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Sterlitech’s team had a wonderful time exhibiting at Pittcon 2019 last month. It was great to connect with our partners, vendors, and customers in person. We had the chance to see familiar faces at the ILDA reception and wander the expo hall among over 400 other booths. Our team also enjoyed a healthy dose of Philly cheesesteak.

Pittcon is the world’s leading annual conference and expo for laboratory science. Attendees from industry, academia, and government come from around the world to participate in the conference and exposition. At the Sterlitech booth, we were happy to see a variety of attendees that had come from Pittsburg, Colombia, and everywhere in between. Users discussed their utilization of PTFE filters for HPLC, gold-coated polycarbonate membranes for IR spectroscopy, and solvent-resistant vacuum pumps. We also observed a lot of work being done in microplastics research and characterization, which is an interesting application for track-etch membranes - they can be used in

Our Application Engineer, Sara Azari, will be presenting at the upcoming annual meeting for North American Membrane Society (NAMS) in Pittsburg, on Monday, May 13th from 7-10 pm.

Stop by to chat with Sara during her poster presentation entitled, “A surface modification of forward osmosis (FO) membranes to enhance dye retention and fouling resistance for the treatment of industrial wastewater”.

Are you interested in learning more about the membrane filters you use in the lab every day?

Tune in to Sterlitech’s upcoming webinar on April 9th at 8:00 am PT. This webinar will provide an introductory overview of microfiltration membranes.

Join our filtration experts as they discuss characteristics and applications for membrane filters and answer any questions you may have.

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You'll walk away knowing:

• What microfiltration membranes are and how they work
• How to decide which membrane filter is right for your application
• Where to find additional resources

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Please register here to attend.

Sterlitech will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania exhibiting our filtration products at Pittcon 2019 . This year, the annual global expo for analytical lab sciences is being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Pittcon is the world’s leading annual conference and exposition on laboratory science.  

Pittcon attracts attendees from industry, academia and government from over 90 different countries. Pittcon offers a unique opportunity to participate in product demonstrations, attend seminars and short courses, and connect with technical experts. This is Sterlitech’s 17th year participating in Pittcon and we are excited to continue sharing our products with the lab science community. 

 This is a follow up to our newsletter article, “New Adapter for testing 25mm Membrane Discs in the HP4750” that went out in November without going through the necessary steps of internal and external reviews and care for content.  We want to make sure we take the necessary steps to make this right by publishing this follow up.

While Sterlitech has observed a growing need in the research community for a high pressure stirred cell to test 25 mm membrane discs, the development of the first prototype of this product was done by our customers/researchers, Christopher M. Stafford, PhD. and Chris Amigo, Machinist, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Christopher and his team shared their design with Sterlitech, so we can make this product available to the other researchers in the field, so a wider audience in the research community can take advantage of their design, and we can all push the boundaries of research and science collectively.

We apologize for the confusion,

Join Sterlitech's membrane and process development scientists for a live webinar presentation on our membrane test skids.
We will be discussing how our customizable test skids can enable you to explore new filtration applications in the lab. This webinar will provide an overview of the features and applications of the product line, with a special focus on our multi-functional Convertible Test Skid. We will also have plenty of time for Q&A after the presentation and look forward to answering any questions.

Click here to sign up and learn more about our speakers!

Sterlitech is pleased to partner with the Pasteur Paris research team, who is using our gold-coated polycarbonate and aluminum oxide membrane filters in their exciting research for this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. Team Pasteur’s project, called NeuronArch, seeks to improve outcomes of surgical prothesis implants.

After surgery, microbes like S. aureus can colonize implants and form surface biofilms – these rare but severe infections are hard to treat with antibiotics, and often require removal of the implant to cure completely (1). One avenue of preventing this problem is to combat biofilm accumulation. However, the NeuronArch project aims to subvert the biofilm instead of fighting it. Their goal is to coat the implant with a genetically modified lab-grown E. coli, to serve as an interface between the synthetic prosthesis and organic tissues. This controlled biofilm would work to promote neural connections while preventing colonization by

The National Association of Scientific Materials Managers (NAOSMM) will be holding its 45^th Annual Conference and Trade Show , July 22-27^th in Spokane, Washington - just over the mountains from Sterlitech. We are excited to participate in this trade show for the 5^th consecutive year and hope to meet with attendees at our booth, #22! We’re also looking forward to co-sponsoring the Tuesday Evening Out event at the show, as part of the Independent Laboratory Distributors Association (ILDA).

This conference provides an opportunity for its over 500 members in the scientific industry to discuss current trends and issues, participate in seminars and workshops, and preview new products from vendors. NAOSMM’s members range from teaching, academic, research and industrial fields. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!