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On October 13th 2020, the ENTRANCE project on “EfficieNT Risk-bAsed iNspection of freight Crossing bordErs without disrupting business” was officially launched. As a major stake for the Union’ state-members, the control of the European borders requires a constant evolution towards the technologies and systems used to establish it. Alongside drug and weapon trafficking, cigarette smuggling, […]

Bertin launches a new efficient technology to obtain emulsions for procedures such as: – monoclonal & polyclonal antibody production – preparation of emulsions with Freund’s Adjuvant + Antigens – pre-clinical animal models for research & in industry – DTH experiments (Delayed Time Hypersensitivity). The Precellys Emulsion Kit replaces less secure and more tedious methods, such […]

Bertin Health & Life Sciences, in partnership with SelectScience, was very pleased to organize a webinar session on September 29, 2020, presented by François d’Hubert, Ph.D, Product Manager (Bertin), & Floriane Cohen, Ph.D, Application Scientist (Bertin) >> The replay is now available on demand! Learning outcomes of this webinar: Sample homogenization protocol key points How […]

Late June 2020, Bertin Technologies successfully supplied the Hinkley Point C Project – a joint-venture between EDF and China General Nuclear Power Group – with a first batch of 4 filtration devices named “trash racks” to equip Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear power station to be in the United-Kingdom for a generation. In […]

The advent of next-generation sequencing techniques (NGS) has revolutionized the landscape of biology, allowing scientists to deepen their understanding of many diseases such as cancer. NGS workflows generally begin with a sample preparation step, whose success is crucial to ensure reliable sequencing results. An efficient and uniform homogenization is needed to obtain an adequate quantity […]

On July 30, 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA successfully launched both Perseverance robotic rover and Ingenuity helicopter using an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Landing is planned for February 18, 2021, in Mars’ Jezero crater, following a 687-day mission. About the size of a car, this new-generation […]

Bertin Instruments will be presenting its innovative solutions in Life Sciences on a virtual booth during the next virtual summit organised by LSE on August 6, 2020. Discover our equipment & bio-analytical tools on our virtual booth and live chat with Floriane Cohen, PhD, Field Application Scientist, & Qingshan Mu, Ph.D & Sales Representative in […]

Within the framework of Insight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport), a NASA Discovery Program mission that places a single geophysical lander on Mars, Coriolis µ has been used to monitor the air contamination before the launch. To minimize biological risk, each Mars mission should satisfy a certain number of requirements and […]

Within the framework of a contract signed on June 11, 2020 with the City of Paris, Bertin Instruments is industrializing a new Covid-19 screening test. The École supérieure de physique chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI) and the Institut Pasteur, with the help of a grant from the City of Paris, have been […]

Bertin Instruments launches a new accessory for its sample homogenizer Precellys Evolution: the 96 well-plate. Discover the new design of the tube holder & the blocking plate and the new consumables: Ease-of-use New individual caps: no cross-contamination risk Better tube positioning New matrix: better application coverage Product references: Tough micro-organism lysing VK05 WP: P002136-LYSK0-A Soft […]