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Personal gel and colorimetric blot imaging system

Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched its GelDoc Go Imaging System — a personal benchtop system for the documentation of nucleic acid and protein gels, stain-free blots and gels, and colorimetric blots. The product enables users to capture high-resolution and publication-quality images at the bench, with the ability to image up to four mini-sized gels simultaneously with the system’s large imaging area.

The system offers high sensitivity and performance in a compact footprint that helps conserve bench space. Its easy-to-use and intuitive software provides researchers with a way to generate images with just a few screen touches, saving time and providing results quickly. Pinch and zoom functionality helps capture and print key areas of interest, while IQ/OQ tools and software offer easy management of user accounts and permissions.

Bio-Rad Laboratories Pty Ltd www.bio-rad.com

High-resolution mass spectrometer

Scientists working across small-molecule applications areas such as metabolomics, environmental analysis, metabolite identification, forensic toxicology and anti-doping require systems that support extensive, in-depth analysis of multiple complex samples, while simultaneously increasing output and decreasing costs. Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a high-resolution mass spectrometer that offers good measurement capabilities in a system developed for increased productivity.

The Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120 mass spectrometer delivers qualitative and quantitative capabilities synonymous with Orbitrap highresolution accurate-mass spectrometry (HRAM), supporting consistent data quality and decision-making. The system features fast scanning modes and rapid polarity switching that result in comprehensive sample coverage and increased productivity — delivering benefits for highthroughput screening and quantitation assays.

The product was designed specifically for laboratories to safeguard their current assays and enhance their provision of high-throughput and differentiated services, while simultaneously minimising required training and method development times. Performance is further enhanced with compatibility to Thermo Fisher’s latest software updates.

With Thermo Scientific Compound Discoverer 3.2 software, smallmolecule researchers are supported through extensive characterisation capabilities, access to multiple mass spectral fragmentation library and structural database sources. Access to the large Thermo Scientific mzCloud mass spectral fragmentation library enhances connectivity and characterisation for small-molecule applications to help identify compounds. Routine laboratories will meanwhile benefit from Thermo Scientific TraceFinder 5.1 software, which simplifies and optimises the high-throughput screening and quantitation of compounds with improved integration of difficult peaks and streamlined reporting.

Thermo Fisher Scientific www.thermofisher.com.au

Laboratory water purification system

Water is the lifeblood of the life science industry, central to reproducibility, integrity and data accuracy. ELGA’s three-in-one laboratory water purification system delivers water for a wide range of lab applications, offering an optimal user experience.

The PURELAB Quest’s design dispenses all three types of lab water (ultrapure 18.2 MΩ-cm, pure Type II and general laboratory-grade Type III) directly from a tap water input. From only one unit, it produces water for applications from HPLC and PCR to buffer preparation and glassware washing.

The product is compact, intuitive to use, easy to install, uses reclaimed materials and offers remote monitoring through AQUAVISTA, Veolia’s cloudbased digital solution. With multiple purity sensors, in-built periodic recirculation and a testing regime that covered over 150,000 dispensing cycles, it provides lab water for research labs worldwide.

The PURELAB Quest is now available from Metrohm Australia.