29/06/11: Agilent’s Summer Promotion on Genomics Products
June 29, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
I am pleased to inform you (well, if you are a researcher in Denmark at least) of Agilent’s Summer promotion on genomics products. The promotion is valid from now(28 June 2011) until August 31st 2011. Headlines below, with a bit more detailed information beneath each heading
Contact me if you are interested.
Update 12 July: Agilent have a Summer Promotion webpage now live.
Purchase the New SureCycle PCR Instrument Together with the Mx3005P qPCR Instrument and get 30% off the Bundle
This is possibly the best offer of the whole promotion. The SureCycler is the hottest new instrument from Agilent, very cool (connect to it from a mobile device) with great specs. The Mx3005P is a well-proven and robust qPCR instrument that won’t let you down.
Purchase the Bioanalyzer with Agilent SureCycler 8800 or with >5000€ of Bioreagents and get 30% off the Total Bundle
Hmm. On second thoughts, perhaps this the the best of the Summer Promos. It really depends on what you are after. Of course, Bioreagents can mean a lot of things: PCR enzymes/kits, nucleic acid sample prep and qPCR reagents would be the most obvious. The combination of the Bioanalyzer with qPCR reagents sounds like a good combination to me, given that the Bioanalyzer is great for doing QC on RNA.
Get 50% off Absolutely RNA extraction kit when you purchase Bioanalyzer reagents
For those of you who are reguarly ordering Bioanalyzer kits (and that means lots of you), this is a great opportunity to try out one of Agilent’s best nucleic acid purification lines. The Absolutely RNA extraction kits come in a number of size options (mini-, micro- and nano-prep) and there are kits for miRNA and FFPE samples too. This is really a great excuse for you to try out these kits, especially if you haven’t had a lot of success with what you are currently using.
10,000€ discount on your genomics consumables order when you purchase an Agilent Bravo Automated Liquid Handling Platform
OK, so not everyone has the money available for an Agilent Bravo. However, if you are in the market for a small-footprint, very fast and accurate pipetting workstation, you really have to consider the Bravo. You will save many many days of work by having a Bravo in your lab, not to mention saving your pipetting thumb!
10,000€ (about DKK 75K) will get you a lot of genomics consumables.
Genespring and exon arrays: buy 5000€ of exon arrays and get 25% off your Genespring annual license, buy 10k€ of exon arrays and get 50% off the annual license.
Yes, it is that simple. Purchase Agilent’s high-quality exon arrays and get a big saving on the GeneSpring license (which you can then use to analyse all that lovely data and put into a biological context).
The Exon arrays are available for human, mouse and rat.
So that is the summary of Agilent’s Summer Promotion on genomics products. It looks pretty good to me and will mean that you come back from your Summer holiday with new gear to get into your research again after the break.
27/06/11: Break Free! Trade-In Your Affymetrix GeneChip Scanner and Get 50% off the Agilent Scanner
June 27, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
This post is to alert genomics customers who have an Affymetrix system that Agilent are offering a trade-in deal that allows them to get 50% off the Agilent High-Resolution Scanner. Any arrays purchased at the same time will also receive the 50% promotional discount.
The promotion is valid from now until December 31st 2011. Further details are available on the Agilent website.
27/06/11: Change of Address for You Do Bio
June 27, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
As of June 10th, I have moved from Frederiksberg to the even greener pastures (and bigger garden) of Rødovre. Except for being rather difficult to pronounce (a Polish researcher I know said it was possibly the worst place to live as a foreigner in Denmark, because no native Dane would understand where you lived) – I am loving living inRødovre. I also get to cycle over 14 Km per day (if working from the city), so I should get healthier too! Anyway, for the record, You Do Bio’s new address is:
Hendriksholms Boulevard 59
2610 Rødovre
Denmark
23/06/11: BioCision Launches New Tools for Cell Cryopreservation
June 23, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
An excerpt from a recent BioCision press release:
“BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell® FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1oC/minute in a -80oC freezer, with high reproducibility of freezing profiles and consistent cell viability and function after thawing. The patented alloy-based technology allows maintenance-free operation and is a significant alternative to conventional freezing methods or programmable freezers.”
Read the full press release here.
23/06/11: Webinar on Agilent’s SureSelect RNA Enrichment Kits
June 23, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
Agilent’s SureSelect RNA Target Enrichment Kits offer the first and only commercial solution for focusing your RNA-seq studies on specific transcripts of interest, and discover what you could be missing.
Watch this presentation to learn how SureSelect RNA Target Enrichment Kits can enable you to:
- Discover more splice variants and fusion genes
- Detect allelic specific expression and rare genes
- Precisely measure gene expression levels with high sensitivity
- Streamline workflows and achieve deeper sequencing coverage
21/06/11: Comparing Affymetrix and Agilent Gene Expression Data in GeneSpring Software
June 21, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
This is an online webinar from Agilent that addresses the above subject. It is held on June 24th.
To learn more about this webinar and register, please follow this link.
21/06/11: Agilent Bravo Now Amongst Equipment Offered by DMAC at DTU Denmark
June 21, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
I was sent this link by the proud owner: https://dmac.cbs.dtu.dk/service/devices/agilent-bravo
14/06/11: Agilent Genomics e-Seminar Series on NGS Data Analysis Software
June 14, 2011 by Peter · Leave a Comment
There are a bunch of upcoming e-Seminars from Agilent. Take a look at the details below. Since data analysis is one of the most often cited issues in today’s research, this should be interesting!
Bioinformatics eSeminars
Full ScheduleJune 14
Introduction to GeneSpring NGS Data Analysis Software
Speaker: Jean Jasinski, PhDLearn about the input data types accepted and the analysis workflows for RNA-Seq and DNA-Seq analyses—from aligned data through biological contextualization tools. Specifically designed to be compatible with Agilent’s SureSelect™ Target Enrichment System, GeneSpring NGS provides Quality metrics and SureSelect-specific workflows to enable focused analysis on your regions of interest.
June 15
Introduction to ChIP-Seq in Avadis NGS Software
Speaker: Jean Jasinski, PhD
Learn the workflow specific for ChIP-Sequence data analysis including importing aligned data, peak-finding, motif detection, and scanning the genome for other putative binding sites. See how the biological contextualization tools help you gain insight into the biology in your ChIP-seq data. Learn about the advanced tools for data manipulation built into the Avadis NGS tool for manipulating and filtering region lists.
June 24
Comparing Affymetrix and Agilent gene expression data in GeneSpring Software
Speaker: Dipa RoyChoudhury, PhD
Learn what functions, workflows, and visualization tools are available in GeneSpring to help you compare Affymetrix and Agilent microarray expression data.
July 6
Introduction to RNA-Seq in GeneSpring NGS Software
Speaker: Dipa RoyChoudhury, PhD
Learn the workflows specific for next generation RNA sequencing including differential gene and exon expression, alternative splicing, gene fusions, finding new genes and exons and visualizing changes in a Genome Browser and in a network/pathway module. Also included is the ability to detect and analyze SNPs & InDels. See how SureSelect enhances the RNA-Seq workflow.
July 8
Introduction to DNA-Seq in GeneSpring NGS Software
Speaker: Jean Jasinski, PhD
Learn the workflows specific for next generation DNA sequencing including SNP detection, predicted effects SNPs, multi-sample SNP reports, and which SNPs are differentially expressed across a pair of samples (tumor and normal). For paired end libraries, see how INDELS, translocations, and inversions are detected.
View abstracts and register at: www.agilent.com/genomics/eSeminarSeries
