September 2015
Dear Researcher
We are pleased to present the e-Lynx, a newsletter devoted to keeping our customers up-to-date on new technologies, our new products, suppliers, activities and promotions.
- New Suppliers
- New Products
- SBI - EV-Entry System for Transfection using Exosomes
- Mirus - CHOgro™ Expression System
- Mirus - flashBAC Baculovirus Expression System
- Affymetrix USB - VeriScript™ Reverse Transcriptase
- Affymetrix USB - VersaTaq™ Direct PCR Polymerase
- Affymetrix USB - CycleSeq™ Thermostable DNA Polymerase
- Biomatrica – DNAgard® Saliva HT
- Promotions
- Exclusive Promotions
- Mirus – TransIT-X2® Transfection and Chapters® Gift Card Summer Promotion - Offer Extended
- Micronic - 3 Great Deals on Capping Equipment
- SBI – 25% OFF Cold Fusion Cloning Kits
- Enzo Life Sciences – Buy One Ampigene® PCR Product, Get a Second One FREE
- Humanzyme - 20% Discount on FGF-Basic TS™ (Fibroblast Growth Factor, Thermostable)
- RayBiotech - Starbucks® Coffee and ELISA Promotion
- RayBiotech - 70% OFF Array Data Analysis Software
- RayBiotech – Buy 4 Kits, Get 1 FREE of the Same Product Number
- RayBiotech - Recombinant Protein Generation and Purification Services – Buy 1 Get 1 FREE
- Affymetrix USB - Take the ExoSAP-IT® PCR Clean-up Challenge
- Technical Report
- Announcements
NEW SUPPLIERS
EpiCypher - Pioneering the Science of Epigenetics™
A pioneer in the field of epigenetics and chromatin biology, EpiCypher is a bioscience company developing transformative technologies and delivering superior products to researchers worldwide.
EpiCypher’s patented EpiTitan™ Histone Peptide Array is the most advanced histone array currently available. EpiCypher also sells nucleosomes, recombinant histone binding proteins, peptides and antibodies, as well as peptide synthesis and peptide array screening services.
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NEW PRODUCTS
SBI - EV-Entry System for Transfection using Exosomes
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) such as exosomes can be added to recipient cells to deliver exogenous cargo. The EV-Entry reagent system not only enhances the rate of uptake of EVs by the recipient cells but also increases the offloading of the transported cargo into the cytoplasm of the recipient cells. EV-Entry boosts the delivery of both RNA and protein cargo.
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Mirus - CHOgro™ Expression System
High protein titers can now be achieved in suspension CHO cells through high density transient transfection.
- Efficient - Enables high protein titers with simple workflow
- Convenient - Quick adaptation to CHO cell lineages
- Optimized - High density growth with minimal cell clumping post transfection
- Worry-free - No commercial license required; animal origin free
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Mirus - flashBAC Baculovirus Expression System
A streamlined platform for the production of recombinant baculoviruses. Genetic optimization of the Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) genome yields recombinant virus in a single step and eliminates the need for separation of recombinant and parental virus by plaque purification.
- Ease of Use - Single-step baculovirus generation in insect cells, no plaque purification required
- Compatibility - Ready to use with most transfer vectors, including BacMam
- More Protein - High recombinant protein yields
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Affymetrix USB - VeriScript™ Reverse Transcriptase
A high performing RNase H- Reverse Transcriptase for use in a range of applications.
Active over a wide temperature range. Recommended incubation temperature of 42°C, but incubation temperatures up to 50°C may be used for RNA templates with difficult regions containing secondary structure or GC-rich regions.- Robust cDNA synthesis is achieved with templates as long as 12.5 kb
- Compatible with oligo dT, random, or gene-specific priming
- Picogram level sensitivity in RT-end-point PCR
- Efficient amplification in RT-real time PCR from as few as 5 copies of synthetic RNA
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Affymetrix USB - VersaTaq™ Direct PCR Polymerase
A mutant Taq DNA polymerase engineered for direct amplification from complex inhibitory templates. It provides resistance to many potent PCR inhibitors such as those found in:
Whole Blood (up to 40%)- Blood spots on sample collection cards
- Buccal swabs
- Soil
- Feces and urine
- Animal and plant tissue
- Crude Extracts
In contrast to standard Taq DNA polymerase, VersaTaq Direct PCR Polymerase can amplify DNA directly from samples, which eliminates costly extraction and purification steps, saving time and enabling amplification from limited quantities of DNA.
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Affymetrix USB - CycleSeq™ Thermostable DNA Polymerase
A thermostable, DNA polymerase that is exonuclease-free and incorporates ddNTPs with a marked level of efficiency over standard thermostable DNA polymerases. This allows for more even and easy-to-read sequence band patterns, making sequence anomalies easier to identify.
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Biomatrica – DNAgard® Saliva HT
Saliva DNA Collection Optimized for Streamlined Automated Processing
- Pierce-able cap eliminates time-consuming uncapping for automated processing
- Triple-redundant labeling & LIMS-compatible for accurate sample tracking
- User-friendly design increases protocol compliance
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PROMOTIONS
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Mirus – TransIT-X2® Transfection and Chapters® Gift Card Summer Promotion
Offer Extended until September 30th, 2015
Get a Chapters® Gift Card with every purchase of TransIT-X2® Transfection Reagent.
TransIT-X2® reagent provides superior transfection efficiency with an innovative polymeric system that delivers nucleic acids out of the endosome and into the cytoplasm, overcoming a critical barrier to delivery. Click here for more information.
| Product Number | Pack Size | List Price (Discount may apply)* |
Gift Card Value |
Cart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIR6003 | 0.3 mL | $159.90 | $10 | Add to Cart |
| MIR6004 | 0.75 mL | $401.00 | $30 | Add to Cart |
| MIR6000 | 1.5 mL | $669.00 | $50 | Add to Cart |
| MIR6005 | 5 x 1.5 mL | $2,907.00 | $150 | Add to Cart |
| MIR6006 | 10 x 1.5 mL | $5,345.00 | $200 | Add to Cart |
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Offer Extended until September 30th, 2015
Chapters is a trademark of Indigo. Indigo is not a participant or sponsor of this promotion.
Micronic - 3 Great Deals on Capping Equipment
Univo Manual Capper CM480 with free Capcluster-96 Varia Pack and manual decappers - Only $2679
The Univo Manual Capper CM480 offers a cost effective way of applying uniform pressure to push caps in an entire 96 tubes rack in only a single action.
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Univo Manual Capper CM480 with free aluminum decapper - Only $2679
The Univo Manual Capper CM480 can seal full or partially full racks with the complete range of Micronic TPE or EVA style capmats, capbands and capclusters. The capper is also compatible with other brands of storage tubes and racks.
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Novitain Manual Capper CV750 with 100 free Capclusters-50 - Only $3797
The Novitain Manual Capper can cap 50 vacutainers in one time. The capper operates as a stand-alone device and is very easy-to-use.
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Offers valid until September 30, 2015
Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
SBI – 25% OFF Cold Fusion Cloning Kits
Seamless cloning without digestion or ligation
Clone any insert, at any site within any vector- Powerful technology to join multiple fragments at once
- Entire process takes 20 minutes
- Cloning efficiencies of >90%
- Amenable to high throughput cloning applications
- See recent Cold Fusion citations
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Offer valid until September 30th, 2015.
Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
Promotion Code CF2015
Enzo Life Sciences – Buy One Ampigene® PCR Product, Get a Second One FREE
Lower Cost PCR without Compromising Sensitivity and Yield
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PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, and RT-qPCR Solutions
- Include dNTPs in optimized concentrations
- Easy-to-use mixes with advanced buffers
- Available for dye-based and probe-based qPCR
- Wide range of instrument capabilities
- Lower cost per reaction than leading competitors
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Offer valid until September 30th, 2015.
Reference Promotion Code PCR2015 at time of order.
Promo valid for one time use only per eligible product, per customer.
Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
Humanzyme - 20% Discount on FGF-Basic TS™ (Fibroblast Growth Factor, Thermostable)
FGFbasic is a heparin-binding growth factor and critical for human embryonic stem cells to remain in an undifferentiated state during cell culture. FGFbasic-TS™ is a protein engineered FGFbasic to enhance its thermostability without modification of biological function.
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Offer valid until September 30th, 2015.
Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
RayBiotech - Starbucks® Coffee and ELISA Promotion
$5 Starbucks® Gift Card Included with Every ELISA Order !
ELISAs are available for:
Cytokines • Growth Factors • Soluble Receptors
Adipokines • Peptide Hormones • Proteases
Phosphorylation • Cell-Based ELISAs • And more...
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Spring/Summer 2015 Promotion
Promotion is subject to change.
RayBiotech - 70% OFF Array Data Analysis Software
RayBiotech supports each array kit by offering Excel-based analysis software tools for the automatic computation of the extracted numerical data obtained from the array image. Features include sorting, averaging, background subtraction, positive control normalization, and histogram graphing for easy visual comparison.
Get 70% OFF Data Analysis Software when you Purchase the Array and Software Together!
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Reference Promotion Code RB-ARRAY-15.
Cannot be combined with other offers.
Spring/Summer 2015 Promotion
Promotion is subject to change.
RayBiotech – Buy 4 Kits, Get 1 FREE of the Same Product Number
Buy 4 Kits, Get 1 FREE of the same product number
- Antibody Array Kits
- ELISA Kits
- Functional Assays
- And more.
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Please reference Promotion Code RB4G1F at time of order.
Applicable to RayBiotech Kits only.
Promotion is subject to change.
RayBiotech - Recombinant Protein Generation and Purification Services – Buy 1 Get 1 FREE
For all mammalian cell-expressed recombinant proteins (Catalogue number RB2303xxxx) and for all proteins over-expressed in cell lysates (Catalogue Number RB2301xxxx), Take advantage of our Buy 1 Get 1 FREE offer.
Contact us for more information or to request a quote.
Offer valid until September 30th, 2015.
Affymetrix USB - Take the ExoSAP-IT® PCR Clean-up Challenge
See why ExoSAP-IT reagent comes out on top.
- Request a free sample
- Do your own head-to-head comparison
- Give us your feedback for a free T-shirt
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TECHNICAL REPORT
Exploring Protein Phosphorylation with RayBio® Antibody Arrays and ELISAs
by RayBiotech
Phosphorylation is arguably the most important regulatory mechanism in biological systems, directing both the activity and subcellular localization of many key signaling proteins. Phosphorylation is often detected by isotope labeling or by 2D gel and mass spectrometry analyses. Both methods are highly sensitive. However, because of the high equipment cost and labor required for mass spectrometry, and the special isotope handling and disposal required for radiolabeling, phospho-specific antibodies are generally the more preferred tool for detection of protein phosphorylation. ELISAs can be designed to rapidly and inexpensively detect phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a specific protein, allowing many samples to be tested in parallel. Alternatively, phospho-specific antibodies can be multiplexed into an array format, allowing the simultaneous detection of multiple target phospho-proteins. Using these powerful tools, researchers can accomplish either high throughput detection of a specific activated protein in multiple samples, or detect phosphorylation signatures through parallel detection of many related phospho-proteins. Click here to read more.
ANNOUNCEMENT
New Division: MJSBioLynx Wellbeing - Meditation, Yoga and Ayurveda
We are plea
sed to announce that MJSBioLynx has opened a new division: MJSBioLynx Wellbeing. This division has been created with the intention of bringing personal health awareness to the dedicated health researchers, health professionals and the general population across Canada by creating a portal for understanding the benefits of living a life of balance and vitality. In addition to providing personal health resources, MJSBioLynx also provides workshops/classes in meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda, as well as a variety of wellness products. Our hope is to continue to aid life science researchers to better understand and combat disease, while also providing the tools for individuals to take charge of their health and help themselves prevent disease from occurring in the first place.
Our mission is to inspire Canadians to live a life enriched with vitality, joy, and prosperity by reconnecting with their unique balance of mind, body, and spirit.
Our website is coming soon!
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