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NEW ZEALAND LABORATORY NEWS | NEW ZEALAND BIOSCIENCE ISSUE 118 | MAY 2017 PRODUCT NEWS QIAGEN MoBio - Superior extraction of DNA, RNA and Protein from challenging samples MO BIO Laboratories, a QIAGEN company, provides innovative molecular biology research tools for the isolation of DNA, RNA and protein from a range of challenging sample types like soil, water, plants, stool and biofilms. MO BIO kits have been renamed as of January and thus become part of the QIAGEN Sample Technology portfolio. A list of name changes is available at www. mobio.com/cross-ref. The kits will be packaged in QIAGEN boxes. In order to standardise the components across different products, the volume or packaging sizes of the reagents may change. The chemical formulation of the reagents will NOT be changed. The complete line of rebranded nucleic acid purification kits can be processed manually, or automated on the King- FisherTM, epMOTION®, or Hamilton liquid handling platform. Recently, QIAGEN also added protocols for the following manual extraction kits, to be automated on the QIAcube: • DNeasy PowerSoil • DNeasy PowerLyzer PowerSoil • QIAamp PowerFecal • DNeasy Ultraclean Microbial • DNeasy PowerWater • DNeasy PowerPlant Pro • DNeasy PowerClean Pro • RNeasy PowerMicrobiome For more information please contact Bio-Strategy 0800 34 24 66 | info@bio-strategy.com www.bio-strategy.com Waters ACQUITY® QDa Mass Detector Alphatech has the pleasure of introducing the new Waters ACQUITY® QDa Mass Detector enabling Mass Detection for Everyone. The ACQUITY QDa Detector is a small, easy-to-use and affordable mass detector that brings high-quality mass spectral information to chromatographic separations at the push of a button. Mass spectral information greatly enhances chemical compound identification, something that is very important to laboratories doing method development, sample profiling, chemical synthesis and purification. Designed as a mass detector for liquid chromatography, the Waters ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector is the first detector of its kind to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of analytes at UPLC/UHPLC speeds. It is plumbed in-line with a UPLC system and optical detector, complementing the quantitative information obtained with the optical detector by consistently giving chromatographers high-quality confirmatory mass spectral data for every analyte. Just like a PDA detector, it powers up in minutes with the push of a button, calibrates itself, and runs unattended. The single quadrupole mass detector operates under Waters Empower Chromatography or MassLynx Mass Spec- [ 12 ] trometry Software. First launched in 2013, the Waters ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector has fundamentally changed the way chromatographers and other scientists think of mass spectrometry and the confidence they have in their data. For the first time, they have a mass detector that can gives them instantaneous mass spectral data on every sample component; no longer are they required to send out samples to a mass spectrometry lab for nominal mass data. In an article published by Merck1, the authors pointed to utility of the QDa Detector for reaction monitoring, impurity identification, trace genotoxic impurity quantitation and biomolecule assays. They further state the recent development of this type of detector has enabled the “rollout of this important technology well beyond the initial user base of researchers in drug metabolism and bioanalysis to the direct support of research areas such as discovery chemistry, process chemistry, chemical engineering, manufacturing and formulation sciences.” The QDa Detector was recognized as a top innovation for 2013, the year of its launch, by The Analytical Scientist magazine and won a Pittcon Editors Silver Award in 2014 and in 2017 received a Pittcon Today Excellence Gold Award. Further information please contact: Lesley Hockings - lesley.hockings@alphatech.co.nz or Trish Fenton – trish.sales@alphatech.co.nz Alphatech Systems Limited A 100% NZ owned & operated company! Phone: 0800 257 428 1. The Emergence of Low-Cost Compact Mass Spectrometry Detectors for Chromatographic Analysis (TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0165993615301795
In association with the NZ Microbiological Society Inc. Vol. 26 No. 2 • May 2017 NEW SpectraMax iD3 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader Unparalleled performance on a personalized platform Identifiably Different The SpectraMax® iD3 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader is the cornerstone of a complete laboratory solution to help you expand the boundaries of your research capabilities. With optimized reagents and the industry-leading data acquisition and analysis tool SoftMax® Pro 7 Software, the SpectraMax iD3 allows you to customize your workflow to perfectly match your needs. A Complete Solution To Answer All Your Research Needs Large Touchscreen Increased Sensitivity Data You Need Anywhere You Want It Softmax Pro Gxp Compliance Software Personalized Workflows Flexible Temperature Control Capture Flash Assays With Ease Bio-Strategy has acquired VWR’s lab supplies businesses in Australia and New Zealand for more information please contact www.bio-strategy.com | T: 0800 34 24 66 LN_BioSci_0417_FC_MD_iD3_trsfr.indd 1 10/04/2017 11:37:58 a.m.
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