Pittcon Announces Co-Programming for the 2010 Technical Program 16 Jul 2009: The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce the expansion of its co-programming sessions for the 2010 Technical Program. For the first time, the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) has formed an education-based collaboration with Pittcon which will focus on student research involving unique and compelling laboratory automation. The Pittsburgh Conference
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High Throughput Monitoring of Protein Adsorption
13 Jul 2009: Paraytec Ltd. has announced that its multi-award winning ActiPix D-100 system has been selected by Cambridge University to enable pioneering research into high-throughput micro channel separations of recombinant proteins within microcapillary films. Paraytec Ltd
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ELRIG Announce Free Online Registration for Drug Discovery 2009 07 Jul 2009: ELRIG, the European Laboratory and Robotics Interest Group, announces that free registration to Drug Discovery 2009 is now open online. Drug Discovery 2009 will be held at the BT Convention Centre Liverpool, UK on 7th and 8th September 2009. This will be the premier event for academic and industrial scientists involved in early-phase drug discovery, offering opportunities for communication, networking and education. ELRIG
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Lab901 launches next-generation RNA quality control for DNA microarray and qRT-PCR
11 Jun 2009: At the Advances in Microarray Technology (AMT) congress in Stockholm, Lab901 unveiled its new ScreenTape R6K product for rapid RNA sample Quality Control (RNA QC). Generating results in as little as 1 minute per sample, ScreenTape R6K extends the use of Lab901’s existing bench-top TapeStation® instrument, which has already started to make a global impact in the PCR diagnostics and protein electrophoresis markets. Lab901 Limited
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Performance Characterization of the FluorChem® Xplor in Imaging 2D Protein Electrophoresis Dyes and Chemiluminescent Western Blots 05 Jun 2009: The FluorChem Xplor imaging system is designed to be a total solution for the proteomics laboratory, offering rapid, high-resolution, and quantitative imaging of 1D and 2D gels, as well as chemiluminescent Western blots. Cell Biosciences
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Automated SDS-PAGE in 1 minute per sample – ScreenTape® for rapid protein electrophoresis and analysis 07 May 2009: At the recent BioProcess International (BPI) congress in Dusseldorf, Lab901 unveiled its new ScreenTape P200 product for rapid SDS-PAGE and analysis. Generating results in only 1 minute per sample, the P200 protein system extends the use of Lab901’s existing bench-top TapeStation® instrument which has already started to make a global impact in the DNA market for PCR diagnostics. Lab901 Limited
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Agilent Technologies Introduces High Sensitivity DNA Kit Targeting DNA, DNA Libraries in Next Generation Sequencing Workflow 30 Apr 2009: Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a new High Sensitivity DNA Kit for quality control, sizing and quantification of fragmented DNA and DNA libraries in the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflow. The kit is used with the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer, the most successful microfluidics-based platform available commercially, offering solutions for the analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells. Agilent Technologies
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Agilent Technologies Introduces Next Generation Capillary Electrophoresis System Featuring 10x Superior Sensitivity 30 Apr 2009: Agilent Technologies Inc., introduced its next generation Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) system, providing at least 10 times more sensitivity than any other commercial CE instrument. CE is also attracting attention because the technique uses very small amounts of solvent. The new 7100 system also requires 25 percent less bench space, weighs 30 percent less than its predecessor and uses less power. Agilent Technologies
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A quick, easily integrated technique for testing enzyme substrate specificity
23 Apr 2009: A new applications note from Paraytec describes how the ActiPix D-100 UV Area Imaging detector provides a novel technique for testing biocatalyst substrate specificity towards a mixture of UV active compounds using a continuous engagement electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) assay method. Paraytec Ltd
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GE Healthcare Launches Suite of 2-D Electrophoresis Products 20 Apr 2009: GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announces the launch of a suite of new products to improve and simplify the entire 2-D electrophoresis workflow from sample preparation through to analysis, and further enhance quantitation in protein expression studies. GE Healthcare
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