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Easy Non-PCR Molecular Screening for Contaminant Microorganisms

Hybriscan Dectection of Microorganisms
AlicyclobacillusE. coliLegionella pneumophila
28 Nov 2023
The HybriScan® system uses sandwich hybridization to accurately detect microbe-specific rRNA. The signal is triggered optically by an enzyme-generated color change. Test results for contaminant microorganisms are available after only 2 hours, without the need for expensive PCR equipment.

Streamline Your Microbiology Testing with Neogen®

Efficiency Made Easy Streamline Your Microbiology Testing with Neogen
Food Safety Management System
28 Nov 2023
Neogen’s microbiology portfolio has been developed to provide a range of solutions that can offer confidence and accuracy, no matter the test type. Designed to help streamline processes, our solutions make efficiency in the laboratory easy by reducing laborious procedures and time to results. 

Streamline Listeria Testing of Foods With New Bottled Medium Format for Pour Plate Method

Bottled Media for Listeria Pour Plate Method
Chromogenic MediaDehydrated Culture MediaListeria monocytogenes
28 Nov 2023
Enumerate and presumptively identify Listeria species and L. monocytogenes from food and environmental samples with the Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Brilliance™ Listeria Agar (ISO) prepared bottles as part of the Thermo Scientific™ Listeria Precis™ Enumeration method or ISO 11290-2 reference method.  

EN ISO 7704:2023 Compliant Membranes, Culture Media and Accessories

On demand Webinar
Membrane Filtration
23 Nov 2023
Laboratories that test water samples for microbial contaminants must ensure that they comply with the new EN ISO 7704:2023 standard when using membrane filtration for direct enumeration by culturing methods. Fully compliant membranes, culture media and accessories are now available.

Do You Think Same-day Sterility Results are Impossible?

SCANRDI Sterility Testing
Sterility Testing
21 Nov 2023
Bring your Sterility Testing to the Next Level with SCANRDI® and benefit from ultra-rapid sterility testing across your organization to increase market competitiveness and control your manufacturing process while being confident about compliance.

Experience the Picus® 2 Difference and Boost Your Lab’s Productivity

Sartorius Picus 2
Liquid HandlingPipettes
21 Nov 2023
Picus® 2 electronic pipettes boost lab efficiency like never before. Discover the ultimate pipetting solution to enhance connectivity throughout the lab, speed up workflows, increase traceability and repeatability, prevent pipetting errors, and streamline documentation automation.Download Infographic here.

Trust Puritan® to Upgrade Your Specimen Collection Game This Season.

Santas sleigh and a selection of Puritan swabs
SwabsSwabs VirologySwabs with Transport Medium
21 Nov 2023
Puritan has all the specimen collection tools you’ll need in your sleigh this season: cotton, foam, spun polyester, and our patented flock-tipped swabs. And, we have dry transport tubes as well as liquid media to get your sample to the lab.

Simplify Your Workflow With The New MASTERCLAVE® 60 EVO

MASTERCLAVE 60 EVO
AutoclavesAutomated Media PreparationAutomation
20 Nov 2023
MASTERCLAVE® is an automated culture media preparation system that places automation at the heart of your laboratory and improves the entire workflow. Enter a world of automation, productivity, and reliability with the new MASTERCLAVE® 60 EVO, which includes new exciting features.

Unlocking Dairy Safety Excellence: Your Comprehensive Guide

5 Dairy Insider Tips
DairySmarter Food Safety
20 Nov 2023
Invest in cutting-edge solutions, continually strive for higher safety and quality standards, and give your consumers the quality they expect and deserve. In this detailed guide, we'll delve into five crucial aspects of dairy safety.

Micro ID Tracking and Trending: Optimization with Automation

Hand and Pen pointing at screen
Environmental Monitoring
20 Nov 2023
Annex 1 urges the use of rapid, automated methods for contamination detection in Environmental Monitoring. Manual tracking and trending methods, like paper or Excel, pose risks. Automation streamlines the process, reduces errors, and speeds up trend identification, enhancing data reliability and efficiency.

Achieve Stress-free Pipetting with INTEGRA Biosciences’ New eBook

Guide to Pipetting Download
Pipettes
20 Nov 2023
INTEGRA’s latest eBook contains all of the tips and tricks to help readers achieve efficient, accurate and stress-free pipetting. Get a free copy of the eBook here.

Biotium Introduces New Highly-Selective Stains For Both Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

BactoView Viability Green Red stain kit
Stains & Reagents
17 Nov 2023
BactoView™ Dead stains are also included in two new BactoView™ Viability Kits, enabling convenient two-color staining of both live and dead bacteria for clear viability assessment of all cells in a sample.

Remote Sample Management Unchains Scientists From Their Lab Bench

DP5 Network rack decoding software
Automation
17 Nov 2023
Using DP5 Network you can plug all your tube rack readers and scanners into your LAN directly and run them from a PC in your office or somewhere else in the building.

Cost Effective Customizable ELISA Assay Kits

Customizable ELISA assay kits
Antibody PairELISA
17 Nov 2023
With over 500 ELISA kits to choose from, AMSBIO's new range covers a wide variety of biological processes, targets, and sample types. Reagents such as matched antibody pairs and a micro-ELISA pre-plate have been carefully screened and validated to save you time and money.

Automation Optimised Maximum Sample Recovery Tube

Maximise sample recovery wtih Azenta tubes
Liquid Handling
17 Nov 2023
Sample recovery from the 1.6ml Maximum Recovery tubes was found to be 16ml more than the 1.9ml tubes over a run of 100 tubes. With expensive reagents or valuable samples, this can quickly accumulate into substantial savings.

Rapid Microbiological Methods for Water Testing - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

rapid microbiology QC water
Special Focus BioburdenChromogenic Media
14 Nov 2023
In this rapidmicrobiology special focus, we explore options to automate and improve sensitivity in water testing, covering applications from WFI, wastewater and bioburden, to E.coli, Legionella, Pseudomonas plus SARS in wastewater, and coliphage enumeration. 

Chemically Defined Insect Cell Culture Medium Delivers Superior Protein Expression

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Cell Culture
14 Nov 2023
ESF AdvanCD™ is a 100% chemically defined, animal-origin-free, protein-free, serum-free insect cell culture medium for use in viral vector manufacturing, structural biology, and other applications.

Ensure your Water Quality with Bio-Rad Innovative Solutions

Water Testing tools Service Support
Chromogenic MediaReverse Transcription PCR (RT-PCR)
13 Nov 2023
NEW: Download Bio-Rad Laboratories comprehensive Water Safety and Quality Reference Guide here to learn more about innovative and alternative methods based on new technologies such as chromogenic media and real-time PCR.

The Crucial Role of a Rapid Sterility Test in Enhancing Water Analysis

Rapid Sterility test in Water Analysis
Lab Water
13 Nov 2023
Using SCANRDI® for testing Water for Injection (WFI) enables faster results and early contamination detection, enhanced sensitivity and reduced human error, ultimately improving the reliability and efficiency of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

PREvalence ddPCR SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit Contributes to Public Health

PREvalence ddPCR SARS CoV 2 Wastewater Kit
Droplet Digital PCRSARS in Wastewater
13 Nov 2023
Bio-Rad's PREvalence ddPCR SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit provides reproducible, quantitative results in wastewater testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. 

Bluephage Launches ENUMERA Rapid Quantitative Kit BPF-SE

Rapid Counting Coliphages in Water
Coliphages
13 Nov 2023
Cutting-edge technology for rapid waterborne pathogen detection and risk assessment. This quantitative rapid detection kit is designed for the specific detection and enumeration of somatic coliphages at 1 PFU/100mL, applicable to all kinds of water and shellfish extracts, sediments, and sludge.

Safeguarding of Water for Injection

PYROSTAR Neo endotoxin detection reagent
Bacterial Endotoxin Test (BET)Endotoxinrecombinant Factor C (rFC)
13 Nov 2023
The presence of endotoxin in sterile pharmaceutical products presents a significant risk to patients. In 1984, five USP water products were given specific bacterial endotoxin limits. 100% free of horseshoe crab blood, PYROSTAR™ Neo is a reagent capable of measuring endotoxin content with high accuracy.

Searching for New International Distributors

Alpha Labs Looking for New International Distributors
Marketing
13 Nov 2023
Based in the UK, Alpha Laboratories is now looking to further expand its family of distributors and is actively seeking partners in France, the Middle East and certain other markets, including but not limited to countries such as USA, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Revolutionizing Microbiological Water Testing: MICA’s Pioneering Solutions  

Ps aeruginosa Legionella Bioburden E coli
BioburdenE. coliLegionella pneumophila
12 Nov 2023
Get fast CFUs of culturable microorganisms with the easy-to-use automated MICA microcolony counters by Diamidex, unmatched optical resolution combined with revolutionary tagging technology can achieve a reduction in incubation time of between 40% and 80%.

Medix Biochemica Acquires ViroStat

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AntibodiesMonoclonal Antibodies
12 Nov 2023
Medix Biochemica has acquired the US-based ViroStat LLC, a global leader in infectious disease antibodies and antigens used by in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers, further expanding its presence in the US.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Antigens and Antibodies

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antigens and Antibodies
AntibodiesAntigen SupplierRecombinant Proteins
09 Nov 2023
Sino Biological has developed a comprehensive collection of RSV-related reagents for viral research that cover RSV A and B from over 5 strains, which can support therapeutic antibody, vaccine, and immunodiagnostic assay development.  

How Does TEMPO® Unlock the Power of People in the Lab?

TEMPO Automated Bacterial Counts
AFNORAutomationLactic Acid Bacteria
07 Nov 2023
TEMPO®, by bioMérieux, is an automated platform for the analysis of food quality indicators. By implementing our automated TEMPO® solution, your technicians can process existing sample volume in considerably less time, minimize the amount of weekend work, and streamline the testing process.

At the Borderline of Sensitivity and Noise - Detection of Nucleic Acid Traces

Download Sartorius Poster Detect Traces Nucleic Acid
Droplet Digital PCR
06 Nov 2023
The bio-pharmaceutical industry's shift towards personalized CGT products has led to new QC requirements and rapid microbial detection methods. This poster discusses "false" positives and the use of dPCR for quantification of a DNA standard (positive control). Download here.

Latin America's First ISO 17025:2017 Accredited Lab Pioneers Cannabis Analysis for Food Pathogens

R-biopharm Cannabis testing
Cannabis/Marijuana testing
06 Nov 2023
The lab achieved the accreditation in a process facilitated by the Colombian Certification Body, ONAC. The steps also included validating the analytical methods used for real-time PCR analysis. Several R-biopharm SureFast® Microbiology qPCR kits were included in the certification process.

Revolutionize Colony Counting

Revolutionize Colony Counting with Interscience
Colony Counters
06 Nov 2023
The manual counting of colonies on Petri dishes is a long and painstaking process and may vary in the beginning and the end of a single day, depending on the operator. The Scan counts with up to 98% accuracy in a constant and repeatable way.

High-quality Culture Media for Water Testing from SGL

Culture Media for Water Testing
ISO 11731 - LegionellaLegionella pneumophilaLegionella spp.
06 Nov 2023
SGL is one of the largest providers of pre-poured microbiological culture media for all applications in water testing. This ranges from estimation of overall numbers of culturable micro-organisms to detection of waterborne contamination, including the specific isolation of Legionella pneumophilia.

The Importance of C. difficile Diagnostics

C Diff Quik Chek complete toxin enzyme immunoassay cassette
Clostridium difficile
06 Nov 2023
Cited in ESCMID guidelines, the C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE® rapid EIA assay simultaneously detects GDH and toxin. One single cassette completes the multistep algorithm for accurate, rapid, cost-effective C. difficile testing.

The Future of Pharma QC is Automation and Digitalization: Podcast

Merck Pharma QC Automation and Digitalization
21 CFR part 11AutomationBioburden
03 Nov 2023
Anke Hossfield (Merck) joins us in this podcast episode on Automation and Digitalization to share her experience on why pharma labs must adapt to the trend to meet Industry 4.0 demands and why choosing the right partner is key.

Red One™: Rapid Water Quality Indicators for Waters
(Drinking, Pharma, Swimming)

Red One by Redberry
AutomationBioburdenFlow Cytometry
02 Nov 2023
Redberry offers the fastest microbiological monitoring solutions for accurate testing of waters:from 10-minute real-time analysis for viable cell count (down to a few cells) to same-day results for specific E. coli. quantification.

IDEXX Tecta®: Testing Anytime, Anywhere, by Anyone

IDEXX Tecta
ColiformsE. coliEnterococci
01 Nov 2023
IDEXX Water provides multiple rapid microbiological testing solutions to identify water contamination, including Tecta®, a complete, self-contained system, which provides automated detection of total coliforms, E. coli and enterococci.

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