Gelcompany has announced the first sales of its High Performance Electrophoresis (HPE) Flattop Tower system into Switzerland and Saudi Arabia.
The Swiss sale was made to Prof Denis Hochstrasser, vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine, chairman of the Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, and director of the Laboratory Medicine Service at Geneva University and University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
The first Saudi sale was made to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.
Launched by Gelcompany late last year, the HPE system uses 1D and 2D pre-cast gels in a Flattop Tower with four horizontal electrophoresis platforms that enable high resolution, reproducibility and ease of use in electrophoresis separations.
In 2D electrophoresis the HPE technology can often detect up to 15 per cent more protein spots than other systems because of its thinner pre-cast gels and more efficient cooling system with higher electric-field strength.
This results in running times of around 4hrs and produces greater resolution and sharper bands or spots.
The quality-controlled, plastic-backed, pre-cast HPE gels are laid onto cooling plates rather than the vertical electrophoresis preparation of glass gel cassettes.
The system does not require technicians to handle toxic monomer acrylamide for gel casting or to handle tanks containing buffer fluid.
The gels have a one-year shelf life and remain stable during storage.
Equilibration buffer is also provided, resulting in fewer variables than conventional electrophoresis.
