A LOW cost benchtop alternative to a full cleanroom is the claim made for the CleneCab Workstation from Herolab. It is aimed at laboratory workers who need a localised clean or safe environment to prevent contamination when working with samples.…
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Robotic workstation extracts proteins automatically
Herolab describes Spot Hunter as a new generation of robotic proteomic workstation for the fluorescence detection and automatic extraction of selected protein spots after 2D electrophoresis. Promising greater flexibility and improved accuracy and reliability, it is available in three sizes…
Giant laboratory workstation holds 1400 Petri dishes
THE LARGEST workstation in the Don Whitley range, the A95, has the capacity to hold up to 1400 Petri dishes. Notwithstanding its large size, this four-port anaerobic workstation also claims to speed up laboratory operations. Its 30 litre airlock has…
Extract nucleic acid automatically with this workstation
THE NEW Thermo Scientific Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction WorkStation offers consistent, high-speed purifications by combining several Thermo Fisher tools into one turnkey package. Thermo says the workstation enables users to process samples from virtually any source, providing cost- and time-effective…
Scalable bioreactor reduces experiment turnaround times
A NEW automated bioreactor system for parallel cell culture or fermentation has been launched by TAP Biosystems. Ambr 250 consists of a workstation which can automate independent parallel control of 12 or 24 single-use 250ml bioreactors for cell culture or…
Aseptic sampling with walk-away automation
AN AUTOMATED sampling workstation that collects samples directly and aseptically from bioreactors can save time, remove risk of error, and improve quality control, says Alfa Wassermann. The company says its Empat system is easy to install and program, operates continuously…
Sterility testing workstation offers modular flexibility
LAUNCHED this week at Achema is a new workstation for sterility testing, the Bioquell Qube, which will help laboratories in their increasingly-important sterilisation validation processes. Qube will help ensure that an aseptic test environment is properly controlled, in order to…
Workstation is configurable to automate routine tasks
MANY laboratory protocols are time consuming and laborious, but may not lend themselves to lab automation because they combine functions on several channels. Aurora Instruments says its new Versa 10 automated liquid handling workstation goes some way to solving this…
Image Petri dishes inside the workstation
A NEW Petri dish imaging system which fits inside a workstation has been launched by Don Whitley Scientific. Enabling plates to be photographed while incubation continues, and without having to remove them from the workstation, the Whitley Petrifoto uses a…