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Adding culture to microbiology, product review presents a portable case for microbial decontamination, a HEPA-filtered infrared CO2 incubator, a modular fermentor, and a family of X-ray detectors for electron microscopes.
Here are some undiluted solutions to your immunology needs —an anti-fluoroscein single-chain antibody, monoclonal antibodies to Stat proteins 1–6 and a variety of microplate technologies.
Featured this week in product review are gel analysis systems for molecular biology research, cultureware for neuronal cells, an optical biosensor system and a molecular weight analyser.
With a few keystrokes and mouse button clicks on a UNIX workstation, the entire Protein Data Bank archive is now available for searching and displaying the three-dimensional protein structures contained within.
Cells and tissues are under scrutiny for our cell biology feature. This weeks episode has five new protein kinases, mammalian expression vectors, cell death detection ELISA and proliferating human mesangial cells.
For your liquid handling consideration — a series of robotic sample processors, a rheological characterization instrument, a multichannel pump system and solvent-safe pipettes.
Take this exit on the information superhighway to find software for a digital notary system, automated curve fitting, ELISA data analysis and graphical and statistical analysis.
This week focuses on laser optics. A whole spectrum of accoutrements including a HeNe laser, an optical design tool system, a particle sizer and personal densitometer.
Check the budget to see if there is room for a MALDI/TOF peptide sequencer, cytoskeletal proteins, a protein purification system, structural clustering software or even an API-electrospray LC/MS system.
The Mammalian Comparative Database provides genetic maps of mammalian species. Comparative maps are valuable aids for predicting linkages, developing animal models and studying genome organization and evolution.
On the market in the area of cell biology - a kit for CDS cell enrichment, an automated cell viability assay system and cultureware that provides anchorage-dependent cells with a suface that supports receptor-mediated cell adhesion.
The latest in laser technology this week features a new polarized, frequency stabilized HeNe laser system, matrix-assisted, laser-desorption ionization, time-of-flight mass spectrometers and a series of pyroelectric joulemeters.
Recent product announcements include atomic force microscopy for fluids, a protein research tool for molecular biologists and a system for positive-selection cloning of PCR products through blunt-end ligation.
Multiple small biological samples can be simultaneously prepared for RT-PCR by magnetically isolating mRNA and synthesizing cDNA in 96-well plates. The resulting accuracy, high throughput and ease of use facilitate commercial and clinical applications.
On offer this week — primer analysis and database searching programs, DNA purification systems, a nucleic acid quantitation reagent, PCR paraphernalia and an automated colony picking machine.
