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LuminUltra launches latest molecular diagnostic innovation with the GeneCount® Corrosion Collection
FREDERICTON, CANADA, Nov. 1, 2022 – LuminUltra, the global leader in applied molecular diagnostics, announced today the launch of the LuminUltra GeneCount® qPCR Corrosion Collection — a complete suite... Read More
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How to build a modern microbial toolkit for microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)
How to build a modern microbial toolkit for microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) Join our LuminUltra experts to understand why Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) is an important threat to manage.... Read More
Case Study
Case study: Monitoring COVID-19 in a Cruise Ship Wastewater System at Sea
What’s inside: Download the case study to read how SARS-CoV-2 was successfully detected in cruise ship wastewater systems using both grab and passive sample types, including the LuminUltra GeneWave®... Read More
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Legionella Implementation Guide
What’s inside: Understand how you can build a monitoring plan that integrates factors such as testing locations and population risk levels. Learn how newer technologies like qPCR present the... Read More
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Validation of LuminUltra’s GeneCount® qPCR methods for rapid detection of Legionella species and Legionella pneumophila
What’s inside: LuminUltra’s GeneCount® LT qPCR solutions for Legionella species and Legionella pneumophila enables rapid and flexible measurement of Legionella in potable water sources, cooling water and building (premise plumbing)... Read More
Case Study
Protect your waterways with Microbial Source Tracking (MST)
What’s inside: MST is a cost-efficient, scientifically reliable method for understanding what is directly responsible for the fecal pollution in your environment. General fecal indicators are ineffective at discriminating... Read More
COVID-19
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Where Next? Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as a Tool for Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogen Surveillance
This webinar discusses research performed in collaboration with ChromaCode Inc. where wastewater extracts from the GeneCount® SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Test Kit were analyzed for antimicrobial resistance markers using ChromaCode’s High... Read More
Article
SARS-CoV-2 and the future of wastewater-based epidemiology
This article was first published in the March/April 2022 issue of Water & Wastewater Asia. Wastewater-based epidemiology is becoming more widely known as a tool in the fight against... Read More
Article
Wastewater epidemiology for the fight against COVID-19
Wastewater epidemiology gives health authorities the tools they need to pinpoint which communities are most affected and to make informed, science-based decisions about next steps, like targeted clinical testing.... Read More
Clinical Diagnostics
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Antigen vs. Antibody vs. qPCR: FAQ about tests for COVID-19
It’s more important than ever to be aware of the tests used in public health responses to viral outbreaks. In this post, we’ll discuss antigen, antibody, and PCR tests... Read More
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Introducing our complete COVID-19 clinical solution
LuminUltra Technologies Ltd. is proud to announce that we’ve submitted our GeneCount® COVID-19 RT-qPCR Assay Kit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization and Health... Read More
Wastewater
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The future of wastewater surveillance and how it can protect public health
Experts from LuminUltra, Kando, the Israeli Ministry of Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Royal Haskoning DHV discuss international perspectives on the future of wastewater surveillance.... Read More
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Where Next? Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as a Tool for Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogen Surveillance
This webinar discusses research performed in collaboration with ChromaCode Inc. where wastewater extracts from the GeneCount® SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Test Kit were analyzed for antimicrobial resistance markers using ChromaCode’s High... Read More
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Save time and improve your process with rapid, accurate and portable wastewater testing solutions
Is your process running at peak performance? Most wastewater operational challenges – bulking, upsets, excessive costs, and non-compliance – stem from inaccurate measurements of the true, living biomass in... Read More
Legionella
Case Study
Legionella Implementation Guide
What’s inside: Understand how you can build a monitoring plan that integrates factors such as testing locations and population risk levels. Learn how newer technologies like qPCR present the... Read More
Case Study
Validation of LuminUltra’s GeneCount® qPCR methods for rapid detection of Legionella species and Legionella pneumophila
What’s inside: LuminUltra’s GeneCount® LT qPCR solutions for Legionella species and Legionella pneumophila enables rapid and flexible measurement of Legionella in potable water sources, cooling water and building (premise plumbing)... Read More
Case Study
Case study: Using qPCR to rapidly identify and mitigate Legionella risk in a large US college residence building
What’s inside: LuminUltra’s GeneCount® system was used to audit the residence building of a major US college campus that was suspected to harbour Legionella. Samples were collected from four... Read More
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
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How to build a modern microbial toolkit for microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)
How to build a modern microbial toolkit for microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) Join our LuminUltra experts to understand why Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) is an important threat to manage.... Read More
White Paper
Techniques for Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) Monitoring
What’s inside: The most common occurrence of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is in oil and gas-associated transportation and storage systems. However, MIC monitoring is also relevant to the municipal... Read More
Article
Impact of sample preservation protocols for metagenomics analysis in the oilfield
The lack of standardized protocols and the remote nature of oilfields are major concerns when it comes to sample preservation to maintain the integrity of the microbial population during... Read More
Industrial Process Water
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How Can I Use NGS to Improve My Industrial Process?
First of all, what is NGS and what does it do? Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a tool that has revolutionized many fields of study. So far DNA sequencing has... Read More
Case Study
Microbiological Monitoring of Paints Using 2nd Generation ATP®
See a paint manufacturer’s full return-on-investment analysis of investing in 2nd Generation ATP® testing from LuminUltra to prevent product defects. What’s inside: Microbiological contamination of paints can cause major... Read More
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Using ATP to Improve Surface Treatment Operations
What’s inside: Problem: An aircraft production facility’s surface treatment system was experiencing issues associated with excessive microbiological growth within the coating system’s recirculation loops. These issues led to increased... Read More
Marine
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Ready for new ballast water regulations?
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BQUA Plus test kit evaluation for a local port authority ballast water policy
What’s inside: Ballast water management policies are implemented to prevent the release of invasive and non-native species or pathogens to marine ecosystems from the discharge of untreated ballast water... Read More
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BQUA PLUS validation for commissioning testing of ballast water management systems
What’s inside: Ballast tanks within ships are filled with water to provide stability during transportation of cargo. The ballast water that is discharged at the ship’s destination may carry... Read More
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Case study: Validating your ballast water management system
What’s inside: Ballast water helps to stabilize ships during transport. It’s drawn in at a ship’s origin, along with local aquatic organisms and plants, and then discharged at its... Read More
Drinking Water
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Tips to reducing water consumption
The importance of conserving water Water is essential to human life. Every person on the planet, no matter the region, requires the same basic daily amount for survival. That... Read More
Article
Harness the power of one bacterium to remove PFAS from the environment
What are PFAS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of synthetic organic molecules, which are not naturally occurring in nature. Due to the strong carbon-fluorine bond present... Read More
Article
World Water Day, 2020
A Long-Standing Tradition Since 1993, the United Nations has used World Water Day to highlight its water conservation and management work and focus the world’s attention on water issues.... Read More
Food
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Gut bugs affect overall health, and serve as individual microbial fingerprints
The microbial population of our gastrointestinal tracts is a hot topic these days, with researchers regularly making new discoveries as to how the state of the bugs in our... Read More
Biocide
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