Prefilled media products for microbiological applications expected from SSB/BD collaboration
01 November, 2013Biotech supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and medical technology company BD Diagnostics have announced a collaboration to develop, manufacture and market various ready-to-use, prefilled media products for microbiological applications in pharmaceutical, biotech and research laboratories.
Non-invasive blood sugar monitoring
29 October, 2013A team of German researchers has devised a novel, non-invasive way to make monitoring of blood glucose easier.
DiaSorin Blood DNA 200 extraction kits
24 October, 2013 | Supplied by: DiaSorin Australia Pty LtdDiaSorin Arrow Blood DNA 200 extraction assays provide a highly purified DNA preparation, reduce inhibition in downstream analysis and ensure accurate and sensitive confirmation of Factor V Leiden thrombophilia, cystic fibrosis and other genetic disorders.
Life Technologies and DNAVEC CytoTune-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit
23 October, 2013 | Supplied by: Life TechnologiesLife Technologies and DNAVEC have launched the CytoTune-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit which enables an efficient method to develop induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from human somatic cells.
Measuring age of human tissues reveals breast tissue ages faster than the rest of the body
21 October, 2013 by Elaine SchmidtA biological clock embedded in our genomes may shed light on why our bodies age and how we can slow the process.
Life Technologies forensic kit approved by FBI
16 October, 2013 | Supplied by: Life TechnologiesLife Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology company, has announced that its GlobalFiler Express Kit has been approved by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System (NDIS) CODIS Database.
Strategic research collaboration into skin cancer treatment
09 October, 2013The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered a three-year collaboration with Denmark-based pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma with the aim of delivering new treatment options to patients suffering from skin cancer.
Australian/Israeli collaboration on drug resistance
04 October, 2013Microbiologists from Flinders University in Adelaide and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel are teaming up to study how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.
Antarctica's promiscuous microbes
02 October, 2013 by Lauren DavisDeep Lake, located 5 km from Davis Station in Antarctica, is 3500 years old, 36 m deep and so salty that it remains in liquid form down to a temperature of -20°C. Researchers have now uncovered the secrets of the lake's dominant inhabitants - extremophile microbes from the haloarchaea group.
Sigma-Aldrich OligoArchitect Online v4.0
01 October, 2013 | Supplied by: MerckSigma Life Science offers an enhanced version of its comprehensive online qPCR assay design tool - OligoArchitect. It is a freely available online tool for the automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays.
Enzo Life Sciences Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit
30 September, 2013 | Supplied by: United Bioresearch Products Pty LtdThe Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit from Enzo Life Sciences measures autophagic vacuoles and monitors autophagic flux in live cells using a novel dye that selectively labels autophagic vacuoles.
Precellys Lysing tissue homogenisation kits
28 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Sapphire BiosciencePrecellys offers a range of high-quality lysing kits for bead-based tissue homogenisers. The kits are tailored to provide optimal tissue homogenisation for each sample with a customised mixture of glass, ceramic or stainless steel beads in a variety of sizes (0.1 to 6.8 mm).
Cleaver Scientific MultiSUB MidiDUO gel electrophoresis unit
28 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Edwards Group Pty LtdThe MultiSUB Midi has been designed for routine horizontal gel electrophoresis and it is suitable for rapid electrophoresis, such as quick checks of samples from PCR and cloning.
New hepatitis virus or glassware contaminant?
27 September, 2013The sensitivity of next-generation sequencing can be fantastic and also problematic as the system can easily pick up contaminants and lead researchers into false conclusions.
BellBrook Labs Transcreener HTS enzyme assays
27 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Sapphire BioscienceTranscreener HTS assays are a universal, high-throughput screening platform for thousands of nucleotide-dependent enzymes, such as kinases, ATPases and GTPases.
