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March 2008 Issue
Full Service?
(Full Spectrum™)
Wishing for a Star?
(Try ProMag™!)
What? Bargain Beads?!
(Check out the bargain beads section on our website.)
Phagocytosis
(Who's Hungry?)
Mail Bonding
(Subscribers do the 'write' thing!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Centrifugation Helps and Polystyrene Shelf-Life and Stability)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2008)
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September 2007 Issue
You asked...we answered
(Our New Catalog Has Arrived!)
Bangs Sponsors Cytometry CD
(Contact Bangs for your free copy)
Here We Grow Again!
(Introducing BioMag®Plus Concanavalin A)
Mail Bonding
(Subscribers do the 'write' thing!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Quantum™ FITC microspheres and Calibration Standards)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2007)
- July 2007 Issue
Magnetic Microspheres
(ProMag™, COMPEL™, and BioMag® particles)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2007)
Wait! We're Not Done Yet!
(Introducing BioMag®Plus Wheat Germ Agglutinin)
Mail Bonding
(Subscribers do the 'write' thing!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Quantum™ MESF and Quantum™ Simply Cellular products)
- March 2007 Issue
Tah-Dah! Introducing ProMag™
(Our Best Superparamagnetic Microspheres Yet!)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2007)
ViaCheck™
(Viability Instrument Standards)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Quantum™ FITC microspheres and Calibration Standards)
- September 2006 Issue
The Latex Course™ 2006
(Held this year in Orlando from October 1 - 4, 2006)
Year of the Dragon
(New Dragon Green Intensity Standard)
Functionalized Silica
(Offering You Even Greater Flexibility)
You Dirty Rat!
(Anti-Rat Beads for your Quantitative Needs!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Fluorescence Reference Standards, Flow Cytometry Supplement, and SNARe™ Kits)
- May 2006 Issue
SNARe™ DNA Purification Systems
(Simple Nucleic Acid Recovery products)
The Latex Course™ 2006
(Held this year in Orlando from October 1 - 4, 2006)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2006)
Quantum Cy5 MESF
(So many kits to choose from!!)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Cool Articles Citing the Use of Microspheres.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Reference standards and PolyLink coupling)
Mail Bonding (do the "write" thing!)
(Notes from our wonderful customers!)
- Fall, 2005 Issue
PolyLink Protein Coupling Kit
(Used for covalent attachment of proteins to COOH beads --- and it's easy, too!)
The Value of a Great Copycat
(The Benefit of Quantum™ MESF)
QuickCal® v. 2.1 Discontinued
(Don't fret; QuickCal® v. 2.3 is available and better than ever)
Quantum™ APC MESF
(APC, that's Allophycocyanine, joins the Quantum MESF Line of products)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Cool Articles Citing the Use of Microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(BioMag® or COMPEL™ ... that is the question)
Mail Bonding
(Comments from customers)
- Spring, 2005 Issue
What's Your Dynamic Range?
(NIST Traceable Particle Size Standards)
QuickCal® v. 2.3
(FREE Data Analysis tool)
"On the Road Again!"
(Our tradeshow schedule)
Ultra Rainbow Fluorescent Particles
(Spherotech™ Particles Now offered at Bangs Labs)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Cool Articles Citing the Use of Microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Quantum MESF, and tips for working with 100nm microspheres)
Mail Bonding
(Thank you for all your support!)
- Winter, 2005 Issue
BioMag® Solutions
(BioMag®ProMax Serum IgG Removal Kit)
YG Fluorescent Spheres
(Announcing the expansion of our fluorescent microsphere line)
QuantumPlex™M
(COMPEL™ and QuantumPlex, together at last!!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(814?? and UV & Violet excitation)
Mail Bonding
(Notes from our wonderful customers)
- Fall, 2004 Issue
BioMag® Solutions
(BioMag®ProMax Albumin Removal Kit)
Magnetic QuantumPlex™
(COMPEL™ uniform superparamagnetic meet QuantumPlex™)
The Latex Course™ 2004 Course Book
(Now available. Hurry, they're going fast!)
Bangs Labs' Custom Services
(BLI offers a range of custom services for your unique needs.)
Boulders-in-the-Stream
(Lateral Flow Test Format)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Daily QC of flow cytometers, and products for various cell separations)
Mail Bonding
(Kind notes from customers)
- June, 2004 Issue
PolyLink Protein Coupling Kit
(For the covalent attachment of proteins to carboxyl modified microspheres)
The Latex Course™ 2004
(Description of the wonderfully educational course in September [did we mention it is being held on Coronado Island!]).
"On the Road Again!"
(Our tradeshow schedule)
BioMag Solutions
(Antibody Purification from Serum or Cell Culture Supernatant)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Some good microsphere reads)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Selecting recombinant antibodies, Coupling antibodies to beads 101, and Full Spectrum microspheres to check the alignment of lasers)
Mail Bonding ("do the 'write' thing!")
(Notes from customers)
- March, 2004 Issue
NIST-Traceable Fluorescence Quantitation
(Bangs to offer NIST-Traceable Quantum™ MESF Kits)
The Latex Course™ 2004
(School is in session - join us for the three-day microsphere education extravaganza!)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2004)
Flow By The Numbers
(Practical Quantitative Flow Cytometry Workshop)
BioMag® Solutions
(Learn how BioMag can help you with your Molecular Biology applications)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Articles about particles - our favorite kind of articles!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Flow Cytometry Absolute Count Standard™, Simply Cellular®, and biotin-coated BioMag®)
Mail Bonding ("do the write thing!")
(Shucks - our customers are so good to us!)
- March, 2004 Issue
NIST-Traceable Fluorescence Quantitation
(Bangs to offer NIST-Traceable Quantum™ MESF Kits)
The Latex Course™ 2004
(School is in session - join us for the three-day microsphere education extravaganza!)
"On the Road Again!"
(Visit Bangs at these tradeshows in 2004)
Flow By The Numbers
(Practical Quantitative Flow Cytometry Workshop)
BioMag® Solutions
(Learn how BioMag can help you with your Molecular Biology applications)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Articles about particles - our favorite kind of articles!)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Flow Cytometry Absolute Count Standard™, Simply Cellular®, and biotin-coated BioMag®)
Mail Bonding ("do the write thing!")
(Shucks - our customers are so good to us!)
- December, 2003 Issue
BioMag® Separation Solutions
(Our introduction of BioMag superparamagnetic microspheres)
Quantum™ MESF APC kits for quantitative flow cytometry
(Look for the kits in spring 2004)
Separation Anxiety
(No worries! We can help you decide on a suitable BioMag particle)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Importance of Compensation, Difference in Compensation Kits, Getting Started with BioMag)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing!")
(We think our website is fantastic too! Thanks for your compliments.)
- September, 2003 Issue
Polysciences Joins Forces with BLI
(Bangs Laboratories is acquired by Polysciences - What a Team!!)
QuickCal® Changes Format
(New Version Easier to Use, and Best of All, It's FREE!)
Seeing Things in a New Light
(New Application for Fluorescent Magnetic Microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Quick, gal, where's my QuickCal®!; QuickCal® 2.2 Data Matches YOUR Kit;
Lectin Coated Beads; COMPEL™ Magnetic Beads for Flow Cytometry)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing!")
(Thanks for sharing!)
- June, 2003 Issue
Quantum™ Simply Cellular®
(Quantitation of Cell Surface Antigens)
Blue Light Specials: with Silica Beads
(Bargain prices on silica and all other beads for that matter)
ImmMagnetic Sep'n/Detec'n: Bacteria
(Some fine folks keeping our food and water sources in tip-top shape)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Switching [Antibody] Sources in Midstream? AND Applications for Plain Jane Silica?)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(We welcome your questions and comments)
- March, 2003 Issue
MESF Product Spotlight
(How to choose the right standard)
BLI 15 Yrs Old on April Fool's Day
(Thank you for the past 15 wonderful years.)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
"On the Road Again!"
(Our Trade Show Schedule)
What Time Is It in Indiana?
(We never change our clocks)
Blue Light Specials
(Our bargain priced beads now include silica)
The Latex Course™ Book
(You can still order a course book from The Latex Course™ June 2002)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Correlation between Flow Cytometers?, MESF Correlation to Antibodies on a Cell, AND Stability of [strept]avidin/biotin binding for PCR thermocycling)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Your comments put a smile on our faces =-)
- December, 2002 Issue
COMPEL™ - Uniform Magnetic Beads
(Highly uniform, superparamagnetic, microspheres, in diameters of 3, 6, and 8µm)
NEW: Anti-Human Beads
(No, not you silly - the beads! It's our new Quantum™Simply Cellular® anti-Human IgG kit)
ISO 9001:2000 Certification
(Our commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, and continual improvement)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(What's New with Your New Magnetic Beads?, Anti-Human Conspiracy, AND Avoiding Freezing)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing!")
(We have the best customers in the whole wide world!)
- September, 2002 Issue
AACC 2002 Follow-up
(We had many questions after our lectures - thank you! Here is some of the information we shared)
United Way Day of Caring
(On September 13th many of us will be out volunteering)
The 1988 AACC Bead Booth Story
(How foam balls set a standing company record 15 years ago)
"On the Road Again!"
(We don't have a tour bus and most of us are tone deaf - but please come see us at one of the many shows we will be attending the remainder of the year)
The Bangs Gang
(Addition of two Chris's and a bird, er, Robin)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
The Latex Course™ Book
(You missed the course - but you can still get the course book)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Adsorbing IgG, IgG's Adsorbed per Bead = Angels on the Head on a Pin?, AND Bead Size Choice)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(We have printed some of your nice comments)
- June, 2002 Issue
QuantumPlex™ SP
(A "single population" of the QuantumPlex™ kits)
Bead Corral
(PUT THE SCUBA GEAR DOWN! These corrals allow researchers to study a small sample of beads)
The Tie Story
(It is quite an amusing story!)
The Latex Course™ 2002
(It's over but you can read speaker bios and lecture topics on the website - or heck, just get the course book!)
"On the Road Again!"
(Tradeshows, dates, and booths we will be at for the rest of the year)
The Bangs Gang
(Additions, Promotions, and Departures)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Flow Question, Oligonucleotide Immobilization, CML Binding, AND Mom, Make the Streptavidin Let Go!)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Fluorescent mice?)
- March, 2002 Issue
The Latex Course™ - 2002
(Description of the course in June.)
QuantumPlex™ for Cytokine Analysis
(Dot plot data from a multiplexed cytokine assay.)
QC3™ Calibration: 4-Color Standards
(New product for calibration of flow cytometers.)
"On The Road Again..."
(Our upcoming tradeshows.)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Silica, streptavidin-coated, fluorescent, and magnetic bead applications.)
Strangely Believe It!
(It's our customers who have made us what [as strange as] we are!) : )
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Fluorescence, streptavidin / biotin stability, LATs, MESF)
Mail Bonding (Subscribers "do the 'write' thing!")
(Well-deserved praise from our mothers, er, customers.)
- December, 2001 Issue
The Latex Course ™ 2002
(Join us at The Latex Course™ in Bangs' city.)
Bead Sandwich
(Hungry? SEM image of 1µm beads stuck to 10µm Beads)
'Tis the Season!
(Our "thanks" with a free calendar!)
BLI Beads Now Distributed Worldwide
(Find a distributor near you)
2001 Road Show: Last Stop
(Our last tradeshow for the year)
Looking for Blue Light Specials?
(We don't actually have a blue light but we do have beads at a bargain price)
2001 Book: Going, going,...
(Get your copy of The Latex Course™ 2001 Book before they're gone)
"Polymer Scientist" Defined
(Need we say more...)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®":
(Conjugating Antibodies to Beads AND Binding One Molecule per Bead?)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(We love to hear your comments)
- September, 2001 Issue
AACC July 31-Aug.2 - a Slumber Party?
(Copies of Nathan Foushee's talk at the OEM Lecture Series are available)
Flow Cytometry Back-to-School Sale!
(Save some money with our Flow Cytometry sale)
"On the Road Again!"
(Schedule of upcoming tradeshows we are attending)
The Latex Course™2001 Book
(The course is over for this year, but there are a few course books still available)
Diagnostic Consultant
(Need a consultant? Go no farther, or is it further? hum...)
The Bangs Gang
(Promotions and additions to our team)
Recent BLI Presentations
(You can find them on our web-site)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Measuring Beads, Beads "out on a Limn" in Antarctica?, ProActive™ SA-Beads: Best Buffer for Biotin Binding?, AND PEG-Coated Beads to Prevent Protein Adsorption)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Thank you for your comments - they are appreciated)
- June, 2001 Issue
FCSC + BLI = First Anniversary
(How our marriage has done over this first year)
Four-Color QC3 Reference Standards
(Details of our soon-to-be-released four-color format QC3 beads)
AACC/ July 31-August 2 --- Chicago
(Please stop by our booth and attend our lecture)
Cool Applications of Beads
(Quick titer-SQ AND PickPen)
The Bangs Gang
(We've had twins! Well, maybe not - but we have two new additions to our gang)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our microspheres)
The Latex Course™ 2001
(It's over - but there are copies of the course book available)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Measuring Solids Content, How to Dilute Beads, AND Charge Reversal on Silica)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Here we like to gloat by publishing your kind words)
- March, 2001 Issue
QuantumPlex™: Streptavidin follows GAM
(Now you can choose from two binding proteins = increased flexibility!)
Last Call for The Latex Course for 2001
(Description of the course in June... San Diego!)
New Product Developments
(New estapor® Magnetic Beads)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Citing use of our Quantum beads.)
Idea for QuantumPlex™ Beads
(Alzheimer's screening by detection of increased concentrations of metals in the blood.)
Ask "The Particle Docto®":
(Parking Area Calculation and Use AND Hydrophobic Bead Coating)
Mail Bonding (Subscribers "do the 'write' thing!")
(Notes from customers, with the good doctor's reply.)
- December, 2000 Issue
QuantumPlex™ - a Crossover Product
(New product for multiple analyte detection [a.k.a. multiplex assays])
The Latex Course™ 2001 in CA
(Description of the 14th [nearly] annual course in San Diego)
The Latex Course™ 2000 Book
(We're still sellin' copies of the course book)
New Product Developments
(estapor® magnetic beads with a narrow size distribution)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Binding Protein to Magnetic Beads for Ab Fishing AND Binding Concanavalin to Beads)
It's the Best Time of the Year!
(Our best to you and yours)
SiO2 Beads Link Fiberoptics Net
(Explaining how in the world optical fiber cables are joined - fascinating stuff)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(A pat on the back from our customers - thank you)
- September, 2000 Issue
FCSC + BLI: What's Happening Inside?
(Explaining changes since Flow Cytometry Standards Corp. joined us.)
Ask "Professor Quanty™"
(Introducing a new character with a "flow" question.)
"On The Road Again..."
(Listing upcoming shows where we'll be present.)
The Latex Course™ Book
(You can still order copies of the course book from May, 2000.)
The Bangs Gang
(New names and moves within BLI.)
New Product Developments
(Improved COOH- silica + small Mag beads available.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Q's on clumped nanoparticles and binding more IgG to mag beads.)
Mail Bonding (Subscribers "Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Misc. notes from customers with responses.)
- June, 2000 Issue
BIG News: FCSC + BLI Get Hitched!
(Announcing our acquisition of Flow Cytometry Standards Corp.)
AACC 2000 in San Francisco
(Outlining plans for AACC Meeting in San Francisco in July.)
The Latex Course™ Book
(Copies of the course book from the course in May.)
The Bangs Labs Team
(Promotions and new faces at BLI.)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(Several papers of interest to "particular" people.)
"Particle Man"
(Words to a bizarre song from the CD Flood by "They Might Be Giants".)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®":
(Q's on uses for silica beads and DNA binding to beads.)
Mail Bonding ("Do the 'write' thing"!)
(Misc. notes from customers with responses.)
- March, 2000 Issue
New Management Team at Bangs Lab
(Announcing promotions for 5 top managers at BLI.)
The Latex Course™- 2000
(Description of the course in May.)
Un-Latex™ SiO2 Chromatography Beads
(Announcing immediate availability of non-porous silica for CEC and HPLC.)
Top 10 Things You Don't Want To Hear from Tech Support
(Humorous responses by Tech Service.)
Silica & Genomes
(Important reference for silica use in large scale DNA recovery.)
New ProActive® Protein A
(Announcing improved Protein A coating process now available.)
We're Dyeing for (your) Business!
(We're offering to dye for you! What colors do you need in which beads?)
Tips to get more protein on mag beads
(Miscellaneous ideas for improving yield with mag beads.)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
(Misc. Q's on agglutination and binding/removing protein from beads.)
Mail Bonding
- December, 1999 Issue
ISO 9000 Spoken Here!
(Announcing BLI's ISO-9002 certification.)
Indiana Growth 100- 4th Year in a Row
(We've been honored again by the Kelley School of Business at I.U.)
The "Un-Latex" (Silica) Microspheres
(Our new, improved , and now scaled-up process for 0.3-5µm SiO2 beads.)
1999/2000 Road Show
(Results of shows and conferences for late 1999.)
"Beads for Leads" Work
(Mentioning several ways for using beads in high-throughput screening.)
Bead Size vs. Porosity
(Ideas about beads caught on or moving through porous membranes.)
Amusing True Story
(Be careful what you ask for; you might get it!)
"The Latex Course"- 2000
(Description of the course in May 2000.)
1999 Course Book
(Offering extra copies of the course book from the course in May, 1999.)
New Mag Bead Instrument
(Description of a new mag. bead handling instrument.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®":
(Q's on agglutination tests for DNA and coating beads for turbidimetric assays.)
Mail Bonding
- September, 1999 Issue
Reintroducing Bangs Labs
(Brief history of BLI and statement of our strengths.)
How do you like our New Look?
(Introducing our new look- new logo, tag line and newsletter design.)
1999 Road Show
(A r eview of 1999 trade shows where we had booths.)
Other Places We'll Be
(Other shows we visited and invited papers.)
Solid Silica Spheres
(Announcing new range of standard SiO2 products- from 0.3-5.5 µm.)
Peek in the ProActive® Lab
(Describing numerous protein-coated products in the works.)
World's Largest COOH Beads?
(These 20 µm carboxylate-modified beads are the largest we know of.)
Fluorescent Magnetic Beads
(COOH groups were proven active after mag beads dyed with fluorescent dye.)
ISO 9000
( Preliminary news about our ISO certification process.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®"
(Mag bead Q's: binding DNA and lectins, and measuring solids content.)
Mail Bonding
- June, 1999 Issue
Y2K: No Problem! Plan Ahead!
(Our preparation for the possible Y2K related delays.)
Latex Course: Never Too Late?
(How to order the manual from this year's course.)
Beads at Oak Ridge Conference
(New and exciting uses for microspheres.)
Painless Particles: #40
(A look back over the past 11 years.)
AACC Meeting, New Orleans
(Where we can be found this year.)
Unique Uses for Beads?
(Preplanetary nebular agglomeration.)
ProActive® News: Streptavidin v. 2.0
(Exciting results from new coating process.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®":
(Reversible antibody binding, PCR on beads.)
Genome sequencing Application
(Reference for sequencing on silica particles.)
"Microspheres for HTS assays"
(New Brochure available on our web site.)
Mail Bonding
(Notes from customers with responses)
- March, 1999 Issue
The Latex Course, May 19-21
(Program overview for the 12th version of this popular course.)
Laboratory/Production Expansion
(Making room for production of silica and dyed microspheres.)
Bangs Beads Bulletin Board-B4
(News about the latest events, recent publication, and upcoming events.)
WWWhat's up (on the web), Doc?
(New developments and postings on our ever-changing web site.)
Ask "The Particle Doctor®":
(Hints for centrifuging microspheres, dye-terminator clean-up from sequencing reactions, and the surface
characteristics of -COOH modified microspheres.)
Tips from "Deep Coat"
(Using ultrasonics to enhance protein-binding, and using dyed beads as a pellet indicator.)
Mail Bonding
(Notes from customers with responses)
- December, 1998 Issue
More on Website Product List
(Now possible to search product list and order on-line.)
Please send us some feedback
(Request for feedback to help us to increase our level of service.)
Anti-Mouse IgG Coated Beads
(Newest line of ProActive® protein coated microspheres now available as standard products.)
BLI's New Toll-Free Number
(800-FUR-ZORB!)
More about ProActive® Creativity?
("The John Wall Sofa Story," pt. 2)
The Latex Course, May 19-21
(Preparation still taking place for the 12th offering of this popular course.)
Walk-in Cooler Added
(Increased business has created a need for more efficient storage facilities.)
WWWhat's up (on the web), Doc?
(Download past newsletters and helpful TechNotes.)
Sites to Behold
(New electronic newsletter from Pall.)
ProActive® Beads News
(Free sample offer of improved Streptavidin coated microspheres.)
Bangs Beads Bulletin Board-B4
(Helpful feedback from customers.)
Ask "The Particle Doc®"
(Hints for developing multi-analyte immunoassays.)
Tips from "DEEP COAT"
(Carbodiimide coupling hints.)
Mail Bonding
(Notes from customers with responses.)
- September, 1998 Issue
Our Third Growth 100 Award!
(a prestigious state award for small growing companies)
Think Silica & SpaceLink™ Beads
(some unusual beads for interesting applications)
Web Users: get newsletter faster?
(Ask us how to get your newsletter faster.)
Complete Product List at Website
(web version of the Microsphere Selection Guide)
ProActive® Creativity?
("The John Wall Sofa Story," pt. 1; pt. 2 will be in Dec NL)
The Latex Course, May 19-21
(Make your plans for Indianapolis & stay for Pole Day!)
Covalent Coupling Kits, Anyone?
(Asking for help with a new product idea.)
ProActive® Beads News
(reliable assay method for SA beads + assay for GAM-Mag)
Ask "The Particle Doctor"®
(COOH bead covalent-binding problems discussed)
Tips from "DEEP COAT"
(avoiding clumping with EDAC and on protein addition)
We'll Be at MEDICA
(our second year exhibiting; come see us Nov. 18-21 in Düsseldorf)
New Bangs Beaders
(our new folks: Jason Fisher, Shannon Kelly, and Allison Havens)
Mail Bonding
(Do the "write" thing!) ...(notes from customers with responses)
Technical References...
(we offer our free literature; with some changes each issue)
- June, 1998 Issue
Second Decade for Bangs Labs
(strategic planning process, 10th anniversary celebration-golf outing)
Phone Interruptions & Invitation
(apologies for equipment problems)
estapor® Magnetic Beads Capture DNA-and Researchers
(Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization - reference to Whitehead Institute protocols)
Legal Sea Food & ProActive® Beads
(more ideas about how we do business - a fishy parable)
Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers
(May 28-30,Cleveland OH, BLI was a sponsor)
The Latex Course - And Book
(several copies of the book are still available)
Ask "The Particle Doctor"®
(new Microsphere Selection Guide; proper blocking; gentle sonication)
Microspheres as Microvoids
Tips from "Deep Coat"
(zero NSB, bead clumping on 2-step coupling, timing your coupling)
Mail Bonding (Do the "write" thing!)
(notes from customers with responses)
Technical References
(we offer our free literature; with some changes each issue)
- March, 1998 Issue
10th Anniversary for Bangs Labs...!
(April Fool's Day, 1988 was our first day in business )
New Microsphere Selection Guide...
(note about new catalog code numbers)
Lowest Cost Supplier...
(7 things to look for in choosing your true lowest cost supplier)
ProActive® Ready for Prime Time...
(avidin & protein A beads ready for sale full-scale)
WWWhat's up (on the web), Doc...
(new users' forum and 11 downloadable TechNotes)
Read any Good Bead Books Lately?...
(2 reviews: especially useful book + reference)
Missed The Latex Course? Buy the Book!...
($350 for >500 pages is a good deal)
Ask "The Particle Doctor"®...
(how to get/make large hydrophilic beads; organic beads?)
New Surfactant-Free Beads ...
(12 lots; sizes: 300-750nm; plain PS or COOH-modified)
Mail Bonding and Technical References
- December, 1997 Issue
Tell Us If You Don't Get It!
(Asking when foreign readers get this issue)
Now Promising Slower Service!
(about our in house QC checking procedure)
Aiming for Second ONLY Supplier
(we can supply first and second source of beads)
2nd Indiana Growth 100 Award
(we were chosen again by IU Business School)
"Believe It or Not" Dept
(BLI beads in deep sea animal feeding studies)
Missed The Latex Course? Buy the Book!
(details for buying the course notes)
Beware: Freezin' Season!
(special precautions we take to avoid freezing your beads)
Tips from Deep Coat
(yellow beads for LATs; ultrasonics for coating; special blockers)
Let's Peek in the Lab
(breakthrough in assays of ProActive® beads binding capacity)
"What's up (on the web), Doc?"
(download TechNotes)
More new people?
(re: Chad Owen, Joe Duffy, Tonya Davison)
Have a Holly Jolly (whatever)!
(Thanks for your support + best holiday wishes to you)
Ask "The Particle Doctor"®
(chloromethyl binding; coating recipes for small beads)
Mail Bonding
(notes from our customers)
Technical References
(list of published papers and TechNotes which are available)
- September, 1997 Issue
Register for The Latex Course
(San Francisco, October 1-3; London, October 6-8)
Bio.Dot Workshops in September
(Bethlehem PA, Sept. 17-19; Amsterdam, Sept. 22-24)
Aiming for Second Supplier
(Why you should have a second supplier and it should be us!)
PolymicrospheresTM and BLI
(Our newest supplier announced and described)
Big Changes at Prolabo
(New facility for our largest and oldest supplier for estapor)
Lets's Peek in the Lab
(PolyMicrospheres SpaceLinkTM beads described)
What's up (on the web) Doc?
(New babies announced)
Who are these new people?
(New employees Carol Burger, Teresa Dunham & Joe Duffy)
Will we see you at MEDICA 97?
(Dusseldorf, November 19-22 our booth 2F06)
Believe It or Not Dept
(Astrophysical application of microspheres to study "presolar nebula".)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
(Best way to bind Ab to Beads; Strip test particles not moving)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- June, 1997 Issue
Hurry! Bio.Dot Workshops
(June 11-13; next time in September at Lehigh University and Amsterdam)
The Latex Course- October
(October 1-3 in San Francisco; October 6-8 in London)
July 21-24- AACC in Atlanta!
(Booth in OEM section, lecture and workshop)
June Theme: Double Meanings
(EDI=electronic data interchange or Emerald Diagnostics, Inc.)
Lets's Peek in the Lab
(IR- Emitting beads, FRET beads, CEC beads, Surface dyed beads, Flow
cytometric beads, and chloromethyl-activated beads.)
What's up (on the web) Doc?
(Plans to put the TechNotes on the Web)
Cool Beads from Spring Meetings
(Luminex, FETL from BioSite)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
("To clean or not to clean"- That is the question.)
New Stuff Related to Microspheres
(Purdue University Cytometry Labs. Invisible immunoassays)
Shipping Savings
(DHL & Airborne vs. UPS & Federal Express)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- March, 1997 Issue
Nickel NTA Beads
(Plans to make these microspheres- but which kinds?)
CLAS Act: BLI in Chicago
(Clinical Ligand Assay Society, 3/24-26)
Bio.Dot Workshop
(Cambridge, UK; April 7-9)
AACC- Atlanta: July 21-24
(Booth in OEM section, 10th annual workshop)
New address, Phone & Fax
(Please note our new address & phones on November 1, 1996)
E-mail Lost for January 9-15
(Our ISP lost our e-mail for about a week)
The Latex Course- Fall 1997
(October 1-3 in San Francisco; October 6-8 in London)
March Theme: Anniversaries
(1947: ULP's born; 1957: LAT's born; 1972: LBB immersed)
BLI Mission Statement
("Our mission is to lead our industry by providing customers...")
Luminex Flow Metrix System
(New assay system linked to allow cytometer uses microspheres)
Mean Diameter, Std. Dev, & C.Vs
(Discussion of methods of measurement)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
(Microspheres and organic solvents)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(DNA absorption to Silica)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- December, 1996 Issue
We're Technology Driven!
(new stuff about our company)
9025 Technology Drive
(how to find our new building in Indy area)
Zero Down Time!
(we didn't miss any shipping days during our move)
Indiana Growth 100 Award
(IU B. school award for top 100 small cos.)
ProActive®
(introducing our new protein coater)
New Hires
(other new personnel and moves)
December Theme: Fluorescence
(highlighting our dyed beads)
Asian Tour 1997: Strip Tests
(our Jan., '97 trip to Taipei and Tokyo)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
(3 dif. fluorescent microsphere questions)
Freezin' Season Shipping Rules
(shipping to avoid freezing the beads)
The Latex Course: Fall, 1997
(Sept/Oct., in London & San Francisco)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- September, 1996 Issue
Big News for Bangs Labs: Indiana Growth 100
(IU chose us as one of 100 fastest growing, high potential companies)
Moving to New Building
(we are buying a building and moving to a new location)
Wanted: Conjugation Scientist
(hiring chemist for coupling protein to ProActive® beads)
Missed April Course? Buy the Book!
(a few copies remain of latest Latex Course book)
Magnetic Personality?
(encapsulated magnetics are better, Rostock meeting, new instrument)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(more immunochromatographic strip test patents)
Ask The Particle Doctor®
(Q's on rev. passive latex agglutination & non-specific binding)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- June, 1996 Issue
Oak Ridge Conf
(Mosbach molecular imprinted polymers; Syva's LOCI; Organon's RASMA)
AACC Meeting
(preview of BLI's participation at July 28-32 Chicago meeting)
ICCC Meeting
(visit our booth at this July 8-12 clinical chemistry meeting in London)
Missed the Course? Buy the Book!
(order The Latex Course book)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(strip test patents; book review:Proteins at Interfaces II)
Ask The Particle Doctor ®
(coupling polypeptides, clumped SiO2 , dual protein coatings)
Tips from "DEEP COAT"
(nanospheres, hydrophobic protein coating of big beads)
Have you been Yellow-Carded?
(to avoid being dropped from our mailing list)
Mail Bonding & TechRefs.
- March, 1996 Issue
Get off the Gold Standard
(why dyed beads are better than colloidal Au for strip tests)
Microspheres and Genomes
(Whitehead Inst.+ our mag. beads in Human Genome Project)
ProActive® Microspheres TechNote
(our new protein-coated beads)
Latex Course: Princeton & Paris
(reasons for attending"The Latex Course" in April)
P(articles)2 = Particles Articles
(reviews of interesting, pertinent literature)
Welcome, Bulgaria!
(recent publicity attracted many new subscribers from all over the world)
Roche Virion Visualization Idea
(dyed microspheres improve HIV-1 pellet visibility)
Ask The Particle Doctor
(about surface charge density, storage, handling, and cleaning beads)
