Microbiology News : Sep 2013

JAVASCRIPT DISABLED - This site works best with JavaScript enabled.

Microbiology News : Sep 2013

Scharlab Improves Ps. aeruginosa Agars

30 Sep 2013 | WaterPharmaceutical

Scharlab have improved their Cetrimide Agar and Cetrimide-Nalidixic agars for the isolation and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. more...

BAX® Real-Time PCR Assays Added to USDA FSIS Microbiology Test Methods

30 Sep 2013 | Food & Beverage

The DuPont BAX® method for E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 STECs is now specified in guidebook for meat products, carcass and environmental sponges. more...

Dual-Bulb Pastettes® Deliver Foolproof Simplicity for Exact Volume Dispensing

30 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Exact Volume Pipettes are a quick and easy alternative to conventional pipettes and tips -space saving, economical, single piece, 20-250µl. more...

DoD Lab Adopts Roka Bioscience Atlas Automated Food Pathogen System

30 Sep 2013 | Food & Beverage

The Dept of Defense Food Analysis and Diagnostic Lab (FADL), Texas, plans to use Atlas System for high-volume sample testing for Listeria and Salmonella in foods provided to all US armed forces around the world. more...

Microbiologics Chief Executive Officer is Appointed Member of AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors

30 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Brad Goskowicz, Chief Executive Officer of Microbiologics, was unanimously selected as the newest member of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Board of Directors as a Director-At-Large. more...

TCS Biosciences Ltd Achieves ISO 14001:2004

25 Sep 2013 | Other

We are pleased to announce that we have achieved the Environmental Management System certification ISO 14001. ISO 14001 is an international standard that requires an organisation to consider it's significant environmental aspects and to use these to develop and implement an environmental policy more...

Cherwell Provides Practical Microbiological Solutions at PHSS 2013

24 Sep 2013 | OtherPharmaceutical

Cherwell Laboratories has developed a specialist range of microbiology products to meet the specific requirements of environmental monitoring and process validation. more...

First Reliable Legionella Detection Assay for Sewage Treatment Plants

24 Sep 2013 | Water

Based on the VIT® gene probe technology, the VIT-Legionella overcomes the problems associated with conventional testing of wastewater for Legionella. more...

Workstation with Two Airlocks Launched - Designed for Busy Labs

23 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

Don Whitley Scientific Limited has positioned two airlocks at either end of the chamber which allows samples to be introduced at one end and removed at the other, significantly improving laboratory workflow. more...

This product is no longer available

23 Sep 2013 | Other

more...

Microbiologics Receives 2013 Innovation Award from Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation

16 Sep 2013 | Food & Beverage

The 2013 Innovation Award in the for-profit category for conceptualizing and organizing the inaugural St. Cloud State University Food Microbiology Symposium. more...

Keep Up to Speed with Lonza's Free Resource Notes™ Journal

16 Sep 2013 | Pharmaceutical

The journal for life science researchers is being published twice a year. Its editorial section includes News and Events, Scientific Papers, Product Highlights as well as a TechTalk column. more...

Liquid Handling Toolbox Improves Pipetting in Testing Labs

16 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

METTLER TOLEDO have compiled expert guidance on liquid handling techniques including a 30 minute Good Pipetting Technique video tutorial to help improve accuracy. more...

Walkaway Automation for Microplate-Based Processes

16 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

BioTek's new BioStack 4 microplate stacker enhances routine microplate-based assay productivity with automated plate delidding and re-lidding with fast plate exchange speeds of less than ten seconds. more...

Cherwell Highlights Products for Environmental Monitoring and Process Validation

16 Sep 2013 | Pharmaceutical

On display at the NHS Pharmaceutical QA Symposium for Technical Services will be a selection of Redipor Prepared Media products; such as petri dishes, settle plates, bottled media, broth bags, vials and ampoules. more...

Fast Accurate Pipette Filling & Dispensing

16 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

The PIPETBOY pro from INTEGRA sets benchmark and enables the user to accurately displace liquid in the pipette by applying variable finger pressure on its pipette triggers. more...

Vitroids™ Certified Reference Microorganisms Sigma-Aldrich

16 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageWaterClinical

Vitroids discs contain viable microorganisms in a certified quantity with strains obtained from ATCC and NCTC - FREE SAMPLE available until Dec 2013. more...

RIDASCREEN® Listeria ELISA - Reliable, Proven, Low Cost Technology

12 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageOther

People may think that it is somehow 'old fashioned' to be using ELISA techniques in food microbiology when everybody is now focusing on molecular diagnostics. But in the same way as sample screening methods have to be robust and reliable, they also need to be cost effective. Robustness and more...

A Novel, 2nd Generation Device for Ambient Storage and Transportation

10 Sep 2013 | WaterClinical

The ViveST is a proprietary absorbent matrix onto which a biological specimen can be loaded by pipetting and allowed to dry, dried sample can be easily reconstituted for multiple downstream infectious disease testing. more...

Hamilton Regional Acquires COPAN's WASPLab Full Lab Automation System

09 Sep 2013 | Clinical

One of the largest lab networks in Canada will soon be using COPAN's WASPLab, the latest generation of full laboratory automation and digital microbiology system. more...

Deep Well Plate Delivers True 2ml Capacity

09 Sep 2013 | Clinical

The revolutionary 'common wall' design provides a full 2ml round well, round bottom well within a 45mm height limit, thus ensuring full compatibility with most plate handling equipment. more...

Page no longer available

08 Sep 2013 | Clinical

Whoops - sorry but this page shouldn't have appeared in our 08 Sept newsletter, many apologies. more...

FDA Clearance for Quidel Sofia® RSV Fluorescent Immunoassay (FIA)

06 Sep 2013 | Clinical

Quidel Corporation has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Sofia RSV FIA test for use with the Sofia Analyzer for the rapid, objective detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Sofia is the brand name for Quidel's next-generation, immunoassay system. The Sofia Analyzer more...

INTEGRA Biosciences Invests In UK Market

06 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceutical

INTEGRA Biosciences has announced, as of August 1st 2013, a direct sales / support team in the UK to further improve support of its local customer base. The new team will work closely with local distributor Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) to market and provide top quality local support more...

Pathogenica Achieves CE Marking for HAI BioDetection Kit

06 Sep 2013 | Clinical

Pathogenica, Inc. has achieved CE marking for its HAI BioDetection kit that runs on the Ion PGM™ benchtop sequencer. This milestone marks the HAI BioDetection CE-IVD kit as the first sequence-based infectious disease diagnostic kit on the market. The HAI BioDetection CE-IVD kit enables more...

Tecan's Freedom EVO® Enables a Quick Response to Animal Disease Outbreaks

06 Sep 2013 | Veterinary

Molecular biologists at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety rely on two Freedom EVO® workstations to perform automated nucleic acid extraction as part of a busy routine veterinary surveillance workload. Dr Sandra Revilla Fernández, Head of the Molecular Biology Department, explained: more...

Puritan Medical Products Launches New Mobile-Ready Website

06 Sep 2013 | Other

Puritan Medical Products, North America's largest manufacturer of flocked swabs and single-use medical products, has recently launched a new, mobile-ready website. The new site's user-friendly responsive design functions across a range of devices, from laptops to tablets to smartphones of all more...

3M™ Molecular Detection System Wins Bronze Stevie Award

06 Sep 2013 | Other

3M Food Safety 3M™ Molecular Detection System has won a bronze Stevie® award in the 2013 International Business Awards. 3M is recognized in the category of Best New Product or Service of the Year - Health & Pharmaceuticals. The 3M Molecular Detection System was chosen for this award in more...

bioMérieux Announces U.S. FDA Clearance for VITEK® MS

06 Sep 2013 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceutical

bioM rieux Announces U S FDA Clearance for VITEK MS

New Technology made possible by a Nobel Prize Winning discovery holds the promise to improve clinical decision-making for infectious diseases. bioMérieux have announced that it has been granted U.S. FDA 510(k) de novo clearance for VITEK® MS, the first clinical mass spectrometry more...

Get our eNewsletter