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When the ocean is dying, the planet is too… Coral reefs are already heavily affected, but the entire marine flora and fauna is threatened by ocean acidification and global warming. According to Australian researchers, greenhouse gas emissions might lead to a “collapse” of marine species and thus of the food chain. 10 to 12% of […]

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power accident in 2011 strongly highlighted the need to further strengthen effective regulatory control and oversight around Nuclear Power Plants. It also showed the need for renewed national safety and security regulations, in compliance with global safety standards and guidelines. All over the world, national and international agencies upgraded their safety […]

Bertin Instruments is proud to announce that FusionSight, handheld night & day vision device, has been deployed by the French Navy in the Caribbean. It will be used by operational onboard helicopters to perform Search And Rescue (SAR) and counterdrug missions. FusionSight undoubtedly brings operational advantages for that kind of missions: given the lack of […]

Military camps, nuclear & chemical plants, and public facilities such as airports are considered to be sensitive sites, as they involve massive flows of people and dangerous materials’ handling. These sensitive sites must be closely monitored to ensure their security and their continuous 24/7 operation, even more in a context of terrorist world threat. Bertin […]

Microbiome profiling via Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques is rapidly changing the landscape of microbiology. However, to ensure accurate microbiome measurements, it is essential to ensure the microbiome workflow is unbiased and robust. For instance, it has been reported that bias in microbiomics analyses can be introduced at every step including the DNA extraction step […]

Cells are used as a working tool everyday in all R&D labs and quality checks must be performed in order not to compromise downstream experiments. In cell culture applications, confluence assessment is an important parameter that is commonly used to estimate the proportion of adherent cells. Most confluency measurements are estimations of the area covered […]

Because of their activities, some industrial and civil sites are sensitive, such as airports, where there are a lot of people, or sites where hazardous materials are stored or manufactured, like nuclear power plants or chemical plants. Increasing terrorist threats over these sites have made the authorities strengthen their surveillance. In light of these new […]

During the latest armed conflicts, light and armored military vehicles have often been targeted. On-board crews require systems to help improve their safety, providing day-and-night useful information on the environment, either for Situational Awareness (SA) or for Driver Vision Enhancement (DVE). PeriSight has been assessed by the French DGA and STAT, for the SA and […]

Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian (bird) influenza (flu) Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild and domestic birds worldwide and can also infect other animal species. As infection by avian influenza has environmental, health and economic impacts, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the World Health […]

This research focuses on immune response during lung inflammation and/or infection in vivo. This requires isolating viable cells from lungs and characterizing the immune cell populations by flow cytometry. Our standard protocol for isolating viable cells from lung tissue involves creating a single cell suspension by passing the tissue through a 70 µm cell sieve, […]