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Quality bench-top centrifuge

Colin Cooper (1)
Our lab uses this as an everyday centrifuge for pelleting particulates. We chose this product as Eppendorf is the gold standard for microfuges and bench-top models. It is a ... read more
New age incubators with a few kinks to be worked out

Colin Cooper (1)
We have a number of Memmert incubators, and they perform well during temperature and humidity calibrations. One problem is the quality of the door handles. The doors do not ... read more
Switch to Petrifilm

Colin Cooper
In a high throughput food microbiology lab, a common assay is for the presence of E. coli and other coliforms. Using agar plates as a final readout is laborious and expensive.... read more
Thermal Cycler for Small Applications

Colin Cooper (1)
This thermal cycler is a small unit, described as being best suited for education. It is a very inexpensive cycler best suited for small scale research projects. As it only ... read more
Large Capacity Reliable Water Bath

Shawn Clouthier
We have many Isotemp products in our lab. One model in particular has performed admirably over the past decade, that is the Isotemp 120 Water Bath. It has temperature control... read more
Reliable Incubator for Your Cell Culture Needs

Shawn Clouthier
Our lab has owned eight of these incubators, many for almost a decade now and they have performed wonderfully for our mammalian cell culture needs. Anyone doing routine cell ... read more
Great Thermal Cycler

Colin Cooper (1)
We typically use this thermal cycler for cloning and species identification PCR. We chose it because Bio Rad is a pretty reputable company and the price was right. The ... read more
Great Real Time System

Colin Cooper (1)
We currently use the Rotor Gene Q with the Gene Detection System (GDS) from Biocontrol to monitor several E. coli markers. The system is implemented in our food microbiology ... read more
Powerful Tool for Single Cell Multiplex qPCR

Shawn Clouthier
The Biomark HD system is a real-time PCR system that performs gene expression analysis, genotyping, quantitative real-time digiPCR and importantly allows single cell level ... read more
Quick and Efficient Stomacher

C Cooper
As a high throughput food microbiology lab, we handle hundreds of samples daily that need to be processed and stomached. We require durable equipment that is easy to use in ... read more
Single Cell Analysis Made Simple

Shawn Clouthier
With the Fluidigm C1™ Single-Cell Auto Prep System is a desktop instrument that you can perform cell capture, lysis, and prep individual cells. The Fluidigm C1™ Single-Cell ... read more
Economical Workhorse Scope for Research Laboratories

Shawn Clouthier
The EVOS digital inverted microscope is an easy-to-use, ergonomically designed system. Our EVOS fl four color fluorescence microscope has 5x, 10x, 40x and 100x oil objectives ... read more
Robust UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

JOHN SAMELA
We use the Lambda 25 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer daily and have for 10 years as manufacturer of specialty chemicals. The instrument is very reliable requiring only minimal ... read more
Stellar Scope for IHC and Single Cell Microscopy

Shawn Clouthier
IX83 2-Deck Inverted Microscope
This system has several unique features including a multi-deck design allowing for future updates, a coded nosepiece and magnification changer that calibrates the images for ... read more
Quantitative LC/MS/MS of Metabolites using Echelon Columns

Elizabeth Graham
I frequently want to quantitate the metabolites in pre-clinical and clinical studies once a reference standard has been synthesized. I use the Echelon columns because they ... read more