profit Brochure Available
News from Cedip Infrared Systems (30 January 2003)
Appointment of financial director
Company plans stock market flotation but says the timing of this remains uncertain due to market conditions Brochure Available
News from ClinPhone (30 January 2003)
New UK digicam distributors
Pixera makes two new distributor appointments for its range of digital cameras: Digital Imaging Systems, and Optivision.
News from Pixera UK (30 January 2003)
Technology centre opens
Among the analytical and test equipment now in place are PC-driven microscopes capable of resolving surfaces and micro sections down to sub-micron levels
News from Poeton Industries (30 January 2003)
Versatile microplate sample concentrator
For high throughput laboratories currently focusing on microplate assays, it can remove 500 microlitres of methanol from a multi-well plate in less than six minutes Brochure Available
News from Porvair Sciences (30 January 2003)
Publication specifies how to install Profinet
Installation guideline specifies the network topology, cabling types and methods, connection technology and network components for use in industrial areas requiring protection to IP67
News from Profibus Group (30 January 2003)
Free genetic analyser software upgrade
Users of the Prism 3100 genetic analyser will find a new module allowing 30% faster sequencing in this free data collection software upgrade
News from Applied Biosystems (29 January 2003)
Wrap up warm in jacketed beakers
Ideal for maintaining samples at a constant temperature, the Pyrex beakers are used to gently warm up or cool down temperature-sensitive chemicals or reactions Brochure Available
News from Barloworld Scientific (29 January 2003)
US workshop on electronic lab notebook
Creon Lab Control showcases Q-Dis/Dragon technology, cost and quality benefits of its electronic laboratory notebook software solution
News from Creon Lab Control (29 January 2003)
New standard in petri dish media processing
Whether your laboratory requires a complete integrated system or an individual optimised solution for automated sterile filling, feeding, embossing or stacking of petri dishes Brochure Available
News from Integra Biosciences (29 January 2003)
Low capacity fatigue rated load cells
New family of precision low capacity fatigue rated load cells offer compact size, low cost, and quick deliveries
News from Lebow Products (29 January 2003)
Pure genomic DNA from blood
Automated recovery of pure genomic DNA from blood in a hands-off system which requires no human intervention once the protocol has begun
News from Promega UK (29 January 2003)
Beamlines for X-ray crystallography
Structure-based drug discovery company RiboTargets joins the Partnership for Structural Biology at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
News from RiboTargets (29 January 2003)
CD installs 14 computer-based training programmes
Separation sciences e-learning programmes include HPLC, introduction to liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry, GC/MS, capillary electrophoresis and spectral interpretation
News from Academy Savant (29 January 2003)
Control panel beacons
Permanent, flashing, and LED beacons in a variety of sizes for control panel and switch gear applications
News from Werma Signaltechnik (29 January 2003)
ACIL announces its mid-winter meeting
American Council of Independent Laboratories's mid-winter meeting will take place on 10-11 February 2003 at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia
News from ACIL (28 January 2003)
Acquisition of Texas Optoelectronics
Advanced Photonix, represented in the UK and Ireland by AP Technologies, has acquired the outstanding capital stock of Texas Optoelectronics (TOI)
News from AP Technologies (28 January 2003)
Tick saliva may hold key to autoimmune treatments
User Application Article Group has been working with parasitologists to identify some of the novel immunosuppressive substances in the saliva, particularly those that suppress lymphocytes
News from BD Biosciences (28 January 2003)
Speaking hygiene in many tongues
Multilingual version of hygiene monitoring software allows users to work in English, Spanish, Italian, French, or German at the touch of a button
News from Biotrace International (28 January 2003)
Clone the 'unclonable'
Kits enable successful cloning of even the most problematic of target DNA inserts, for example the cloning of AT-rich genomic DNA
News from Cambridge BioScience (28 January 2003)
Knock out target gene expression
Transfection reagent enables simple and efficient short interfering (si) RNA-mediated gene silencing in a wide variety of cell lines
News from Cambridge BioScience (28 January 2003)
New antibodies for transcription research
For use in the detection and identification of nuclear factor kappa B, they are ideal for use in western blotting, immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry
News from Cambridge BioScience (28 January 2003)
A more enterprising solution
Laboratory notebook software now interfaces with Microsoft SQL database server to address the needs of distributed organisations
News from EKM (28 January 2003)
Material transfer without unwrapping
Modified material transfer pumps won't unravel or unwrap wrapped materials making them ideal for automating the bulk packaging operations for wrapped foods, confectionary, and medical products
News from KV (28 January 2003)
Millennium Seed Bank speeds up
User Application Article Advanced cryostat is helping the project's researchers to investigate structure-function relationships in the seeds of a wide range of species
News from Leica Microsytems (28 January 2003)
ENT at Princess Alexandra benefits from microscope
User Application Article The Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow has recently installed the latest Leica MS2 Surgical Microscope
News from Leica Microsytems (28 January 2003)
Cancer unit benefits from automated preparation
User Application Article Specimen preparation equipment is lightening the workload at the MRC Cancer Cell Unit on the Addenbrooke's Hospital campus in Cambridge
News from Leica Microsytems (28 January 2003)
System for high purity transfection grade DNA
Rapidly isolates the highest purity plasmid DNA for transfection studies or other sensitive molecular biology techniques
News from Promega UK (28 January 2003)
'Gold standard' for MS grade trypsin
Especially produced for mass spectrometry (MS) proteomic research, peptide fragments generated by Trypsin Gold are suitable for reliable and accurate mass spectrometric database analysis
News from Promega UK (28 January 2003)
2003 life science catalogue now available
New 2003 catalogue with 1300 products enabling first class research in genomics, proteomics, cell analysis, molecular diagnostics and genetic identification
News from Promega UK (28 January 2003)
Separations in a flash
Flash chromatography pump can be easily integrated into customer's existing pressurised flash chromatography systems, providing better solvent control and gradient capability Brochure Available
News from SMI-LabHut (28 January 2003)
Pittcon preview: SMI
Supplier of chromatography and tablet dissolution instruments and accessories will be introducing the latest additions to its product range at Pittcon in Orlando in March Brochure Available
News from SMI-LabHut (28 January 2003)
Ergonomically optimised laboratory microscopes
Two new laboratory microscopes specifically designed for intensive use in biomedical laboratory applications use expanded pupil eyepiece for optimised operator efficiency Brochure Available
News from Vision Engineering (28 January 2003)
Siren gets louder in loud places
Automatically adjusts the sound output of the alarm to the background noise level by a process of continuous measurement
News from Werma Signaltechnik (28 January 2003)
Three-tone gong for schools and factories
Melodious A-major three tone sound output for signal gong to mark events such as the beginning and end of breaks in factories and schools or for danger alerts
News from Werma Signaltechnik (28 January 2003)
LED installation beacon with M20 thread
Permanent light beacon is suited to applications for position and cable operated switches and has an extremely high light intensity even in direct sunlight
News from Werma Signaltechnik (28 January 2003)
Taking consultancy to Japan
Expansion of successful molecular interaction characterisation consulting service takes SPR expertise and knowledge from USA to Japan
News from Biacore (27 January 2003)
Uniform magnetic microspheres
Monodisperse spheres composed of magnetite in a polymer matrix are ideal for applications that demand uniform bead response, such as miniaturised bioassays and separations
News from Bangs Laboratories (27 January 2003)
Quantitation of cellular antigen expression
Human antibody binding standards allow users to establish a standard curve relating fluorescence intensity to antigen expression
News from Bangs Laboratories (27 January 2003)
Analogue-controlled DC power supply
Featuring power-factor correction, the new power supplies are ideally suited to bulk power applications where analogue functionality is preferred over digital programming
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) (27 January 2003)
Accelerated diagnosis for salmonella and listeria
High speed microbiological detection technique is based on solid-phase sandwich hybridation with luminescent detection to identify pathogens in under 24 hours
News from Europrobe (27 January 2003)
Most powerful acoustic cleaner available
New model of audiosonic acoustic cleaner is available in both straight and curved versions and is constructed throughout of 316 stainless steel
News from Primasonics International (27 January 2003)
Measure round corners with displacement transducer
Transducer body is simply bolted to the point of reference and the draw wire extended and attached to the moving part of the system Brochure Available
News from RDP Electronics (27 January 2003)
Accurate rotational measurement
Patented capacitive technique provides a high accuracy, no friction solution to rotary displacement measurements Brochure Available
News from RDP Electronics (27 January 2003)
One-stop web-shop for instrumentation and display
With a searchable product database and an easy to use menu system, this site is expected to make hunting through pages of products a thing of the past
News from Spectra Displays (27 January 2003)
New 2608-page catalogue
2003-2004 edition of the VWR catalogue features 12,000 new laboratory equipment, chemical, and supply products
News from VWR International (27 January 2003)
Mexican subsidiary absorbs Merck
VWR establishes subsidiary in Mexico City, taking over the current laboratory chemical and distribution business of Merck Mexico
News from VWR International (27 January 2003)
Distributing optimisation software
Windows-based software is used for optimising the design of processes, experiments and analytical techniques
News from Silverdale Scientific (27 January 2003)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 60
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