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A benchtop ultracentrifuge, spin columns for the purification of nucleic acids, chromosomal-grade agarose for megabase DNA separations and capillary electrophoresis columns with novel phases – new product ideas in the separation sciences.
Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) is a primer-dependent technology that can be used for the continuous amplification of nucleic acids in a single mixture at one temperature.
Capillary gel electrophoresis with fluorescence detection is a new technique for rapid DNA sequence analysis. The state of this technology and the potential for its future use are discussed.
Over 850 companies will be exhibiting their wares at the Pittsburgh Conference on analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy, to be held next week in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Computer algorithms that have been used successfully on protein sequences for the prediction of antigenic T-cell sites have been collected into a single computer software package called TSites.
Shopping for software? DNA ploidy analysis software, PCR primers by design, and a protein modelling package are a selection of this week's scientific software highlights.
A protein visualization system to view protein bands as they separate and a programmable power supply that plots run parameters in real time for troubleshooting purposes — new product highlights for electrophoresis.
A kit to avoid false positives with PCR and YAC vectors will feature at next week's Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Human Genetic Disease to be held in Miami, Florida.
A supernatant removal system, robotic liquid handlers to automate repetitive tasks in the laboratory and a software-assisted concentrator/filtrator—tools to ease liquid handling tasks.
