PixSys 5500XL by Cartesian Technologies

• High Throughput Arraying-Can prepare 48 microarrays at a time!
  
• 32 or 48 ChipMaker quill pins for multiple spotting from a single sample loading
  
• Vacuum wash station for cleaning between transfers
  
• Staker and Destacker (Holds 50 Plates)
  
• Humidity chamber for maintaining humidity and reducing dust

• Compatible with many fluorescent dyes and labels
  
• (Cy2,Cy3, Cy5, FITC, TAMRA and more)
  
• Dye Choices can be combined to provide wide spectral spacing for 2,3 and 4 color applications
  
• Dye alternatives can provide higher sensitivity and signal variety

• For microarray production, library generation, and library management
  
• Gives flexibility for printing microarrays, colony picking, macroarraying, replication, and selective re-arraying
  
• Uses "dip and print" technique so that only 1 nl of sample is used - no wasted slides
  
• Pins are made from solid titanium

• Uses white light, CCd-based technology (reduced photobleaching)
  
• Can evaluate up to four dyes at once
  
• Very efficient and sensitive
  
• Built-in bar-code reader that is part of automation process

• Can process over 100 microscope slides and 24 source plates at the same time
  
• Supports 1536 well microplates
  
• High-efficiency cooling to reduce sample evaporation
  
• Three-stage vacuum wash/dry station to minimize carry-over

• DNA Sequencing and Fragment Analysis
  
• 96 Capillary Array allows for 100s of sequences a day
  
• Can sequence 550 base pairs with 98.5% accuracy
  
• Fragment Sizing within 0.5 bases up to 500 base pairs
  
• Automated sample loading, electrophoresis and data analysis

• DNA and Protein Quantitation
  
• Curve-fitting options provides tabluar reports of quantittive and qualitative results
  
• High plate reading speeds (25 seconds/96 well plate)

• Useful for accurate real-time quantitative PCR
  
• Capable of rapid temperature cycling, heating at a rate of up to 3.3 °C per second and cooling at a rate of up to 2.0 °C per second
  
• Highly accurate and uniform temperatures
• Real time, on-line displays enable visual confirmation of amplification success

• DNA Sequencing
  
• PCR Processing
  
• DNA Preparation
  
• High-Density Library Screening

• 96 glass syringes capable of dispensing 100nl to 100µl volumes
  
• Rapidly prepare PCR reactions
  
• Prepare samples for microarray
  
• Teflon syringe tips prevent leakage
  
• Motorized platform can adjust in increments of 130 microns

• A single arm system with a 96 multichannel pipettor
  
• Integrated gripper system
  
• Used for plasmid purification (using vacuum filtration or magnetic beads), PCR reaction setup and cleanup, sequencing reaction setup, or dye terminator removal
  
• Operates on Windows NT-based software that is extremely user-friendly and includes self-guided “Wizard” features
  

• For setup of cycle sequencing reactions (dye primer, dye terminator) and PCR reactions
  
• Enzyme restriction analysis capabilities
  
• The precision dosage system guarantees most accurate liquid handling of small volumes of liquid using washable or disposable tips

• Has single arm system with a 96 multichannel pipettor as well as 8 individual pipettors
  
• Integrated gripper system
  
• Used for plasmid purification (using vacuum filtration or magnetic beads), PCR reaction setup and cleanup, sequencing reaction setup, or dye terminator removal
• Operates on Windows NT-based software that is extremely user-friendly and includes self-guided "Wizard" features