Clear Labs Safety Listeria, Environmental Mapping Testing
Menlo Park, California-based Clear Labs has launched new Listeria testing and environmental mapping capabilities on its Clear Safety next-generation sequencing platform.
According to Clear Labs, Clear Safety now catalogs the genetic "fingerprint" of a new Listeria sample and compares it to the fingerprints of Listeria previously encountered within a company. The platform can now detect, speciate, and characterize up to seven Listeria species (monocytogenes, grayi, innocua, ivanovii, marthii, seeligeri, and welshimeri) in a single analysis.
Clear Labs also noted that researchers can use the platform's similarity analysis to distinguish resident from transient subtypes of Listeria in the food manufacturing environment, which groups samples containing Listeria with matching fingerprints and tags them with metadata including location, date, and time. The firm's environmental mapping tool then overlays Listeria contamination on a facility map, allowing the team to track the flow of subtypes of Listeria through a facility over time.
BioDot Rainmaker
Irvine, California-based BioDot has launched its Rainmaker picoliter volume printing platform. According to the liquid handling company, Rainmaker allows researchers to use up to 24 independent tips to dispense volumes ranging from 20 pl to several nls at high speed. BioDot said the tool's programmable drop size and precision controls allow users to shrink assays to improve performance and reduce costs, while optimizing for rheology or surface characteristics.
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