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The latest issue of the Tecan Journal (2/2004) provides scientists involved with Drug Discovery, Genomics, Proteomics and Clinical Diagnostics a global insight into how advances in liquid handling, automation and detection are opening up applications in the life sciences.

An article from Dr Florian Kaffarnik and Dr Michael Feldbrugge of the Max-Plancke Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (Marburg, Germany), describes how the Safire monochromator-based microplate reader is helping provide a better understanding of the interaction between plants and pathogenic fungi. The research aims in the longer term to lead to improved methods for the control of plant diseases.

A new automated system to prepare samples before analysis by NMR is the subject of an article by Rutger Folmer from the Structural Chemistry Laboratory of AstraZeneca R&D (Molndal, Sweden). The article describes how the automated system based on the Tecan Genesis platform has significantly improved both throughput and quality of data compared to the previously operated system that involved manual pipetting of compounds from 384-well plates. Automation of the NMR-based screening opens up applications in areas such as macromolecular interactions, fragment-based drug design and the analysis of drug metabolism.

A further report details the work of German pharmaceutical company, Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH who have been working on a procedure that releases the user from all the repetitive tasks by generating cell lines automatically. Using a Tecan Genesis workstation system the High Throughput Screening Group have successfully the automated transfection, antibiotic selection and cell maintenance steps of the process reducing the effective working time by 50-60% compared to the manual procedures previously employed.

Further articles in Tecan Journal 2/2004 describe how to take advantage of Tecan's Helpdesk Service and introduce fast and reliable microplate processing on the Freedom EVOlyser - a new state-of-the-art Enzyme Immuno Assay (EIA) analyser. To receive a free copy of this and subsequent issues of the Tecan Journal please contact Tecan.

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- New program to optimize the Tecan HS Pro series of automated hybridization stations
- High-precision foil successfully developed for SAM systems
- Tecan releases the new HS ProTM series of automated microarray hybridization stations
- Tecan and Promega co-develop large volume genomic DNA purification system
- Tecan’s new microplate reader series brings infinite flexibility
- Automated high throughput detection of BSE-infected brain samples

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- VarioTips 8-9 - Manual devices extending commercial precision multi-pipetor
- Dispensers mainly used for advanced dosing applications
- Measured Shot Meter Dispenser
- Digital Shot Meter
- Manual Pneumatic Dispenser
- PVC/PP 200L Acid Pump

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