CRAIC Technologies says the addition of ‘kinetic spectroscopy’ capabilities to its 20/20 Perfect Vision microspectrophotometer gives the instrument numerous new applications. Kinetic spectroscopy allows the device to monitor a broad spectral range by absorbance, reflectance, and optical emission, over a…
Month: January 2012
Automated storage for at-risk samples
A THIRD-generation automated sample storage system specifically designed for the storage of sensitive biological samples at ultra-low temperatures has been launched by Hamilton Storage Technologies. The BiOS store can cope with anything from 250,000 to ten million sample tubes stored…
Flow-based sequencing assembler uses cheaper resources
A GENOMIC assembly technology using a flow-based detector promises a cheaper approach to DNA sequencing, as the instruments and reagents required are much less expensive, says SoftGenetics. Its Ion Torrent PGM sequencer is based around a silicon chip made up…
Colony counter speeds food pathogen research
MICROBIOLOGISTS at the Robert Mondavi Research Institute (RMI), an important food and wine research centre at the University of California, USA, are using a ProtoCol colony counter from Synbiosis in their research on the growth of bacterial pathogens including E Coli…
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…
Easier direct measurement of LDL cholesterol
A HIGHLY accurate new assay method for the determination of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol overcomes many of the shortcomings of existing techniques, says Randox. Its new direct clearance LDL assay promises excellent correlation with the ultracentrifugation method, which is accurate…