Category: sampling

Are you taking the pee?

IF SO, Medline Scientific offers a range of scientific urine collection kits which it says includes all the components necessary for safe and hygienic specimen collection and handling.   These CE and IVD approved kits are available with or without boric…

Aseptic sampling with walk-away automation

AN AUTOMATED sampling workstation that collects samples directly and aseptically from bioreactors can save time, remove risk of error, and improve quality control, says Alfa Wassermann. The company says its Empat system is easy to install and program, operates continuously…

Solving the solvent bumping problem

LABORATORY scientists, especially those working in purification and synthesis, may find advantages in using the Dri-Pure system which facilitates solvent removal without cross-contamination or sample loss due to bumping. Genevac says that other methods of removing solvent are difficult and…

Optimised grinding of temperature-sensitive samples

THE COMMINUTION of difficult samples, like temperature-sensitive powder coatings and plastics, or materials with intrinsic moisture such as tea or herb leaves, can present a problem for some sample preparation mills. Fritsch says that its Pulverisette 14 variable high speed…

Mosaic now talks to Matrical

TITIAN Software has upgraded its Mosaic sample management software so that this can integrate with Matrical Biosciences automated stores, meaning that Mosaic is now capable of interfacing with industry-standard compound stores. Mosaic comprises five modules – inventory tracking, ordering, workflow…