News and applications for life science research professionals
Adenovirus Expression Medium
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsAdenovirus Expression Medium (AEM) animal-origin free medium supports the growth of the Crucell N.V. proprietary PER.C6™ cell line. The new medium suspends culture of PER.C6 cells and the production of adeno and influenza viruses. The PER.
Universal Slide Kits
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsNew ez-rays™ universal microarray surface can be used with cDNA probes, oligonucleotide probes (unmodified, amine-modified, or Acrydite™ modified), and proteins. The slides provide high signal intensity, low background, and effective reproducibility for microarray fabrication.
Bio-Imaging Camera
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsUltra BioPix bio-imaging CMOS camera is small, uses a USB port, and features industry-standard C-mount threads. The USB 2.0 interface allows the camera to interface to any desktop or portable PC with a USB 2.0 port or an added interface card.
Avian IgY Antibody Conjugates
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsCharles River Proteomic Services, Inc. and GenWay Biotech Inc. have collaborated to produce avian
Cell-Based Screening Platform
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsCyBi™-Cellight modular liquid handling and detection platform provides a flexible system to address a broad range of applications in drug discovery. The system is configurable to meet requirements used in assay development, primary screening, secondary screening, and ADME/Tox applications.
DNA- And RNA-Based Assay Simulation
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsVisual OMP 3™, the latest version of Oligonucleotide Modeling Platform (OMP), provides an in silico laboratory environment for designing PCR- and microarray-based experiments. Sensitive and specific assays can be designed with this technology, and trial-and-error bench work is reduced.
Robotic Fluid Dispensing System
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsModel 2-4 system for robotic fluid dispensing applications is light enough to mount on laboratory robots, can be controlled via RS-485 communication (PC, PLC control), and is LabVIEW™ compatible. Travcyl™ pumps are internally sealed positive-displacement devices.
Mycoplasma Detection Kit
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsMycoAlert™ Mycoplasma Detection Kit rapidly detects mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures, even when contamination levels are very low.
Academic Informatics System
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsKnowItAll Informatics System, Academic Edition, is a free, downloadable, fully-functional software package for chemical structure drawing, publishing, and spectroscopic analyses.
Informatics System With Consensus Modeling Environment
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsKnowItAll Informatics System version 3.0, a software and database solution for spectroscopy, cheminformatics, and ADME/Tox prediction, includes an ADME/Tox Consensus Modeling Environment to optimize the combined results of multiple in silico ADME/Tox models.
Live Cell Option For Confocal Microscope
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsAdded to the CellMap™ ID and CellMap™ IC low-cost confocal laser scanning microscopy systems is a live cell option. This option consists of a unique Signal Enhancing Lens System (SELS) that permits imaging of live cells at low laser powers for increased sample viability.
Integrated Human Genome Database And Protein Interaction Data
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsThe combined Human Genome Database and AxCell's ProChart™ Protein Interaction Data provides one information source to address a broad range of signal transduction and disease state experiments in the laboratory.
Microwave-Enhanced Protein Identification
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsMicrowave platform that enhances protein identification by enzymatic digestion and peptide mass fingerprinting, a technology based on Focused™ Microwave platform technology.
Improved DNA Sequencing Platform
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsMegaBACE™ 4500 DNA sequence analyzer, an new version of the industry-leading, 384 capillary MegaBACE 4000, improves average sequencing read length by approximately 150 to 200 base pairs.
Homogenous Assay
January 12, 2004 11:36 am | Articles | CommentsHitHunter™ homogeneous, non-radioactive assays come with clear protocols and can be read on both plate readers, and imaging platforms such as LEADseeker™ Multimodality Imaging System.
