Lab Bulletin

Link Technologies have launched their new, free product guide with practical application notes and protocols 

Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has announced the release of its 2013/14 Product Guide. The new guide, complete with brand new products and associated application notes, is a comprehensive resource for researchers and manufacturers in oligonucleotide biochemistry, including oligo synthesis and modification...

BioTek Instruments, Inc., continues their global expansion in the microplate-based technology market with the establishment of BioTek Japan.

Managed by Mr. Satoshi Sagara, the new direct sales and service organization in Tokyo will focus on growing BioTek's brand and expanding the sales network in Japan. BioTek Japan will be fully functional by July 1, 2013. Long-time partner and distributor, DS Pharma Biomedical Co., Ltd., will work closely with BioTek Japan to ensure a seamless transition. BioTek Japan will continue to work with existing distributor, Central Scientific Comm., Inc., to grow the Japanese business...

Supplied in the UK by Cambio and produced by Epicentre® (an Illumina company), the TotalScript™ RNA-Seq kit is a low-input library preparation kit. 

This kit enables researchers to quickly create high complexity RNA-seq libraries from as little as 1 – 5 ng of intact total RNA, without the need for ribosome RNA removal or Poly(A) encrichment. The rapid, 5-hour procedure dramatically reduces the amount of time spent creating sample libraries, and the flexible protocol can be adapted to match researchers’ desired rRNA content and transcript coverage...

The advanced Spectroline^® Bi-O-Vision™ Series transilluminators feature two workstations, producing both 312nm ultraviolet and white light.

The TD-1000R model offers fixed-intensity while the TVD-1000R model offers variable-intensity control of either UV or white light. These units are continuously adjustable from 100% down to 50%. This enables life science researchers to select medium wavelength ultraviolet or white light illumination to view fluorescent gels or visible blots...

INTEGRA has released a new video demonstrating a solid phase extraction (SPE) microplate method for reproducible, high throughput isolation of high-quality DNA-free total RNA.

Large scale gene expression screening projects require reliable high-throughput methods to isolate high quality RNA from a large number of samples. To meet this need, a growing number of commercial 96-well format RNA isolation kits are now available. Typically such kits are compatible with commonly used 96-well plate vacuum manifolds enabling the extraction (isolation) procedure to be accelerated...

A new application note from Porvair Sciences details a protocol for its Chromatrap® ChIP assay kit that has been developed to enrich epigenetic marks from primary human tissue cells.

Chromatrap® Pro-A, the novel solid-based matrix for chromatin immunoprecipitation assays (ChIP) has been successfully used for isolation of high quality chromatin from difficult biopsy material. Focusing on an application to precipitate epigenetic marks from primary endometrial stromal cells - results show high abundant epigenetic marks from 1 million cells isolated from a tissue biopsy, with selective amplification of positive gene targets relative to negative IgG and negative gene loci....

Syngene US Appoints Product Specialist and Manufacturer’s Representative to Support Growth in Demand for Unique Image Analysis Technology 

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to announce that it is continuing to strengthen its North American presence with the appointment of a US Product Support Specialist and a manufacturer’s representative to expertly sustain the growth in demand for Syngene’s unrivalled image analysis systems by US life scientists...

G-Sphere Standard for Molecular Norovirus Assays