Life science & clinical diagnostics instruments

H. pylori infection and atrophic gastritis diagnosis

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Alere Australia

The non-invasive GastroPanel examination diagnoses H. pylori infection as well as atrophic gastritis and its location. It also reveals if risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease is increased due to high stomach acid secretion.

Supermixes for real-time PCR

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd

The iTaq fast supermixes with ROX can be used on a variety of instruments, including ROD-dependent real-time PCR systems, and are designed to deliver qPCR efficiency, sensitivity and specificity, with a robust fluorescent signal under fast or standard cycling conditions with real-time detection chemistry.

Gene expression system

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd

The StellARray Gene Expression System consists of three products: the GeneSieve Query; the StellARray qPCR 96/384-well Arrays; and the Global Pattern Recognition (GPR) analysis tool.

Automated UV/vis colony counter

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Life Technologies

Synbiosis has released a multi-application Protocol UV automated colony counting and zone measurement system. This can rapidly and accurately count colonies or image zones illuminated by UV or white light.

Short read de novo analysis

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Applied Biosystems Pty Ltd

Applied Biosystems has expanded its suite of bioinformatics solutions to include de novo assembly of small organisms on the Solid 3 System, the company’s sequencing platform that enables the comprehensive analysis of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes.

Nucleic acid extractor

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Beckman Coulter Australia

The Spri-te nucleic acid extractor for the automated purification of DNA and RNA prepares between one and 10 samples in about 30 minutes and requires minimal user training.

Microplate readers

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: BMG LABTECH Pty Ltd

The Omega series, including the Fluostar Omega and Polarstar Omega, is a microplate reader line that uses high-speed UV/vis spectrometer-based absorbance and filter-based detection in all measurement modes.

Protein carbonyl assay kit

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Sapphire Bioscience

Cayman Chemical’s Protein Carbonyl Assay Kit is a colorimetric assay for the measurement of oxidised proteins. Protein samples are derivatised by making use of the reaction between 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) and protein carbonyls.

Multimode microplate

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Ai Scientific Pty Ltd

Tecan’s range of multimode microplate readers includes the Infinite M1000 and Infinite F500, which are certified for compatibility with the Promega Dual-Luciferase Assay.

Molecular assay for K-ras

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: QIAGEN Pty Ltd

Qiagen has launched a test to determine mutations of the K-ras gene, which can better define which metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients will benefit from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibiting monoclonal antibodies, such as Amgen’s Vectibix (panitumumab) and Imclone/Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Erbitux (cetuximab).

Whole transcriptome amplification

01 January, 2009 | Supplied by: Merck

Sigma-Aldrich has launched the TransPlex Whole Transcriptome Amplification (WTA2) technology. TransPlex technology is said to be a fast, sensitive and robust method for amplifying total RNA from a variety of sample tissue sources such as animals, plants and microorganisms.