Bio-Rad Guide to the Application of Microfluidics to Automate Gel Electrophoresis

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the availability of Bio-Rad’s product guide (bulletin 5285), describing the application of microfluidics to automate gel electrophoresis.

This comprehensive and concise technical bulletin provides an explanation of microfluidic separation technology and its application by Bio-Rad’s Experion™ automated electrophoresis system. Advantages of the system are included in the six-page bulletin in addition to a tour of the Experion system that includes workflow diagrams and graphics of protein analysis for drug discovery and RNA analysis.

About the Experion automated electrophoresis system
Using a combination of microfluidics and electrophoresis, Bio-Rad’s Experion system enables sensitive high resolution separation and data analysis of protein and RNA samples. The system offers a number of advantages over traditional gel electrophoresis including faster results, reduced sample and reagent usage, automatic calculations, reduced hands-on time, and the elimination of the challenges, tedium, and hazardous materials that are typically associated with these applications.

By automating sample separation and analysis and freeing up a researcher’s time, the integrated system expedites research goals, which leads to faster results in a wide variety of applications. The system expands researchers’ ability to produce data quickly, without compromising the quality of results. The system may also be used as a complementary tool rather than a replacement tool to common downstream laboratory experiments that require knowledge of the quality and composition of protein or RNA samples.

Availability
Bulletin 5285 is available either from a local Bio-Rad sales office or it can be downloaded via the article webpage.