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OpenTrons April 19, 2017 Lab Manager | Subscribe | Products | Surveys | Webinars Feature Article Scientists Find Zika RNA in a Second Mosquito Species A UF/IFAS research team collected 20 female and 19 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes as eggs, raised them to adults and tested the adults for the Zika virus RNA A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences molecular biologist has found Zika RNA in a type of mosquito not often associated with the virus. Read More Caplugs Caplugs Evergreen FPC® Fecal Parasite Concentrators The patented FPC® Series from Caplugs Evergreen is leak-proof, self contained and minimizes odor. The concentrators provide clean sediment for microscopic examination, requiring minimal processing time. This series helps to standardize your fecal concentration procedure, eliminating variations in results among different users and limiting personnel exposure to potentially infectious specimens. For more information, visit www.evergreensci.com Feature Article Chemists Devise Simple Method for Making Sought-After Boronic Acid-Based Drugs and Other Products Initial demonstrations yield compounds with promise for treating COPD, cystic fibrosis, and other lung disorders Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broad and strikingly easy method for synthesizing a class of molecules that have demonstrated value as pharmaceuticals. Read More Lab Health and Safety Sit Up Straight It’s just a fact: In today’s modern laboratory you are going to spend some time using a computer You go home each day with a pain in your shoulder or neck, and perhaps you wake up at night with tingling sensations in your wrist or hand. You have grant or budget information to enter in spreadsheets; you have a stack of standard operating procedure, chemical hygiene plan, or chemical inventory documents to review and update; and it seems you get three e-mails for every one you send. Read More Considering a Gas Subscription Service? Evaluating a Gas Subscription Service Learn about the advantages of a gas subscription Join Linda the lab manager and her team as they consider the benefits of purchasing a gas subscription in this short video sponsored by Peak Scientific. Read More Feature Article Electronics to Control Plant Growth Regulating plant physiology with organic electronics A drug delivery ion pump constructed from organic electronic components also works in plants. Researchers have used such an ion pump to control the root growth of a small flowering plant, the thale cress. Read More Feature Article 3D-Printed Patch Can Help Mend a 'Broken' Heart Discovery could lead to new treatments for patients after a heart attack A team of biomedical engineering researchers has created a revolutionary 3D-bioprinted patch that can help heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack. The discovery is a major step forward in treating patients with tissue damage after a heart attack. Read More eBook CO2 Incubator Resource Guide Having the right CO2 incubator can be crucial to a lab's cells CO2 incubators are designed to copy a cell’s natural environment with a relative humidity of around 95 percent, a temperature of 37°C, and a pH of 7.2 to 7.5. They are most common in biology labs performing tissue or cell culture and are used in any process where cells need to be cultured for a few hours or many weeks or where cells need to be expanded or maintained. Download your FREE eBook Feature Article New Berkeley Lab Project Turns Waste Heat to Electricity Lab to work with Alphabet Energy to develop a low-cost thermoelectric system Vast amounts of energy are wasted every year in the form of heat. A new project led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) seeks to efficiently capture that heat and convert it to electricity, potentially saving California up to $385 million per year. Read More White Papers and Application Notes Productive Biological Sample Concentrator Range Incorporating an improved pressure controller with intuitive programming and graphical display, miVac concentrators are now even easier to use, extremely quiet, and are 40% faster than comparably priced biological sample concentrators. miVac concentrators can also be used to freeze dry aqueous samples. miVac systems are suitable for use with a wide range of solvents, from volatile organic types through to water and many medium boiling point solvents. Learn how the improved miVac can improve your sample concentration. Download your FREE product guide Upcoming Webinar - April 27, 11 AM - 12 PM EDT Webinar: Design, Set-up, and Proper Use of the Chemical Fume Hood Thursday, April 27, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT This webinar will cover the design of major types of chemical fume hoods, their features, and functions. The program will cover key differences between hood types and how to properly set up and adjust them to maintain efficient flows and optimum performance. Click Here to Register for this FREE Webinar Feature Article Coming to a Lab Bench Near You: Femtosecond X-Ray Spectroscopy “We have used a tabletop, laser-based light source with pulses of X-rays at energies that have so far been limited only to large-facility sources," said researcher The ephemeral electron movements in a transient state of a reaction important in biochemical and optoelectronic processes have been captured and, for the first time, directly characterized using ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy. 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