THE FIRST ever major Irish stem cell event, the Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Symposium, is set to be held in Dublin on 22 to 24 April 2009.
R&D SYSTEMS has launched its human and mouse embryonic Stem Cell 4-Color Flow Cytometry Kit.
StemCells has launched GS2-M, a new cell culture medium that enables the derivation and long-term maintenance of true (germline competent) mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Sigma-Aldrich has entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Stemgent to distribute Stemgent’s lentivirus-based gene delivery products for the generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
StemCells, has launched GS1-R, the first commercially available medium to enable the derivation, maintenance and growth of true (germline competent) rat embryonic stem (ES) cells.
Neon™ transfection technology enables highly efficient delivery of nucleic acids into virtually all tested mammalian cell types, including difficult-to-transfect cells, primary cells and stem cells. This open and flexible nucleic acid delivery system consists of a small benchtop electroporation device, an electroporation pipette tip holder, patented electronic pipette tips and proprietary reagents.
Fluidigm has developed a new website that provides a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of single cell gene expression profiling.
INVITROGEN has announced the release of its Neon Transfection System which has been designed to efficiently deliver nucleic acids into all mammalian cell types including primary, stem, and Difficult to Transfect Cells (DTTC).
SIGMA-Aldrich has announced the world-wide release of the Mission LentiPlex Pooled Human and Murine shRNA Libraries developed to enable rapid, genome-wide RNAi screening at a bench top level
MILLIPORE has reaffirmed its partnership with Guava Technologies with the launch of the Guava range of assays, kits, flow cytometry systems, and service plans as part of an integrated bench top flow cytometry portfolio.
SCITECH has made available a live cell imaging technique with high temporal and spatial resolution applied to non labeled nanoparticles.
BECKMAN Coulter further their reach into life science with the expansion of its flow cytometry line with the release of the CyAn ADP Analyser developed as the next step in Advanced Digital Processing.
MILLIPORE has released its EndoGRO products which have been designed for vascular research including human umbilical vein endothelial cells and advanced media formulations for endothelial cell culture.
Amsbio transfection reagents include GeneSilencer for transfecting siRNA into mammalian cells.
PerkinElmer has released 22 new AlphaScreen SureFire assays to detect endogenous cellular kinases with 'No Wash' cellular kinase and signalling pathway kits.
ANASPEC has announced the launch of Calcein, AM, a cell-permeate and non-fluorescent compound which is widely used for determining cell viability.
INVITROGEN has announced the launch of its GIBCO OpTmizer T-cell Expansion SFM which has been created as a solution for culturing and expanding human T-cells which do not require the addition of serum.
Sigma-Aldrich has unveiled its new Sigma Life Science brand and website platform. With this brand, the company aims to elevate its focus on biology and provide a single place where researchers can access biological knowledge and market-leading products and technologies.
CARL ZEISS has launched its Cell Observer SD which has been developed to enable confocal observation and documentation of experiments on living cells over a long period of time and with high frame rates.
Oz Biosciences has launched AdenoMag, a tool to enhance Adenovirus and Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) infection thereby improving transduction efficiency.