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The Best Enzyme for the Toughest PCR Challenges Improved with New Hot-Start Feature

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Pfu DNA Polymerase as a Hot Start Alternative

Stratagene Cloning Systems, Inc. This article describes the important, novel application of Stratagenes PfuDNA polymerase for minimizing PCR cold start mismatched primer-extensionreactions. These mismatched extension rea...

prostar RT-PCR Systems for Robust High-Fidelity RNA Amplification

Michael Borns Janice Cline Kris Connors RondaAllen Holly Hogrefe Stratagene RT-PCR systems are powerfulsystems that permit efficient, high-fidelity amplification of RNA in twoconvenient formats. The ProSTAR Ultra HF RT-PCR...

Greater Amplification Specificity with New Hot Start PCR Enzyme

Taq DNA polymerase makes hot start simple and efficient Jonathan Eads Frances Bai Ronda Allen Holly Hogrefe <p align="...

Improve Amplification Specificity with Hot Start PCR Enzyme

Taq2000 features a modified version of Taq2000 with hot start capability. Using SureStart Taq, hot start is in- corporated into PCR protocols previously optimized with Taq DNA...

HotMasterAn innovative Hot Start/Cold Stop technology for better PCR* results

George Halley, Eppendorf 5 Prime, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA Vincent Prezioso, Brinkmann Instruments, BioSytems Application Lab, Westbury, NY Hot Start DNA polymerases have become very popular because of their conven...

HotStarTaq PCR Handbook

For HotStarTaq DNA Polymerase HotStarTaq Master Mix Kit <a href="#...

HotStarTaq DNA Polymerase

For robust amplification in all applications HotStarTaq DNA Polymerase...

FastStart Taq DNA Polymerase

for "Hot Start" PCR amplification of up to 3 kb RNA targets Cat. No. 2 158 264 50 units for 25 PCR reactions Cat. No. 2 032 902 100 units for 50 PCR reactions Cat. No. 2 032 929 2 250 units for 250 PCR reactions Cat. No. 2 032 937 4 250 units for 500 PCR reactions Cat. No. 2 032 945 10 250 units for 1250 P...

Start-ups, angels can connect on new state Web site

Wisconsin entrepreneurs can submit executive summaries of their businesses for angel investors' perusal to a new state Web site beginning May 9. The The WAN website, which is being ca...

British come to Madison; UW starts stem-cell programs

The British are interested in bio and life science investments in the United States and they're looking at Wisconsin. Meanwhile the University of Wisconsin-Madison is introducing two new interdisciplinary stem-cell research programs. <a href="http://www.wistech...

Madison start-up bets on interactive future for reading education

The company...

Challenge the Performance of Your Hot-Start PCRs with FastStart Taq DNA Polymerase and the Novel FastStart High Fidelity PCR System

FastStart Taq DNA Polymerase, a chemically modified versionof Taq DNA Polymerase for hot start PCR, was introducedin 2000. Based on the feedback from many customers,FastStart Taq DNA Polym...

Getting Started with MicroRNA Research

Illumination of a Critical Regulation Pathway of Protein Expression MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently identified class of cellular RNAs that regulate protein expression at the translational level. The active, mature miRNAs are 1724 base, single-stranded RNA molecules...

Counting Cytostar-T scintillating microplates on the MicroBeta JET

JET is a multi-detector...

HTRF IP-One Assay Performed on the PHERAstar and RUBYstar Plate Readers

and Jean-Luc Tardieu Application Note 137 Rev. 12/2005 IP-One assay for Gq...

Promegas Multiplexed Cell Viability and Apoptosis Assays performed on the PHERAstar

Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA Application Note 138 Rev. 07/2006 Correlated measurement of an apoptosis marker (or caspase activity) and cell viability Monitoring of both lumi...

Promegas Multiplexed Luciferase Reporter and Cell Viability Assays performed on the PHERAstar

Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA Application Note 139 Rev. 7/2006 Multiplexing homogeneous cell-based assays for analysis of different parameters from a single sample well Monito...

Identity theft start up has fast-track growth plans

This probably sounds like sh...

Madison start-up Central Signal gets $350K grant

The SBIR Phase II research grant will be used to develop a prototype and conduct additional tests on a magnetic sensor that would be used to detect train movements. The technology is being developed in a...

Jump starting technology education

Tim Jump, who will speak at a June 12 luncheon during the <a href="http://www.wisconsintechnologycou...

Tech upstart VoVision could disrupt the voice-recognition market

Hager, co-owner of an early-stage Madison business called , has ambitious plans for his Web-based, voice transcription technology, whi...

Wittwer to lead TDS Telecom starting Jan. 1

Wittwer, 45, will become pr...

CellCura could start an invasion of stem cell firms

CellCura,...

Web 2.0 will test your hype (and Star Wars) IQ

For those who are overly anxious, Cerad...

DNASTAR catches second wave of sequencing

Other than another young company - an upstart called - and a few more, the producer of DNA analysis software was in n...

Starting a tech business? Step 1 is minding the intellectual property

The idea usually comes first. Is it Biotech? Software? Before raising any money, hiring an employee, or forming a business entity, protecting this commercial idea is critical because it is most likely intellectual property. <br...

State puts up $1 million for James Thomson's new stem cell startup

Thomson, the professor who first isolat...

Wausau start up secures $560K for GPS maps

Trailmaps will receive $560,000 in funds that will enable it...

Eau Claire business contest honors tech start ups

Winners in the micro business and emerging-growth categories, respectively, were STAGE5, LLC, an online application service provider of real estate ap...

Summer venture investments total $18 million for Wisconsin start ups

While it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from one quarter of investment activity, the number could indicate that technologically innovative companies have been successful in a...

Start-ups "down under" not captivated by Web 2.0

I returned last week from a 15-day tour of some of Australia and New Zealands hottest IT start-ups. I specifically describe these as IT companies because unlike in the States, where the Web 2.0 movement has spawned hundreds of new companies, the Australasia marketplace hasnt been captivated by the same frenzy. Indeed, of the nearly 50 companies I met in a seven-stop...

Wisconsin start up Primorigen Biosciences corrals out-of-state investment

Primorigen, a developer of protein t...

Will BidRx start a drug price war?

The Oshkosh-based business has gone live with its new web site, where consumers can self-register and gain free access to compare costs and obtain other information about pre...

NorthStar finds cancer-fighting use for nuclear fuel

, an early-stage developer of radiopharmaceuticals, will...

Digital Media Superstar: Seagate?

It would have been easy to overlook last week's flurry of announcements from hard disk drive stalwart Seagate. After all, this company has been making component hard drives for more than 20 years - and disk storage is, as everyone knows, a rather mundane commodity market where the greatest excitement comes from news that someone has packed another gigabyte of magnet...

ZeroWire could propel Milwaukee startup

Various consultants assured Rake, the founder and principal of upstart Esk...

Manufacturing Matters starts with innovation

Manufacturing Matters, which kicked off on Monday at the Midwest Airlines Center, is the only statewide conference g...

Digital Healthcare Conference starts on a realistic note

The conference, which is being held May 3 and 4 at the Fluno Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, featured an opening panel discus...

NorthStar signs exclusive agreement with Illinois foundation

of Darien, Ill., for the rights to patented technologies that hold the promise of expediting the delivery of radioisotopes used in the...