Thermo Fisher Scientific provides high-quality,
leak-proof containers, for a broad range of applications

Thermo Scientific Nalgene bottles, carboys and containers,  are suitable for a broad range of applications. Not all containers are created equal and Nalgene® bottles set the standard for quality and superior performance. Each Nalgene bottle comes with a leakproof guarantee to protect valuable liquids. Sizes range from 4 mL to 50 L, so scale-up can occur without the need to re-validate materials as projects progress from research into production. Nalgene bottles and containers are available in a wide range of certified resins for laboratory, food and pharmaceutical use. Furthermore, an online bottle and selection guide, available at www.thermoscientific.com/safecontainer, aids users in choosing the optimal container for each application.

The complete portfolio of Nalgene bottles and containers includes a variety of sizes and shapes, with both narrow and wide mouth configurations. Classic standard Nalgene Lab Quality Bottles provide unbeatable performance and protection, while Nalgene Economy Bottles are lighter weight versions of the original, designed for light-duty, general-purpose laboratory applications. Both are manufactured in an ISO-certified facility with high lot-to-lot consistency, assuring consistent quality, uniform wall thickness and reliability. Nalgene bottles and containers are available in a variety of materials, each displaying specific properties for chemical resistance, autoclavability, inertness and temperature tolerance.

Technical support and application assistance is available, providing additional support and product knowledge to ensure optimized and consistent experimental outcomes. Thermo Scientific Nalgene labware products are available in a wide variety of weights, sizes and packaging configurations to accommodate a broad range of applications.

For further information and to use the online selection guide, view website: www.thermoscientific.com/safecontainer or e-mail: nalgene@thermofisher.com

Meeting the growing need in high-technology industries

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has significantly expanded its range of Acros Organics Ultra Pure Inorganics products to meet increasing demand in high-technology industries and other chemistry applications.

This portfolio, which is now 50 percent larger, features new high-purity inorganic compounds with ultra-low metal contaminants, which are critical in specific high-technology applications such as petroleum refining, micro-electronics, energy and space technology, communications and other industries. This includes their use in the catalysis of reactions and crystal growth as well as the manufacture of photovoltaic materials, optical fibers and lasers. These extremely pure inorganics have trace-metal content of less than 100 ppm to as low as 1 ppm.

The Acros Organics Ultra Pure Inorganics line is featured in a recently released brochure that provides full product description, extended details of their potential uses, chemical purity information and product codes for easy ordering.

For further information and to download the free brochure, view website: www.acros.com

Acquisition of Intrinsic Bioprobes adds unique sample
preparation consumables for quantitative mass spectrometry

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has enhanced its workflow for biomarker research and diagnostics by acquiring Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc., a manufacturer of unique immuno-enrichment, sample-preparation tools used in quantitative mass spectrometry. The Intrinsic Bioprobes portfolio enables Thermo Fisher to offer its worldwide life science research and clinical diagnostics customers an enhanced solution for quantitative protein biomarker detection.

The Intrinsic Bioprobes portfolio includes its novel Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay (MSIA™), featuring a patented sample preparation technique. This technology allows enrichment of low-abundance proteins in biological samples. The specificity of immuno-enrichment, coupled with the sensitivity and quantitative capability of mass spectrometry, is a powerful tool, giving researchers a complete, higher-resolution view of the proteome. Furthermore, the MSIA technology offers clear advantages over conventional ELISA and bead-based immunoassay formats, providing greater sensitivity and higher throughput.

Adding Intrinsic Bioprobes' consumable sample-preparation technologies to Thermo Fisher's automated sample processing and quantitative mass spectrometry instruments and software creates a complete, integrated workflow for the quantitative detection of protein biomarkers.

"The Intrinsic Bioprobes portfolio will enhance Thermo Fisher's position in the rapidly emerging field of clinical proteomics," said Chuck Kummeth, president of Thermo Fisher's, laboratory consumables business. "It is a simple, yet powerful approach to uncovering the proteomic basis of disease, and it better positions us to support our customers in their efforts to realize the promise of personalized medicine."

Intrinsic Bioprobes was founded by in 1996 by Randall W. Nelson, who has served as its president since then. He will continue to be involved with the business as a consultant.

For further information, e-mail: natalie.dalecky@thermofisher.com or view website: www.thermoscientific.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific adds deluxe and high-temperature range options to recirculating NESLAB ThermoFlex chillers

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has expanded its Thermo Scientific NESLAB ThermoFlex Series of recirculating chillers. Units are now available with a deluxe controller and high-temperature range options for cooling capacities up to 10,000 watts. ThermoFlex Recirculating Chillers are now able to operate from 5°C to 90°C with the high-temperature range option.

The ThermoFlex chiller platform was developed with customer input from concept to design. The result is an easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain, high-performance chiller platform configurable to the most demanding applications. The multi-line LCD deluxe controller offers users the ultimate in ease-of-use through graphical display and text. The deluxe controller includes a full alphanumeric display, temperature alarms, pressure alarms, fluid level readout and DI control and readout; it is ideal for users who want a more intuitive controller. End users benefit from innovative, patented packaging for rapid installation and a quick-start guide for start-up in minutes.

Designed as a modular platform, the ThermoFlex line offers a wide variety of options and cooling capacities that can be configured for diverse applications in markets such as optical, medical, laser, printing, metrology, packaging, pharmaceutical and semiconductor processing.

For more information, view website: www.thermo.com/thermoflex    Refer to page 224

Innovative LIMS solution reduces
running costs by offering new rental option

To remove the barrier of the high cost associated with Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) applications London-based start-up company, Two Fold Software Limited, is now offering a 'rental payment option' for the company's new, easy-to-use Qualoupe LIMS solution that offers major productivity gains, improved quality management and reporting flexibility.

Representing a new breed of LIMS, the Qualoupe system is a powerful, versatile laboratory tool that features an intuitive, configurable user interface which greatly simplifies LIMS use and revolutionises work flow while very significantly lowering running costs.

The new "rental payment option", which has been created to deliver affordable LIMS software to companies of all sizes, has been introduced to enable organisations to derive all the innovative benefits of Qualoupe's software solutions while only having to pay a low monthly fee.

There are a number significant business benefits for Qualoupe customers adopting the new rental option. These include: 1) No fixed term contract is required to use the Qualoupe LIMS so an onerous financial risk to a customer's business is eliminated.  Customers wishing to stop using the software merely have to stop making the monthly payments. There is no exit fee.  2) No large capital outlay (CAPEX) is called for which means a Qualoupe customer is able to retain working capital in their business for investment in other areas. 3) Rental payments are made from revenue and in many countries rental payments can be offset against corporation tax, which is highly tax efficient and further reduces the effective cost of using Qualoupe. 4) Software upgrades are included as part of the monthly rental payment which reduces ongoing costs and enables the LIMS software to be kept up to date. 5) Very fast return on investment (ROI) is achieved by the productivity gains and quality improvements in the laboratory that Qualoupe LIMS delivers. 6) Managed cash flow is key factor because rental offers a known outgoing which allows cash flow to be predictable and easier to manage.

Qualoupe delivers the information the user really needs while distancing them from having to understand or see the underlying LIMS data structures.  The easy to install LIMS is "Quick to Go Live" which saves both time and money and minimises installation disruption.

The Web-based Qualoupe user customisable interface is principally icon-driven and features uncluttered screens using a Just Enough Information Model (JEIM) that requires minimal mouse clicks to operate. 

Two Fold Software was founded to deliver affordable business software to worldwide companies of all sizes. Businesses in the small to medium market sector in particular need access to solutions that will enable them to grow through increased efficiencies; historically the barrier for these companies has been the high cost of such software.

The first product released by Two Fold Software is Qualoupe, which is a new breed of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that has been designed and built to adhere to the concept of Two Fold Quality which states that a product should be manufactured to the highest standard and be fit for purpose.

For further information, e-mail: info@twofold-software.com or view website: www.twofold-software.com  Refer to page 237