Tecan's unique offering for microarray processing reflects Tecan’s core strengths in automated liquid handling and detection technologies. The microarray product suite comprises the first fully automated walk-away system for microarray processing that can be combined with a Laserscanner to analyse arrays on slides and in microplates.

Innovative solution for automated in situ hybridization (ISH) flourescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC)

Tecan’s GenePaint system, which is based on a new flow-through technology, automates all of the steps required for performing in situ hybridization of tissues on microscope slide formats. One of the key steps in the study of gene expression is the validation of results obtained by in vitro gene expression methods (microarrays, blots, etc.). This validation typically involves the use of appropriate cell or tissue samples and the performance of in situ hybridization (ISH) to confirm the in vitro results. The unique advantage of in situ hybridization over destructive expression techniques such as microarrays is the localization of transcripts in intact cells and tissues, giving a much higher level of information. However, processing of large numbers of cell or tissue samples in these type of procedures is an extremely time consuming and laborious process. GenePaint alleviates this throughput bottleneck.

Advanced features for functional genomic studies

• eliminates 80% of the manual steps of conventional ISH, FISH or IHC analysis
• extends walk-away time through unattended hybridization protocols
• allows the use of any commercial set of reagents for hybridization studies
• assures consistent and reproducible results of excellent quality
• saves on the amounts of reagents used