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News Release from: Tecan Group | Subject: HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 05 October 2005
Maximising reliability of microarray
research
Automated microarray hybridisation stations provide fully automated slide processing, from pre-hybridisation to automated slide drying, generating less background and fewer artefacts
Tecan's new HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro are based on the well-established HS series of hybridisation stations and have been designed to maximise the reproducibility and reliability of microarray research by providing fully automated slide processing, from pre-hybridisation to automated slide drying These new instruments help to generate less background and fewer artefacts, while increasing detection sensitivity
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 23 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro feature Tecan's unique ABS (active bubble suppression) system, which minimises the risk of bubble formation within the chambers, eliminates hybridisation artefacts and enhances the consistency of results.
The new systems benefit from a variety of low volume hybridisation chambers that save precious samples and are also available with novel dual chambers, easily interchangeable with single area chambers, to fully automate the processing of two independent sub-arrays per slide without the risk of carryover.
The added advantage of improved agitation of viscous buffers during hybridisation has led to better sensitivity and specificity and helps to decrease hybridisation times.
The HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro are described as ideal for automating a variety of microarray research applications, including DNA and protein arrays, and in situ hybridisation.
The HS 400 Pro is the instrument of choice for small to medium laboratories wanting to process 1-4 slides per run, while the HS 4800 Pro offers the higher capacity of up to 48 slides per run to meet even the most demanding throughput requirements.
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