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Sample Prep 2011

The Knowledge Foundation Sample Prep 2011 conference this year was even better than last year.  For one thing, it was in San Diego – but not that I didn’t enjoy Baltimore, too!  InnovaPrep was only one of many companies, Universities, and agencies that presented new developments this year.  Participants included Sandia, the University of California San Diego, Quidel,  Harvard Medical School, Boreal Genomics, Qiagen, Taigen, Merck Millipore, Boston University, Stratec, Iowa State University, Menon & Associates, the Canadian Food Inspection Service, Nanyang University of Singapore, FLIR Systems, Continue…

Whole Genome, Mutation, Genotyping and Sequencing Studies

Collection of samples for determination of genetic content can be challenging for several reasons.  The wide variety of materials present in environmental air and water means that not only organisms and “free” nucleic acids will be present, but dissolved materials, debris, interferents, and degraded genetic material will also be present.  For air, collection has to be done in a way that will allow organisms and nucleic acids to be retrieved from the sample. Continue…

About the Integratable Concentrator

The HCI-40 integratable biological concentrator is made to plug-and-play with systems or processes to concentrate particles for better detection or identification.  Input sources can include reservoirs or process streams, with the input rate limited to about 40 mL/min or less.  The output of the HCI-40 is a small preset volume of clean buffered liquid, containing the biological particles.  Output volumes of the HCI-40 can be as little as about 50 microliters.  Continue…

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