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Caliper Life Sciences to introduce the new Caliper Sciclone i1000 High Volume Liquid Handling Workstation at SCIpharm 2006

PerkinElmer
10 Apr 2006

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Visitors to SCIpharm 2006 (14-17 May, Edinburgh, Scotland) will be able to learn more about Caliper Life Sciences’ range of automated, robotic systems including the new Sciclone i1000 High Volume Liquid Handling Workstation.

Presentations will take place on the company’s exhibition stand (307) on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th May. Alongside this will be Caliper’s LabChip® 3000 Drug Discovery System and the LabChip 90 for Automated Electrophoresis. Additionally, with the recent acquisition of NovaScreen Biosciences, Caliper now combines established profiling and assay development services with proven LabChip and advanced liquid handling products to offer a central resource for drug discovery. The Caliper team will be available to discuss individual contract service requirements.

Caliper’s Sciclone family of liquid handling workstations offers fast, reliable and scalable automation solutions for drug discovery applications. The high volume Caliper Sciclone i1000 is the latest addition to the range; its exclusive multi-MEMS technology provides accurate, independent control of 96 single-channel pipetting heads for exceptionally high volume applications. Each of its independently pipetting heads is capable of detecting microplate well liquid levels and measuring actual pipetted liquid volumes, regardless of temperature or viscosity.

The technologically advanced LabChip 3000 Microfluidic Screening System integrates and automates cell-based and enzymatic assays. High ’z prime’ values, few false negatives or positives, analytical quality and reproducibility, and the ability to identify weak enzyme inhibitors, have resulted in widespread adoption of the system. Eliminating the need for time-consuming slab gel processes, the LabChip 90 Automated Electrophoresis system automates the entire gel procedure on to a microfluidic chip, generating quantitative sizing and concentration results.

For details of the full range of Caliper Life Sciences products and services please visit www.caliperls.com. See us at SCIpharm 2006 on stand number 307.

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ElectrophoresisElectrophoresis equipment is used to separate mixtures of protein, DNA or RNA, based on their electric charge, size and other physical characteristics, by passing them through a medium such as a polyacrylamide gel, an agarose gel or a capillary tube. Electrophoresis equipment includes horizontal and vertical gel electrophoresis chambers, isoelectric focusing systems, 2D electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis instruments. Precast gels with a gradient can be used or gels can be hand cast. Samples are run alongside ladders or markers to identify the approximate size of a molecule. Separated proteins and nucleic acids in the gel can be stained or probed with fluorescent markers and then imaged and detected using gel documentation instruments, transilluminators, densitometers and scanners. Find the best electrophoresis equipment in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.Lab-on-a-ChipLab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology uses microfluidic chips, such as microarrays, to perform biochemical assays on a small scale. Benefits of lab-on-a-chip include the small volume of sample required as well as the speed of analysis. In selecting lab-on-a-chip devices consider the assay, cost, reliability, sensitivity and signal to noise ratio.

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