Fluidigm has introduced its FC1 Cycler designed to reduce the thermal cycling time by a factor of three when compared with the company's current products.
The FC1 Cycler can reduce overall system configuration costs for customers conducting high sample throughput SNP genotyping because fewer thermal cyclers will be required to achieve output requirements.
Adding the FC1 Cycler to existing Fluidigm systems is said to provide users with the ability to double the number of microfluidic chips that can be processed in a single day.
In addition to the fast thermal cycling capability, the FC1 Cycler integrates a self-contained vacuum source and touch-screen interface in a design that claims to minimise lab space requirements while maximising productivity.
The FC1 Cycler is fully compatible with Fluidigm's 96.96 and 48.48 Dynamic Array IFCs and its 12.765 Digital Array IFC.
The FC1 Cycler, combined with either the Fluidigm EP1 Reader or Biomark real-time PCR system, can complete the entire workflow of the system in a matter of hours, with only minutes of hands-on time for loading the chips.
