7 Wide Range of Microplate Reservoir Trays


Porvair Sciences offers a wide range of disposable Reservoir trays designed for use with any robotic liquid handling system. Reservoirs are available offering options to accommodate a single liquid or partitioned space for several liquids. Most working configurations are accounted for as well as liquid volumes.


Moulded from high purity polypropylene each Porvair reservoir tray offers high resistance to heat as well as most organic solvents, acids and bases. When pipetting precious reagents it is a significant advantage to reduce the waste or dead volume in the reservoir.


Incorporating a low plate profile and a novel 'pyramid bottom' design Porvair reservoir trays provide easy access to all liquid contents as well as ensuring a low reagent dead volume for 96- and 384-well filling applications. The novel pyramid bottom design advantageously provides facility for both low- volume and bulk transfer. Precision manufactured to SBS / ANSI dimensions – Porvair Reservoir trays are designed for simple integration with almost any automated liquid handling system. Options are available for a single liquid or partitioned space for several liquids. With a wide choice of working configurations as well as liquid volumes an optimised reservoir plate is now available to suit liquid handling applications using 8 or 12-channel pipettes right through to 96- and 384-tip automated pipetting systems.


Available in sterile or non-sterile packs of 25 - Porvair reagent reservoir plates are stackable enabling conservation of storage space. LAB PRODUCTS Circle no. 515


Bottled Water with Certified Water Quality


Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, today announced the introduction of two types of bottled water with certified water quality: Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology. Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology are produced in an ISO®


9001 / cGMP environment. The bottled water is subject to strict quality control tests and is delivered with a Certificate of Quality.


The two types of water are intended for research use by scientists performing critical cell culture or molecular biology experiments. Both water types are sterile. Additionally, Water for Cell Culture is cell-culture tested and free of pyrogens, mycoplasma, calcium and magnesium. Water for Molecular Biology is RT-PCR tested and is RNase-free, DNase-free, protease-free, calcium-free and magnesium-free.


Jean-François Pilette, Lab Water Group Product Manager, explains that a Merck Millipore proprietary process is used to manufacture the bottled water. “We’re able to produce high-quality ultrapure water without the need for toxic chemicals such as DEPC (diethylpyrocarbonate),” he says.


“Following the purification process, the ultrapure water is aseptically filled into sterile PET containers. We’ve applied our unique combination of knowledge and expertise to successfully produce and control bottled water in an ISO 9001 / cGMP environment,” he continues. “We expect researchers who need small volumes of ultrapure water for their cell culture or molecular biology work to fully benefit from these new products,” he concludes. For easy traceability, bottles are delivered with duplicate labels, allowing one to be removed and kept in a lab notebook for future reference concerning water quality and lot numbers in experiments. A space on the label is provided for handwritten entry of the opening date by the researcher. The new bottled water is available in a convenient range of volumes (1 L, 0.5 L, 125 mL) and packaging options to match researchers’ needs.


LAB PRODUCTS Circle no. 516 ADVERTORIAL Are your ECDs legal ?


Electron Capture Detectors contain a radioactive source and so are controlled by legislation. Ellutia Ltd is licensed to provide a range of services designed to help users of these devices remain within the law. It is a legal requirement that the detectors are ‘wipe tested’ to detect radioactive contamination of the surface at intervals of between one and three years depending upon local regulations. Ellutia supply a convenient wipe test kit containing full instructions and materials to perform the test. The test samples are then sent to Ellutia for analysis and report.


ECDs can be contaminated by dirty samples and require cleaning, the legal requirements mean that this must only be carried out by suitably qualified personnel in a registered laboratory. This cleaning is another of the services Ellutia can offer. Ellutia also offers a service whereby ownership of detectors that are no longer required can be transferred to Ellutia they will then be assessed for reuse or disposal. For more information on these services please visit www.ellutia.com/ecd.html


Circle no. 517 High Purity Gas Analysis Solutions


The rack mounted high purity gas analyser (HPGA) is the latest chromatography solution from Ellutia. These systems have been designed with complete flexibility in its configuration, with input from major gas supply companies, to ensure they satisfy the industry requirements. This allows up to two detectors, multiple columns in an air blown oven and up to five switching valves for full multi-dimensional chromatography. The systems are designed in a 6U 19” rack module, with a secondary module containing the supply gas conditioning units. All systems come equipped with welded VCR fittings for high integrity gas connections and allowing easy servicing.


Detection limits as low as 5 ppb for trace elements, can be obtained when using a Pulsed Discharge Ionisation Detector (PDID) and low percent levels for the larger matrix components using a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD). Other two detector combinations available include a PDID and Flame Ionisation Detector (FID) for its large linear range for hydrocarbons and the use of two PDID detectors to gain greater flexibility at high sensitivity.


Each system possesses dual analogue output for ease of connection to integrators such as Clarity for standard integration and reporting. Ellutia can also produce and supply fully customised software to integrate with a customer existing manufacturing or control systems. The software can incorporate operations such as automated control, reporting, error checking and communication with other parts of the customers system.


The systems can analyse:


H2, Ar/02, N2 CH4, CO, CO2, C2H6, Kr, Xe and Freons In the matrix gasses:


H2, Ar, O2, N2, CO2, HCl, SiH4, BCl3, N2O, CF4 and SF6 Ellutia’s Customer Support Manager, Richard Jaroszewicz, said:


“We have been helping a number of customers maintain old outdated analysis systems and have had many requests for us to design a system as they were not satisfied with offerings from other manufacturers. So we are delighted to be able to now offer these fantastic modern systems to fulfil the customers exacting requirements.”


For more information please visit www.ellutia.com/hpga.html Circle no. 518 Circle no. 519


ECD Services - are your ECD’s legal ? Wipe Testing


ECD’s are required by law to be tested once per year to check for radioactive leaking


ECD Refurbishment


Detectors can be cleaned & refurbished to return stability lost by contamination


Removal of unwanted ECD’s If a detector is no longer required, Ellutia can take ownership of the detector where it will be assesed for re-use or disposal


www.ellutia.com/ECD.html Chromatography Solutions


Tel: +44(0)1353 669916 Fax: +44 (0)1353 669917 Web: www.ellutia.com Email: info@ellutia.com


LABMATE UK & IRELAND - AUGUST 2011


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