Gilson Launches WWW.PIPETMAN.EU - A New Online Store for the European Market

Gilson S.A.S proudly announces the launch of WWW.PIPETMAN.EU, a new online web shop that caters specifically to the European scientific market.

Unveiled on August 1, 2010, WWW.PIPETMAN.EU provides a multi-lingual platform that is offered in French, German and English. Orders for Gilson products placed through the website can be shipped to 10 European countries, allowing for an extremely easy shopping experience for users throughout the region. The site also allows users to purchase products in either Euros or Swiss Francs.

“Our customers want to be able to order products when it is convenient for them.” Silke Ubben, Marketing Manager, said. “Consumers throughout Europe now have easy access to our entire line of manual liquid handling products and pricing, and a convenient way to purchase lab equipment directly from Gilson. This online store is also a great tool to reach new customer groups and to support our international expansion.”

Products available on WWW.PIPETMAN.EU range from the entire line of PIPETMAN® pipettes and Gilson tips, to personal bench top equipment. As an incentive for using the new web shop, customers placing orders online between now and Nov. 30, 2010, will receive a 10% discount off their entire order.

The overall navigation, placing items in the shopping cart, and applying discount codes is very intuitive and fast to manage. After registration, the login and user account are activated by the Gilson customer support group and the user can start placing items in their online shopping cart. Currently, only purchase orders are accepted as payment; however online payment options will be available in the near future.

The new online store allows customers to keep in touch with Gilson, to find out more about high quality manual liquid handling products useful for any laboratory and, furthermore, keep up-to-date about new product news, promotions and special offers.

Gilson, Inc. 60 Years of History

Gilson has been a long standing scientific instrument manufacturing company since the 1950s when Gilson Medical Electronics began; through the 1970’s when the pipette division was created, and today as new products are being developed.

The Gilson Museum is being constructed in the foyer of Gilson’s main building. The company history will be preserved and displayed for guests and employees to enjoy.

Gilson employees assisted with many aspects of the project. Atika El Sayed organized, gathered memorabilia and oversaw the whole project. Larry Paskey re-assembled old units to make almost all of them work again. Lyle Rickman assisted with moving around heavy items and hanging portraits in the proper area. The Marketing Department restored old newspaper clippings and designed product and logo timelines to be hung in the museum.

Gilson has always been very innovative; we want to demonstrate this innovation to our visitors, encourage innovation, and remember the individuals who made this company successful for the past five decades.

Gilson's Green Thumb

Over the past few months, 27 Gilson employees have been working to make the world a greener place; or at least a little tastier.

Tucked behind Gilson’s main building, the first year of Gilson’s own community garden is flourishing. You will find a wide variety of produce is being grown – from tomatoes and peas to unique items such as kohlrabi and Indian mustard. There is even a plot with rose bushes!

“We’re a family of gardeners; we had an empty field, so why not?” Molly Gilson, Director of Operations-MLH, said. “It is neat to see different purposes for which people are growing things. They’re literally growing their lunches.”

Each participant is responsible for tending to their own assigned space, and many have volunteered to help with the overall garden by participating in various committees.

“It’s great to see everyone working together to make the garden a success, especially the willingness of the Chief Operating Officer to plunge in and work on the assembly issues,” Dean Sperry, Software Engineering Manager said.

Employees have gained a sense of camaraderie; everyone has provided gardening knowledge or physical labor to keep the gardens looking beautiful.

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2010 National Sales Meeting

Gilson Manual Liquid Handling (MLH) Department recently held their 2010 National Sales Meeting. Every year Gilson PIPETMAN Sales and Service Representatives come to Gilson, Inc. headquarters in Middleton, WI to attend. Key discussion at this meeting focused on two new Gilson PIPETMAN products.

TRACKMAN™ and PIPETMAN® M were the new featured products of the sales meeting this year. TRACKMAN, a duo-plate pipetting tracker for use with 96 and 384 well microplates, was released November 2009. The TRACKMAN lights the way as you pipette to ensure you do not lose track of where you are.

PIPETMAN M was released in April 2010. PIPETMAN M is as simple as the PIPETMAN® P, with enhanced ergonomic features and fully motorized user-friendly functionality. PIPETMAN® M is the first of its kind with expanded flexibility, several GLP features and a universal tip holder.

Spring 2010 Golden PIPETMAN Award Winner

The spring 2010 winner of The Golden PIPETMAN Award is Geoffrey Hart. Hart received his Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry from Bates College in 2002. In 2006 he received a Graduate School Fellowship. He is currently working on his research thesis on T-cell development at the University of Minnesota.

The Golden PIPETMAN is an award given at the University of Minnesota to an outstanding microbiology, immunology and cancer biology (MICaB) graduate student each semester.

The student who receives this award shows great leadership skills and has contributed to the excellence of the MICaB program. The contribution can be in the form of publications, outside funding and service to the program.

The recipient of this award receives a golden PIPETMAN trophy given by the MICaB program, as well as PIPETMAN Starter kit that is donated by Gilson, Inc.

“The students do truly appreciate the kit and consider it an honor to receive the award,” Louise Shand, Program coordinator said.

Students are nominated for this award by fellow students or MICaB faculty. The recipient is chosen by the MICaB graduate committee members and past recipients of the Golden PIPETMAN award, who are still in the program. The recipient is announced at the MICaB student seminar series.

PIPETMAN® P-Then and now.

Gilson, founded in Middleton, WI in the 1950s, is the industry leader in manual and automated liquid handling. Dr. Warren Gilson developed PIPETMAN®’s unique volumeter in 1963 as an improvement to Gilson respirometers. Together with his son, Dr. Robert Gilson, they invented what became known as the PIPETMAN, the original adjustable-volume pipette, in 1972.

Since then PIPETMAN P has come a long way. P is constructed of quality materials, to ensure durability, accuracy and precision. The body of the pipette is made of strong PVDF plastic, which is resistant to harsh chemicals and limits the transfer of heat from your hand to the pipette. PIPETMAN P is the original world standard in accuracy and precision in pipetting. The pipette uses a unique dry seal technology, to ensure air-tightness and long-term performance without the use of grease on the piston. It offers an easy-to-read volumeter with a direct volume reading in decimal digits to prevent mistakes when setting the volume.

The PIPETMAN P has evolved over time; the first models did not have a tip ejector; so tips would have to be removed by hand. Today the P series PIPETMAN pipettes are equipped with a standard tip ejector; P2 and P10 models come standard with a dual position tip ejector for use with long (DL10) or short (D10) tips. The tip holder on the PIPETMAN is now universal and allows for a secure fit of most brands of tips, so there is no need for a dedicated tip brand.

For almost 40 years Gilson has continued in its commitment to provide innovative, quality products to researchers worldwide. The complete line of PIPETMAN pipettes and tips are available at www.pipetman.com.

Experimental Biology 2010-NEXT WEEK!

After months of preparation, the 2010 annual Experimental Biology exhibition is here! The event will be held April 25th through the 27th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Show hours are 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday.

Gilson will feature the new Pipetman M! A coupon for 15% off a Pipetman M purchase will be offered to those who stop by our booth. Gilson’s booth is located near the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology posters, number 766. Representatives will pass out pens, sticky notepads and our new Gilson magnets!

Gilson staff will demonstrate several different products including Pipetman M, Microman, Trackman, and more! Staff will also demonstrate how to do a two minute pipette inspection.

Stop by and visit Gilson sales representatives, Matt Armson and Nana Balesh, Service representative, Taylor Ward and Training and Service Specialist, Nicole Anderson. Nothing better than sun, sand and Pipetman pipettes!

Are you Motonomic??? - Discover Pipetman M

Gilson is proud to announce the release of Pipetman® M, a new family of pipettes and the latest evolution of the Gilson Pipetman®, the world’s pipetting standard for over 35 years. Lightweight and extremely comfortable, Pipetman M is fully motorized and requires virtually zero pipetting force. Pipetman M looks, performs, and feels like the renowned original Pipetman, and offers advanced ergonomic features and enhanced user-friendly functionality. Designed with both experienced and inexperienced users in mind, Pipetman M is extremely intuitive, requires no learning curve to master, and is offered at a price that is less than most users would expect to pay for a motorized pipette.

Boasting four essential pipetting modes, including reverse, mix, repetitive and pipetting, Pipetman M offers the same high reproducibility, accuracy and precision that users expect from Gilson pipette products. “The development of Pipetman M was done with the help of our customers.” says Dr. Robert Gilson, president of Gilson, Inc. “Our goal was to design a highly ergonomic pipette that greatly reduces the pipetting forces needed to aspirate and dispense, that consistently produces trusted results, and that is as easy to use as Pipetman.” Dr. Gilson went on to add “It was also very important to our customers that they not have to change how they pipette. We’re proud to say that Pipetman M is the result of this collaboration.”

Pipetman M bears all the hallmarks of the original Gilson Pipetman: incredible robustness, durability, and longevity coupled with the accuracy, precision and a level of comfort that is unmatched by any pipette on the market today. The motorized piston of Pipetman M virtually eliminates pipetting variability among users and because the speed of the piston is adjustable, users can pipette denser samples with accuracy and confidence. GLP features of Pipetman M include a lockable volume, service alert reminders and color-coded push-button that correspond to matching Gilson tip packaging. Like Pipetman P, Pipetman M is fitted with a universal tip holder that allows for a secure fit of most brands of tips, so there’s no need for a dedicated tip brand. Four models cover the range of 0.5µL to 1000µL.

Microman Saves the Lab!

Gilson’s Microman positive-displacement pipette is a superhero to any lab.

Microman is a life saver when it comes to problem liquids. Microman has the ability to pipette the most viscous or volatile samples without compromising accuracy and precision.

Microman’s muscles are made of highly resistant materials such as PVDF, a material that is resistant to aggressive chemicals. The pipette is suited with a color-coded push-button, which allows for easy identification of the Microman you are in need of, as well as corresponding Gilson capillary pistons (CPs). The pipette fits all hand sizes comfortably; the pipette will prevent cramping while pipetting. M10 and M100 Microman have an extra super power, they are fully autoclavable.

Gilson CPs, Microman’s favorite sidekick, have a disposable piston located inside the capillary tip. These CPs guarantee that no harmful samples will contaminate or damage the pipette.

Microman is not afraid of volatile liquids, such as Methanol and Hexane. With no air cushion to expand or contract, the aspiration force in Microman remains constant. This allows you to pipette very volatile liquids without evaporation or leaking.

The pipette leaves a clean and empty tip after every aspiration, even with viscous samples such as glycerol. During dispensing the piston wipes the internal capillary wall, assuring accurate and thorough dispensing of any viscous sample.

Microman is the perfect pipette for corrosive and radioactive liquids. The disposable CPs isolate the pipette from samples and aerosols, thereby preventing sample cross-contamination. The piston seal prevents biohazardous, radioactive and corrosive aerosols from entering the pipette and damaging expensive internal parts.

Let Microman save your lab!

Go Green with Gilson!

If your lab is already using Gilson pipettes and tips, you've already made efforts to go green! With regular maintenance and calibration, a PIPETMAN can retain its accuracy and precision for more than 10 years!

Pipettes are one of the most extensively used pieces of equipment in the laboratory and are subject to many aggressions, such as falls, intensive handling, corrosive liquids, and more, which can result in damage that is barely visible and may not be discovered unless regular service is carried out. Rather than throwing out aging pipettes, Gilson's Service Center of Excellence can extend the life of your pipettes - saving your lab time and money!

If you're not already using DIAMOND Tips with your pipettes, the time is now! Go Green with a TOWERPACK! Towerpack is an innovative, quick, and easy refill system for Diamond Tips. Use 60% less space on your laboratory bench and 70% less plastic. The DIAMOND Tips TOWERPACK is also 100% recyclable!

Go Green with Gilson HERE.

Gilson's New Release: Trackman

Gilson Pipetman announces the release of Trackman, the duo-plate lighted pipetting tracker. Realizing the need for a product that would help eliminate errors when pipetting into microplates, Gilson designed the Trackman to provide a solution for scientists who want greater productivity and fewer mistakes.

Assay costs run into the hundreds of dollars per microplate, which makes Trackman especially relevant to today's researchers. Because Trackman keeps track of its user's progress, it makes it possible to multi-task with confidence. Whether you take a phone call, switch over an autoclave load, or tend to another experiment, Trackman tracks your place for you.

Trackman's innovative LED technology displays a series of lights underneath microplates. These lights appear in a pre-selected order that shows users where to pipette next. The user may program Trackman in a variety of patterns depending on the sequence necessary for the application.

Trackman holds two microplates, can accommodate either 96 or 384 well microplates, and may be used with either single or multichannel pipettes. Requiring only a small footprint on the lab bench, Trackman's long-lasting battery allows for cordless operation for up to eight hours. It also offers a timer function which makes it possible to operate hands-free. Optional accessories include a foot pedal and microtube holder.

For more information, please visit www.pipetman.com/trackman