Tecan's new HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro, based on the well-established HS series of hybridisation stations, 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.
Automated microarray hybridisation stations
These new instruments help to generate less background and fewer artifacts, while increasing detection sensitivity. The HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro feature Tecan's ABS (active bubble suppression) system, which minimises the risk of bubble formation in 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 dual chambers, which are easily interchangeable with single chambers, to fully automate the processing of two independent subarrays per slide without the risk of carryover. The HS 400 Pro and HS 4800 Pro are ideal for automating a variety of microarray research applications, including DNA and protein arrays, and in situ hybridisation. The HS 400 Pro is designed for laboratories wanting to process one to four slides per run, while the HS 4800 Pro offers the higher capacity of up to 48 slides per run, to meet the most demanding throughput requirements.