Bench Buys

Gene Tec Corp. of Durham, N.C., has introduced the Gene Flow™ Chamber, an innovative liquid handling device for microarray processing. The Gene Flow Chamber uses a capillary system for flow and mixing and facilitates uniform hybridization over a 2-cm square array. The chamber eliminates the need for valves or a pressurized fluid system. Gene Tec Corp.(919) 493-2022www.ncbiotech.org/genetec.htm Glow and Behold BioVision of Mountain View, Calif., is offering a 20 percent discount on its Ca

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Gene Tec Corp. of Durham, N.C., has introduced the Gene Flow™ Chamber, an innovative liquid handling device for microarray processing. The Gene Flow Chamber uses a capillary system for flow and mixing and facilitates uniform hybridization over a 2-cm square array. The chamber eliminates the need for valves or a pressurized fluid system.

Gene Tec Corp.
(919) 493-2022
www.ncbiotech.org/genetec.htm

Glow and Behold

BioVision of Mountain View, Calif., is offering a 20 percent discount on its CaspGLOW™ Active Caspase Staining Kits until November 30, 2001. The CaspGLOW kits stain activated caspases in situ in living cells using a caspase inhibitor conjugated to FITC or rhodamine markers. Users can view labeled caspases under a fluorescence microscope or analyze them with a flow cytometer or fluorescence plate reader. To receive the discount, mention quote 082701-20.

BioVision Inc.
(800) 891-9699
www.biovisionlabs.com

CLONdisc-ount

BD Biosciences-CLONTECH of Palo Alto, Calif., is offering 50 percent off the purchase of any CLONdisc™ product until December 31, 2001. CLONdisc plates, made with Petrifilm™ plate technology, are ready-made, wafer-thin, dehydrated culture medium discs that contain color indicators for Lac+/- selection, and which eliminate the need to prepare agar plates for bacterial culture plating. To receive the discount, mention quote #Q021118 when ordering.

BD Biosciences-CLONTECH
(800) 662-2566
www.clontech.com

--Aileen Constans (aconstans@the-scientist.com)