Covaris
Adaptive Focused Acoustics™ (AFA)

Covaris provides instruments and solutions to improve sample preparation in biological and chemical research.  Our broad range of applications include tissue disruption and homogenization, DNA, RNA and protein extraction, compound management and formulation.

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Controlled DNA Shearing

One of the unique features of the Covaris AFA™ is the ability to shear DNA. This shearing is site independent and is a perfect substrate for the production of DNA libraries.

The Covaris systems are becoming a "Must-have" for the Next-gen sequencing tasks:

  • Non contact processing--no chance of cross contamination
  • Compatible & validated with ALL Next-gen sequencing platforms—SOLiD, Roche/454, Illumina...
  • Reproducibly shear PCR products to smaller fragments
  • Recommended by Agilent SureSelect™ Target Enrichment System
  • High recovery
  • Small starting volume/material required
  • Tight size distribution and highly reproducible
  • Automatable for higher throughout (i.e. 24 or 96 sample format)
  • Fast and automatable

 

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CryoPrep

CryoPrep

High performance tissue sample preparation

Cryogenic pulverization of hard fibrous tissue. To obtain high recovery and accurate results, it is critical to control
the deconstruction of complex biological samples while maintaining
individual target molecule integrity. Typically, the initial tissue
processing step is based on uncontrolled, manual, laborious, and
often potentially hazardous processes.

Use of the Tissue CryoPrep
System eliminates operator-induced variation, improves recoveries,
increases efficiency, and provides standardized results.

 

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