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The successful story of BMG LABTECH user meeting continues. Inspired by previous PHERAstar user meetings in Europe and the US, BMG LABTECHs distributor for China (Bio-Gene Technology Ltd) organized a meeting in Shanghai, which took place on November 14th.

Correcting genetic errors implicated in diseases is a promising approach in therapy for a broad range of disorders. The following article presents methods that are researched to deliver correcting DNA sections to be efficiently expressed in a patient.

In many industries including the pharmaceutical industry and academia, relative potency is an important measure when characterising a compound. Relative potency refers to the amount of a compound required to produce an effect when compared to another compound.  For example, a drug is considered to be more potent relative to another if it produces the same effect at a lower concentration.

Do you remember what you did in your microbiology practical during your studies? Clearly, I cannot recall every detail, but I still know that measuring the OD600 was an essential part of it: Draw a sample, place it into a cuvette, measure the OD at 600 nm and record the value along with the time. Ten years have passed since then and yet capturing the OD600 to determine microbial growth is more common than ever. Reason enough for us to shed light on why the method is used so intensively, how the method developed and what should be considered in the OD600 measurement.

BMG LABTECH U.S. hosted the first User Group Meeting in San Diego, CA. Fifty PHERAstar and CLARIOstar users enjoyed a day filled with scientific talks, networking opportunities and German delicacies. Scientists had the chance to share with other users how they use their BMG LABTECH microplate readers and learn from BMG staff how to optimize assays and get the most out of BMG’s software.

No life science or diagnostic lab can live without it: the ELISA assay. The article explains the principle of ELISA assays and presents variables that determine the sensitivity and precision of your measurements.