Laboratory Automation

Robotics, liquid handlers and scheduling software that take repetitive work off the bench, and the interoperability problem that keeps them from talking to each other.

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Nanopore proteins

A New Technique Makes Nanopore Detection 1000 Times Faster

Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Minnesota have developed a technique that accelerates nanopore single-molecule detection 1000 fold. Single-molecule dielectrophoretic trapping,...

Bioengineering
microfluidics blood clot

Microfluidics Device Close to Predict Clots in Real Time

Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a device that allows to predict if a blood sample will...

Biomedicine

VirScan Detects All Past and Present Viral Infections

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new method to detect a person’s viral history. VirScan tests for more than 1000...

Biomedicine
Bio Spa8, incubator

BioTek Releases the BioSpa 8 Automated Incubator

BioTek, the leader company in microplate instrumentation and software, has released the BioSpa 8 automated incubator. The Bio Spa 8 allows for unattended workflow automation by...

Equipment

Free Trial of oCelloScope, a 3D Scanner for Microbiological Analysis

Phillips is offering a free 3-week trial of oCelloScope, an automated 3D optical scanner of biological samples. The new instrument measures bacterial growth much faster than...

Equipment

Mykrobe Predictor Software Identifies Antibiotic Resistance

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics have developed a new software that predicts antibiotic resistance in bacteria by analyzing their genome. The new...

Apps

BioCision Presents a Portable Cryogenic Container

In collaboration with Brook Automation, BioCision has created the CryoPod Carrier, the first portable container for cryogenic samples. Biological specimens and temperature-sensitive compounds (immunotherapeutic agents, vaccines) can...

Equipment

Nikon Presents Two New Inverted Microscopes

Nikon will present two new inverted microscopes at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting. The ECLIPSE Ts2 and ECLIPSE Ts2R models are intended for routine...

Equipment