Bertin’s Precellys® Evolution Homogenizer and Zymo Research’s ZymoBIOMICS® Microbial Community Standard: Liberation of DNA From all Microbes in Just One Minute IRVINE, Calif. & ROCKVILLE, Md.–Zymo Research Corp. and Bertin announce a collaboration that ensures the sample lysis step in the microbiome workflow is complete and unbiased. An application note is available describing the materials, procedure and results attained […]

Shimadzu announces the release of its C2MAP™-2000 automated pretreatment module for cell culture media analysis. This product is for pretreating culture media samples by adding reagents, such as a deproteinizing agent or internal standard substance, filtering precipitated proteins, and diluting samples. The C2MAP system combines the C2MAP-2000 module with a Shimadzu ultra-fast liquid chromatograph mass […]

LGC and NuGEN have today announced a collaboration agreement for the commercialisation of the Single Primer Enrichment Technology (SPET) and distribution of Allegro Targeted Genotyping reagents for NGS library preparation. This collaboration will benefit customers of both LGC and NuGEN, as it expands options to access the SPET technology through the SeqSNP service in LGC’s global service […]

MADISON, WI USA Promega Corporation’s new Maxwell® RSC PureFood Pathogen Kit offers food safety labs an easy and consistent automated DNA purification method for PCR-based testing of food pathogens. The kit does not require enzymatic pre-treatment and, when used in combination with the Maxwell RSC Instrument, can effectively purify DNA from 1 to 16 food matrix samples […]

Chromatrap, a leading developer of cutting-edge life science products, has launched an affordable, easy-to-use range of DNA kits for routine molecular biology applications. Leveraging proprietary buffer chemistry and unique spin column design, Chromatrap® DNA kits are all free from salts, contaminants and inhibitors, providing you with the high recovery of top quality DNA perfect for downstream applications. […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the HyperCap Target Enrichment Portfolio, a streamlined and fully integrated NGS sample preparation.  HyperCap integrates KAPA DNA Library Prep with SeqCap EZ target enrichment portfolio, and is a further expansion of the HyperCap v1.0 workflow. As part of the HyperCap Target Enrichment Portfolio […]

Method developping tool PAL Method Composer is the new tool to easily develop and test methods directly with the PAL3 System. This offers users direct access to all of the PAL3 System’s capabilities. Completed methods are then imported and directly used in the particular CDS or MS-Data System for running the PAL3 System. Currently supported […]

As part of the expansion of their Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) products and services, LGC’s Genomics division has signed a distribution with Diagenode to supply a range of state-of-the-art sonication systems for DNA fragmentation. The agreement covers EMEA, South America and Canada for clinical and agricultural biotechnology market sectors and the United States for the agricultural biotechnology sector. Brian […]

WOBURN, Mass. — Today, Covaris Inc. announced the release of the 96 oneTUBE-10 AFA Plate, which enables scalable and simplified workflows by leveraging Covaris’ gold standard focused-acoustic technology to meet rapidly increasing Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) demands for high-throughput and low-input library preparation.  By using the oneTUBE-10 offering, transfer steps within the NGS library prep workflow […]

MADISON, WI USA A modular automated liquid handling and purification system developed by Promega Corporation for its Maxwell® nucleic acid preparation offersgives labs new found flexibility compared to large all-in-one instruments. The configurable system, which launched this week, works with existing Promega Maxwell® RSC instruments with a software upgrade and introduces two new components: The […]