HANDS up those of you who wanted to be an astronaut, or who still do. Yep, me too. While we wait for our respective national space agencies to finally identify us as the people they really need to send on…
Month: March 2012
Safe ergonomic storage of cryo tubes
A NEW storage rack for Thermo Fisher 2ml and 5ml Nunc Cryobank tubes rack is suitable for use with both manual pipetting and robotic systems, thanks to its removable lid. The company says that other racks usually lock into place,…
High-throughput amplicon resequencing by custom assay
FAST, simple, and inexpensive preparation of up to 480 amplicons per sample is the claim made by Fluidigm for its Access Array Target-Specific Primers, when used with its Access Array system. “Access Array enables researchers to amplify their specific target…
2012 webinar programme covers material characterisation
MALVERN has announced its programme of web-based training seminars – webinars – for 2012. Delivered in a number of languages, these ‘masterclass’ sessions cover a wide range of material characterisation issues, appropriate for beginners and experienced users alike working across…
Fastcam delivers high-quality slo-mo
PHOTRON’s new Fastcam SA7 has been designed around the needs of high speed imaging applications such as automobile safety testing, and can record high-resolution video frames at up to 3500 frames per second (fps). Employing a specialist CMOS sensor recording…
Polycarbonate electrodes to premiere at Pittcon 2012
A NEW range of rugged polycarbonate bodied 12mm electrodes for pH and ORP measurement will be shown for the first time at Pittcon 2012. Intended for general laboratory operations, the S150C and S151C-ORP electrodes from Sensorex are suitable for use…
Consumable cell products on sale at online store
A RANGE of cells and culture media for cell-based research is now available from Medicyte’s online shop. The company says this new web presence allows customers from the pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics industries to order various cell products and other…
LabHomepage weekly news, 2 March 2012: instruments and alphabet soup
IN THE arms race that defines the chromatography market, each new iteration of instrument technology brings with it the need for new terminology. Back in the dark ages, we may have divided chromatography into simply ‘gas’ and ‘liquid’ methods, but…
Benchtop laser brings SERDS into the lab
We’re used to hearing about laboratories being populated by nerds, but Laser Components wants to see SERDS making its presence felt. Shifted Excitation Raman Differential Spectroscopy, SERDS, is a technique in which two Raman spectra generated by slightly different excitation…
Host-cell DNA clearance process now automated
A NEW automated process for the clearance of host-cell DNA promises higher recovery rates and highly sensitive qPCR. In the manufacture of therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies, the clearance of host cell DNA is a vital process for product safety.…