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Complete Line of DNA and RNA Isolation Products at AACC 2010
 19 Jul 2010: MO BIO will be featuring its complete line of DNA and RNA Isolation kits and products for clinical samples such as blood, tissue and paraffin embedded tissue samples. Also, discover how to isolate microbial DNA and RNA from virtually any sample type imaginable.
Mo Bio Laboratories Inc.
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Pittcon 2011 Announces its Annual Call for Topics Conferee Networking Sessions
15 Jul 2010: Topics must be received electronically by July 16, 2010. The Pittcon Conferee Networking Committee will review the submitted topics and selections will be completed by late August. Final session topics will be posted to the Pittcon website in October.
The Pittsburgh Conference
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High Resolution Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Array from Oxford Gene Technology
08 Jul 2010: Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) introduces the high resolution CytoSure™ DMD array. This new array offers increased confidence in detecting deletions and duplications within the DMD gene.
Oxford Gene Technology Ltd
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IDBS Selected to Help Accelerate Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease
30 Jun 2010: Barts and The London NHS Trust has selected IDBS as its translational research informatics platform for data analysis and visualization to support cardiovascular biomedical research. Barts will use IDBS' InforSense Suite to better understand the causes of cardiovascular disease and develop better treatment therapies.
IDBS
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Pittcon to Participate in International Year of Chemistry (IYC)
22 Jun 2010: Extra activities to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) at Pittcon 2011 have been announced. The extra programs include Science Week, which will serve the city of Atlanta and surrounding diagnostic-tests-/-kits, and on a more global level, and the Technical Program, which will include sessions on how chemical research is critical for solving global problems involving food, water, health, energy and transportation.
The Pittsburgh Conference
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Characterization of Ion Channels in Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes on An Automated Parallel Patch Clamp System
22 Jun 2010: In this application note Molecular Devices use the PatchXpress 7000A automated parallel patch clamp system is used to record Na, K and Ca currents from stem cell-derived mouse cardiomyocytes. The collaborative effort demonstrates that the combination of “ready-to-use” cardiomyocytes with an automated patch clamp system offers a powerful assay platform for fast assessment of compound efficacy and for safety profiling of lead compounds in a biologically relevant system.
Molecular Devices
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Leica Microsystems to Develop an Automated HER2 FISH Test with the Leica BOND Staining Platform
 22 Jun 2010: Leica Microsystems GmbH and Abbott have reached an agreement for Abbott to supply fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes that target the HER2 gene locus. The probes will be used to develop a fully automated FISH solution for HER2 testing on the Leica Microsystems’ BOND™ an automated advanced staining platform.
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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Expansion and Differentiation of H7 Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Chemically Defined Medium Using Corning® Synthemax™ Surface
21 Jun 2010: In this application note Corning Synthemax Surface is used to support long-term self-renewal and differentiation of H7 hESCs. Cells demonstrated a stable doubling time, high level of expression of hESC phenotypic markers (Oct4, SSEA4 and TRA-1-60) and normal karyotype. Corning Synthemax Surface also supported successful directed differentiation of H7 cells into functional cardiomyocytes, proving suitability of Corning Synthemax Surface for both expansion and differentiation of hESC culture.
Corning Life Sciences
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Human Oncostatin M is Functionally Equivalent to Mouse LIF in Supporting Mouse ES Cell Pluripotency & Germline Competency
21 Jun 2010: In this application note R&D Systems demonstrate human OSM is able to maintain ES cell pluripotency in a similar manner to mouse LIF, including long-term maintenance of pluripotency and the ability to differentiate in vitro, the ability to activate STAT3, and germline transmission competency. The study suggests that OSM may be an additional factor that plays a role in early embryonic development and that it may be used as an alternative to LIF in mouse ES cell culture.
R&D Systems, Inc.
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blood transfusion
19 Jul 2010: Visitors to the Tecan booth will be able to see liquid handling solutions for clinical applications, including a demonstration of automated front-end, pre-analytical sample handling with the FE500pro™. Also on display will be the Freedom EVOlyzer® ELISA processing workstation and the new Infinite® F50 8-channel absorbance reader for fast and reproducible ELISA measurements.
