Researchers at the Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research (CPGR) in Cape Town, South Africa, have established a high throughput biological research platform with a number of automated microarray processing systems from Tecan, including an HS 4800 Pro Hybridization Station with the new QuadChamber, a HydroFlex system and an LS Reloaded laser scanner. The CPGR uses a wide range of microarray-based techniques in a variety of collaborative projects to investigate diseases that are prevalent in South Africa, such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS, malaria and cancers. Dr Reinhard Hiller, Managing Director of the CPGR, explained: “We set up the automated platform in order to increase our assay throughput and quality, while
minimising our costs and manual procedures.”