GE Healthcare Introduces ÄKTAmicro Liquid Chromatography System

GE Healthcare announces the launch of ÄKTAmicro™ liquid chromatography system, specifically designed for small sample volumes and concentrations, giving reproducible high resolution purification and enabling characterization of target molecules.

The new system includes a Microfraction Collection Kit for collection of minute fraction volumes and an adapted UNICORN™ wizard control system for improved ease of use. With an optional degasser and the ability to connect to light scattering detectors, the system is ideal for molecular characterization.

ÄKTAmicro™ is a completely bioinert system that can be used for purification of target molecules from a range of sources, such as intact proteins, protein complexes and nucleotides and is ideal for use in the characterization of target molecules. The system is also very well suited for rapid purity/recovery analysis in method development and drug discovery. The system offers great application flexibility, including reversed phase and ion exchange chromatography techniques, as well as gel filtration (size-exclusion chromatography).

The integrated UNICORN software enables real-time control of chromatography and peptide synthesis systems on any scale, from laboratory bench through development to full-scale production. It is currently used in many biopharmaceutical production processes approved by the FDA. The Method Wizard provides easy method generation, and extensive data evaluation can be done using automated Evaluation Procedures.