MIDSCI partnership with the Young Scientist Program

MIDSCI has announced its partnership with the Young Scientist Program (YSP) at Washington University in St. Louis to provide lab supplies for teachers and students.  These supplies are so critical for learning and promoting a love for science, and so this initiative will prove to enable MIDSCI to pay it forward to a great and deserving organization like YSP.  Recently, at YSP's 20^th Anniversary Celebration, MIDSCI kindly provided goody bags for teachers.  I asked two teachers, Omayma Deeba and Jeanne Norris, who are participating in YSP's Teacher Researcher Partnership (TRP) program, their thoughts on the goody bag and how companies such as MIDSCI can really make an impact on science education.  As a bit of background, the TRP program allows middle school and high school teachers to gain experience in a Washington University lab and translate that research into an innovative lesson plan for the classroom.  Since Omayma and Jeanne are currently thinking about how to best incorporate their research into their classes, they are the best people to ask regarding what companies and universities can do or provide to promote science learning and give back to the community.  Omayma, who teaches 11^th grade Chemistry and AP Chemistry as well as Physical Science for ESL students at Roosevelt High School, really appreciates having a catalogue in the goody bags.  Her suggestion is that MIDSCI could "communicate with teachers about the items that MIDSCI would like to sell at a reduced price, or with a special price for schools in which most of the students come from low income families."  Jeanne teaches 11^th and 12^th grade AP Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology at Gateway High School, and she has great ideas to add.  "Offering internships/shadowing experiences, speaking with students about science career possibilities, volunteering to tutor, or sponsoring science fair participants" are ways she thinks companies could make an impact in public schools and encourage students to pursue science careers in either academia or industry.  "Partnering in such ways will foster community recognition and goodwill for the company, and will inspire students to pursue a career in science by showing them opportunities that they didn't know existed," she says.  I'm really excited to hear about MIDSCI's partnership with YSP, and I look forward to hearing about the amazing things they will do together!

Have you heard of an environmentally friendly Agarose?

Bullseye Green Choice (GC) Agarose is a highly purified agarose, suitable for a variety of molecular biology applications. It is refined using an advanced process that excludes the use of organic solvents, yielding a cleaner end-product with a significantly reduced environmental impact. Hence the name Green Choice. Great for all of your molecular biological or electrophoresis needs, so why not give it a try today?

We have a super duper special going on until September 2011. Buy 1 500g bottle of Bullseye GC Agarose (BE-GCA500) and a $260 LabDoctor MiniFuge 8 (C1008-R) FREE from MIDSCI.

MIDSCI introduces LabDoctor™ Mini Dry Bath

Unlike traditional dry baths, the MIDSCI LabDoctor™ Mini Dry Bath is ultra compact and fits in the palm of your hand.  Despite its small size, the MIDSCI LabDoctor™ Mini Dry Bath is capable of accommodating test tube sample sizes from 0.2ml up to 50ml and accurate temperature control (+/- 0.1°C) up to 80°C.

A convenient temperature adjustment touchpad is located along side the large backlit LCD display for adjustment of temperature. Six exchangeable blocks are available for applications requiring different tube sizes and a convenient block lifter is included for removing blocks from the unit, eliminating delays due to cool down time.

At just 4.4 inches wide and less than 4.5 inches tall, the MIDSCI LabDoctor™ Mini Dry Bath is a personal sized unit that will fit comfortably on any bench top.

For more information, contact Sara Seematter

877- 227-9911 X-123 

Sara.seematter@midsci.com • www.midsci.com 

Want a cleaner agarose product to reduce disposal of toxic wastes?

Bullseye Green Choice agarose -- a greener, earth friendly product.


Agarose, an item that almost every lab uses on a daily basis for standard electrophoresis applications as well as highly purified applications of DNA extraction and sequencing. So wouldn't you want an agarose that is cleaner and greener if you utilize it for nucleic acid analysis studies?


Most brands of agarose are manufactured with a drying process that involves harsh organic solvents. In comparison, the Bullseye Green Choice agarose does not involve these toxic solvents and has a longer air drying process thus providing the user with a cleaner and non-toxic product to dispose off after electrophoresis. The altered drying process has been shown to have zero effects on the high quality purification of the agarose as well as excellent performance in standard electrophoresis. 


What's there not to Like about our Bullseye Green Choice agarose? Give it a try and see for yourself.


Use item number: BE-GCA500 
or
order online: http://shop.midsci.com/productdetail/M50/BE-GCA500

Get rid of water contamination for good!

Have you ever wondered what grows in your lab water baths? Have you thought about how you can be cross contaminating your cell culture media bottles by warming them up in non-sterile water and bring that unwanted microbial growth to your tissue culture cells? Fear no more, Bath Armor Beads are here! 

Dry, metallic beads that replace water in water baths, aluminum blocks in dry baths, or ice in ice buckets. Bath Armor™ Beads are convenient, versatile, and can maintain hot or cold sample temperatures in just about any vessel type. These beads are not only sterile and unable to be contaminated by microorganisms, but also avoid the need of using harmful toxic agents to clean the water bath. Nothing is easier than placing your tissue culture media bottles or conical tubes into a bead bath that has uniform temperature for faster and efficient warming. Ice baths are a thing of the past; place the bead bag in the freezer and its ready to use and maintains cold temperature as efficiently as the warm temps. Out with the contaminated water, in with the beads! 

For more information, check out our website at: http://shop.midsci.com/scategory/M50/1354

and our video at: http://www.youtube.com/labarmor#p/u/1/aiHbN_BVXkg

Orbi-shaker and Tube spins -- A Perfect Match!

Designed to be used together to enhance culture densities of suspension cells:

OS-4000 Orbi-Shaker CO2 Resistant, All Environment Shaker w/ Remote Control, 115V:

• Designed for use in CO2 incubators
• Remote controllable - adjust settings without opening incubator door
• Change flask clamps almost instantly with MAGic Clamp magnetic platforms.

TP87050 TPP TubeSpin 50ml Tubes, 0.22um filter cap, 20/pack, 180/cs :

• Polypropylene tube and polyethylene cap
• Convenient 50ml conical tube design with graduations
• 0.22µm hydrophobic cap filter prevents contamination and sample evaporation
• 5 cap holes of different size for exceptional control of gas transfer.

Ask your MIDSCI Representative or call our Elite Customer Service at 800-227-9997