What pharmaceutical, research and education customers say about our products.
PowerLabs are used by many thousands of life scientists around the world. Below is a sample of typical customer comments.
"My research group are interested in both basic, pathophysiologically relevant research and clinical experimental research. To combine both is somewhat difficult, with an emerging need for advanced technologies. The Powerlab system has provided us with an affordable, top-technological means to detect, accurately record and analyse biomedical signals.We have studied a number of tissues types, involving smooth muscle and mucosa, together with dedicated ECG for detecting autonomic neuropathy in a number of conditions. We are impressed by the versatile functions of the Powerlab, which can connect to existing equipment in a standard lab, and by the high professional skill of the ADInstruments’ personnel whose advice has always been timely and precious to solve either small or major technical problems. We are convinced that more research interests will arise in the future and this positive interaction will help us to provide key answers in biomedicine."
Piero Portincasa, MD, PhD, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy "I like that PowerLab
allows me to use all of my existing amplifiers and transducers… The intuitive
interface makes life easy. I like to change gains and display settings on the
fly, something the competitor’s system does not allow."
Dr. Jerrel L. Wilkens, University of Calgary, Canada "The split screen feature [of the software], which allows data to be reviewed while it is still being collected, makes comparisons possible and rapid."
Dr Edward Zuperku, Zablocki VA Medical Center, USA "For the past 20 years we have been using instruments from ADInstruments for both research and teaching purposes in our department. We have seen the efforts made by the company for continuous development and improvement of both hardware and software, and we are quite impressed. The level of service to their customers provided by ADInstruments is excellent, and in our experience they are always ready to solve any problem or answer any question as quickly and expediently as possible. It has reached a stage where all our teaching labs are furnished with instruments from them, and most of the practicals we teach are now either based on experiments developed by ADInstruments, or involve the use of their instruments. Several research projects in the department involve the use of PowerLab and accessories to a greater or less extent. Everything indicates that our department will continue to do business with ADInstruments, for the future development of our department."
Logi Jonsson, University of Iceland, Department of Physiology
"The University of Winchester has a strong commitment to the development of learning and teaching. As such, the PowerLab teaching systems with LabTutor software are very important to the university as they will have a dramatic impact on the teaching activities of the physiology team within the department of sports studies. Due to the difficulties of teaching ‘practical’ physiology to large cohorts of students, physiology teaching has traditionally relied upon lecture/seminar activities. The suites of LabTutor experiments enable us to provide a broader learning experience for our students through the close integration of the theoretical and practical aspects of sport and exercise physiology. We will be including LabTutor experiments for all students involved in our physiology ‘strand’. We are especially excited about using LabTutor with our first year students, a group who often receive a limited amount of practical experience due to the large group size.
LabTutor is very easy to use, and will really help students to understand a lot of the physiological theory in their modules. It will also help our teaching load by saving on preparatory work for practical sessions! With LabAuthor software, we will be able to edit the LabTutor experiments to fit our syllabus exactly, and design our own experiments using the LabTutor interface."
Dr Simon Jobson, Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Winchester, UK Read full testimonial "We use PowerLab and LabTutor software in the Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences to teach Physiology to about 500 medical, pharmacy and dental undergraduate students. We have managed to reduce the time spent on practicals by half as result of the immense advantages offered by the new PowerLab Systems with LabTutor software. We have managed to accomplish this because of ADInstruments innovativeness in providing state of the art tools that effectively and efficiently integrate teaching and research activities. We are highly impressed by the reliable backup support provided by well-trained and competent staff."
Dr Paul Mungai Mbugua, Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya "Our students find PowerLab to be a powerful and above all else easy to use platform for collecting data from a wide range of animal models including humans. The design and data collection capacity is almost transparent to our students. I am astonished at how easy PowerLab is to use in the large Human Anatomy and Physiology class (140 students per semester). Students come up to speed on its use after only 1 hour with the ADInstruments designed tutorial. The instructor has little direction to give the students and instead spends their time on explaining the physiology behind why the system operates the way it does. In short PowerLab is a God-send. I don't know how I taught without it."
Dr. Giovanni Casotti, Professor of Biology, West Chester University, USA Read full testimonial "For the past 20 years we have been using instruments from ADInstruments for both research and teaching purposes in our department. We have seen the efforts made by the company for continuous development and improvement of both hardware and software, and we are quite impressed. The level of service to their customers provided by ADInstruments is excellent, and in our experience they are always ready to solve any problem or answer any question as quickly and expediently as possible. It has reached a stage where all our teaching labs are furnished with instruments from them, and most of the practicals we teach are now either based on experiments developed by ADInstruments, or involve the use of their instruments. Several research projects in the department involve the use of PowerLab and accessories to a greater or less extent. Everything indicates that our department will continue to do business with ADInstruments, for the future development of our department."
Logi Jonsson, University of Iceland, Department of Physiology
"PowerLab has become the
standard tool for data acquisition of our department’s in vitro and in vivo
pharmacology experiments. The decision to use PowerLab was made because of its
multifunctional single module architecture, allowing us to swap modules easily
from one experimental setting to another. The statement 'never change a working
system’ does not apply to PowerLab. PowerLab provides high flexibility and
allows us to easily modify experimental settings according to constantly
changing needs. In addition, the intuitive user interface of Chart software
provides tools and options for recording, analysis, documentation and archiving
of data from various experimental settings. It is also worth noting that
ADInstruments provides exceptional customer-oriented services."
Dr. Eckhard Weber, Novartis "I am very happy with Chart. Firstly it is easy to operate compared with
other applications; secondly it has many powerful calculation and display
functions. In addition ADInstruments
provides excellent post-purchase support. That's why I prefer the PowerLab
system with Chart."
Dr. Yasuhiro Tsukimi, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. "In the MRI laboratory at Hoffmann-La Roche, PowerLab has been used since 1999. PowerLab is a central technology platform within our laboratory that performs investigations on an average of 1200 animals per year. During MRI scans the physiological state of each animal is monitored, recorded and archived. With the PowerLab system, ADInstruments has created a physiological monitoring system that stands out because of its reliability and ease of use. The system is extremely flexible and can be custom-configured by the user for specific experimental requirements."
Stephanie Schöppenthau, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd "We use PowerLab primarily for pharmacology experiments such as tissue baths, whole animal hemodynamics (ECG, heart rate and blood pressure), and also isolated heart ECG measurements. It collects concurrent data and computed inputs simultaneously, and allows for easy post-run analysis. PowerLab is an easy to use and versatile solution for our data collection needs."
Dr Michael Watson, Enhance Biotech
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