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News Release from: Labtech International | Subject: NanoDrop ND-8000
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 15 May 2007
NanoDrop spectrophotometer handles eight
samples
ND-8000 builds on the success of the popular NanoDrop ND-1000 spectrophotometer, and also helps address efficiency and productivity issues within the laboratory
NanoDrop Technologies has added to its product line the ND-8000, with the capacity to measure eight samples concurrently The instrument utilises the company's patented technology that allows samples as small as 1ul to be measured without cuvettes or capillaries
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 19 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our customers have asked for an instrument that preserves all of the simplicity and ease-of-use features of the ND-1000 while providing higher throughput" says Lynne Kielhorn, business development director at NanoDrop.
"The ND-8000 provides a convenient way for our customers to process a complete 96-well microtitre plate in five minutes.
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"NanoDrop is once again providing a tool that can reliably measure small volumes of precious samples, and now we also are providing a way to work with a larger number of samples" says Kielhorn.
Up to eight samples are loaded using an eight-channel or single pipettor.
Each of the samples is assessed at two different path lengths to achieve a dynamic range far in excess of convential cuvette-based systems (eg, 2ng/ul to 3700ng/ul dsDNA).
Total sample-to-sample measurement cycle time is less than 30 seconds - including sample prep and loading, spectral reading, and wiping of the optical surfaces.
"The introduction of the ND-8000 marks the latest addition to the Clever Little Things range from Labtech International" says Andrew Jones, technical director of Labtech International.
"Labtech has a reputation for supplying innovative lab equipment and we are excited about the benefits that the ND-8000 will offer our customers.
"The ND-1000 has become an essential piece of lab equipment in the UK and France and we look forward to introducing the ND-8000 to our customers wishing to increase the throughput and convenience of their microlitre volume analysis".
NanoDrop's family of instruments includes the NanoDrop ND-3300 fluorospectrometer, ND-1000 UV/vis spectrophotometer and now the ND-8000.
All of the instruments are based on a unique cuvette-less technology that allows measurement of one microlitre samples pipetted directly onto the fibre optic measurement surface.
Once the upper surface contacts the sample, a liquid bridge forms and a spectral reading is taken.
Cleaning simply requires wiping the sample off of the pedestals with an ordinary lab wipe.
The microvolume, broad spectral output, small footprint and remarkable ease of use, make NanoDrop instruments ideal for today's research environment.
Researchers currently using absorbance plate readers will now be able to use the ND-8000 to conserve more of each precious sample.
Investigators currently quantitating samples using fluorescent plate readers will now get direct and reproducible absorbance readings using the ND-8000 without sacrificing more sample.
In addition, the company anticipates that researchers will improve data output by using the ND-8000 to perform quality control checks at critical points throughout complex workflows in ways they either could not or would not do with conventional spectrophotometers or plate readers.
With a footprint of only 20x30cm, the ND-8000 fits easily into today's space-limited laboratory environment.
Labtech will make the ND-8000 available through its in-lab demo programme.
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