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Purified Single-Stranded M13 DNA for Automated Sequencing

A streamlined and reliable method to obtain high-quality single-strandedDNA Stratagene M13 DNA purification kit allowseasy, quick, and reliable purification of bacteriophage single-stranded DNA. Theyield of single-stranded DNA recovered from phage lysa...

Automated Fluorescent-Tag Cycle Sequencing

Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. *,# with Hot Top Assembly can be used to perform fluorescent-tag cyclesequencing using the ABI PRISM dye terminator cycle sequencingr...

CastAway Precast Gels for Rapid Automated DNA Sequence Analysis

Stephen Roemer Mary Jensen Harry Osterman MarkVanek LI-COR Biotechnology Division LI-COR and Stratagene release the first commercially available precastgels for automated DNA sequencing and genetic analysis. Stratagenes CastAway gels* for...

BioRobot MDx standardize your automated protocols in clinical laboratories

The BioRobot MDx is the latest addition to the range of BioRobot workstations and is designed to meet the needs of scientists requiring standardized protocols in environments such as clinical testing laboratories....

Fully automated DNA purification and efficient multiplex PCR for analysis of microsatellite loci

Marion Schmidt, Holger Engel, Markus Sprenger-Hauels, Corinna Kppers, Gaby Schulte, Silke Zobel, and Dirk Lffert QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany Microsatellites highly polymorphic DNA markers comprised of nucleotides that are repeated in tandem arrays and distributed throughout the geno...

Ni-NTA Superflow Columns - automated large-scale purification of 6xHis-tagged proteins

Ni-NTA Superflow Columns enable up to 24 automated large-scale 6xHis-tagged protein preparations to be performed in parallel on the BioRobot 3000 workstation. Using cleared lysates from bacterial cultures as starting material, up to 15 mg protein per column can be purified under native or denaturing conditi...

Walkaway automation for nucleic acid purification

GenoVision AS, an innovative biotechnology company offering complete walkaway automation for the isolation and purification of nucleic acids, is now part of the QIAGEN Group of Companies and is now known as QIAGEN AS. QIAGEN AS focuses on low- to medium-throughput purification of DNA and RNA from a variety o...

RNAqueous-96 RNA Isolation Kit Automation Protocol

This protocol was developed for the MultiPROBE II HT Liquid Handling System with a Gripper Integration Platform. Time required: 1 hr 20 min. For more information on the protocol, see the <A href="http://www.ambion.com/techlib/prot/fm_1920.pdf">RNAqueous-96 Instruction Manual...

Automated Dissolution of Prednisone with the MultiDose G3

Caliper Life Sciences Corporation, Applications Laboratory, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA Prednisone is commonly used in laboratories as a dissolution bath calibrator. Manual dissolution is a very time intensive process; hence automation of this technique is highly d...

Scalable Automation of the TempliPhi DNA Sequencing Template Amplification and DYEnamic ET Terminator Sequencing Kits on the Sciclone ALH 3000

The TempliPhi DNA Sequencing Template Amplification Kit is designed to eliminate...

Rockwell's $1M gift to UWM will support advanced automation research

, which is designed to support the advanced automation industry throughout southeastern Wisconsin, does not mean the university has forsaken life science as a technology transfer niche, according to the executive director...

The DIG System Nonradioactive Automated High-Throughput In Situ Hybridization: a Powerful Tool for Functional Genomics Research

Over the past decade, many organisms have been thesubject of large-scale genome projects, and as a result atremendous number of gene sequences are now readyfor functional analysis. Knowledge of tissues and cellsthat express particular genes is key to understandinggen...

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer Automated Analysis System

Powered by major advances in microfabricationtechnology, the developmentof a fully automated laboratory on a chipis now a reality. Designed to integratesample preparation, fluid handling andbiochemical analysis, "lab-on-a-chip"is revolutionizing life science resea...

Automated RNA Amplification for Arrays

Karen Rose, Sonal Patel, and David Quilter (GeneXP Biosciences Inc.) Efficient and cost-effective method for synthesizing aRNA in a high throughput format Rapid, reliable, and consiste...

Automating RNA Isolation

Large scale gene expression screening projects require reliable high-throughput methods to isolate high quality RNA from a large number of samples. To meet this growing need, Ambion developed the RNAqueous-96 Kit . This kit, which utilizes an RNA-binding glass-fibe...

Quantitation of DNA for Automated Sequencing Using the VersaFluor Fluorometer

Wenda Ribeiro and Margaret Saha, Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 DNA sequence analysis is an integral part of genetic research. Recently, the use of automated sequencers has become increasingly more common in small research laboratory sett...

Performance Comparison of the Experion Automated Electrophoresis System and a Competing Automated System for Protein Analysis, Rev A

Marie Nguyen and William Strong, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,6000 James Watson Drive, Hercules, CA 94547 USA Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) is an established technique employed for protein separation. However, this traditional gel-based method involves...

Automation of TempliPhi and GenomiPhi DNA Amplification Kits on the Genesis Freedom Robotic Sample Processor

M. Adams and R. Deadman GE Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ, US GE Healthcare offers a range of DNA amplification products to meet all genomic DNA and sequencing template preparation needs. A combination of these kits with the Genesis Freedom™ Robotic Sample Processor (RSP) from Tecan (Fig 1) creates a total solution for high-throu...

Integration of the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System with automated plate loading and incubation using Overlord Instrument software

n The LEADseeker™ Multimodality Imaging System is a CCD-based optical imaging instrument that efficiently detects and quantitates light from a range of radiometric, luminescence, and fluorescence assays. Throughput of over 100 plates per hou...

Total RNA Purification from Cultured Cells Using the ABI PRISM 6700 Automated Nucleic Acid Workstation and Total RNA Lysis Reagents

These new...

DNA Damage and Repair - Quantification of Sub-Cellular Events Using Automated Confocal Imaging

Oxidative stress, radiation and other external insults have been shown to damage DNA molecules in cells derived from organisms as diverse as bacteria, yeast, drosophila, rodents and man (Friedberg et al. 2005). The presence of DNA damage may lead to cell cycle checkpoint arrest to allow time for DNA repair...

Small-Molecule Quantitation Using Automated Single-Shot Averaging MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Traditionally, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry has been used very little for quantitative studies. Analysts have usually assumed that potential differences in ionization efficiency between analyte and internal standards and an inherent heterogeneity of the sample spot would limit MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a quantitative technique. In addition...

Automation of the Eppendorf Perfectprep BAC 96 DNA Kit on the Caliper Life Sciences Sciclone ALH 3000

Applied Science and Technology Department, Caliper Life Sciences Inc., Hopkinton, MA 01748 Brinkmann An Eppendorf Company, Westbury, NY Eppendorf 5 Prime, Inc. Boul...

High Throughput Plasmid DNA Preparation Using A Magnetic Bead Kit On An Automated Workstation

Applied Science and Technology Department, Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Hopkinton, MA 01748 Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 107J, Beverly, MA 01915 The goal for plasmid purifi...

Fully Automated Nano-Electrospray Coupled with a Finnigan LCQ Deca XP Plus for Sub-fmol Proteomic Analysis

Thermo Electron Corporation, San Jose, CA Detection limits of mass spectrometers have been pushed downward to levels no one would ha...

Accurate Evaluation of the Finnigan Surveyor Autosampler Performance using a Deferred Standard

Thermo Electron Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA The Deferred Standard (DS) concept was introduced more than 40 years ago with the purpose of monitoring the reliability of process chromatography. The DS consi...

New Automated Yeast Cell Counter Ends Tedium & Errors of Manual Counting

, an automated device for counting mammalian cells, the new NucleoCounter YC-100 for yeast combines a fluorescence microscope with CCD camera and integrated i...

Rockwell Automation to acquire British process-control firm

Headquartered in Maldon, England, ICS trades and does business as , a global supplier of critical control and safety soluti...

CIO Leadership Series: Mike Jackson, Rockwell Automation

That's no easy task when most people equate horsepower with technology. Yet Jackson, vice president of global business services and CIO of , a global provider of...

Rockwell Automation to acquire Datasweep

Located in San...

Schrage: Don't think of distance learning as just automation

Schrage, a research associate at MIT Media Lab and...

Innovative health care takes more than just IT automation

For some time now clinical information technology has been seen as the solution. Increasing numbers of organizations invest millions of...

Johnson Controls weathers auto market and increases sales

That's up from $158 million net on $6.3 billion in sales for the same quarter a year ago. "We have faced unprecedented challenges in recent months in the automotive industry and as a result, have...

Rockwell Automation ups quarterly dividend by 36 percent

Chairman and CEO Keith Nosbusch said the change reflected strong earnings and the board's confidence in the company's future. Rockwell makes control and automation systems for industrial applications. In fiscal 2004 it...

Entrepreneurial Profile Carol Bartz, CEO of Autodesk, shares secrets of success

The honor wa...

Rockwell Automation gets out of call-center business

Concerto announced Wednesday that it would add Rockwell's call-center solution, known as FirstPoint...

Medical College of Wisconsin to automate its processes for human subject testing

MILWAUKEEThe Medical College of Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that it plans to implement extranet software from to automate all phases of its research concerning human subjects. Expected to launch by first quarter of 2005, the system is part of a long-range plan to fully enhance the institution's Institutional Review Board....

Innovate, Automate, or Improve? You Don't Have to Choose.

Theres an old saw around business computing that you should improve processes before you automate them. It is seductive to think that if the business side could just get its act together and tell us clearly what it wants, everything would be fine. And if your only objective is to automate what youre already doing, it might (underline the might) work. But that leaves a lot of technology value on t...

Foreway automates logistics with RedPrairie software

WAUKESHA, Wis. Foreway will apply numerous applications from RedPrairie's DigitaLogis...

Rockwell Automation opens new RFID lab

MILWAUKEE recently announced the opening of a new radio frequency identification, or RFID, test lab at the company's global headquarters in Milwaukee. The lab, which simulates a factory warehouse, is designed to help manufacturers facing production and inventory mandates from retailers understand how they can make RFID tec...