CytoSMART Technologies has launched an automated organoid counter. The software application detects organoids using bright-field image analysis and runs on the Corning Cell Counter, a CytoSMART product.
Manually counting organoids is a routine part of laboratory operations, but is time consuming and user dependent. To overcome these issues CytoSMART has introduced this organoid counting application.
Joffry Maltha, CEO at CytoSMART Technologies, explained: “The 3D cellular structures that are formed in organoids have great potential in drug discovery and developmental biology. This has fuelled the ever-growing interest in culturing new sub-types of organoids and optimization of current protocols. Growing organoids does however take a substantial amount of time and skill. We believe that implementation of an automated solution for organoid counting can really speed up day-to-day work in the lab and is a logical step towards further implementation of organoids in cell culture-based research.”
The main features of the CytoSMART Organoid Counter are:

• The main features of the CytoSMART Organoid Counter are:
• Low-cost – works with a common reusable glass hemocytometer. No consumables required.
• Precise – software allows for data gating and image selection for statistical analysis.

• For more information, visit: https://cytosmart.com/products/organoid-counting

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As COVID-19 continues to impact countries worldwide, accurate screening is needed to establish serological status of different populations. Bio-Rad now offers the Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab assay, for the detection of total anti-nucleocapsid antibodies (IgM, IgA, IgG) to SARS-CoV-2. In one test, the assay helps identify the immune response to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus associated with COVID-19.
For more information, visit: https://info.bio-rad. com/cdg-sars-cov-2-ous?WT.mc_id=200814028804
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BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA for the BD FACSLyric™ Flow Cytometer with the Integrated BD FACSDuet™ Sample Preparation System.
The new integrated system enables clinical laboratories to fully automate the sample to answer process and improve their efficiency by reducing errors and limiting the manual user interactions required to run assays on the BD FACSLyric™ Flow Cytometer.
The BD FACSDuet Sample Preparation System builds new capabilities into the BD portfolio of clinical flow cytometry solutions offering a pre-analytical system, that combined with the BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer is the first truly walkaway sample-to-answer solution for clinical labs.
Physical integration between the BD FACSDuet Sample Preparation System and the BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer allows technicians to load samples and reagents’ samples are acquired and analysed on the BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometer. Data integration using the BD FACSLink™ Middleware Solution offers bidirectional communication between the instruments and connectivity with laboratory information systems.
The BD FACSLyric™ Flow Cytometer with the integrated BD FACSDuet™ Sample Preparation System is now available as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) system in the United States as well as countries recognizing the CE-IVD certification, which was achieved in March 2019.
For more information, visit: www.bdbiosciences.com/en-us/instruments/ clinical-instruments/clinical-cell-analyzers/facslyric
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BioChromato, a respected Japanese manufacturer of high-quality products for chemical laboratories, reports that it has installed more than 1200 units of its Smart Evaporator C1 – a compact system that delivers rapid concentration or complete drying of samples in even high boiling solvents such as DMSO, DMF or water.
Designed to be easy to use, the Smart Evaporator C1 is an affordably priced system optimised to concentrate or dry single samples directly from any tube or vial (up to 32 mm neck diameter).
Drawing upon BioChromato’s patented spiral plug evaporation technology, the compact, benchtop Smart Evaporator C1 offers fast and effective evaporation in tubes or vials without solvent bumping thereby eliminating risk of sample loss, cross contamination and saving researchers time.
Proven to be the ideal lab tool for simple removal of high boiling point solvents, the C1 also excels at safe drying temperature sensitive compounds and efficient evaporation of small volume samples.
The Smart Evaporator C1 is optimised to handle solvent volumes up to 40 mL which can be extremely useful for concentrating compounds after organic synthesis or drying analytical samples at relatively high speeds. The versatile C1 can also take small tubes and vials (e.g. 1.5mL) where solvent volumes can be as little as 0.1ml (or less).

• For more information, visit: https://biochromato.com/smart-evaporator/

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TRIMERO’s new generation of Free Light Chain (FLC) assays, called KLoneus, includes an IVD CE marked assay for testing Kappa and Lambda FLC in non-concentrated urine samples on Siemens’ BN nephelometric systems.
The main features of the assays are:

• particle enhanced nephelometric method
• specifically developed to assay urine samples
• based on polyclonal specific antibodies
• with antigen excess control using the pre-reaction feature
• values traced to the European Reference Material ERM-DA470k/IFCC (Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, IRMM), in order to ensure consistent results and good correlation with other methods (urinary B&F Light Chain nephelometric assays, and BJP estimation by densitometry).

KLoneus FLC assays are also available for Beckman Coulter’s IMMAGE nephelometers and for the most popular clinical chemistry analysers. Other available assays for Siemens’ BN systems include: C1q Complement, C5 Complement, C3 pro-activator (Factor B) and IgD Immunoglobulins.
For more information, visit: www.3diag.com
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