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News Release from: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments | Subject: MCE-202 MultiNA
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 14 February 2008
Reusable microchips for automated
electrophoresis
Shimadzu's MCE-202 MultiNA is a fully automated, microchip-based capillary electrophoresis analyser for high-speed analysis of DNA and RNA samples
At recommended conditions, chips can process 3600 or more analyses before needing to be replaced - with no detectable carryover The MultiNA automates sample processing, including pre-treatment, separation, detection and data analysis, in a single device, making the MultiNA far more user-friendly than traditional alternatives
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 21 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Yet operating costs for this unit are comparable to or less than agarose gel electrophoresis, which requires several pieces of equipment and is labor intensive, and 25 percent less than equivalent-class microchip systems.
The MultiNA system can register up to 120 automatic analyses at a time, or perform efficient analysis from an individual sample.
By parallel processing up to four microchips, it can produce electrophoresis results in just 75 seconds in shortest analysis mode.
The MultiNA is completely automated for high-speed analysis and high performance separations with fragment length differences of only a few base-pair (BP) units.
Although simple to operate, it produces highly reproducible results.
It uses reagent kits corresponding to nucleic acid size, automatically injecting a set quantity of reagent, therefore using only small amounts of important samples (as little as 2ul) and very little reagent.
The comprehensive automation also prevents the accidental loss of reagent and operator-induced data variances.
Simultaneous electrophoresis of an internal marker ensures analysis reliability and reproducibility.
Shimadzu's software for the MultiNA uses size markers to automatically correct electrophoresis results for size prediction and quantitation.
Users can perform either automatic or manual data analysis, and confirm completed results even while the unit processes other samples.
The software includes a well status display, analysis schedule list and chip status display for current operating status. Request a free brochure from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments ...
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