Affymetrix Inc. announces the GeneTitan System, an array platform that allows users to automate gene expression studies from target preparation through array processing and data analysis.

The GeneChip HT PM Array Plates offer comprehensive coverage of the transcribed human, mouse, and rat genomes, in a convenient configuration that enables researchers to interrogate either 24 or 96 distinct samples per plate. The GeneChip HT 3’ IVT Express Assay is an optimized target preparation kit that allows users to conduct gene expression studies with less starting sample material than previous assays.

The GeneChip Array Station, an automated target preparation solution, which allows one person to prepare the same number of targets as four people could accomplish manually, is also available in this system.

The GeneTitan Instrument provides hands-free automation of array processing from hybridization to data analysis, empowering users to focus on different experimental studies for a better understanding of biological systems. Finally, Affymetrix GeneChip Command Console and Expression Console software provides scalable data management options for medium- and high-throughput projects with a convenient file-based format for data storage; and this software easily integrates with laboratory information management systems to increase laboratory efficiency and productivity.

http://www.affymetrix.com/genetitan 

Published in Drug Discovery & Development magazine: Vol. 11, No. 10, October, 2008, p.8.