The Scientist articles from August 2004, page 2

The Scientist archives from August 2004

How to be a good mentor.(Profession)
August 2, 2004... In the juggling act that is your work, a new student in the lab might make you feel that you have one more thing to keep aloft. Nonetheless, a mentor's job is to transform that student into a juggler, too. That student must first help keep...

Amplifluor[R] SNPs Genotyping System.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... The Amplifluor SNPs Genotyping System is a one-step, closed-tube method that simplifies high-throughput analysis of previously characterized SNPs. The basis of the system is a proprietary technology that utilizes competitive allele-specific...

"The best" custom antibody services.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Strategic BioSolutions provides custom antibody services including polyclonal antisera production, hybridoma development, monoclonal antibody production, purification, fragmentation, and conjugation. Facilities are AAALAC accredited, USDA...

CirmBlots HMTN, total & mRNA.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... * Human Multiple Tissue Northern Blots (HMTN) is our business * Pre-made premium quality total & mRNA * For Gene Therapies, Molecular Biology R&D * Ease Gene Expression Studies * CirmBlots' HB01 & HB10, 12 lane HMTN *...

Pre-owned lab equipment.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... * Savings of up to 80% off manuf. list * Remanufactured with warranty * Turn unwanted equipment into cash * Get more for your budget whether buying or selling, or if you just want a quote PEGASUS SCIENTIFIC, INC (800)...

2004 luminometer catalog.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... The new catalog from Berthold Detection Systems features a full range of high quality luminometers from the battery operated single tube to the fully automated microplate luminometer for high throughput applications. The catalog lists most...

Primers for high throughput expression cloning.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Xpression Primer is a sophisticated program for designing optimal tagged primers to amplify ORFs for expression cloning systems. It provides comprehensive support for Gateway[R] and BD In-Fusion[TM] (expression cloning systems). The program...

An indispensable new electrode catalog.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Clearly arranged application lists for pH measurement and titration--based on our experience of more than 50 years in ion analysis--will lead you quickly to the electrode that is most suitable for solving your problem. The electrodes are...

Soar with this eagle[TM].(Guide)
August 2, 2004... These new adjustable pipetters have the same feel as more expensive instruments, yet a set of any six is only $665 with stand. Volume ranges are 0.2-2 [micro]l, 0.5-10 [micro]l, 2-20 [micro]l, 20-100[micro]l, 50-200 [micro]l, 100-1000...

Neural stem cell products.(Guide )
August 2, 2004... Orion BioSolutions offers three new neural stem cell products. NeuroCyte[TM], ready-to-use neural stem cells (NSCs) complete with optimized medium for growth and lineage commitment, and two additional analytical kits for NSC populations....

Superior data results from superior uniformity!(Guide)
August 2, 2004... UVP announces a revolutionary new technology for illuminating your fluorescent samples! The FirstLight UV Illuminator delivers an amazingly even and uniform ultraviolet background illumination allowing accurate edge-to-edge quantitation of 1D...

Pefachrome[R] peptide Substrates.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... The Pefachrome[R] Series of chromogenic and fluorogenic peptide substrates from Pentapharm are highly selective for enzymes involved in Hemostasis. Included are substrates for t-PA, Thrombin, Plasmin, and Factor Xa. Substrates are available...

Integraslice: high precision oscillating microtome.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Integraslice is designed to provide you with the highest quality slices in the most difficult tissue slicing applications. This is achieved with the following combination of features: * Precision mechanical movement * Electronic...

Improve cell viability & cryo-recovery.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Introducing Apoptame[TM]; for primary and general cell culture. Apoptame[TM] F and Q are highly concentrated additives which can be added prior to freezing cells, during routine cell culture, or when adding fresh media. Apoptame[TM] may...

Protein arrays for expression profiling.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Hypromatrix's new Cell Staining AntibodyArray[TM] can quantify and localize protein expression in tissue samples. Other Hypromatrix products include; Signal Transduction, Apoptosis, and Cell Cycle AntibodyArrays[TM] which can measure protein...

Spot your 'protein' stars the Miragene way.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Do you have an application for protein microarrays but do not have the funds to get started? Miragene has the solution with a low-cost, highly sensitive protein microarray kit suitable for most research and clinical applications. The kit...

Anaerobic & modified atmosphere chambers.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... The Ruskinn range of anaerobic, microaerophilic and hypoxic workstations from Biotrace International are designed to meet your scientific requirements. All systems feature precise control over oxygen, humidity and temperature and include the...

ECIS[TM] an in-vitro invasion assay.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing is a powerful new method to study the invasive activities of the metastatic cells in tissue culture. ** The approach provides real time, quantitative measurements of extravasion of endothelial...

BD[TM] Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) technology.(Guide)
August 2, 2004... The innovative BD[TM] Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) technology allows for quantitative detection of multiple analytes in a single serum, plasma, tissue culture supernatant, or cell lysate sample. The BD[TM] CBA System of assay kits, flow...

Fat tax, a recipe for a healthy population? A blunt fiscal instrument can't sculpt an effective policy.(Closing Bell)
August 2, 2004... Taxation of fat, an idea that has been kicked around on both sides of the Atlantic for a few years, has suddenly been elevated to the forefront of government consciousness in the United Kingdom. The premise, which is dubious at best, is that...