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• GrowthRates Earns International Life Sciences Award

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on September 3, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  We are happy to share that Bellingham Research Institute’s GrowthRates program has earned an award from Global Health & Pharma’s International Life Science Award for Best Microbial Growth Rate Software Company 2023. This award is a “programme designed to shine… Read More ›

• kSNP 4.1 Released

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on August 8, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  The Bellingham Research Institute has just released the latest version of its free program kSNP 4.1, a widely used command-line program used to estimate phylogenetic trees from genome sequences without sequence alignment. It can accommodate data sets of hundreds of… Read More ›

• The Story of kSNP4

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on March 19, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Phylogenetic analysis, the process of determining the relationships of organisms to each other and to their common ancestors, is not only an essential part of understanding evolution it is an essential part of tracing and understanding outbreaks of pathogenic microorganisms…. Read More ›

• Save Costs in the Lab by Running GrowthRates

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on January 19, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a great introduction to the GrowthRates program, and how it can help you save money in the lab and speed up the data analysis of your growth experiments. Visit our Shop to purchase a license, and start saving… Read More ›

• New Paper Published: Estimating microbial population data from optical density

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on October 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  BRI Director, DR. Barry Hall has just co-authored a new paper on Estimating microbial population data from optical density, with primary author Portia Mira and Pamela Yeh, published by PLOS. PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to… Read More ›

• GrowthRates 6.2 Release Adds Support for Additional Plate Reader Models

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on July 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We are happy to announce the release of GrowthRates 6.2, which includes support for two additional plate reader models. The GrowthRates program has received worldwide attention for its ability to streamline the analysis of data output from a range of microtiter plate reader models, often reducing… Read More ›

• GrowthRates 6.1 Released

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on April 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We are happy to announce the release of GrowthRates 6.1, which includes several improvements to our flagship product. The GrowthRates program has received worldwide attention for its ability to streamline the analysis of data output from a range of microtiter… Read More ›

• Experiments Using Multiple Media and Multiple Blank Wells

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on February 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Dr. Barry Hall When using GrowthRates, it is essential to specify either a blank OD (-b option) or a blank well (-w option) on the command line so that all OD readings can be corrected for the absorbance of… Read More ›

• GrowthRates 6.0 Released

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on February 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We are pleased to announce the release of GrowthRates 6.0, our flagship product. Version 6.0 includes one exciting new feature and support for an additional plate reader that is perfect for measurements of anaerobic microbial growth. New Feature  GrowthRates 6.0… Read More ›

• Five Things to Remember When Comparing Microbial Growth Rate Programs

  By bellinghamresearchadmin on January 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  High-throughput measurements of microbial growth rates have been made possible by using microtiter plate readers to measure the growth of cultures in the wells of microtiter plates. It is not necessary to use a very sophisticated or expensive plate reader… Read More ›