Arrayjet Pushes Microarray Spotter Throughput

Arrayjet today announced the release of the new Ultra-Marathon Inkjet Microarrayer. The Ultra-Marathon is based on the same robust platform as its predecessors, the Marathon and Super-Marathon Inkjet Microarrayers. It therefore utilises the now-proven piezoelectric inkjet technology developed by Arrayjet for the high-speed production of high quality microarrays. The Ultra-Marathon takes the capacity and throughput of microarray production to a whole new level however: available with and without the Microplate Stacker Module launched by Arrayjet in 2005, the Ultra-Marathon adds patented slide-handling capability to the platform, increasing its capacity to 1,000 1x3” (25x75mm) glass slides. In isolation this represents a significant enhancement, but when combined with the recently announced Array MultiplierTM software module, which enables users to specify almost any number of mini- arrays to be printed on each slide (space permitting) one could imagine 1000 slides each bearing, for example, 16 mini-arrays. This means that a total of 16,000 microarrays could be produced in a single, fully automated print run – surely an unprecedented level of production.

Source: Arrayjet