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Synbiosis Update
Synbiosis Update.
About this update from Sdi Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 1395O Scientific Digital Imaging Plc 28 June 2010 \n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nSCIENTIFIC DIGITAL IMAGING PLC\n \n(\"SDI\" or \"The Group\")\n \n \nSYNBIOSIS INTRODUCES NEW IMAGING ACCESSORY, ProcUV,\nAND\nIMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE TO ProtoCOL2\n \nSDI, the AIM quoted group focused on the needs of the scientific community, is pleased to update the market regarding recent developments at Synbiosis, a core division of SDI's principal subsidiary Synoptics Ltd. (\"Synoptics\"), a developer and manufacturer of innovative scientific instruments and systems that exploit digital imaging technology for a range of disciplines. \n \nHighlights\n \n· ProtoCOL2 automated colony counter has been extensively tested to enable rapid, accurate counts of Legionella on any Legionella detection media\n· ProtoCOL2 upgraded to allow rapid statistical analysis of flu and bacterial vaccine potency and antibiotics susceptibility testing results\n· Synbiosis has introduced ProcUV, a new UV imaging accessory for the ProtoCOL2 system\n \n \nAt Synbiosis, the world-leading manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, the innovative ProtoCOL2 automated colony counter has been extensively tested by the Synbiosis technical team to enable rapid, accurate counts of Legionella on any Legionella detection media. The team found that by using the ProtoCOL2 system, 600Legionella plates could be accurately processed per hour, which is approximately 30 times more than can be achieved using traditional, time consuming, error-prone manual techniques. \n \nThe ProtoCOL2 has also been upgraded to allow rapid statistical analysis of flu and bacterial vaccine potency and antibiotics susceptibility testing results. The ProtoCOL2 software has also been upgraded so that numerical data can be automatically transferred into programmes for statistical analysis saving scientists valuable time and preventing transcription errors, as data can be transferred via a single button click rather than manually entered.\n \nAdditionally, Synbiosis has introduced ProcUV, its new ultra-violet imaging accessory for the ProtoCOL2 system. ProcUV permits instant...