Agilent has revealed that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has integrated the Agilent 2100 bioanalyser into its biological engineering department's undergraduate laboratory course.
The 2100 bioanalyser is a microfluidics-based platform for sizing, quantification and quality control of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells on a single platform.
Bioengineering undergraduates are using the Agilent bioanalyser to learn an array of techniques for cellular and molecular biology.
Topics include stem cell culture, DNA engineering and cloning, flow cytometry, phage display, and mammalian cell imaging and characterisation.
The bioanalyser uses miniaturised lab-on-a-chip technology to replace traditional laboratory gel electrophoresis techniques, speeding up the process, improving consistency of results and reducing use of hazardous chemicals associated with DNA analysis.
With the bioanalyser in the lab, students have more freedom and time to run their analyses.
