Bioscience Technology articles from December 2007

Bioscience Technology archives from December 2007

Worm research hits the fast lane.
December 1, 2007... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The nematode C, elegans has been a geneticist's friend since the early 1960's. The simplicity, transparency and speed of its biological functions have made C. elegans an ideal model organism for studying genes and their...

Snapshot.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... SNAPSHOT Types of Automated Lab Systems Being Used Dedicated Workstations 34.9% Application Specific Workstations 33.9% Microplate Readers 31.7% Mass Spectrometry 30.1% Image...

Stem cells bust out.(Editor's Note)
December 1, 2007... Lots of big news on the stem cell research front in the past few weeks; it's hard to think of a time when an area of research generated as many significant reports at once. Less than a month after two groups reported reprogramming of human skin...

Nucleic acid loading buffers.(December's Innovations)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Concentrated Glow Dyes contain optimized concentrations of ethidium bromide. They provide intense DNA/RNA bands with little background or band distortion. The presence of the ethidium bromide eliminates the need for...

Pipet tips.(December's Innovations)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GripTips, from Viaflo Corp. (Hudson, NH), for use the company's Vision single and multi-channel pipettors, accommodate volumes of 12.5, 125, 300, 1250 and 5000 [micro]L. Tips are compatible with Vision single, 8, 12...

Lipid kinases.(December Innovations)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Millipore Corporation's PI3 kinase line has been expanded with 17 lipid kinases, available both for purchase and as part of the KinaseProfiler service. PI3 kinases regulate a variety of cellular functions, including...

35 mm [micro]-dish with grid.(December Innovations)
December 1, 2007... This dish allows for the individual relocation of multiple cells. It contains a relocating grid with a repeating unit size of 500 [micro]m. The setup allows an easy relocation of cells in numbered rectangles. The surface of the dish can be...

LC/MS systems.(December's Innovations)
December 1, 2007... The 6220 Accurate-Mass time-of-flight (TOF) and 6520 Accurate-Mass quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) systems deliver mass accuracy, mass resolution, sensitivity and speed for proteomics,...

Beads for PCR assays.(December's Innovations)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Identification using the ReaX Assay 16S beads is based on PCR amplification of the widely used 16S ribosomal RNA gene. In a comparative study of the identification of E. coli and S. aureus, the beads generated...

Slides facilitate fusion reaction.(December Innovations)
December 1, 2007... Microslides fit on a microscope and allow observation of dimer formation during electrofusion. They are composed of a glass slide and two strips of stainless steel (wire or bar) and are available in 0.5, 1.0, 3.2 and 10 mm gap sizes. The...

Pipetting station features sensing shelf.(December Innovations)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Velocity 11 offers a sensing shelf for its high-speed VPrep Pipetting Station, that is used to sense if a microplate is present prior to processing, and thus eliminate pipette head crashes. The VPrep pipettor...

Beckman Coulter collaborates in multi-site cardiovascular disease marker.(Research News)
December 1, 2007... Beckman Coulter, Inc. has announced that it is a partner in a two-year research project to be carried out at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia and Laboraf Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele SpA in Milan, Italy. The collaborative...

Drug combination services identify synergistic response of compounds.(Research News)
December 1, 2007... Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Hopkinton, MA) has launched a drug combination services offering through Caliper Discovery Alliances & Services (CDAS). These new services will help researchers determine the efficacy of combination drug therapies...

Taconic acquires stake in Artemis.(Research News)
December 1, 2007... Taconic Farms, Inc. (Germantown, NY) has reached an agreement to buy an 80.1% stake in Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH from Artemis' parent company Exelixis, Inc., (South San Francisco, CA). Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH will change its name to...

New software to aid early detection of infectious disease outbreaks.(Research News)
December 1, 2007... A newly released software program will let health authorities at the site of an infectious disease outbreak quickly analyze data, speeding the detection of new cases and the implementation of effective interventions. The program, called...

Partnership to distribute monoclonal antibodies for stem cell research.(Research News)
December 1, 2007... Millipore Corp. (Billerica, MA) has announced a collaboration with Abeome Corp. (Athens, GA) on the development and distribution of a novel stem cell antibody. The antibody, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Antigen-1 (HESCA-1), is a previously...

Protein enrichment kits.(Protein Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ProteoMiner kits enable researchers to concentrate and enrich low- and medium-abundance proteins that cannot be detected through traditional methods. The kits are compatible with a variety of sample types and can be...

Proteomic grade detergents.(Protein Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... These detergents contain reduced peroxides and carbonyl compounds. They have less than 50 [micro]S conductivity and are offered as 10% aqueous solutions, sealed under inert gas, and they are suitable for protein applications. These non-ionic...

Labeled fluorescent reagents, glycoprotein profiling reagents.(Protein Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Molecular Probes Qdot nanocrystal conjugated primary antibodies are available for use in multicolor flow cytometry. They allow cell biologists to use an array of distinct colors to track multiple parameters within a...

Simultaneous microbatch and vapor diffusion crystallization screens: using multiple well-known protein crystallographic techniques simultaneously has been shown to produce results that are different yet complimentary.(Biochemicals & Kits)
December 1, 2007... Introduction Protein crystallography utilizes a variety of techniques and is an very beneficial tool for investigators in the fields of structure identification, rational synthesis and lead optimization in drug discovery. To date, though,...

Cell-growth support Matrix.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Each well of the Extracel Sponge-96 contains a biocompatible sponge for high-density 3-D cell growth. The product provides a consistent platform that has a defined chemical composition and pore size that permits...

Blotting buffer, gel.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... NewBlot Western Blotting Stripping Buffer, and a second product, Smart Gel, combine for use in protein detection. Specially formulated for use with IRDye 680 and 800CW infrared dyes, NewBlot removes antibodies yet retains immobilized proteins....

Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling. (Product News).
December 1, 2007... With the 12-sample Infinium DNA Methylation BeadChip, researchers can assay approximately 27,000 CpG sites per sample, covering more than 14,000 well-annotated genes with single CpG resolution. Content for this panel was derived from genes...

Thermostable RNase H.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hybridase Thermostable RNase H specifically degrades the RNA in a DNA:RNA hybrid, without affecting DNA or unhybridized RNA. In contrast to standard E. coli RNase H, which is rapidly inactivated at 55 C, Hybridase...

Fluorescent Probe, filter combo.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Molecular Probes' Qdot 625 nano-crystal fluorescent labels are offered in combination with BrightLine fluorescence filters for use in imaging or quantitation. Qdot fluorescence labeling products feature a...

DNA Polymerase kit.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... TopTaq DNA Polymerase combines a number of features to provide ease-of-use and high product yields in a range of end-point PCR applications. It allows long-term refrigerator storage, which eliminates the need for reagent thawing. Other features...

Protein fractionation tool.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... Fraction-FOCUS serially fractionates, concentrates and enriches proteins in a sample to bring the less abundant proteins into the dynamic range of detection. The method of fractionation is simple, robust, and contained within successive...

Cell behavior monitoring system.(Cell Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ECIS 800 (electric cell-substrate impedance system) provides a method for real-time cell monitoring, electroporation, and wounding. Impedance changes in AC current on a small electrode are measured to observe...

Confocal imaging chamber.(Cell Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... The RC-30WA closed bath, low profile chamber is adaptable to any major microscope, upright or inverted, and features a final viewing aperture of 25 mm. The chamber bottom is beveled to permit maximum access to the bottom coverslip. For unique...

Real-time cellular imaging.(Cell Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The integration by Beckman Coulter Inc. of the Vi-CELL XR Cell Viability Analyzer with Biomek Laboratory Automation Workstations and other devices enables real-time cellular imaging in a walk-away system for cell...

Laser microdissection system.(Cell Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The PALM MicroBeam IV cleanly extracts the smallest biomaterials from heterogeneous tissue and cell colonies. The Laser Microdissection and Pressure Catapulting (LMPC) process at the core of the system provides a...

Electroporation system.(Products News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gene Pulser MXcell electroporation system, for use with mammalian cells, and particularly with primary cells, stem cells, and other difficult to transfect cells, can deliver up to 24 different electroporation...

Automated cell viability workstation.(Products News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Based upon a combination of the Bravo liquid handler and the BenchCel plate handling system (both from Velocityll, Menlo Park, CA) and the CellTiter-Glo kit (Promega Corp., Madison, WI), this workstation provides...

Cylinder gas tracking program.(Products News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Users of CISPro Global and CISPro Live Chemical Inventory Systems can perform real-time tracking of cylinder gas in inventory. All inventory can be managed in the same inventory system, from chemicals, biologicals,...

Integrated pump, autosampler, degasser.(Products News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GPCmax (Viscotek Corp.) is integrates a pump, autosampler and degasser with the company's Triple Detector Array, Dual Detector or any concentration detector to form a complete GPC/SEC system. Fixed-loop autosampler...

X-ray source for biological crystallography.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Microstar Ultra II X-ray source for biological crystallography features Ultra Focus electron optics, which provide intensity equivalent to a doubling of the anode rotation frequency. This produces an extremely high...

Neurobiology teaching kit.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... NBK/214 Advanced Neurobiology Kit enables teachers to conduct a comprehensive lab course with seven experiments that use both extracellular and intracellular recording techniques to demonstrate important characteristics of excitable tissue....

Copy number variation analysis tool.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... Exemplar Analytics 4.0.8 provides CNV analysis for the Illumina family of arrays. Copy number variation analysis is used for identifying insertions and deletions in the genome. The identification of chromosomal alterations is critical in...

Quantitative cell cycle analysis.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In collaborative experiments, the use of DRAQ5 DNA dye in binding assays performed with the Acumen ex3 microplate cytometer yielded real-time quantitative cell cycle analysis comparable to that obtained using...

Duel stream [O.sub.2] and C[O.sub.2] gas controller.(Psychological Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With a closed-loop dynamic gas control system, the Oxystreamer maintains mixed gas concentration to within 0.2% of selected set-point levels. [O.sub.2] concentration is covered in the range of 0.1 to 99.9%;...

Animal ventilator.(Psychological Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Model 613 ventilator provides reliable operation to protect animals during surgical procedures. The ventilator can be used with animals weighing from 1.5 to 50 kgs. Stroke volume is adjustable from 30 to 750...

Ultrasound image guided micro-injection.(Psychological Research Focus)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The InviVue high-resolution ultrasound biomicroscopy system is offered for in-utero mouse brain embryonic imaging. UBM-guided injections of DNA and retroviruses allow the researcher to study cell lineage and genetic...

Big data, big science: pioneers of biological computing: the challenge for today's bioinformatics experts is not so much how to store, organize or manage vast data sets, but how to integrate the information in them to generate useful answers to scientific questions.(Apparatus & Consumables)
December 1, 2007... There are approximately 20,000 genes in the human genome. These genes, in turn, code for hundreds of thousands of proteins. Ultimately, that means that there are literally trillions of possible interactions among genes and proteins within...

Lab water purification.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The compact arium EDI 61215 water purification system is offered for use in lab applications requiring Type 2 purified water. The system uses a combination of high flux reverse osmosis membranes with proven EDI...

Cell fusion chamber.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Meander Fusion Chamber generates a divergent field and is used for electro cell fusion of fungi and micro-organisms. This specialty electrode is constructed of a conductive metal alloy and is designed for viewing...

Bioprocessing centrifuge.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Sorvall RC3BP Plus low-speed centrifuge is offered for bioprocessing, blood banking and general sample processing applications. Electronic lid-latching system provides improved ease-of-use, while the operator...

Glassware washers.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Large-scale Hotpack washers offer a spray arch water delivery system that projects a highly efficient vertical "wall of water" equally across the entire chamber. Separate plumbing systems for wash and rinse cycles...

Freezing point osmometer.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... High throughput Multi-Sample 20G osmometer measures 96 samples in about 35 minutes. Designed to automate lab work and reduce the time for cell culture process optimization, the instrument incorporates eight computer controlled osmometers and a...

Microwave EM specimen prep.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The EM AMW microwave system automatically dehydrates, infiltrates, and polymerizes specimens in resin. Specimens are prepared in a matter of hours. Automated tissue embedding allows results to be reproduced at any...

Freeze-dryer system software.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... Version 2 of the FTS SMART Freeze-Dryer Technology adds user functionality for developers of lyophilization cycles. It is available (exclusively) on the FTS LyoStar II process development freeze-drying system. Manometric Temperature Measurement...

Media storage refrigerator.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Futura refrigerators maintain the integrity of cell culture media in any tissue culture laboratory. The units require 45% less energy than standard lab refrigerators and feature a life cycle air pollution reduction...

Automated slide stainer.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The fully open, continuous random access intelliPATH slide stainer features STAT capability with priority processing, rapid four step multi-staining, and onboard preparation of chromogens. Smart features include...

High-shear processor.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The M-110EH Microfluidizer processing system operates reliably at up to 30,000 psi and enables the production of nano-suspensions and nano-emulsions, as well as liposomal encapsulation and cell disruption, with a...

Water purification system.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Milli-Q water purification system uses tap water to supply constant-quality Type II (pure) and Type I (ultrapure) water from a single water production unit. The system combines Elix technology with the Milli-Q...

Water immersion objective.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This 25X NA 1.05 water immersion objective, for the Olympus America, Inc. FV1000-MPE multi-photon microscopy system, offers a super-wide field of view, flexibility for patch clamping and cover slip use, excellent...

Plate sealing films, foils.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EZ-Pierce Zone Free sealing film features a 70 [micro]m top layer and inert white polypropylene and acrylic adhesive sublayer. The film allows direct sample recovery with single or multi-channel pipettors and robotic...

Blood Pump.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... Blood Pump allows adjustment of blood flow by two means: the user can alter the frequency of the stroke and the volume of the stroke, which permits simulating either a normal or diseased heart. Pulsatile output closely simulates the ventricular...

Small syringe pump.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Model KDS 310 Nano Pump is used with syringes having volumes from 0.5 to 250 microliters. Small size, remote control and a rugged mounting arm allow its use with micromanipulators, stereotaxic frames and other...

Online custom tubing set configuration.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... This online tool allows scientists to design integrated fluid transfer and bioprocess systems using NALGENE and NUNC brand products for handling high value products. It can be viewed at www.nnibioproduction.com/con figurator, and was created to...

Dry baths.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Atlas Dry Bath, for heating round-bottomed flasks and vials, offered in both Stacking and Triple Dry models, stays safe to the touch during operation. The baths are compatible with leading brands of hotplates. A...

High-throughput centrifuge.(Product News)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sorvall Legend T and Legend RT Plus integrated, high-throughput centrifuges include a broad range of high-capacity, high performance rotors and adapters for both clinical and research applications. Carbon fiber...