I’VE BEEN following developments in microfluidics for a couple of decades now, since I first got my hands on a prototype glass chip in a German development laboratory in the 1990s. After asking my hosts very nicely, they reluctantly opened…
Month: December 2012
Harvesting light with flash photolysis spectrometer
RESEARCH at the University of Connecticut, USA, into plant light harvesting complexes has made use of a LP920 flash photolysis spectrometer, reports Edinburgh Instruments. A paper in the journal Photosynthesis Research examines the efficiency of variants of the Peridinin-Chlorophyll a-Protein…
The latest trends in nucleotide innovation
LINK Technologies reports that it has observed a significant increase in requests for vitamin-modified oligo precursors, following on from the increasing use of vitamin-modified oligonucleotides in life science research. The company is a certified specialist in the provision of phosphoramidites…
More storage volume in 96-tube format
STORING high sample volumes in the minimum space is a challenge faced by many laboratories. Micronic now offers a new answer to this perennial dilemma with its 2.00ml storage tubes, which provide higher volume storage within an industry-standard 96-tube rack…
Clinical chemistry analyser includes clot detection
THE NEW RX Daytona Plus clinical chemistry analyser from Randox is said to be the only analyser in its class to include a sample clot detection sensor. This mid-range instrument offers features typically found on a larger automated analyser, but…
Combined CGH and SNP analysis makes for faster research
COMPARATIVE genomic hybridisation plus single nucleotide polymorphism microarray analysis is now being offered by Wicell, a non-profit organisation and leading distributor of human pluripotent stem cells, using the Agilent SurePrint G3 Human Genome CGH+SNP microarray. Unlike previous assays that required…
Nanoscale thermal analysis to improve drug delivery
AT THE University of East Anglia, UK , post-doctoral researcher Jonathan Moffat is studying the delivery of drugs with poor water solubility, and looking in particular at the characterisation of delivery systems. His team creates solid dispersions using a variety…
Predicting the effect of particle size in heterogeneous catalyst development
MALVERN Instruments has published a new application note which discusses the importance of particle size in heterogeneous catalyst materials, concluding that the company’s Mastersizer 3000 particle size analyser can be useful in achieving optimum reactivity. The Mastersizer 3000 accurately determines…
A centrifuge for all laboratory applications
MEDLINE Scientific reckons its new range of compact bench-top centrifuges includes models to cover almost all operations in life-science laboratories, including biochemistry, chemistry, and haematology. Each of the models in the MC centrifuge range feature a robust sealed housing, fully…
Determining optimum conditions for large scale stem cell culture
AN INDUSTRY consortium has been launched to optimise media and processes in order to manufacture stem cells and natural killer cells at volume. Based at the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM), a Canadian non-profit organisation, the consortium includes…