products archive - December 2009

Oz Biosciences launches tool to increase viral infection

Oz Biosciences has launched AdenoMag, a tool to enhance Adenovirus and Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) infection thereby improving transduction efficiency.
Agilent's GeneSpring bioinformatics software

Agilent Technologies has introduced GeneSpring GX 11, the latest desktop software for visualising and analysing microarray data, and GeneSpring Workgroup 11, the enterprise version of the GeneSpring desktop software.
Roche cocktail protects proteins and maintains phosphorylation
Roche Applied Science advises to use cOmplete Protease Inhibitor and PhosSTOP Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail Tablets together for comprehensive protein protection. These inhibitor cocktails are compatible, inhibiting both proteases and phosphatases, but not each other.
Fluidigm releases 48.48 Access Array IFC for amplicon tagging
Fluidigm has released its 48.48 Access Array integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX users active in amplicon tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-ready libraries by simultaneously combining 48 samples and 48 primer sets to produce 48 uniquely-barcoded samples per chip for approximately US$7 per sample.
Brain tumour illumination with Zetasizer Nano
The Zetasizer Nano is a particle characterisation system from Malvern Instruments. It is said to be an ideal tool for advanced healthcare applications such as gene therapy and selective-target carrier molecules.
Olympus offers corrected 60x microscope objective
A new 'super' corrected Olympus 60x, NA 1.4 microscope objective lens is designed to deliver optimal levels of performance using light at wavelengths not only up to 650nm, but down to the 405nm wavelength as well. It is said to be useful for cell biologists, neuroscientists and others using lasers for imaging inter- and intracellular detail in biological specimens.
PerkinElmer releases new biomarker detection immunoassays
PerkinElmer has released 24 new AlphaLISA 'No Wash' immunoassay kits for biomarker detection including non-human targets with four new mouse-specific kits.
PerkinElmer releases new endogenous cellular kinase assays
PerkinElmer has released 22 new AlphaScreen SureFire assays to detect endogenous cellular kinases with 'No Wash' cellular kinase and signalling pathway kits.
Scitech compact N-series high speed cameras

Scitech has introduced the IDT Redlake MotionXtra N-series compact, high speed cameras with light-sensitive complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors of 1, 1.3 or 4 Megapixel. The cameras are capable of speeds up to 4000fps at full resolution.
Olympus launches cell^TIRF illuminator tool for cell biologists

Olympus has launched its cell^TIRF illuminator for total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy.
Agilent introduces monolithic laser combiner system for microscopy
Agilent Technologies has introduced its monolithic laser combiner system for confocal and fluorescence microscopy applications. The MLC400 monolithic laser combiner brings Agilent's patented complex monolithic optic (CMO) design technology and proprietary fiber coupling into a complete laser illumination solution.
Cole Parmer offer diversity in flasks for all lab needs

Cole Parmer supply a complete range of laboratory flasks from Pyrex, Nalgene, Pyrexplus, Kimcote and Kontes.
Automating dynamic and digital array set-ups
The Fluidigm BioMark IFC Controller MX is a self-contained system designed to automatically prime and load 48.48 Dynamic Array and Digital Array integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), one at a time.
Millipore launches assay for cellular communication research
Millipore has launched Milliplex MAP EpiQuant assay panels, a new family of phosphotyrosine multiplex assays for cell signalling research.
Kaluza software makes sense of flow cytometry analyses
Beckman Coulter has introduced its Kaluza flow cytometry analysis software. The software package reduces processing and analysis times, allowing researchers more time to explore their data.
Thermo Scientific's skin graft cell culture dish

The new Nunc Skin Graft Cell culture dish from Thermo Scientific is specifically designed to support growth of skin and other grafts.
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