How it works New technology improves speed and accuracy for repeat pipetting using serological pipets. Is there an affordable solution that improves both the speed and accuracy of repeat pipetting? A standard pipet controller is used to aspirate and dispense macro volumes of liquid. While it is possible to repeatedly pipet the same volume over and over, the accuracy of each multi-dispense depends on the skill of the user to carefully observe the graduation lines on the pipet. Loss of efficiency and productivity result. Positive displacement repeat pipettors may be…
Support Breast Cancer Research when you purchase MLA D-Tipper Pinks
How does VistaLab support breast cancer research? VistaLab proudly donates $5 to breast cancer research for every Special Edition D-Tipper Pinks purchased. During the month of October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, VistaLab doubles its donation to $10 per Pinks pipette purchased. Who does my purchase benefit? This year VistaLab will donate to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). What can I do to support breast cancer research? Join us in this effort to help women in need: Make a donation to organizations doing research. Memorial Sloan Kettering…
A VistaLab Director. A Good Doctor. A Good Book.
Dr. John Gorman is a director on the VistaLab Board, but as director of the blood bank at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in the 1950s, Dr. Gorman worked intimately with the problems of Rh disease. He became obsessed with determining how it worked and set out on a mission to find a cure. Dr. Gorman’s incredible journey to find a treatment for Rh disease, which has resulted in saving countless numbers of newborn lives, is profiled in the new book “Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that…
MLA Pipettes have a Sleek New Look
The durable and dependable MLA pipettes have received a makeover! For over 40 years, researchers and laboratory technicians have trusted in the quality and accuracy of the easy-to-use MLA pipettes. Their color coded bodies have made different volumes easily identifiable and brightened up many a lab bench. They have been updated to a Sleek New Look of anodized metal, but with the same color coding you’re used to. Rest assured, nothing else has changed in the reliable MLA performance. Please note: The updated versions of the MLA pipettes are currently…
Repetitive Strain Injury in the Laboratory – Pipetting doesn’t have to be painful
Article by Angelo dePalma originally published on Biocompare Ergonomic pipettes help scientists avoid RSIs. Repetitive stress injury (RSI) is a common occurrence in laboratories, and is closely related to the ergonomics of operating instrumentation and equipment, and conducting simple but repetitive laboratory processes. Types and extents of injury vary, for example neck or back pain from sitting or bending a certain way for long periods. The key to avoiding RSI is to assume natural, strainfree posture while conducting experiments, for example using anti-fatigue floor mats and sitting supported by your…