Primerdesign Real-Time PCR Blog

05 Sep

New research shows a fifth of samples contain unspecified animals’ DNA

New research* released today shows that little progress may have been made since the last food scandal in 2013. Out of 665 results from England, Wales and Northern Ireland collected by the Food Standards Agency, 145 were partly or wholly made up of unspecified meat. This latest data comes five years after the horsemeat scandal, when processed beef products sold by a number of UK supermarket chains were found to contain significant amounts of horse DNA. Primerdesign was credited as being one [...]

Meat speciation

01 Sep

Visit us at the 2018 BEVA Congress!

We are excited to be once again exhibiting at the annual BEVA Congress. BEVA (British Equine Veterinary Association) is a world-leading equine veterinary association with members across the globe. Their annual conference runs from 12-15th September in Birmingham, UK. You can find us on stand C12. Manning stand will be our Head of Sales: Northern Europe, Alison Davis, alongside Nathan Gray, our Account Manager for Ireland & Wales and Nasrat Harun our Technical Sales Representative. During this three day congress, attendees can [...]

Events

30 Aug

Looking for an easy, fast and simple solution for pathogen detection in aquaculture?

SPECIAL BUNDLES DEALS!q16 + 5 genesig Easy Kits + 1 genesig Easy DNA/RNA Extraction Kit for £6,449 quote NEQ16A to order* The genesig® q16 offers RNA and DNA detection of viral, parasitic, bacterial and fungal pathogen detection The genesig q16 is a RNA and DNA detection instrument which offers direct identification of pathogens affecting all fish and shellfish species. The health and wellbeing of aquaculture life-stock needs to be treated with the utmost importance. Those animals infected with harmful organisms need quick [...]

Promotions

30 Aug

Looking for an easy, fast and simple solution for real-time qPCR?

SPECIAL BUNDLES DEALS!q16 + 5 genesig Easy Kits + 1 genesig Easy DNA/RNA Extraction Kit for £5,499, quote NEQ16 to order* q16 + 7 genesig Easy kits for £5,749, quote IMQ16H to order** Primerdesign understands that many researchers and scientific experts can be new to real-time PCR. Our goal is to partner and collaborate every step of the way to help you create the most effective and efficient qPCR results. The genesig® q16 offers a simplistic, fast and supportive approach to real-time [...]

Promotions

30 Aug

Looking for an easy, fast and simple solution for DNA detection in the veterinary sector?

SPECIAL BUNDLES DEALS!q16 + 5 genesig Easy Kits + 1 genesig Easy DNA/RNA Extraction Kit for £5,499, quote NEQ16 to order* q16 + 7 genesig Easy kits for £5,749, quote IMQ16V to order** The genesig® q16 offers DNA / RNA detection of bacterial, fungal and viral pathogen detection, amongst almost all animal species. Animals infected with harmful organisms need quick and easy detection for rapid treatment. Luckily all pathogens will leave a fingerprint in the shape of DNA/RNA which will help identify [...]

Promotions

23 Aug

Looking for an easy, fast and simple solution for DNA detection in your food products?

SPECIAL BUNDLES DEALS!q16 + 5 genesig Easy Kits + 1 genesig Easy DNA/RNA Extraction Kit for £5,499, quote NEQ16 to order* q16 + 7 genesig Easy kits for £5,749, quote IMQ16 to order** The genesig® q16 offers DNA detection of species determination, pathogen detection and much more! We currently have some fantastic bundle offers on the q16, so please get in touch to take advantage of these offers now! The genesig q16 is a DNA detection instrument which offers direct identification of food [...]

Promotions

09 Aug

The Primerdesign Sweet Shop is Closing

As many of you in the UK will be aware, Primerdesign have been running our very own sweet shop, Primersweets, since 2013. Each order that we mail out includes a voucher which can be redeemed for a selection of sweets. This was created as a little way of saying thank you to our UK customers for your business and support. The sweet shop was run virtually by our good friend, Dr Oligoo-Nucleotreat. He served the Primerdesign customers very well, but [...]

Behind the scenes, News

28 Jun

Novacyt Announces Acquisition of Infectious Disease Business from Omega Diagnostics

Accelerating profitability by expanding the Lab21 business with complimentary products Paris, France and Camberley, UK – 28th June 2018 – Novacyt (EURONEXT GROWTH: ALNOV; AIM: NCYT), an international specialist in clinical diagnostics, is pleased to announce that its protein diagnostics division, Lab21 Products (Lab21), has unconditionally entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the Infectious Disease (ID) business from Omega Diagnostics Ltd (AIM: ODX, “Omega Diagnostics”), for an initial consideration of £1.8 million, up to £2.175 million in total, [...]

News

01 Jun

The Primerdesign 2018 Football Sweepstake!

Look out for our special football postcards in your orders for instant product promotions, and your chance to win an Apple iPad! Primerdesign is excited to launch our 2018 Football Sweepstake. From today every order that we send out will include a special promo postcard. This postcard will feature one of the countries taking part in this summer’s football extravaganza and one of our many fantastic product offers. In addition, if the country on this postcard wins the overall tournament then [...]

Promotions

15 May

Primerdesign’s quality control: The what’s and why’s of ISO certification

Quality is paramount to Primerdesign’s success and reputation. It is critical that customers are confident in the quality and performance of our products. By promoting a culture of improvement, accountability and by maintaining certifications to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 our aim is to use our knowledge and expertise in qPCR to provide the very best kits in all areas of need. We are proud to adhere to international certification when designing, manufacturing and supplying real-time PCR kits, reagents [...]

Behind the scenes, Quality Control