Combination of technologies automates the hybridisation procedure in a tightly temperature controlled environment to process 192 slides in 20 hours
Based upon proven robotic pipetting technology, the GenePaint system from Tecan (UK) provides for the automation of the manual steps required for performing in-situ hybridisation of cells or tissues on microscope slides An important step towards understanding gene function is to elucidate which tissues and cells express a particular gene using the in-situ hybridisation (ISH) method.
Until recently, this method has been a labour-intensive and tedious process, limiting its usefulness in studying gene expression.
With the introduction of Tecan GenePaint technology, it is now much easier to study gene function on a genome-wide scale.
GenePaint is an exciting new solution that delivers truly high throughput performance for the ISH application.
With the GenePaint system, Tecan's expertise in automation and liquid handling has been combined with a revolutionary new flow-through slide chamber.
This combination of technologies facilitates all pre- and post-hybridisation steps (fixing, staining and washing) as well as automating the hybridisation procedure itself in a tightly temperature controlled environment.
The result is a truly automated ISH system that can process 192 slides in 20 hours. This high-throughput solution opens the way for genomics labs to determine gene expression profiles and patterns on a broad variety of genes and in multiple tissues in an automated manner. Replacing a tedious multi-step manual process GenePaint radically improves both the speed and reliability of the ISH process.
In addition GenePaint protocols can be adapted for FISH and IHC procedures.
