High quality 96-well deep well plates

A wide range of high quality 96-well deep well plates are available from Porvair Sciences Ltd. optimized for applications in cell biology, molecular biology, drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, screening and genomics.

Manufactured under class 10,000 conditions from ultra-pure grade polypropylene, Porvair 96-well deep well plates contain no contaminants that may leach out and affect stored sample or bacterial or cell growth. For sensitive biological applications - Porvair offers a selection of 96-well deep well plates that are available certified as RNase/DNase free.

Available in a choice of well shapes and volumes - Porvair 96-well deep well plates are precisely manufactured to SBS/ANSI dimensions ensuring complete compatibility with microplate washers and automated equipment.

For general work and sample storage, round 96-well deep well plates offering a working volume of 1ml, provide an affordable, easy to use solution. Where operational flexibility, solvent resistance and automation compatibility are important Porvair's range of precisely engineered polypropylene square 96-well deep well plates (350 μl, 1ml and 2ml).

Porvair's popular 1ml round 96-well deep well plates are also available in red, blue and black polypropylene. The coloured 1ml round deep well plates provide a simple, yet effective way of visually differentiating stored samples by person, project, date etc.

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Streamlining the protein precipitation sample preparation technique

The p3 microplate from Porvair Sciences Ltd. eliminates the mess and complex sample preparation (no centrifuging, no vortexing) traditionally associated with protein precipitation techniques.

The use of protein precipitation as a method for sample preparation is widely used within the pharmaceutical industry. Consequently the need to streamline the technique, to save technician time, has spurned a growing number of commercial multi-well filtration microplates optimised for protein precipitation sample preparation.

The report details and illustrates the results from the series of comparative experiments carried out in the independent evaluation. The evaluation comments how advantageously the p3 eliminated "wetting out" and leaking of sample through the plate without resorting to complex valve systems. Further it comments that the novel treated frit matrix used in the p3 maintains high flow rates enabling quick sample preparation times. The report also notes that the p3 plate did not have any major adverse non-specific binding problems. These benefits plus the added advantage of cost effectiveness has meant that the pharmaceutical company that undertook the evaluation is now using the p3 plates on a daily basis.

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Porvair Sciences announces international sales growth

Porvair Sciences Ltd, an established specialist manufacturer of microplates and microplate products, has reported 9% growth in international sales for the fiscal year ending November 30th 2010.

Reflecting upon the positive year - Steve Knight (Sales & Marketing Director) commented: "The growth in 2010 reflects our continuing investment in new innovative products, striving to maintain top product quality and a commitment to informed product support".  He added "In 2010 we saw particular growth in demand for our growing range of high quality, high performance deep well and assay plates".

Looking into 2011 the company is planning to introduce further new products and product upgrades to facilitate its targeted market growth in Asia, Europe and North America.

Porvair Sciences Ltd has specialised in the manufacture of microplates and microplate equipment since its formation in 1992. Via its global distributor network, Porvair Sciences serves Life Sciences, Biotechnology, R&D and Molecular Biology with microplate solutions for all applications, from sample preparation to high throughput screening. Porvair Sciences is a subsidiary of Porvair plc, a world leader in microporous materials.

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Oligo manufacturer standardizes on Ultravap for sample preparation

Porvair Sciences Ltd has announced that a leading manufacturer of ready-made oligonucleotides, with bases in both North America and Europe, has standardized on their Ultravap Blowdown Station for careful drying of their production samples.

Steve Knight - Sales & Marketing Manager at Porvair commented: "This important life science customer has invested in 5 Ultravap systems in the USA with 2 more on order and two to date installed in Europe". He added "Controllable gentle dry down which does not heat or harm samples is important when preparing biological samples. For this customer looking to integrate a sample drying system into their production environment - the ability of the Ultravap to also automate dry down and store regularly-used protocols was critical".

Low profile 96-well microplate

Porvair Sciences Ltd, specialists in applications optimised microplates, has announced a low profile 96-well microplate designed to minimise the space required for compound storage.

In an environment where space costs money the low profile 96-well plate achieves a storage volume of 1.1ml/well in a height of just 27mm. This allows more plates to be stored or stacked in a give space.

High volume plate optimised for high yield yeast production

A 24-well microplate, with a working volume of 10ml / well, has been developed by Porvair Sciences Ltd. for large scale, high yield growth of yeast.

Produced under class 10,000 clean room conditions from virgin polypropylene, the new 24-well plate contains no contaminants that may leach out and affect yeast growth. The wells of the high volume plate are rectangular in shape with a 'v' bottom to facilitate easy yeast concentration and recovery.