Bio-Rad’s Gene Pulser MXcell Electroporation System Guides Are Now Available

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced two new product guides for its Gene Pulser MXcell™ electroporation system. The first product guide (bulletin 5640) is designed to assist scientists using the pre-set protocols in order to quickly optimize electroporation conditions. The bulletin contains detailed information for the MXcell’s preset protocols as well as information on a Decision Tree that aids in protocol selection. The second is an ordering guide (Bulletin 5598) that itemizes systems features, specifications and other information needed to order the MXcell system. The guides may be downloaded via the article webpage.

About the Gene Pulser MXcell Electroporation System
The Gene Pulser MXcell electroporation system is fully programmable and can deliver up to 24 different electroporation protocols in a single 96-well plate in two minutes or less. Unlike other instruments in which scientists may not be able to fine tune their system to get higher efficiencies, the MXcell system paired with the Gene Pulser electroporation buffer provides researchers a way to quickly optimize electroporation conditions to maximize the use of their cells and samples. The system can also be used as a rapid screening tool for the delivery of siRNA into any type of mammalian cell line.

The MXcell system features disposable 12-, 24- and 96-well plates offering options for high-throughput, replicated optimization, as well as multiple lab-scale transfections in a single plate. The software has gradient programming and pre-set optimization protocols for rapid plate set-up.

Target customers for the system are researchers at all levels in molecular biology laboratories in academia, core laboratories, and biotechnology, and pharmaceutical companies. At half the list price of other systems, the MXcell system enables scientists to conduct research on more medically relevant cells including stem cells.

About Electroporation
Electroporation is a valuable tool for nucleic acid delivery because it can be used for a wide variety of cell types. Along with a general movement in the scientific community to use more medically relevant cells, new tools for electroporation have become necessary as more scientists optimize delivery of siRNA, plasmids, or other molecules into mammalian cells, in particular, primary cells and those cells that are difficult to transfect.