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Concentris Introduces the First Measurement Kits for Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors
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Basel, Switzerland, July 16, 2007 - Concentris GmbH, leading provider of cantilever sensor instruments and tools for research applications, releases the first measurement and training kits for nanomechanical cantilever sensors. These kits include all chemicals, consumables and protocols necessary to functionalize cantilever arrays and do out-of-the box cantilever sensor measurements.
Nanomechanical cantilever sensors are highly sensitive, label-free chemical and biosensors. Nanomechanical canti-levers are micro fabricated silicon beams, which transform chemical interactions at their surface into a mechanical motion. Thanks to their extremely low thickness of 1 micrometer or less, surface processes can be monitored with high sensitivity and in real-time. By selecting a chemical coating (functionalization), cantilever sensors are tuned to address a wide range of applications, including the detection of ions, the study of DNA hybridization and (bio)molecular interactions or the analysis of layer formation dynamics and conformational changes.
With Concentris' Cantisens Research cantilever sensor platform, a state-of-the-art instrument to read-out cantilever sensor arrays with up to eight cantilevers in real-time is available and gives users in many different areas of research access to this emerging technology. Now, for the first time, measurement and training kits for cantilever sensors are also available. They complement the instruments, tools and consumables available so far with sets of chemicals and protocols necessary to functionalize cantilever sensors and to do measurements.
"The first kits we have developed are available for the detection of two specific DNA sequences through hybridiza-tion measurements and for the detection of calcium ions with cantilever sensors. Concise step-by-step instructions make sure that experiments are both straightforward and instructive", explains Joachim Kaiser, PhD, director of Concentris' application development.
Martin Bammerlin, PhD, head of sales and support at Concentris, comments, "The new kits present a significant advance for all researchers entering into the field of cantilever sensors. They enable them to start working with this exciting new technology based on thoroughly described functionalization protocols and measurement procedures. Researchers can use the kits as a starting point for designing new experiments. Obtaining new results will be possible in a much shorter period of time."
More information will be available at the ACS 2007 Fall Exposition held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA, from August 20 to August 22. Visitors may get an impression of the kits through live demon-strations of the Cantisens Research instrument and will be able to talk directly to Concentris experts.
About Concentris GmbH
Concentris GmbH is located in Basel, Switzerland, and provides instruments, tools and consumables for cantilever sensor research and applications. Founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the Swiss National Competence Center in Nanos-cale Science Research, Concentris assembles a team with outstanding knowledge in the fields of cantilever sensors and instrument design. Concentris' flagship product, Cantisens Research, is successfully used in research institutes in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. For more information about Concentris, visit our web site at www.concentris.com.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Urs Hubler
CEO
Concentris GmbH
Phone : +41 61 322 06 55
Fax : +41 61 322 06 56
E-Mail : info@concentris.ch
Dr. Martin Bammerlin
Director Sales & Support
Concentris GmbH
Phone : +41 61 322 06 55
Fax : +41 61 322 06 56
E-Mail : bammerlin@concentris.ch
