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An introduction to miniaturized purification in Synthace

The articles in this section explain how to automate a miniaturized purification protocol that uses robocolumns.

Updated over a year ago

The protocol uses a column chromatography method to isolate a protein of interest.

In a series of chromatography stages, a liquid handler dispenses a sample and some buffers into a number of robocolumns, and the robocolumns separate the protein of interest from any contaminants in the sample (or vice-versa).

You select the fractions that you want to send to a plate reader, and the plate reader measures their absorbance.

Synthace normalizes and structures the data from the plate reader, matches each fraction to the chromatography stage during which you collected it, and calculates the mass, mass concentration and yield of the protein of interest.

It presents these results in an interactive visualization.

Together, the automation of the protocol and the visualization of the results make it quick and easy to develop, optimize and execute your purification process.

Summary

To automate a miniaturized purification protocol that uses robocolumns, complete the following steps.

  1. Make sure that you have all of the devices, labware and liquids that you need to automate the protocol. To learn more, click here.

  2. Tell Synthace how your Tecan Freedom EVO® or Tecan FLUENT® and plate reader are configured. To learn more about the EVO®, click here. To learn more about the FLUENT®, click here. To learn more about the plate reader, click here.

  3. Use some elements to build a miniaturized purification workflow. To learn more about the elements, click here. To learn more about constructing robocolumns workflows, click here.

  4. Execute your miniaturized purification workflow. To learn how to, click here.

  5. When the execution is complete, check the results. To learn more, click here.

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