High resolution data

High resolution data

Agilent Technologies Inc introduced the SureScan Microarray Scanner, the latest innovation in scanner technology and the foundation of Agilent’s complete microarray solution for both gene expression and CGH/cytogenetics research applications. The new SureScan system delivers high sensitivity, wide dynamic range and high resolution, providing researchers with the greatest degree of confi dence in their microarray results. In addition, the manufacturing process used on the SureScan Microarray Scanner is ISO 13485 certifi ed. The SureScan system off ers a streamlined workfl ow, allowing researchers to continuously load microarray slides while the instrument is operating. With the system’s random scanning capability, they can also reprioritize and rearrange the scan queue order at any point during the operation. Raw image data is automatically loaded into Agilent Feature Extraction software, eliminating manual transfer. The compact Microarray Scanner (16.5 in. high, 17 in. wide and 26 in. deep) conserves bench space. The system also combines a newly designed slide cover and a built-in ozone barrier system to minimize dye signal degradation, protecting valuable samples. Extremely sensitive results are achieved by the dynamic autofocus mechanism in conjunction with a detection limit of as low as 0.01 fl uorophores per square micron. These enable users to capture quality data from samples with both low and high signals.

Agilent Technologies www.agilent.com

Faster pipetting

The lightweight, cordless design of the Thermo Scientific S1 Pipet Filler enables fast and effi cient pipetting over longer periods of time with maximum comfort. It features a volume range of 1 to 100 ml and a large backlit LCD display with battery-charge and speed-set indicators so users can confi rm – at a glance – whether there is enough power to complete the current run. A lithium-ion battery provides 15 hours of continuous use. The S1 Pipet Filler includes separate aspiration and dispense speeds with eight diff erent options for precise performance. Five color options and an identifi cation area make it easy to personalize each pipet fi ller. Finally, each S1 Pipet Filler is supplied with a table and wall-mounted holder, a 1 mL pipet support, a power supply and international power adapters. Innovative “mobile” solution increases data integrity, eliminates human error, whilst ensuring patient safety

Thermo Fisher Scientific www.thermofisher.com

Accurate color measurement

Konica Minolta Sensing Singapore introduces Spectrophotometer CM-5, a bench top spectrophotometer designated for the pharmaceutical industry. It off ers easy standalone operation with advance functionality. The innovative operation of CM-5 makes color measurement simple with 3 easy steps. Simply switch on its power, position the sample to be measure and press a button to start measuring. It also has a wizard function which provides step by step guidance to aid users in their instrument settings, making it well suited for inexperienced users. CM-5 has a LCD screen and keyboard which can display numeric data, spectral graphs and colorimetric plots, making it a standalone spectrophotometer that does not require a separate computer. The versatility of the top port design supports measurement of solid objects, pills, granules, and pastes. It also integrates a sliding body panel which reveals a large transmittance chamber with no sides, capable of measuring liquids, fi lms or plates up to 60mm thick. Addressing a wide range of measuring needs, liquid color measurement in both US Pharmacopeia and EU Pharmacopeia are available in CM-5, providing great ease of use to the pharmaceutical industry’s users.

Konica Minolta Sensing Singapore www.konicaminolta.com/instruments

Safe, precise filling Bosch Packaging Technology presents the new MLF 40x0 for the safe fi lling and capping of injection bottles in the two to fi ve milliliter format. This new unit, based on the MLF 30x0 series, handles up to 200 pieces per minute and provides gentle and safe container transport. High quality is assured through the optimized 100 percent inprocess weight control (IPC), for precise tare and gross weighing. The MLF 40x0 is continuously fed from a turntable, or a transport belt, with the incoming containers individually transferred to the indexing transport system via a servo-controlled segmented star wheel. At the outfeed of the machine, the containers are transferred by another segmented star wheel to a continuous stream and conveyed onto a transport belt or a tray. The fi lling station of the MLF 40x0 is available in a four or eight pitch design, with a horizontal fi lling needle motion, depending upon the volume of the containers. In addition to the standard rotary valves piston pump system, all current fi lling systems, such as Time to Peak Filling (TPF) or rolling membrane pumps, are available. The MLF 40x0 uses “Clean Feed” sorting equipment, for the loading of stoppers and caps into the sorting bowls. Along with low loading heights the laminar fl ow is less aff ected and the particle generation is minimized.

Bosch Packaging Technology www.bosch.com

Monitoring critical drugs Dyzle has launched its new leading edge solution for the pharmaceutical industry – the PharmaTag. The approach is simple: a thin measuring device, the size of a credit card, travels with the product during its entire journey. Upon arrival, it provides the receiver with the shipment temperatures for its entire transport chain. If the vaccine temperature has been exposed during transportation, this is instantly alerted to the hospital with an alarm on the PharmaTag and this can be automatically communicated to all stakeholders in the transport chain over the internet. The product owners and the logistics service provider can then use this data to implement improvements in their cold chain.

Dyzle www.Dyzle.com

Proteomics mass spectrometry

Scientists at ETH Zurich and AB SCIEX are working together to deliver a new mass spectrometry-based technique for scientists to get quantitation on every peptide in a single proteomics sample analysis. SWATH Acquisition is said to be a breakthrough for proteomics mass spectrometry users to conduct comprehensive quantitation on the entire proteome. As a next step in its MRMAtlas collaboration with ETH Zurich, AB SCIEX is developing enhanced MS/MSALL functionality to enable SWATH Acquisition on the AB SCIEX TripleTOF 5600 System for scientists to utilize around the world. SWATH Acquisition is being developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich to provide a new type of system for future proteomics research that is expected to generate new and exciting proteomics discoveries and overcome the diminishing scientifi c returns that iterations on current mass spectrometry platforms are delivering. A key advantage of the technique is that it provides a complete quantitative and qualitative archive of the sample that can be retrospectively interrogated in-silico, as new hypotheses are developed. This new technique is said to be a perfect complement to the MRMAtlas, which is a database that provides mass spectrometry-based assays to a large proportion of the human proteome. Scientists around the world can use this atlas to significantly advance biomarker research, protein-based drug development and fundamental biological and biomedical research. The MRMAtlas provides simple, validated assays expanding into “never-before-seen” areas of the proteome. With SWATH Acquisition on the TripleTOF 5600 System, the MRMAtlas will be more valuable to a greater number of scientists.

AB SCIEX www.absciex.com