Scientific Information

Concentrating Pipette™ used by Delaware PHL to Screen Wastewater for Candida Auris Infections

Concentrating Pipette™ used by Delaware PHL to Screen Wastewater for Candida Auris Infections

Delaware Public Health Lab was one of the first labs to publish data tracking Candida Auris, an emerging global threat pathogen, using the InnovaPrep method. They presented a poster at the 2023 APHL...

Concentrating Pipette™ used by Delaware PHL to Screen Wastewater for Candida Auris Infections

Delaware Public Health Lab was one of the first labs to publish data tracking Candida Auris, an emerging global threat pathogen, using the InnovaPrep method. They presented a poster at the 2023 APHL...

Does Collection Time Bias the Ecology of Cleanroom Air Samples?

Does Collection Time Bias the Ecology of Cleanroom Air Samples?

Given the value and sensitivity of the astromaterial samples, agar and liquid-based samplers are avoided to prevent contamination and false positives in life detection tests. Instead, they used the AirPrep Bobcat...

Does Collection Time Bias the Ecology of Cleanroom Air Samples?

Given the value and sensitivity of the astromaterial samples, agar and liquid-based samplers are avoided to prevent contamination and false positives in life detection tests. Instead, they used the AirPrep Bobcat...

Identifying Total and Viable Bacterial and Fungal Communities on Surfaces Reveal New Bacterial Strains

Identifying Total and Viable Bacterial and Fungal Communities on Surfaces Reveal New Bacterial Strains

A novel large area surface sampling method developed by NASA using the Concentrating Pipette has been used for nearly a decade for monitoring the microbiome of the Space Station and...

Identifying Total and Viable Bacterial and Fungal Communities on Surfaces Reveal New Bacterial Strains

A novel large area surface sampling method developed by NASA using the Concentrating Pipette has been used for nearly a decade for monitoring the microbiome of the Space Station and...

Advancements in Livestock Biosurveillance Methods

Advancements in Livestock Biosurveillance Methods

Salmonella was detected in all air filter and boot swab samples. a total of twenty-seven serovars were detected. Differentiation between live and dead/lysed Salmonella bacteria was achieved using the Concentrating Pipette™.

Advancements in Livestock Biosurveillance Methods

Salmonella was detected in all air filter and boot swab samples. a total of twenty-seven serovars were detected. Differentiation between live and dead/lysed Salmonella bacteria was achieved using the Concentrating Pipette™.

Concentration of Spoilage Organisms in Beer & Wine for Same Shift Results

Concentration of Spoilage Organisms in Beer & Wine for Same Shift Results

This poster highlights the Concentrating Pipette's ability to concentrate spoilage organisms from beer and wine with 1000X - 2000x concentration factors. This enables high assay sensitivity for same shift quality...

Concentration of Spoilage Organisms in Beer & Wine for Same Shift Results

This poster highlights the Concentrating Pipette's ability to concentrate spoilage organisms from beer and wine with 1000X - 2000x concentration factors. This enables high assay sensitivity for same shift quality...

Improved Method for Assessing Infectious Human Enteric Virus Survival in Produce

Improved Method for Assessing Infectious Human Enteric Virus Survival in Produce

Results showed significantly higher recoveries for FDA and Concentrating Pipette (CP) from leafy greens, with average recoveries for all 3 viruses of 62.5%±18.9 and 77.6%±22.3, respectively. On strawberries, FDA, AlCl3...

Improved Method for Assessing Infectious Human Enteric Virus Survival in Produce

Results showed significantly higher recoveries for FDA and Concentrating Pipette (CP) from leafy greens, with average recoveries for all 3 viruses of 62.5%±18.9 and 77.6%±22.3, respectively. On strawberries, FDA, AlCl3...

Aerosolized Cyanobacteria from Harmful Algal Blooms Collected by AirPrep™ Sampler

Aerosolized Cyanobacteria from Harmful Algal Blooms Collected by AirPrep™ Sampler

An AirPrep™ (Bobcat) Sampler was placed on the lake's beach and set to a high flow rate of 200 LPM. Environmental DNA analysis confirmed the presence of algae in the air.

Aerosolized Cyanobacteria from Harmful Algal Blooms Collected by AirPrep™ Sampler

An AirPrep™ (Bobcat) Sampler was placed on the lake's beach and set to a high flow rate of 200 LPM. Environmental DNA analysis confirmed the presence of algae in the air.

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring

The surface water samples were concentrated using the CP Select™ with 0.45 µm Concentrating Pipette Tips. Analysis revealed a variety of cyanobacteria, including Microcystis aeruginosa, which can damage or impair...

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring

The surface water samples were concentrated using the CP Select™ with 0.45 µm Concentrating Pipette Tips. Analysis revealed a variety of cyanobacteria, including Microcystis aeruginosa, which can damage or impair...

Genomic Surveillance of Avian and Human Influenza A Viruses Through Wastewater Monitoring

Genomic Surveillance of Avian and Human Influenza A Viruses Through Wastewater Monitoring

The data confirmed the method’s effectiveness of this method for both avian and human strains of the virus and highlighted its potential for early detection. By monitoring disease pathogens in...

Genomic Surveillance of Avian and Human Influenza A Viruses Through Wastewater Monitoring

The data confirmed the method’s effectiveness of this method for both avian and human strains of the virus and highlighted its potential for early detection. By monitoring disease pathogens in...

Rapid Sterility Testing for Gene Therapies Using the Concentrating Pipette™

Rapid Sterility Testing for Gene Therapies Using the Concentrating Pipette™

Wet Foam Elution (WFE) technology is particularly valuable for enhancing detection of microbial contaminants, optimizing the qualification of cell lines and viral stocks used in biologic quality control studies, including viral clearance,...

Rapid Sterility Testing for Gene Therapies Using the Concentrating Pipette™

Wet Foam Elution (WFE) technology is particularly valuable for enhancing detection of microbial contaminants, optimizing the qualification of cell lines and viral stocks used in biologic quality control studies, including viral clearance,...

Extracellular Shed Vesicle Isolation Using the Concentrating Pipette™

Extracellular Shed Vesicle Isolation Using the Concentrating Pipette™

The aim of this testing was to investigate ways to replace or optimize upon the widely used ultracentrifuge method for isolating exosomes (Extracellular Shed Vesicles) for basic science applications as...

Extracellular Shed Vesicle Isolation Using the Concentrating Pipette™

The aim of this testing was to investigate ways to replace or optimize upon the widely used ultracentrifuge method for isolating exosomes (Extracellular Shed Vesicles) for basic science applications as...

Concentrating Pipette™  Efficiency Data on Six Organisms

Concentrating Pipette™ Efficiency Data on Six Organisms

Average total efficiencies, concentration factors, run times and elution volumes attained for these organisms are presented below:

Concentrating Pipette™ Efficiency Data on Six Organisms

Average total efficiencies, concentration factors, run times and elution volumes attained for these organisms are presented below: