Arrayjet debuted its Sprint benchtop inkjet microarray spotter at the Advances in Microarray Technology (AMT) Conference in Edinburgh.
The Sprint employs the same patented technology which made the company's earlier microarray spotters. The new, smaller, Sprint is focussed on providing consistent and robust microarray spotting. Designed for printing smaller batches of slides with an emphasis on r&d, the Sprint has the capacity for 20 microarray slides to be loaded and printed from two microtitre plates (96 or 384-well) in walkaway mode; two further plates may be added manually by the user in relay mode.
Additional substrate carriers will also be available for the Sprint to enable printing onto non-glass slide substrates such as silicon-wafers or glass-bottomed plates.
Graham Miller, Arrayjet's ceo said: 'Since commercialising our technology in mid-2005, we have shown ourselves to be a significant player in the microarray spotter market. For example, as protein microarrays move from research into diagnostics, Arrayjet is well-placed to work with the scientists and organisations leading this development.'
In other company news, Arrayjet has appointed BioMicro Systems of Salt Lake City, Utah as their exclusive distribution partner in the United States.
'It makes very good sense for our two companies to work together as we address the same application areas with highly complementary technologies,' Miller said.