Paper Demystifies “the Great Plate Count Anomaly”
Researchers have found out one of the main reasons behind irregularities in gel based bacterial cultures. Formation of Hydrogen Peroxide in the culture medium as...
Biotechnology
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World’s First Automated System for Thawing BioSpecimens
BioCision is launching the world’s first automated sample thawing system, aimed to help efficiently thaw frozen samples automatically. Anyone who has worked in a laboratory has to...
Biotechnology
World’s Fastest SEM Announced by ZEISS
ZEISS is announcing the launch of the world’s Fastest Scanning scanning electron microscope at the upcoming annual Neuroscience meeting in Washington. The ZEISS MultiSEM 505 has 61 beams...
Biotechnology
Genotyping Platform with Pre-Amplification from Fluidigm
Fluidigm just launched its new SNP genotyping platform with pre-amplification called Juno. The new platform targets the production genomics market segment specifically those involved in the industrial...
Bioinformatics
Move Over CRISPR, Much Safer Genomic Editor Is Here
In light of the biotechnological breakthrough of the genomic editor CRISPR, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine led by Mark Kay discover a...
Biotechnology
Low-Cost Crowdfunded PCRs Let Non-Scientists Peek Into DNA
Two new Kickstarter projects are looking to provide low cost PCRs to citizen scientists hoping to peek into their own DNA. Mini PCR and Open qPCR,...
Biotechnology
OpenTrons: Open-Sourced Liquid Handling for Wet-Labs
An open-source project is seeking funding on Kickstarter to build a low cost liquid handling robot for small, medium and garage sized laboratories. The project...
Biotechnology
Beckman Partners with NEB to Streamline NGS
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and New England Biolab’s (NEB) are partnering to improve sample preparation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) kit. While Beckman will distribute,...
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