UltraClean® 15 DNA Purification Kit

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

Pure DNA doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

The UltraClean® 15 DNA Purification Kit uses economical silica binding particles to extract DNA from either agarose gels or enzymatic reactions.

Simply bind DNA to the particles, wash and resuspend to yield high quality, clean DNA at a concentration of your choosing.

UltraClean® 15 DNA Purification Kit

No gel stains, dyes, agarose, nucleotides or enzymes are left over to contaminate downstream reactions such as sequencing, PCR or restriction digests.  Best of all, MO BIO is offering this kit at a 15% discount through September 30, 2010!

UltraClean® 15 features and benefits include:

  • Pure DNA ready for downstream applications like sequencing and PCR
  • Cost effective alternative to spin filters
  • Rapid protocol enables purification of DNA from agarose gels in 15 minutes or from reaction solutions in 10 minutes
  • Flexible protocol allows batch isolation of up to 1mg of DNA from a gel and quick concentration of dilute samples

Do not hesitate to Contact Us for more information, also see our selection of DNA kit brochures here….

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Hoefer Announces NEW Mini Centrifuge

Posted on July 1, 2010 by admin

The new Hoefer Mini Centrifuge is compact, easy to use and designed to meet the wide range of applications found in research.

Hoefer MINI Centrifuge

The Hoefer Mini Centrifuge includes two rotors a 6 place 1.5ml and a PCR Strip. At 6000 rpm /2000g it is perfect for quickly spinning down samples, micro gel filtration applications and micro-volume biological fluid centrifugation.

Fast acceleration and braking make it perfect for quick spins. The small footprint requires less than six inches of bench space.

The New Hoefer Mini Centrifuge comes complete with two rotors 6 place 1.5ml and a PCR strip rotor two sets of adaptors, to accommodate 1.5 ml, 0.5 ml and 0.4 ml tubes as well as 0.2 ml strips and individual tubes.

The standard and strip tube rotors are easily interchanged. Perfect for DNA spin downs with speeds of 6000 rpm/2000g

The Hoefer Mini Centrifuge has an automatic shut off switch when lid is opened as well as an on/off switch so the lid can be closed without starting the unit.

The Hoefer Mini Centrifuge is CE marked

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MOBIO Laboratories Releases UltraClean Microbial DNA Isolation Kit!

Posted on June 28, 2010 by admin

Exciting news as far DNA Isolation Kit solutions concerns is the release of MoBio Laboratories UltraClen Microbial DNA Isolation Kit.

We are proud to offer you this ground breaking technology here at Optima Scientific, for more info and to download the pdf brochures click here….

Cookie cutter DNA extraction kits simply won’t break through tough microbial samples.

UltraClean® Microbial DNA Isolation Kit from MO BIO Laboratories, is specifically designed to quickly and safely extract high quality DNA from a wide variety of microbial cell types.

UltraClean™ Forensic DNA Isolation Kit

UltraClean® Microbial DNA Isolation Kit:

  • Isolates DNA from yeast, fungi, Gram-negative and Gram-Positive bacteria
  • Yields high quality DNA up to 50kb plus that is ready for PCR, restriction digests and other downstream applications.
  • Rapidly purifies DNA from microbial cultures in 20 minutes
  • No hazardous organic solvents or enzymes required

Each single prep kit (packaged for 10 or 20 isolations) and all components are certified DNA-free, providing a major advantage over multi-use DNA isolation reagents.

Foreign DNA contamination risk is eliminated because reagents are treated with a procedure that destroys any sources of extraneous DNA prior to opening the package.

In addition to being DNA-free, all reagents, tips and tubes are individually packaged for each prep (as shown in the photo).

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BMG LABTECH – The Microplate Reader Company joins ALSSA!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by admin

A newsflash from our supplier!

We carefully select any supplier we recommend to you and through the years we’ve build up relationships with the top suppliers worldwide.

Technology and benefits that gets carried over straight to you, intelligence that’s priceless in this hyper accurate world of ours where a wrong decision can cost you dearly.

The ALSSA – Analytical & Life Science Systems Association – Board of Directors recently approved applications for membership submitted by BMG LABTECH, Inc.

Based in Cary, North Carolina, BMG LABTECH is a leading developer and global manufacturer of microplate reader instrumentation with a wide range of measurement methods.

BMG LABTECH’s products are used in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, as well as in academic research establishments, for both basic research analysis and High Throughput Screening.

Ron Earp PhD, President, will serve as the official representative to ALSSA and E.J. Dell PhD, Business Development and Applications Scientist, will serve as the alternate contact.

ALSSA’s mission is to be an advocate for our industry and a valuable aid to users’ advancement of science and life.

The companies that are members of ALSSA are globally-focused corporations involved in a range of scientific challenges and their technologies are used to conduct research, testing, discovery and product development in a wide range of industries.

Applications include pharmaceuticals and drug discovery, biotechnology, chemicals and chemical processing, food safety, life science and medical research, university and scientific research, forensics, molecular diagnostics testing and environmental testing.

Elsewhere on this page you’ll find a list of our microplate readers and you’ll be able to download relevant PDF brochures…

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