News and applications for life science research professionals
High-Throughput Plate Sealing
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsAutoSeal (Tomtec, Inc.) high-throughput microplate heat sealer integrates bi-directional stackers. The unit works with a variety of plate types and seal materials without the need for programming or using wedges to accommodate different plate heights.
Liquid Handling Workstation (3645)
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsNew 96-tip head for the Hamilton Company MICROLAB STAR liquid handling workstation maximizes throughput and flexibility for sample preparation or assay automation. The unit combines the new 96 CORE head with up to 12 fully independent pipetting channels.
MAPK-regulated Transcription Factor Assay
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsTransAM MAPK Family Kit makes quantitative measurement of MAPK-regulated transcription factors by independently screening ATF-2, AP-1 c-Jun, c-Myc, MEF2 and STAT1? DNA-binding activity.
DNA, RNA Purification Workstation
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsBioRobot EZ1 system provides fully automated purification of DNA and RNA from a range of clinically relevant samples, processing from 1-6 samples in as little as 15 minutes. Ready-to-run protocols on pre-programmed cards make simple.
Biotin Label Transfer Kit
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsProFound Sulfo-SBED Biotin Label Transfer Kit for Western blot applications provides researchers performing protein:protein interaction studies in vitro method of discovering new interactions or confirming data from co-immunoprecipitation, pull-down or yeast 2-hybrid experiments.
High-speed Dispenser
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsWellMate high-speed, small-footprint, 8-channel fluid dispenser for 96 and 384 well micro-plates, features a height adjustable dispense head to accommodate dispensing to shallow and deep well plates and blocks. Low cost disposable pre-sterilized tubing cartridges enable dispense volumes from 2.
TR-FRET Kinase Assays (3635)
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsThe LanthaScreen assay platform is a time-resolved, resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) detection technology used for high-throughput detection of kinases in drug discovery research, and measures protein-protein, protein-peptide, and DNA-protein interactions.
Homogenous Assays
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsHitHunter homogeneous, non-radioactive assays (Amersham Biosciences) come with clear protocols and can be read on both plate readers, and imaging platforms such as Amersham's LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System.
Microplate Luminometer (3631)
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsClarity microplate luminometer is offered for applications including reporter gene, ATP, DNA and reactive oxygen species assays and chemiluminescent immunoassays. Fast photon-counting ability and quality optics ensure sensitivity.
Robot Compatible 384 Deep-well Plates
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsNUNC 384 DeepWell natural polypropylene plates feature wells with a total volume of 252 μl. Raised rims on the plates are facilitate heat or adhesive sealing.
High Throughput Platform For Nanoliter Pipetting
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsHigh throughput option for TTP Labtech mosquito nanoliter liquid handling system increases capacity for compound dissolution applications such as compound-to-assay plate creation using a single step dilution. mosquito reproducibly pipettes throughout the 50 nl-1.
Cell Lysis, Purification Plate
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsHIS-Select iLAP (integrated lysis and purification) high capacity 96-well plate combines cell lysis and HIS-tagged protein purification. HIS-Select technology provides high specificity and binding capacity for histidine containing fusion proteins.
Personal Archive DNA Storage System (3623)
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsHigh speed, room temperature DNA storage and retrieval platform, the GenVault Personal Archive storage system, facilitates on-site management of multiple DNA samples.
Microplate Washer
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsModel DV993 is a flexible, fast and accurate microplate washing system featuring low residual volume. Up to 30 washing sequences can be preprogrammed and stored, and it comes available with an eight- or/and 12-channel manifold. The dispensing volume can be set in the 20 to 590 μL range.
Automated Store-To-Plate Processing
July 13, 2004 10:30 am | Articles | CommentsThe comPILER automated store-to-plate processing system handles over 10,000 microtubes a day without operator intervention. comPILER is the complimentary sister product to the scaleable microtube storage system, compound, which delivers "cherry picked" samples to comPILER.
