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The Hidden Costs of Manual Colony Counting
Manual vs. Automatic Colony Counting: Why the Best Labs Invest in Their People For decades, manual colony counting has been the gold standard in microbiology laboratories. Experienced laboratory operators develop remarkable counting skills, often processing plates...
Solving Dilution Challenges in the Lab: Introducing the Smart Dilutor W with Filter
Why Traditional Dilution Methods Fall Short Many laboratories still rely on pre-filled dilution bottles for sample preparation. While familiar, this approach comes with serious drawbacks: ❌ Inconsistent results due to operator-dependent methods ❌ High contamination...
How researchers are using IUL instruments to tackle today’s scientific challenges
We’re always proud to see our equipment and innovations put to work in the field—and even more excited to share the many publications that showcase them. From clinical microbiology and environmental microbiology to food science, livestock research, material science,...
EN 17141:2020 Compliant Air Samplers in Environmental Monitoring
In the evolving landscape of environmental monitoring and workplace safety, the quality of the air we breathe stands at the forefront of public health concerns. At IUL Instruments, we understand that safeguarding air quality is not just a matter of advanced technology...
Do you have Integration Problems with your tests?
Boosting Quality Assurance in Agrofood Production: Embracing the iPeak® Lateral Flow Reader as the Ideal Open SystemIn today's highly competitive agrofood industry, ensuring the safety and quality of products is paramount. Quality Assurance (QA) plays a pivotal role...
Laboratory mixer: the first step to obtain a representative sample
Sample preparation for laboratory studies requires optimal, easy-to-use, and fast equipment for maximum efficiency. In recent years, companies have developed methods and instruments that are suitable for this task. The laboratory mixer is one of the best options as it...
Sphereflash®, a simple and reliable automatic colony counter
Numerous modern microbiology laboratories are using an automatic colony counter to perform colony counting in a simple and reliable way. IUL Instrument’s automatic colony counter SphereFlash® leads to standardized, precise results, while occupying only a little space...
The importance of avoiding cross-contamination. Reasons to use a microbial air sampler in your workspace
The sample preparation process with an homogenizer, everything about the quality of sampling
The sampling process is essential for the preparation of samples in sectors such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and clinics. This process is divided into several sections, and, the first of them, is sample preparation. The homogenization is a sample preparation...
Serial dilution: the impact on waste generation
One of the unsolved environmental problems of the microbiology labs is the huge amount of Petri plates waste generation every day. Serial Dilution requires using an important number of Petri dishes, but is it possible to do otherwise if one wants to guarantee no...
The benefits of using a Spiral Plater for optimized plate inoculations
Spiral Plating is a two-in-one method that enables dilution and plating at the same time. This is an official method of the APHA, the AOAC, and recognized by the FDA BAM (Chapter 3), which main benefit is the incredible gain of time and reduction of Petri plates waste...
Reading different types of agar plates with an automatic colony counter
If you work in a microbiology laboratory, whether in the field of environment, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and beverage, or personal care, your daily work will include colony counting. This can quickly become an exhausting task for microbiologists, as the counting...
Having a gravimetric dilutor for more accuracy in your dilution process
Whether you are working for quality control in food, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic laboratory, the sample preparation can be tedious and inaccurate. That is why it is essential to have a dilutor for any microbiological laboratory. Gravimetric dilution, or liquid...
The Masticator paddle blender: the first step to automize your lab
The need of using a homogenized solution is critical for laboratories as it is the representative sample of all the following processes. If the sample is solid or viscous and barely homogenous, it will not be possible to give all the information and will result in a...
iPeak®, your lateral flow reader for OEM projects
iPeak® is IUL’s colorimetric rapid test reader that enhances the colors of your test. With IUL’s technology, you can export and print the results and send them in real-time. In this way, it is possible to integrate the results to your laboratory information system...