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* Slices maintained for many hours prior to transfer to recording chamber* Simple to set up and maintain * Many slices supported on FOUR quick-change nylon netsThe Brain Slice Keeper 4 has been designed to pre-incubate brain slices prior to transfer into recording chambers. It consists of FOUR pairs of closely fitting acrylic rings, upper and lower, between which is wedged a sheet of nylon netting. In operation, it is totally…

When Sensitivity and Accuracy are Key

The preferred choice for steady-state and kinetic studies

The QPatch HT and QPatch HTX enable high-throughput patch clamping with 48 parallel recording sites. Automated patch clamping with the same high quality afforded by conventional patch clamping can now be applied in all phases of ion channel drug discovery, including primary screening of focused compound libraries. • Up to 7000 data points per day • Screening and compound profiling • Multi-hole and single-hole mode (QPatch HT…

GeneMapper® Software is a flexible genotyping software package that provides DNA sizing and quality allele calls for all Applied Biosystems electrophoresis-based genotyping systems. This software specializes in multiapplication functionality, including amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP®), loss of heterozygosity (LOH), microsatellite, and SNP genotyping analysis. GeneMapper® Software can help users increase data proc…

Elegant and simple to use, the BV-10 offers precision beveling of micropipette tips between 0.1 and 100µm. The unique abrasive plate drive system is vibration free for greater control of the beveling process. Beveling can be accomplished very rapidly and produces consistent tip diameters using the techniques as described by Brown and Flaming, Science, August 1974, Vol. 185. Intracellular recording electrodes can benefit from…

The Vortex II Precision Series Single Mode Finely-Tuned Lasers provide the most stable open-loop performance available today. Low frequency jitter is combined with narrow linewidth. Choose the TLB-6904-OI for wavelengths from 632.5 to 640 nm. When ordering, please specify the exact center wavelength (to 10 pm) in vacuum. Part number includes complete laser system and the Vortex 6000 Laser Controller. Heads and controllers can…

The next step in automation. Sakura Finetek can now provide your laboratory with a total solution for film coverslipping linked to a multiple slide stainer for both routine and special staining. With the Tissue-Tek® Film® Coverslipper, linked to the Tissue-Tek® Prisma® Automated Slide Stainer, the user can just walk away and unload the Tissue-Tek® Film® after 12 baskets have been coverslipped, by taking out the convenient ca…

Introducing a vacuum filtration system that makes sample preparation easy: the EMD Millipore Samplicity filtration system with Millex Samplicity membrane filters. With the Samplicity® filtration system and Millex Samplicity® membrane filters, EMD Millipore has transformed sample preparation forever. Advantages of the EMD Millipore Samplicity filtration system include:   •  Higher throughput with simultaneous vacuum filtration…

The NEW XSeriesII ICP-MS is the most productive quadrupole ICP-MS available for routine and high performance analytical work.  The ease of use and practical design of the XSeriesII  means that laboratories can acheive their analytical objectives faster, with greater confidence and less 'hands-on' time from the operator.The XSeriesII is a major update the to highly successful X Series ICP-MS, featuring: 3rd Generation Colli…

Gel transfer cell, for two 10 x 7.5 cm gels, includes 2 gel holder cassettes, foam pads, electrodes, tank, blue cooling unit, lid with cables

Thermo Fluoroskan Ascent, a dedicated microplate fluorometer - High sensitivity for a wide variety of fluorometric applications. The Thermo Fluoroskan Ascent features compatibility with 1- to 384- well plate formats and PCR plates, up to three on-board dispensers, an incubator and a shaker. Application areas of Fluoroskan Ascent Calcium flux assays, Reporter gene assays, Immunoassays, FRET assays, Hybridization assays Cell pro…

Developed for your most demanding LC/MS/MS quantitative applications, the Quattro Premier™ XE tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer features the highest levels of sensitivity, selectivity, robustness, speed and accuracy. To maximize the analytical advantages of your ACQUITY UPLC® System, the Quattro Premier XE operates at the highest data acquisition rates. Together, the ACQUITY UPLC® System and the Quattro Premier XE give you i…

Label-free imaging solution for assurance of monoclonality

The StrataPrep plasmid preparation kits provide a rapid method for purifying plasmid DNA from bacterial cultures.

Agilent’s Absolutely RNA Product portfolio makes RNA purification from tissue and cell samples easy and fast. Absolutely RNA kits include all the reagents you need for DNA-free total RNA, and miRNA isolation with no additional purchase of DNase required. No heating, no long centrifugation, and no repurification is required. Each absolutely RNA purification kit has been optimized for a specific range of sample sizes and elutio…

Alien Reference RNA QRT-PCR Detection Kit for Monitoring the Overall Performance of QRT-PCR Assays.

The GeneMorph II Random Mutagenesis Kits have been formulated to produce a more uniform mutational spectrum when performing error prone PCR to achieve random mutagenesis. 

Data acquisition and analysis performed by the 2100 Bioanalyzer Expert Software package is unbiased and highly reproducible. The sample fragment size and sample concentration are automatically provided, with further customized analysis tools available for specific assays.

Agilent has discontinued the line of Cary 600 series infrared microscopy (Cary 610-FTIR) and chemical imaging systems (Cary 620-FTIR). This includes the Cary 610 and Cary 620 Microscopes and Cary 660 and Cary 670 spectrometers and relevant accessories.

The Agilent MassHunter Pesticides Personal Compound Database and Library (PCDL) and Workflow for GC/Q-TOF provides a comprehensive pesticide surveillance solution. 

Offers the most complete instrument control of Agilent LC, GC, CE, CE/MS, and LC/MS instruments systems you have now, with limited instrument control of other vendors’ systems. Plus, take full advantage of the advanced features of the Agilent GC and LC instruments you have now and new instruments, when released.

Agilent's GeneSpring GX software provides powerful, accessible statistical tools for fast visualization and analysis of transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics and metabolomics data. Designed specifically for the needs of biologists, GeneSpring GX offers an interactive desktop computing environment that promotes investigation and enables understanding of microarray data within a biological context.

Get more from your microplate reader with Magellan, the universal reader control and data analysis software from Tecan. Magellan supports the complete line of Tecan microplate readers enabling quick and easy measurements of samples for both first-time and expert users alike. A versatile user interface and powerful data reduction capabilities enable the optimization of sophisticated experimental work as well as making routine t…

Reliable Transfection for Common Cell Lines