This year the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2012 meeting is being held in San Francisco, California from June 16 to 19th. This meeting will bring us lots of opportunities in both networking and education. We are gearing up at Phthisis to send a team to present the E-Sphere® Simple NA Kit at what is already looking like a great show! Please stop by and see us at poster #2013 “Easy and Fast DNA Extraction from Preserved Stool Samples” on Sunday, June 17th from 12-1:45pm to discuss your DNA and RNA extraction needs and ask about our other Simply Molecular® Solutions for your laboratory. Now we just have to finish getting ourselves ready to head out to the west coast.
If you would like to set up a meeting while at the ASM meeting to discuss the E-Sphere® Simple NA Kit or other Phthisis products, please call our office at 434-293-8180 to set up an appointment.
Category Archives: DNA Extraction
First Poop, Now Leeches
In GenomeWeb’s The Daily Scan on April 24th, there was an interesting highlight about researchers, led by Joseph Fourier University geneticist Pierre Taberlet , that are collecting DNA from bloodsucking leeches to find DNA from a rare Asian antelope called the saola. Often research has been done by collecting soil or stool samples to study biodiversity. Little is known about the saola and for this reason the scientist have chosen to try using leech DNA to get a better handle on the habits and migration of this rare animal.
“Leeches can store DNA from their meals for months at a time, so by taking samples from leeches within the saola’s estimated range, the team hopes to gauge biodiversity more efficiently than by conventional means like camera traps.” Read More…