Qiacube/ QIAGEN

QIAxcel systems QIAcube Connect is redefining the benefits of automating sample processing. With advanced digital capabilities and connectivity QIAcube Connect with its accessories and consumables allows research labs to fully automate and track their well known QIAGEN spin-column extraction and purification protocols – at the push of a button. QIAcube Connect offers an augmented user interface that provides a new dimension of utility. Researchers can stay connected to their instrument through the built-in screen and also remotely with a tablet (included), containing the pre-installed QIAcube Connect App, enabling quick response times and ability to monitor runs while away from the QIAcube Connect.

Features
• Automates over 80 QIAGEN kits with over 140 standard protocols for the most frequently used applications
• Optional protocol customization expands the use to virtually any application
• Allows automated DNA, RNA and protein sample processing
• Eliminates manual processing steps
• Generates standardized results
• Enables quick response times and remote run monitoring through the provided tablet.

Performance The revolutionary QIAcube Connect makes automated sample prep available to all laboratories. The plug-and-play instrument simplifies and streamlines your purification procedures by fully automating the trusted QIAGEN spin-column kits. No change of chemistry is required, assuring fast startup and immediate results, and performance is comparable to the manual procedure. The innovative QIAcube Connect enables you to free up your valuable time, continue to use proven QIAGEN spin-column kits, standardize your results and increase your productivity.

Principle
QIAcube Connect enables continued use of well-established QIAGEN spin-column kits and eliminates the need for tedious manual steps. The innovative QIAcube Connect controls integrated components including a centrifuge, heated shaker, pipetting system and robotic gripper. This enables the QIAcube Connect to fully automate more than 80 QIAGEN spin column kits.

UV light decontamination
You can now achieve convenient and efficient full worktable decontamination with the new built-in UV light of the QIAcube Connect. By making use of the UV light decontamination feature of our enhanced instrument, you can prevent any carryover between samples, allowing for a single instrument to purify DNA, RNA, pathogen nucleic acids and proteins from a vast array of sample types.

Remote connectivity
With the new QIAcube Connect you can now spend less time preparing your sample prep run and waiting around for your results, and more time thinking about your research! That’s because the new QIAcube Connect comes with a tablet that allows for easier sample prep run preparation, and provides you with status updates on the progress of your run (see figure ''The QIAcube Connect principle''). Furthermore, the QIAcube Connect comes with a barcode scanner. Simply scan the barcode of your sample prep kit, and all the necessary kit information will immediately appear on your screen.

Illuminated worktable
The QIAcube Connect is provided with a light inside the instrument, making it easier to load your samples and perform your experiments

Protocols for various sample types
The QIAcube Connect is provided with a variety of pre-installed protocols for purification of RNA, genomic DNA, plasmid DNA, viral nucleic acids and proteins, plus DNA and RNA cleanup. All standard protocols in the expanding range can also be downloaded free of charge. Customized protocols tailored to meet your specific application demands can also be requested.