Why do we care about plant pathogens? Plant pathogens pose more than a threat to the health of flora. Humans have an interest in the spread of plant pathogens for two reasons. Firstly because of their impact on farming, and secondly (and related to the first reason) is because of the impact of pathogens on … Read more
The human body is a complex organisation made up in about equal numbers of human cells, and bacterial, fungal and protozoan cells. In addition, it is considered likely that every one of us is infected by some kind of virus, but most never present any symptoms of the infection. However, we know that a limited number … Read more
This is part 1 of a series of blog posts about the subject of loop-mediated isothermal amplification – commonly abbreviated to LAMP. I Â regularly attend exhibitions with my Genie II instrument from OptiGene. At some point in the conversation, I ask if the researcher has heard of either isothermal amplification or LAMP. Certainly less than … Read more
Are you involved or interested in screening for the presence of Campylobacter? Then you should be interested in a method that allows for detection of Campylobacter: Campylobacter infections cause more cases of diarrhoea (Campylobacteriosis) in humans than Salmonella. The cost of Campylobacteriosis to public health systems and to lost productivity in the EU is estimated … Read more
Why settle with a single drop? Go faster & do more for less with the SpectraMax DROP from Molecular Devices Experiencing a bottleneck with your nucleic acid or protein quantitation? The SpectraDrop low volume microplate from Molecular Devices is a perfect solution, offering high throughput microliter volume DNA, RNA and protein measurement. Why buy a … Read more
According to WebMD, whom I credit for this information, Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a type of bacteria called enterococci that have developed resistance to many antibiotics, especially vancomycin. Enterococci bacteria live in our intestines and on our skin, usually without causing problems. But if they become resistant to antibiotics, they can cause serious infections, especially in people … Read more
Molecular Devices have really come out with some very interesting instruments in the last 2-3 years. Mostly known for their microplate readers, they can apply their know-how into the ImageXpress. Watch the video below and learn. If you want to get a demo, or talk to an expert, click on one of the “hot buttons” … Read more
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Molecular Devices will be presenting their new ImageXpress® Micro Confocal  High-Content Imaging System at MIPTEC 2015. You, however, can also get a preview of the instrument here (video, technical content). It sounds pretty amazing: the ImageXpress® Ultra Confocal High Content Screening System is a true point-scanning confocal imaging system for live cell or fixed samples on slides … Read more
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