Microbiology News: Oct 2023

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Microbiology News: Oct 2023

The New Picus^® 2 Sets a New Standard for Connected Electronic Pipettes

31 Oct 2023 | ClinicalLaboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

With a combination of advanced connectivity and excellent performance, Picus^® 2 sets a new standard, enabling efficient, repeatable dispensing across biopharmaceutical and QC applications. more...

Magnerscan MAG3™: Chemical-free Integrity Testing for Metallic Vessels

31 Oct 2023 | Food & BeveragePharmaceutical

In environments using metallic storage vessels, the Magnerscan MAG3™ can play a vital role in ensuring their continued structural integrity and predict issues before they cause costly product recalls, the best part is that MAG3 can do it without harmful gases or chemicals and on a range of metals. more...

Gradientech Signs Exclusive Contract with UK Distributor

31 Oct 2023 | Clinical

Gradientech's QuickMIC®, is an ultra-rapid AST system that provides accurate MIC results with unprecedented precision in 2-4 hours, directly from positive blood cultures. Download ebook to read more about what the future of AST systems looks like and discover Gradientech’s solution. more...

INTEGRA Biosciences’ Pipettes Help to Progress Infectious Disease Testing

31 Oct 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

Cormeum Lab Services uses a range of pipetting solutions to streamline its infectious disease testing workflows. The laboratory acquired additional liquid handling instruments to cope with demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, and these tools are now supporting the expansion of its testing capabilities. more...

The Growing Importance of Rapid Allergen Testing in Foods

30 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

ProGnosis Biotech's "Allergen Free" rapid tests offer a fast and reliable solution for quantitative allergen detection, addressing the growing global concern of food allergies. more...

Need to Automate a Custom Microbiology Test?

26 Oct 2023 | Clinical

Since 1984, Giles Scientific has served clinical and industrial microbiology labs in 100+ countries. Giles Scientific is an ISO 13485:2016 certified company. Our imaging systems are designed and manufactured in Santa Barbara, California, USA. more...

Introducing ID-Check Speciation Kits

25 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

Verify origin and traceability of raw materials as well as verification of cleaning processes in production lines. Bio-Rad™ ID-Check Speciation Kits are designed for reliable, specific, and sensitive meat speciation, a straightforward 4-step method that amplifies species-specific mitochondrial DNA. more...

Automation Including Liquid Handling for Microbiology Labs - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

24 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageClinicalLaboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

Merck help you bring lab automation and robotics together

Automating some aspects of routine microbiology QC can offer many advantages including increased accuracy, improved efficiency, reduced turnaround time, and decreased risk of contamination. Discover how to process more samples, faster, with fewer resources - explore our special focus. more...

Automated Serial Dilution: Transforming Microbiology Labs

24 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

Automate serial dilutions for routine microbiology labs

Explore how automation, such as the Serial Diluter UC, transforms microbiology labs, enhancing efficiency and sustainability in routine liquid handling. more...

Revolutionizing Laboratory Work with Connected Electronic Pipettes

24 Oct 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

By connecting Picus® 2 to your mobile device, you can use the Sartorius Pipetting mobile app to smoothly run sample preparation workflows and adjust the pipette setting automatically, taking your productivity to the next level. Download the infographic here. more...

Hygiena^® BAX^® System Helps Svenska Foder with Tighter Control on Salmonella in Animal Feed

24 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

The Svenska Foder AB laboratory evaluated the BAX^® System Salmonella assay from Hygiena^®, which is approved for Salmonella testing in all foods, feed and environmental samples by both AFNOR and NORDVAL. By using the BAX System the group saw a drop in time to result from 72 hours to 24 hours. more...

Maximize Lab Performance with the Power of Automation

24 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

The Bio-Rad iQ-Check Prep Solution is an automated PCR sample preparation system optimized for flexibility, to fit easily into the existing workflow of your food pathogen testing lab. more...

PyroCell® Monocyte Activation Tests - Sensitive, Reliable, Rabbit-free Pyrogen Testing

24 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

New rapid ELISA kits allow easier and more efficient adoption of sustainable, rabbit-free pyrogen testing. The new tests give pharma manufacturers easier, faster, and more efficient MAT testing options for product safety testing while helping to reduce the reliance on animals. more...

Cherwell to Participate in Sterile Product Manufacturing Think Tank Discussions

23 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

A delegate visits the Cherwell stand at an industry meeting

Cherwell will be sharing cleanroom microbiology insights and exhibiting its environmental monitoring (EM) products, including a new product preview, at both Pharmig’s 31st Annual Conference and Cell 2023 in November. more...

Advancing Neurotoxicity Research with INTEGRA Pipettes

19 Oct 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

DNTOX recently won the INTEGRA competition and was awarded 31 EVOLVE manual pipettes, GRIPTIPS^® pipette tips worth US $1000, and lab accessories to aid its vital research into preventing developmental and adult neurotoxicity. more...

Tecan Launches Resolvex® Prep: A Leap Forward in Automated Sample Prep for Chromatography

18 Oct 2023 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

Resolvex Prep overcomes several challenges associated with chromatography sample prep by using direct displacement pipetting to avoid the hazards associated with volatile solvents and accommodating sealed sample tubes to prevent evaporation during processing. more...

Colony Counter Global Service @BactLAB™

17 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageWater

BactLAB is an application that counts bacterial colonies cultured on CompactDry

@BactLAB™ is a free application that counts bacterial colonies cultured on CompactDry™, a ready-to-use dry medium. You can easily determine the bacterial (colony) count using your smartphone. more...

PCR-Based Rapid Sterility Testing vs. Compendial Culture Method

17 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Sterility testing is key for cell therapy due to potential lethal contamination. Traditional tests take 14-28 days, an issue for short shelf-life therapeutics. Sartorius developed a rapid detection system, validated per European Pharmacopeia, comparable to the culture method. Download Application Note. more...

Beer Spoiler Management: How to Mitigate the Risk - Webinar Registration is Open

17 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

Free Webinar on Beer Spoilage Management

Improve your quality program with game-changing solutions and advanced genomic approaches for detecting and eradicating beer spoilers in your production environment. During this webinar, bioMérieux will explain how their Augmented Diagnostics approach can address the top challenges for your brewery. more...

Hygiena^® Innovate™ RapiScreen™ Dairy and Beverage Kits: AOAC Certification

17 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

Hygiena^® has announced that its Innovate™ RapiScreen™ Dairy and Beverage Kits are the first methods to be awarded the prestigious AOAC RI Performance Tested MethodsSM (PTM) Certification for the entire product testing workflow. more...

Trying to Initiate Confidence in Your Organizations Data Governance?

16 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Webinar explains the benefits of the Growth Direct system for Data Integrity

Rapid Micro Biosystems invites you to view this on-demand webinar for an expert view on how automation with the Growth Direct^® System guarantees quality, generating accurate, complete, auditable, and trustworthy data, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met to maintain data integrity and compliance. more...

Our New L&B and LC Plates for Safer Environmental Analysis in Pharma

16 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Have you ever had difficulties transporting your plates to the laboratory? Whether you’ve had difficulties or would like to avoid them, our new Pharma plates product line will facilitate transportation and eliminate contamination risks. Learn more about it! more...

Save Time and Money When Testing for Mycoplasma With Automation

16 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

Bring your mycoplasma testing in-house without risk of human error — the BIOFIRE^® Mycoplasma system requires only 2 minutes of hands-on time, allowing your team to increase productivity and maximize resources. more...

Nipah Virus Real Time PCR Kit

16 Oct 2023 | Clinical

Authorities in the state of Kerala, in India, are battling to halt an outbreak of the Nipah virus. A zoonotic virus transmitted from animals to humans and by human-to-human contact, there is no treatment or vaccine for Nipah virus and it has a high mortality rate. more...

Why You Can Depend on A Whitley Workstation

16 Oct 2023 | Laboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

Don Whitley Scientific has invested in an advanced coordinate measuring machine ensuring that every Whitley Workstation is of the utmost quality. more...

Oculyze Shakes Up Bioethanol Production With Innovative Yeast Analysis Web App

10 Oct 2023 | Other

Bioethanol Web App Yeast Analysis and Fermentation Optimization

The new Oculyze Bioethanol Web App is poised to revolutionize yeast analysis and fermentation optimization, making the entire process faster, more accurate, and highly cost-effective. more...

Needle-free Media Bags From SGL

10 Oct 2023 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

Needle free microbiological media bag solutions from SGL

Ideal for use in hospital pharmacies and pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories, all SGL bagged media products now come with the option of a needle-free port eliminating the coring effect seen in conventional rubber stopper-based ports. more...

USEPA-Approved KwikCount^® EC MF & R-CARD^® KwikCount^® EC: Different Methods, Same Results For E.coli

10 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterOtherVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

The KwikCount^® EC MF Method, which was used for obtaining USEPA approval, requires a 47mm sterile Petri Dish, absorbent pad, and micropore membrane filter. The R-CARD^® KwikCount^® EC is a simpler, time-saving, and less expensive way to achieve the same results as the USEPA-approved method. more...

Sino Biological Announces the Opening of Its New US-Based Center for Bioprocessing

10 Oct 2023 | Clinical

Sino Biological Center for Bioprocessing C4B

Based in Houston, Texas, the new center will focus on contract research services, including the development and manufacture of research and diagnostic-grade proteins and antibodies utilizing mammalian cells. more...

FDA Clearance MDx-Chex^® for BC-GP and BC-GN Molecular Diagnostics QC for Bloodstream Infections

10 Oct 2023 | Clinical

Provided in a comprehensive and easy-to-use format, MDx-Chex evaluates the entire analytical process of the Luminex VERIGENE^® BC-GP and BC-GN Panels for sepsis, including cell lysis and DNA extraction, as well as DNA hybridization, detection and analysis. more...

NGS Made Effortless: Introducing MIRO CANVAS from INTEGRA Biosciences

09 Oct 2023 | Laboratory Equipment

MIRO CANVAS was developed to meet the growing need for fully automated NGS sample preparation with verified protocols for short- and long-read sequencing applications to ensure accuracy, precision and reliability for high quality results. more...

Prepare for Flu Season With BioPerfectus COVID-19/Influenza A/B Virus RT-PCR Kit

09 Oct 2023 | Clinical

The BioPerfectus COVID-19 and Influenza A/B Virus PCR Kit is a multiplex assay for swift and precise identification of both COVID-19 and influenza. It effectively distinguishes between the two, even in co-infected patients with similar symptoms. more...

New Ochratoxin A Regulations: Shaping The Coffee Production Process

09 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

Symmetric Ochratoxin Coffee Lateral Flow Test

Following the reduction of the legal limit for Ochratoxin A in coffee, the new sensitive product by ProGnosis Biotech, Symmetric Ochratoxin Coffee, offers an accurate and easy solution for the coffee industry. more...

Three Bacterial Enumeration Systems

09 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageClinicalLaboratory EquipmentCosmetic/Personal Care

Revolutionize Colony Counting with Interscience: Data Integrity, traceability, efficiency. Colony counting can be tedious and time-consuming. Scan automatic colony counters provide efficient, complete and accurate colony counting. more...

IDEXX EasyDisc^® Tests for Heterotrophic Plate Counts in Water Published as ASTM International Std.

09 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageWater

EasyDisc provides heterotrophic plate count results without media preparation or extensive quality control. No equipment, autoclaving, or agar preparation is needed, an 18-month shelf life eliminates waste and improves workflow plus smaller plate size reduces plastic waste by more than half. more...

Streamlining Biospecimen Sample Management

09 Oct 2023 | ClinicalPharmaceuticalAssay Development

IntelliXcap Semi-Automated Handheld Screw Cap Decapper

Azenta Life Sciences solutions enable seamless end-to-end biospecimen sample collection, organisation, processing, and storage leading to better quality epidemiological data, clearer insights into the genetic landscape and easier analysis of complex data sets. more...

Leveraging NGS Microbial Solutions To Accelerate Your Research

02 Oct 2023 | Food & BeverageWaterLaboratory EquipmentOtherVeterinaryMicrobiome

Novogene is a global provider of genomic services and solutions with cutting-edge NGS and bioinformatics expertise and the largest sequencing capacity in the world. Discover which of their premium quality, cost-effective services is right for your microbiome studies. more...

Wickham Micro Doubles Capacity for MALDI-ToF Microbial Identification Service

02 Oct 2023 | Pharmaceutical

MALDI-ToF Microbial Identification Service for Medical Device and Pharma

Wickham Micro, has expanded its MALDI-ToF identification capabilities allowing them to accommodate more clients without compromising on turnaround times. more...

N-Light™ Salmonella Risk: A New Horizon in Food Safety Monitoring

02 Oct 2023 | Food & Beverage

N-Light^TM Salmonella Risk is a rapid detection method for quality managers in the food industry who are frustrated with the low number of actionable results from their environmental monitoring program. A simple, safe, and affordable lab-free risk screening for Salmonella. more...

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