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Joe LaPorte, Product Group Manager, discussed the evolution of US EPA mandated SNAP refrigerant regulations, their impact on the scientific refrigeration industry, and how these refrigerants are deployed throughout the PHCbi brand product line.

Hans Brok, president of PHC Corporation of North America, discusses the launch of the new PHCbi brand of laboratory equipment products that has evolved from legacy companies SANYO Biomedical and Panasonic Corporation.

Allison Paradise, Founder of My Green Lab, discusses sustainability objectives in support of responsible scientific investigation.

Product Group Director Joe LaPorte discusses his white paper on independently generated test results confirming the benefits of the new VIP® ECO ENERGY STAR® certified ultra-low temperature freezer. Joe's assessment "by the numbers" clarifies how freezers should be evenly evaluated in advance of making an investment.

Product Group Director Joe LaPorte offers insight into the differences between mechanically refrigerated air-phase cryogenic freezers and conventional LN2 liquid and vapor storage freezers. Joe discusses how air-phase temperatures are achieved, and how cost reductions rebalance the investment in long-term preservation of critical materials at temperatures safely below the -129°C recrystallization temperature of water.

William Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, and doctoral graduate assistant Jia Wu, discuss difficult challenges associated with engineering stem cells to produce platelets. This podcast outlines how these investigators are using the Panasonic Healthcare CO2/O2 cell culture incubator to create a range of flexible environmental conditions to optimize stem cell growth in vitro.

Biorepositories are entrusted with securing the life’s work of researchers throughout the world. Large volume specimen storage in shared spaces means large responsibilities among those who manage biobank facilities. From system reliability, temperature stability and uniformity, back-up power and cooling infrastructure, validation, data capture and security, Joe LaPorte discusses how Panasonic Healthcare serves the unique needs of large volume ultra-low temperature freezer customers.

Validation Services: The Process All Panasonic Healthcare products are calibrated and factory tested prior to shipment. Most pharmaceutical and biotech processes, however, require that their protocols be performed with equipment or instrumentation that has been validated to an additional set of standards, either internally or externally sanctioned. Kevin Loomis, Validation Manager, discusses what happens when a customer orders validation services. Here, he uses the Panasonic Healthcare VIP ECO ultra-low temperature freezer as an example. Show Notes: https://goo.gl/SSSEf1

Validation Services Add Extra Documentation Panasonic Healthcare products are factory tested prior to shipment. Most pharmaceutical and biotech processes, however, require that protocols be performed using products that have been validated to a certain set of standards, either internally or externally sanctioned. In this podcast we discuss validation services with Kevin Loomis, Validation Manager, who shares his insights based on years of industry experience. Show Notes: https://goo.gl/nK4ZTL

The concept of reproducibility is essential to scientific investigations. What does reproducibility actually mean? How is it achieved? Where can we minimize uncertainty in the cell culture equation? Carl Radosevich, Business Intelligence and Product Manager for Panasonic Healthcare of North America, explores best practices to replicate your own research or the research of others.

Panasonic Healthcare Director of Product Group and original ENERGY STAR development committee member Joe LaPorte explains what’s behind the independent testing that confirms the VIP ECO as having the lowest daily energy usage of any ultra-low temperature freezer in its class. https://www.panasonic-healthcare.com/us/biomedical/vip-eco

Natural refrigerants are not new. But paired with variable speed refrigeration compressors powering a new VIP® ECO refrigeration platform, Panasonic Healthcare Corporation of North America is proving that the combination of old and new technology is now delivering the lowest daily energy usage of any ultra-low temperature freezer in its class. Director of Product Group Joe LaPorte discusses the evolution of the ENERGY STAR® Certified VIP ECO, and the benefits it brings to the life science industry. https://www.panasonic-healthcare.com/us/biomedical/vip-eco

Ever had a flu shot that didn't work? Most vaccines are rendered useless if they are frozen, even for a short time. That's shy protection of the nations' vaccine supply depends in part on a new generation of high performance refrigerators developed by Panasonic Healthcare. Proper storage of vaccines requires tight temperature control that common refrigerators cannot deliver. Director of Product Group Joe LaPorte discusses what is meant by "the quality of cold", and why it is essential for safeguarding vaccines.

Panasonic Healthcare Business Intelligence and Product Manager Carl Radosevich discusses oxygen control in the CO2 incubator and how Panasonic Healthcare is opening new frontiers in cell culture as more researchers elect to dial in both oxygen and CO2 to replicate the in vivo environment in vitro. Carl discusses how these incubators create safe environments to help achieve reproducibility in scientific investigations.

Director of Product Group and original ENERGY STAR development committee member Joe LaPorte discusses the emergence of ENERGY STAR ratings in scientific refrigeration and the impact of ENERGY STAR testing on the selection of controlled temperature refrigerators, freezers and ultra-low freezers for storage of high value biological materials.