NOBEL winner Harry Kroto joins biomedical engineer Mehmet Toner and TV journalist Charles Sabine as a keynote speaker for the second annual conference and exhibition of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), to be held 12-16 January 2013…
Month: March 2012
Hardness testing machine spurs lab enlargement
SIGNIFICANT investment at Keighley Laboratories led the company to expand its test house facilities to accommodate a new automatic hardness tester. Such is the footprint of the machine, a Zwick Roell ZHV-10 automatic micro and macro hardness tester supplied by…
Weekly news: the staggering speed of R&D decision making
HERE in the UK, we have been enduring the annual round of misery known as Budget Day. Along with the inescapable increases in taxes for anybody that drinks, smokes, drives, or for that matter breathes, these austere times also bring…
How to evaporate solvents from DNA and other specimens
THE REMOVAL of water and organic solvents from samples of DNA, RNA, and other biological specimens is a slightly more delicate task than the average laboratory evaporation procedure. Samples are typically of low volume and are heat-sensitive, and so may…
Syringe filters promise better sample prep
A REVAMPED range of single-use syringe filters from Thermo Fisher should make sample preparation in the laboratory more reliable process. Previously known as the Sun-Sri Titan2 and National Scientific Target ranges, the new Titan3 and Target2 filter ranges have been…
HIV research pioneer is keynote speaker at xMap 2012
LUMINEX has announced the first details of its 2012 Planet xMap symposium, the tenth in the series. Dr Jean William Pape, director and founder of the Gheskio Centres in Haiti, will deliver a keynote presentation at the event, held 10-11…
UV transilluminator needs little space
SPACE on the lab bench seems to always be at a premium, and as a result many equipment manufacturers promote their products on their small physical size. Latest to join the trend is UVMan, which says its Slimline UV Transilluminator…
Nanotech meets biotech at Nano4Life 2012 event
THE SPEAKER line-up for the annual one-day Nano4Life conference and exhibition, being held on 17 April 2012, has been confirmed. Hosted at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, UK, on 17 April 2012, this fourth event in the series sees presentations in four…
Shields up! Protect your optics from laser debris
PLACING anything in the path of a high-power laser presents certain risks, and that includes the expensive optics that are part of the experiment. While these may not be damaged by the laser itself, they may be in the path…
Microarray combines aCGH probes with SNP content
THE LATEST addition to Oxford Gene Technology’s microarray range promises accurate and economical detection of copy number changes and loss of heterozygosity, all on a single array. The CytoSure ISCA +SNP combines array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) probes with fully…