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!

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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

Gilson contributes to the Golden Pipetman® Award

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.

Gilson became involved with the Golden Pipetman Award at UMN in spring 2005, when a representative with Gilson in France, offered to send a kit each semester to the recipients of the Golden Pipetman Award.

“He was simply Googling and found the MICaB website,” Shand said. “He then contacted us with this great idea.”

The award started in fall 2001 as an idea from the Director of Graduate Studies at the time, Christopher Pennell. The objective was to recognize exceptional students for leadership, contributions to the program and publishing a paper in a high-level journal.

Future scientists benefit from Gilson’s new Pipetman Education Program

Gilson is proud to announce the launch of Pipetman Education Program.

Each year hundreds of used Gilson Pipetman pipettes are exchanged for new Gilson pipettes through the company’s Pipetman Trade-in Program. A portion of these pipettes will now be refurbished and then donated to local high schools each month through the Pipetman Education Program. Middleton High School was the first to receive these pipettes on Nov. 3, 2009.

Generally, public schools do not have funding to supply their students with expensive science equipment. The Pipetman Education Program gives students the opportunity to experience real-world science equipment first hand.

When you trade-in your used Gilson pipettes, not only are you contributing to our Pipetman Education Program, but you will also receive 25% off your next Pipetman P, Pipetman Neo, or Pipetman Ultra single channel pipette purchase.

For more information visit www.pipetman.com.

Check out the latest Pipetman specials by searching through our catalog online at http://www.pipetman.com/ in our Request Literature section. Now, until December 31, 2009, get 10% off your entire order, plus FREE shipping (promo code FS09). Also, get detailed information on how to service your Pipetman pipettes. Did you know that regular maintenance of your Pipetman pipette will ensure that it lasts longer than you do? It's true, our Gilson Service Center of Excellence services pipettes that are over 30 years old! Now that's a quality pipette! Need your Pipetman serviced? Download the catalog and find a coupon for 20% off parts and labor (promo code SRV3409).