Rapidly identify meaningful results with OGT’s Genefficiency™ NGS Report

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative genetics research and biomarker solutions to advance molecular medicine, is offering the research community a snapshot of its user-friendly Genefficiency™ NGS Variant Analysis Report software, with the release of a free-to-download demo version. The interactive report efficiently manages the complete data analysis process for NGS workflows and delivers fully annotated data, allowing the identification of meaningful results in just a few simple mouse clicks...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. introduces new pH gradient buffer solutions designed to save time in method development and facilitate method transfer to QA/QC for a wide range of MAb charge variants using an HPLC system.

Unlike traditional salt gradients, the new Thermo Scientific buffers enable users to predict the pH and retention times of charge variants and use a narrow pH range to produce higher resolution separations. The solutions and kits are designed to deliver highly-reproducible, linear pH gradients in cation exchange chromatography for MAbs, proteins and biosimilars. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a large portfolio of bioseparations consumables and instruments, including MAbPac and ProPac cation exchange columns...

A presentation by technology specialist Dr Richard Tweedie, given as part of the recent UK Formulation Showcase at NanoFormulation 2013 (18-21 June 2013, University of Manchester, UK), illustrated the mutual benefits of an ‘open innovation’ approach to product development.

His talk focused on the ‘open innovation’ pathway adopted by Malvern Instruments in collaboration with The University of Leeds in the UK to develop the Aero S, one of the key sample dispersion systems for Malvern’s Mastersizer 3000 laser diffraction particle size analyzer. The Aero S dry powder disperser was launched alongside the Mastersizer 3000 in September 2011 and immediately delivered new capabilities to laser diffraction users, extending dry powder dispersion to even the most fragile materials...

Get 50% off BioStack™ when purchased with a Synergy™ Neo Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

Super-fast walkaway automation at a super-low price! Synergy Neo HTS Multi-Mode Microplate Reader is designed specifically for today’s screening and core laboratories. Synergy Neo has all the features you would expect from an HTS instrument, including multiple parallel detectors for ultra-fast measurements, laser-based excitation, super-fast plate stacker and high sensitivity on low volume assays. With a transfer time of about 6 seconds per plate, Synergy Neo’s BioStack plate stacker is the fastest on the market, allowing walk-away automation for short- or long-term assays...

NanoSight announces the release of a new NS500 instrument with a Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) module, which will take the lower size limit of detection down to around 4 nm in diameter.

NanoSight is pleased to announce the launch of the first DLS-enabled version of their widely-used NS500 instrument. For the first time these two powerful and complementary techniques come together in one instrument, designated NanoSight NS500^+DLS. This gives all the benefit of NTA in high resolution sizing, with DLS extending the lower detection limit to 4 nm...

Merck Millipore Introduces Magna ChIP® HiSens Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Kits  

New from MO BIO, the NoviPure™ Soil Protein Extraction Kit helps match microbe with function 

ACE C18-Amide is a new, uniquely designed UHPLC/HPLC stationary phase offering improved retention of polar compounds, enhanced phenolic resolution and alternative selectivity to C18 bonded columns.

The unique ligand design of the ACE C18-Amide incorporates an extended alkyl chain spacer between the silica surface and amide polar group, which gives extra phase stability in eluents of pH 2 - pH 8.  The longer C18 tail increases the hydrophobic mechanism of interaction compared to phases with shorter (C14 - C16) tail groups...

The PapilloCheck HPV test from Greiner Bio-One GmbH, technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries, has now received approval from the Dutch Society for Pathology following successful validation based on international guidelines for HPV-DNA tests.

Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent cancers among women. It is caused by a persistent infection involving certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPV). If this infection is detected at an early stage and the patient is given appropriate medical treatment, the development of cervical cancer can be prevented in virtually all cases. HPV tests, which detect the carcinogenic virus, therefore play a major role in cervical cancer screening...

German company LCTech GmbH, a supplier of products and methods for sample preparation and analysis, has been using Tecan Cavro^® components for many years and has incorporated a Cavro Omni Robot and Cavro XLP Pump into its latest FREESTYLE sample preparation workstation.

Dr Uwe Aulwurm, a Managing Director of LCTech, explained: “To meet the varied workflow demands of our customers, we wanted a modular solution that combined a general purpose liquid handling system with a range of different processing devices, including options for solid phase extraction, gel permeation chromatography and evaporation. The Cavro Omni Robot was perfectly suited to our needs, providing a very robust instrument which could be easily modified to access individual processing modules...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Water Purification Portfolio 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has launched the Thermo Scientific Barnstead GenPure xCAD Plus water purification system, featuring advanced technology that allows simultaneous dispensing from three remote dispensers for exceptional flexibility and ease of use in shared laboratory environments. Additionally, the company announced enhancements to its existing systems...

AMSBIO offers a range of kits and reagents for the extraction (isolation) of high quality RNA from FFPE tissues and LCM samples that can be used not only for PCR but also microarray applications.

Using AMSBIO ExpressArt® RNA isolation technology it is now possible to achieve high RNA yield and maximum sequence length from FFPE or LCM samples without the paraffin removal step. ExpressArt® RNA technology overcomes traditional limitations placed on research due to limited sample size, RNA degradation and interference from the crosslinking in FFPE samples. ExpressArt® FFPE RNA-ready isolation and mRNA amplification technology allows researcher to isolate higher quality and quantities of RNA from samples previously unsuitable for gene expression analysis...

Genevac has announced the launch of the ROCKET 4D – a fully automated system for automatic drying or concentration of very large volumes (a few to 100 litres) in one operation with no user interaction.

Compact in size the ROCKET 4D allows you to dry or concentrate your samples with complete confidence as it uses proprietary vacuum technology to suppress solvent bumping and foaming – problems associated with sample loss when using large scale rotary evaporators. Rocket 4D comes as standard with a single, 5 litre 316 stainless steel vessel for drying or concentrating product. This has detachable handles and is easily lifted into and out of the evaporator. Access to the dried or concentrated product in the vessel is very easy...

With the NIRS DS2500, near infrared analysis has taken yet another step into the future of routine analysis. The NIRS DS2500 Analyzer offers exceptional accuracy across a broad wavelength range and is designed for use in the receiving area or at-line of a variety of industries ranging from nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to chemicals and others.

The new predispersive monochromator technology used in the NIRS DS2500 ensures versatility and stability across the full spectral range from 400 to 2’500 nm. In less than a minute, with the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio, the NIRS DS2500 can effortlessly manage analysis of demanding and low level parameters in need of high accuracy....

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note discussing rapid separation of inorganic cations in municipal wastewater using our high pressure capillary Ion Chromatography system, the Thermo Scientific Dionex 5000+ ICS HPIC system.

Technical Note 121: Fast Determinations of Inorganic Cations in Municipal Wastewater Using High-Pressure Capillary IC demonstrates how the separation of inorganic cations are important to municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment plants for compliance monitoring. Cationic determinations are necessary as part of the water monitoring program’s secondary water specification of acceptable taste....

Among the new products is the MultiLab IDS 4010 series of instruments and smart sensors that utilize optical technology for dissolved oxygen measurements to reduce maintenance requirements and lower upkeep costs.

YSI is also introducing a new line of colorimeters that allow for quick, accurate field and lab analysis of several parameters, and the new pH1200 laboratory pH and temperature instrument that provides an economical solution for accurate measurements in the lab. The new MultiLab IDS 4010 series is a new line of single and multi-parameter digital lab instruments that is available in one-, two- or three-channel versions along with smart digital sensors for optical based BOD–5, pH, ORP and conductivity measurements....

Link Technologies’ new Product Guide is the ‘go-to’ resource for oligo chemistry 

Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has used its 25 years of industry experience to produce the 2013/14 Product Guide, providing scientists with a wealth of application-orientated content for oligonucleotide chemistry. For easy navigation, the guide is broken into key topics and processes, including Oligonucleotide Labelling Strategies, and each section is supported by application notes and protocols, for easy product-to-practice transition...

Malvern Instruments is showcasing new analytical tools for biopharmaceutical applications on its exhibition booth at The Bioprocessing Summit in Boston

In July the company launched two new systems, the Viscotek SEC-MALS 20 and the Viscosizer 200, for the characterization of biological materials. These join Malvern’s rapidly growing range of analytical instruments, which also includes the Zetasizer Nano ZSP, for use in pre-formulation and formulation studies and for the wider characterization of proteins and other macromolecules.....

To Help Train Professionals how to Optimise Their Decontamination Processes  

Scientific Digital Imaging’s [AIM-SDI] Synoptics Health Division, a manufacturer of innovative digital imaging systems for healthcare applications, today announced that major international healthcare training centre, Eastwood Park, UK will be using ProReveal, a test to detect proteins on surgical instruments, to complement training of sterile services professionals on how to assess the validity of decontamination processes....

New ALBAcyte® 0.8% Reagent Red Cell Panels Convenient and Accurate Ready-to-Use Cell Suspensions for Column Agglutination

Reagent Red Cell panels are now available from Alpha Laboratories in 0.8% cell suspensions. The vials are bar-coded making them ideal for use on column agglutination technology (CAT) systems such as Ortho AutoVue and Bio-Rad (Diamed) systems. This superior range of reagent red cells can be used in both patient and donor testing applications. ALBAcyte®panels are manufactured from pre-selected donors, providing consistent high quality products...

PrimeTime® qPCR Assay Plates with online tool for ordering primers and probes in 96 well format

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has announced the launch of PrimeTime^® qPCR Assay Plates, for high throughput qPCR analysis. Primers and probes for 5’-nuclease and intercalating dye assays (e.g., SYBR^®) can now be directly ordered online in a 96 well plate format, eliminating the time-consuming transfer of primers and probes from reagent stocks, and streamlining the reaction set-up. PrimeTime qPCR Assay Plates offer an ideal solution for many applications that generate large quantities of data, such as validation of NGS and microarray data, as well as high throughput gene expression screening...

New Oxford Biotech Launches Cloning Platform that Promises to Transform Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering

Oxfordshire’s newest biotechnology company, Oxford Genetics Ltd, has developed an innovative range of synthetic DNA products that are set to revolutionise the genetic research sector. The new technology, called SnapFast^TM, provides a fully interchangeable module based genetic engineering platform that offers research scientists unrivalled efficiency and flexibility...