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Lab Automation for Urine Analysis

June 19, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Laboratory Automaton
“TLA (Total Laboratory Automation) has vastly changed the workflow for urine cultures. As an example, plates no longer sit [MORE]

Eppendorf’s Mini Bioreactor

June 20, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Eppendorf AG’s DASbox® Mini Bioreactor System
While this piece is an advertisement for a commercial product, it merits special mention for [MORE]

The Human Microbiome Project So Far

August 28, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Human Microbiome Project
With $170m funding some 200 scientists at 80 institutions, the has sought to identify a [MORE]

Cold Plasma Sterilization

February 1, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Cold Plasma Kills Bacteria
Plasmas are ionized gases that can flow at temperatures of the Sun’s surface (hot plasma) or [MORE]

Microbial Microarray Device

November 23, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gene Disc System
Pall Corporation (Port Washington, NY) recently introduced its quantitative PCR platform called “Gene Disc.”  Instead of taking [MORE]

Wendelin Stark Develops Antibacterial Plastic Film

September 23, 2008 | | Posted in Newsletter

Porfessor Stark
Wendelin Stark, a chemical engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has developed a film [MORE]

Nano Biosensor For Pathogens

September 16, 2008 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nano Biosensor
While NASA has developed a tiny biosensor that might be used to detect microorganisms on other planets, the device [MORE]