Perceptive Instruments News
(24th Feb '10)Perceptive to sponsor 19th Congress of the Spanish Society of Environmental Mutagenesis (SEMA)
Perceptive Instruments is pleased to announce sponsorship of 19th Congress of the Spanish Society of Environmental Mutagenesis (SEMA), to be held at the University of Coruña, Spain from 20-22nd October 2010.
The meeting aims to bring together international researchers in the field of environmental mutagenesis. A range of speakers will discuss topics including environmental contamination and toxicity, neurogenetics and mechanisms of DNA damage and repair.
For more information, visit their website.
(15th Feb '10)SpeckCheck 2 compatible with Windows 7
SpeckCheck 2, our comprehensive pulp and paper analysis system, is now fully compatible with Microsoft’s Windows 7. SpeckCheck 2 is a powerful system for the measurement of dirt, residual ink and other contaminants in pulp, paper and paperboard, and is used by many pulp and paper mills across the world.
Click here to find out more about SpeckCheck 2.
(8th Feb '10)Visit us at the Society of Toxicology ToxExpo 2010 (8-10 March)
Perceptive Instruments will be exhibiting at the Society of Toxicology 2010 Annual Meeting (ToxExpo 2010). On show will be the latest version of our Comet Assay IV Data Extractor, featuring study approval, data archiving and XML output.
We will also be displaying our other software for genetic toxicology and microbiology, including Sorcerer Colony Counter and Ames Study Manager. Visit us at booth 1242 in the Salt Palace Convention Centre, Salt Lake City, from 8th-10th of March for product demonstrations and more information.
(2nd Feb '10)Comet Assay IV to be presented at 'Techniques in Free Radical Biology'
Perceptive Instruments is pleased to announce that Comet Assay IV, our comet assay scoring system, will be presented to PhD and postdoctoral students at the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) “Techniques in Free Radical Biology” course.
The course will be held at the Research Centre of Molecular Medicine (RCMM) in Debrecen, Hungary, from August 27-September 2, 2010, and aims to teach oxidative stress related techniqes to PhD and postdoctoral students from around the world.
Comet Assay IV will be used by students to gain practical experience of the comet assay, and assess DNA damage through analysis of comet slides.
(29th Jan '10)Perceptive Instruments now on YouTube
Perceptive Instruments is now featured on YouTube. You can currently watch a video of the popular Comet Assay III system. There is also a demonstration of the single-click scoring mechanism used by Comet Assay IV, which superseded Comet Assay III.
(12th Jan '10)Comet Assay IV now in over 40 countries!
We have recently supplied Comet Assay IV systems to prestigious organisations in Argentina, Nigeria, China and Australia, and it is now used in over 40 different countries.
Comet Assay IV is widely regarded as the ultimate sofware system for the accurate and reproducible scoring of comet assay slides. Comet Assay IV removes user subjectivity from the measurement process and allows cells to be analysed simply by clicking on the head of the comet. The unique single-click scoring method allows users to score slides very quickly, typically 50 cells within two minutes. Click here to find out more.
(25th Oct '09)Perceptive Sponsors AICR conference
Perceptive Instruments is pleased to announce sponsorship of the upcoming American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) annual conference entitled “Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Cancer”, to be held on November 5-6th 2009 at the Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington DC.
For more information about the meeting, visit their website.
(19th Oct '09)Perceptive Instruments at EMS
Perceptive Instruments will be exhibiting at the 2009 Environmental Mutagen Society 40th annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on the 24th-28th of October. If you are attending the meeting, this will be a great opportunity to see our software first-hand.
We will be able to demonstrate all of our core products including Comet Assay IV, Sorcerer Colony Counter, Ames Study Manager and the new version of the Comet Assay IV Data Extractor which now includes facilities for archiving and applying electronic signatures to data.
(13th Oct '09)New Data Extractor offers data approval, archiving and signatures
Perceptive Instruments are pleased to announce the release of Data Extractor v2.0, a powerful database tool for searching, filtering and archiving comet assay data. This latest version offers facilities for approval of data, application of electronic signatures and archiving of studies.
If you would like to know more, please visit the Data Extractor webpage. Also, if you are attending the Environmental Mutagen Society meeting next week in St. Louis, then come along to our exhibition stand where we will be pleased to demonstrate the Data Extractor and any of our other products for toxicology and microbiology.
(12th Oct '09)A successful summer of meetings
At Perceptive Instruments, we believe that it is important to stay up to date with our customers and the latest developments in their fields of expertise. For this reason, we try to attend as many of the core meetings throughout the year as is possible. In 2009, we exhibited at meetings of the following groups and societies:
- Society of Toxicology
- European Meningococcal Disease Society
- International Conference on Environmental Mutagens
- International Comet Assay Workshop
- Genetic Toxicology Association
- Environmental Cancer Risk, Nutrition and Individual Susceptibility