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IUL Celebrates 35 Years in Business

IUL logo against a background of microbiology instruments
Colony CountersLateral Flow ReaderSpiral Platers
31 Mar 2022
As IUL celebrates 35 years of providing safe and reliable instruments for the automation of microbiological control, we learn how IUL applied its expertise to new divisions in the fields of In-vitro diagnostics for human health and veterinary care.

BIOFIRE® Mycoplasma - Rapid Testing by Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

BIOFIRE Mycoplasma
ATMP - Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal ProductsMycoplasma
31 Mar 2022
BIOFIRE® Mycoplasma is the fastest and easiest test to protect your products from Mycoplasma contamination that can be done by anyone, anywhere at any time. The result: reliable quality decisions to secure manufacturing.

Hardy Diagnostics Now Offers the BioCode® MDx-3000

BioCode MDx 3000
AutomationGastro-Intestinal PanelRespiratory Panel
30 Mar 2022
Hardy Diagnostics announces it is the exclusive U.S. distribution partner of the automated, high throughput, multiplex molecular diagnostic system developed by Applied BioCode

Bio-Rad's Listeria Detection Methods: All in One Place!

Simplify your Listeria testing with BioRads detection solutions
Listeria spp.Listeria monocytogenes
29 Mar 2022
Bio-Rad offers a complete solution that simplifies your Listeria testing options for faster, more comprehensive results.

A Glimpse Into The Future - How Merck is Planning to Automate QC Labs

Supplier and customer collaborating on the development of a microbial workflow solution
Expert Insight AutomationBioburden
29 Mar 2022
In this interview with Philippe Rivat, Director of Strategic and Emerging Technologies at Merck, we learn about the company’s projects to introduce automation & robotics into microbiological quality control.

Environmental Monitoring Solutions for Food Manufacturing - a rapidmicrobiology special focus

Food quality assurance professional in food processing area with cartoon food pathogens
Environmental MonitoringListeria EnvironmentalListeria monocytogenes
29 Mar 2022
In this rapidmicrobiology special focus, we highlight products designed to help implement an effective and compliant environmental monitoring programme in food production facilities, from swabs to PCR. Browse through to find the product most suited to your requirements.

Environmental Monitoring Solutions for Pharma Manufacturing - a rapidmicrobiology special focus

Pharmaceutical microbiologist working in isolator cabinet with cartoon microbial contaminants
Air Sampling IsolatorsCleanroomEnvironmental Monitoring
29 Mar 2022
This rapidmicrobiology special focus showcases some products that are designed to help achieve an effective and compliant environmental monitoring programme within the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing sector.

In Today's World of Short Supply, Product Safety is Top Priority

Puritan specimen collection devices for environmental monitoring
Specimen TransportSwabs Environmental MonitoringSwabs with Transport Medium
28 Mar 2022
Today, with costs rising and many items in short supply, every raw material and every finished good is valuable. Monitor to be sure your efforts to deliver the best products aren't derailed by quality issues related to microbial contamination.

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Antigens

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Antigens
Staphylococcus aureus
28 Mar 2022
Creative Diagnostics launches a range of natural and recombinant staphylococcal enterotoxin antigens for research use.

Environmental Monitoring with AccuPoint® Advanced Next Generation

Accupoint
Environmental MonitoringHygiene Monitoring
25 Mar 2022
Hygiene monitoring is at the core of every food safety programme. A good hygiene monitoring programme can highlight problems before products are manufactured. Stopping these issues early not only protects public health, but also protects brand integrity.

New IDEXX SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Controls Introduced

SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test
SARS in Wastewater
24 Mar 2022
Expanded IDEXX SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR wastewater test kit provides validated matrix recovery control and human faecal measurement

Recombinant Antigens for 2022-2023 Influenza Vaccine Strains

Recombinant Flu Antigen Products
Assay DevelopmentInfluenza
24 Mar 2022
Sino Biological has recently launched recombinant HA, NA, and NP proteins for 2022-2023 influenza vaccine strains, adding to its comprehensive collection of influenza antigens from all WHO-recommended vaccine strains in recent years.

Sino Biological and Ainnocence Partner to Offer Next-Generation Antibody Development CRO Services

Sino and AInnocence
Artifical IntelligenceAssay Development
24 Mar 2022
Sino Biological will partner with Ainnocence and add the San Jose company's cutting-edge artificial intelligence-based prediction technology to its current antibody development CRO services offering.

Crucial Tools for COVID-19 Omicron Research

Omicron pseudotyped lentiviruses and spike neutralizing antibodies
Assay DevelopmentSARS-CoV-2
22 Mar 2022
New to the AMSBIO range are recombinant proteins, easy-to-perform assay kits, Omicron pseudotyped lentiviruses and spike neutralizing antibodies for use in functional assays to block SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ACE2 binding.

INTEGRA’s ASSIST PLUS Pipetting Robot Streamlines Sample Pooling for Arbovirus Testing

Pipetting Robot
ArbovirusLiquid HandlingMultichannel Pipettes
22 Mar 2022
INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot is helping the Arbovirus Testing Lab at the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories in Concord, USA, to streamline sample pooling for West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis virus testing.

Bulk Gold Nanomaterials for Point of Care Diagnostics

gold colloid and gold Nanoshells
Lateral Flow Assays
22 Mar 2022
Solutions to meet your performance, quality, cost, and scale requirements

Why Use PCR for Testing Gluten?

qPCR testing R-Biopharm
AllergensQuantitative PCR (qPCR)
21 Mar 2022
Gluten is the general name for the proteins in wheat, barley, rye, and triticale. Since PCR detects DNA or RNA – not protein, the question remains: How can you use qPCR in gluten analysis? qPCR can help you to confirm your results and identify the source of contamination.

Improve Your Facilities Monitoring Thanks to Condalab’s Culture Media

Condalab Culture Media
Environmental Monitoring
21 Mar 2022
Have you ever had to reject a batch due to microbiological contamination? Thanks to Condalab, you can efficiently monitor production plants, clean rooms and cleaning protocols, preventing potential contamination sources

Rapid Microbial Screening – One System for All Beverage Products

RapiScreen Kits
Dairy
21 Mar 2022
Traditional testing methods take multiple days, if not weeks, to determine if beverages are contaminated with microorganisms. Streamline testing by using the Innovate System to detect contamination in as little as 24 hours.

Highest Precision in Microbial Air Sampling With MAS-100 Air Samplers

Microbial Air Samplers
Air Sampler CalibrationAir SamplingEnvironmental Monitoring
21 Mar 2022
For over 30 years, we have developed and produced high-quality microbial air samplers. Many years of expertise and Swiss perfection have made us the world market leader. Our mobile and installed instruments offer you precision, sampling efficiency and reliability.

Got a Lot on Your Plate? Simplify Your Environmental Monitoring.

Test ready custom controls for environmental monitoring
Microbial controlObjectionable OrganismsQC Organisms
21 Mar 2022
Using your environmental isolate or targeted objectionable organism, we manufacture test-ready microbial controls quantitated for specific methods providing a complete solution to help you meet FDA, Pharmacopeia, and other regulations and guidelines.

Can Immunoassays Mitigate Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods?

ProGnosis Testing Kits
Mycotoxins
21 Mar 2022
An article about the continuing contamination of mycotoxins in foods (e.g. grains, cereals, juice products) and how ProGnosis Biotech has developed a 5-minute quantitative testing approach for producers to rapidly tackle this prevailing problem.

CD Genomics Offers Oxford Nanopore Sequencing to Facilitate Microbial Research

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Whole Genome Sequencing
21 Mar 2022
CD Genomics can provide a wide range of services, such as genome sequencing, RNA sequencing, and epigenomics sequencing.

CD Genomics MicrobioSeq Releases Microbial Transcriptomics for Disease Research and Drug Development

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21 Mar 2022
CD Genomics announces Microbial Transcriptomics solutions, which hold promise in uncovering novel ways to treat disease and improve human health.

Environmental Sampling Tools for Today’s Unique Food Safety Challenges

World Bioproducts
Sample CollectionSwabs Environmental Monitoring
16 Mar 2022
Looking for microbiological sample collection devices built specifically to address the challenges faced by food manufacturers, learn how World Bioproducts can help.

NEOGEN® Microbial Testing Solutions for the Dairy Industry

Dairy Microbial testing
Dairy
16 Mar 2022
Testing during dairy processing is essential to identify microbial contamination before it becomes serious and expensive. Our microbial testing solutions provide fast, sensitive results to help reduce large scale contamination, expense and waste.

Digitalize Your Petri Dish and Accelerate Your EM with ScanStation

ScanStation
Environmental Monitoring
16 Mar 2022
For the pharmaceutical industry, checking the air quality of sterile cleanrooms for the production of injectable sterile products is key to quality and productivity. More than 100 facilities are already equipped with ScanStation real-time incubator and colony counter for accelerated results.

CE Marking for Veros™ COVID-19 Rapid, Instrument-Free Molecular Test

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Point of Care/NeedSARS-CoV-2
15 Mar 2022
CE Marked Veros COVID-19 delivers PCR quality testing in just minutes without the need for an instrument or reader, no external power supply required.

New Stackable Anaerobic 'Jar'

Whitley IncuBox
Anaerobic/Microaerophilic EnvironmentsCO2 Incubators
14 Mar 2022
Don Whitley Scientific announce the launch of their rectangular, transparent and stackable anaerobic ‘jar’. The Whitley IncuBox is ideal for use with the Whitley Jar Gassing System or as a stand-alone system to use with gas generation sachets.

Compliance Without Compromise for Your Environmental Monitoring

Triple Wrap Plates
Environmental MonitoringTriple Wrapped Plates
14 Mar 2022
Thermo Scientific™ Triple Wrap Plates are specifically engineered for environmental monitoring excellence in the pharmaceutical industry. The plates feature the latest in quality-assurance technology and are triple-wrapped and irradiated ready for use.

Sino Biological Invests Over 200M RMB to Establish New Subsidiaries in Taizhou and Suzhou, China.

Sino New Subsidiaries
14 Mar 2022
Sino Biological is pleased to announce the formation of two new operationally-focused subsidiaries in Taizhou and Suzhou further cementing its geographical footprint in China with the addition of the subsidiaries

Increase Lab Performance and Reduce Energy Consumption for Listeria Testing

Agar Listeria method
Listeria spp.Listeria monocytogenes
11 Mar 2022
The new Bio-Rad validated Agar Listeria method offers a better time to result, optimized laboratory organization and an energy consumption saving protocol.

EM-CULT ENLOCKTM: Ready Prepared Plates for Environmental Monitoring

Ready prepared plates for EM
CleanroomEnvironmental MonitoringReady-to-use Media
11 Mar 2022
Lockable ready prepared plates by HiMedia, avoid accidental opening of plates to help you secure your environmental microbial monitoring results

SAS Daily Heads Can Help Reduce Risk in Environmental Monitoring

SAS Daily Heads
Environmental MonitoringMicrobial Air Sampler
11 Mar 2022
SAS Daily Heads are a viable way to help reduce risk and ensure compliance to the new stringent risk management and contamination control strategy within the revised EU GMP Annex 1. These certified sterile disposable air sampler heads provide an alternative to reduce the risk of false positives.

Continuous Viable Air Monitoring Solutions to Meet
EU GMP Annex 1

ImpactAir-ISO-90
AgarAir SamplingEnvironmental Monitoring
11 Mar 2022
The ImpactAir-ISO-90 and ImpactAir-90 ranges helps users address continuous monitoring challenges presented by the new Annex 1. The modular design provides differing formats to suit specific deployment needs and challenges within your facilities.

New Non-Hazardous Viral Inactivation Medium Supports Safe Collection and Transport of SARS-CoV-2

Inactivation Medium for SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2Swabs with Transport Medium
11 Mar 2022
InhibiSURE Viral Inactivation Medium has a breakthrough formulation helping to reduce the risk of exposure using a non-hazardous formulation and leakproof format during transport and processing.

Legiolert® Test for Legionella pneumophila Published as ASTM International Standard

Legiolert Test
Legionella pneumophila
10 Mar 2022
Legiolert® test, for the rapid detection of Legionella pneumophila, has been published “ASTM D8429-21: Standard Test Method for Legionella pneumophila in Water Samples Using Legiolert”.

Practical Control of Listeria in Food Production - New Guide from Campden BRI

How to Control Listeria in Food Production
Listeria EnvironmentalListeria monocytogenes
10 Mar 2022
This document considers how the food industry can attempt to control Listeria in the food production environment and, therefore, in food products. Includes methods for sampling and testing such as enrichment, plating media, confirmation and identification, antibody-based tests and molecular methods.

Keep Compliant and Audit Ready With New 3P® SMART PLATES

3P SMART PLATES
Environmental Monitoring
07 Mar 2022
With GS1 barcodes and LOCKSURE® lids that decrease risk of manual errors and the new ultra-clear design that makes identifying and counting colonies easier through the lid, we can help you keep compliant and audit ready with the new 3P® SMART plates.

Hardy Diagnostics Strep B Carrot Broth™ Saving the Lives of Newborns

Strep B Carrot Broth
Streptococcus - Group B
07 Mar 2022
Strep B Carrol Broth™ One-Step is Hardy Diagnostics exclusive one-step system that allows for faster results for the cultivation and identification of beta-hemolytic strains of Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women.

Superior Microbiology Technology That Saves The Environment From Mega-Tons Of Petri Dish Waste 

Roth Bioscience RCard
E. coliEnterobacteriaceaeTotal Counts
04 Mar 2022
With the Roth Bioscience R-CARD®, there is no pre-preparation of media.  The R-CARD is 12 mils thick (flat), by 3.5 X 4.0 inches, so is space (shipping/storage) saving and disposal is a tiny fraction of the bulk of environmentally clogging Petri dishes.

Buffered NaCl Peptone Solution pH 7.0

Buffered NaCl Peptone Solution
PeptonesReady-to-use Media
03 Mar 2022
Diluent for detection and enumeration of microorganisms according to USP/EP/JP and ISO 21149

Take Your Mass Spectrometry to the Next Level With VITEK® MS PRIME

bioMerieux VITEK MS PRIME
AutomationIdentificationMALDI-TOF
03 Mar 2022
Built on a solid foundation of microbiology expertise VITEK® MS PRIME is the new evolution in MALDI-TOF technology for rapid microbial identification to deliver productivity and accuracy through efficient routine workflow.

Increase Your Lab Capacities With the Dilute and Blend System

Dilute and Blend System
AutomationSample Preparation
02 Mar 2022
Sample prep can be key in accurate analysis. By implementing quality assurance testing, laboratories will be able to improve their sample prep processes as well as help prevent any compliance issues further along in the supply chain.

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