Month: May 2013

qPCR assay plates streamline high throughput analysis

IDT reports that primers and probes for 5′-nuclease and intercalating dye assays (such as Sybr) can now be directly ordered online in a 96 well plate format. The launch of PrimeTime qPCR assay plates for high throughput qPCR analysis eliminates…

Hunting down legionella with Infinite M200 plate reader

RESEARCHERS at the Ensminger Lab, part of the department of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada, are using Tecan’s Infinite M200 Pro plate reader and gas control module to study host-pathogen interactions for Legionella bacteria. Alex Ensminger discussed…

Latest Acolyte colony counter is faster and cheaper

THE THIRD iteration of Synbiosis’s Acolyte colony counter offers ,more speed and better economy, says the company. Acolyte 3 is described as ideal for microbiologists that need to increase throughput and improve count accuracy. This new low-cost automated colony counter…