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  • Quick and Efficient Stomacher

    C Cooper
    Tuesday, November 25, 2014
    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

  • Great Real Time System

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Friday, December 05, 2014
    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

  • Great Thermal Cycler

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Wednesday, December 10, 2014
    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

  • Thermal Cycler for Small Applications

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Friday, December 19, 2014
    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

  • Switch to Petrifilm

    Colin Cooper
    Tuesday, December 23, 2014
    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

  • Quality bench-top centrifuge

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Monday, January 12, 2015
    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

  • Automation Made Easy with BeadRetriever

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Wednesday, April 01, 2015
    The BeadRetriever is used for automating Immuno-Magnetic Separation (IMS). This eliminates a lot of user error and variability. Our food microbiology lab conducts a large ... read more

  • Omnilog not that acurate

    Colin Cooper (2)
    Thursday, April 23, 2015
    As a food microbiology laboratory, we often require identification of bacterial species during our routine food testing. We have several methods that we use for this ... read more

  • Quick Mass Spec Instrument for Microbial Identification

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Friday, April 24, 2015
    VITEK® MS MALDI-TOF Spectrometer from bioMérieux, Inc.
    We purchased a Vitek Mass Spec (MS) unit for microbial identification in our food microbiology lab. We use it routinely for species confirmation of our QC strains and as an ... read more

  • Sonicator for Cell or Tissue Lysis

    Lenin Veeraval
    Tuesday, August 11, 2015
    This instrument is used for sonication purposes. This is one of the best instruments that uses ultrasound for effective cell and tissue disruption and DNA and chromatin ... read more

  • Cell Sorter/ Cell Separation

    Lenin Veeraval
    Monday, August 31, 2015
    Auto MACS Pro is an instrument used for sorting cultured cell and tissue from their single cell suspensions. But, unlike conventional Fluorescent activated cell sorter (FACS) ... read more

  • Quick Pathogen Detection

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Monday, September 21, 2015
    The 3M Molecular Detection System is a device that makes use of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) to conduct a pathogen detection reaction. We purchased it for ... read more

  • Efficient, Durable, Extra Large Stomacher

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Wednesday, January 27, 2016
    We purchased this newer model extra large stomacher for homogenizing food samples that require large volumes of enrichment broth. We have several of the smaller versions for ... read more

  • Decent Counter Pen

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Monday, February 01, 2016
    Counting colonies on agar plates can be laborious and frustrating in a high-throughput setting. A simple way to increase efficiency and decrease counting error is to use a ... read more

  • Rapid Nitrogen Evaporator

    Colin Cooper (1)
    Wednesday, January 11, 2017
    RapidVap Vertex Dry Evaporators
    When using Nitrogen to evaporate samples, a unit that can heat up and handle several samples is ideal. This is why we purchased a Rapidvap evaporator. The heat transfer and ... read more
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