AdvanCE™ FS

I want to...

Improve Separation Resolution Improve Throughput
Increase Detection Sensitivity Eliminate Use Of Labeled Primers
Stop Using Manual Slab Gels Decrease Labor Prep Time
Shorten Electrophoresis Run Times Lower Run Costs
Improve Quantity/Quality Assessment Reduce Time to Results

I want to Improve Throughput

Oftentimes, scientists and researchers conduct their experiments under outside pressures that create a desire to get the work done faster. Medical researchers are under enormous stress in this regard, as are corporate pharmaceutical scientists. Group leaders are always confronted with the question: "When is the project going to be finished?"

Likewise, researchers in the plant sciences often must finish their work within the narrow windows associated with the Spring and Fall seasons. They must decide which specific seeds to plant, and which specific crops to harvest. This leads to long 20-hour days in the lab, running manual gel after manual gel.

And, of course, researchers in both academia and the coporate world have a desire to get their hands on the raw data and analyze the results so that papers can be published sooner.

For all these reasons, improving throughput to accelerate the discovery process is absolutely critical when decisions need to be made regarding population selection or mapping projects. Labs get behind schedule when bottlenecks are caused by slab gel electrophoresis and instruments that are fundamentally manual in their operation. Either they are too slow, or have low sample throughput per run.

On the AdvanCE™ FS Nucleic Acids Analyzer, samples require minimal handling and virtually no instrument preparation time, creating a streamlined operation and work flow. This is true for both the 12- capillary and 96-capillary models.

The following factors allow improved throughput of microsatellite fragments on the AdvanCE™ FS Nucleic Acids Analyzer:

  1. Superior instrument design to handle up to 3 x 96 well plates at one time (288 samples)
  2. Fast electrophoresis times (separations as fast as 30 minutes)
  3. The ability to interface with a robotic arm to completely automate sample plate delivery