Microplate

Products - Microarray Substrates & Slides - Microplate Microarrays

ArrayIt® offers an innovative microplate microarray hardware system allowing 96-well formatted experimentation with either four glass substrate slides or a single glass microplate. The system consists of hardware and a gasket that “sandwich” four glass substrate slides (shown) or one glass microplate between the upper and lower hardware portions, and the exact 96-well registration allows the use of liquid handlers and automated pipetting of samples directly onto 96 microarrays simultaneously for high-throughput DNA and protein microarray applications including gene expression analysis and genotyping for research and diagnostics.

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Product Descriptions
Glass Specifications
Microarray Microplate Hardware
Technical Assistance
Ordering Information
Warranty

Product Description
Now the best microarray glass and surface chemistries are available in a 96 well microarray format. These substrates can be used with the NanoPrint microarrayer, 946 Spotting Device and microplate track modules, which are designed for high throughput manufacturing in the 96 well format. Theses tools empower over 1,000 spots per each 96 well subarray.

All of our surface chemistries set the standard for all microarray applications. Follow these links for more information on performance, protocols and applications. See the bottom page for pricing.

SuperClean substrates are untreated and are delivered ready to use for custom surface chemistry preparation applications. This superior glass is cut to precision dimensions and polished to atomic flatness (50 Å over 76 mm) to provide the most homogenous surface available in industry. SuperClean Microarray Substrates have an average flatness of 2.0 nm or 20 angstroms, which corresponds to approximately 10 silicon dioxide bonds.
SuperAmine chemistry is used to immobilized unmodified long oligos and cDNA’s for gene expression microarrays.
SuperAldehyde is used to immobilized amino modified oligos, amino modified cDNA, proteins, cells, lysates, tissues, etc. This surface is specifically useful in immobilizing short oligos for SNP detection microarrays. SuperAldehyde has been used in many protein microarray applications.
SuperEpoxy chemistry is great for protein microarrays. It is also an excellent surface to immobilize cells, tissues, and carbohydrates.
Custom chemistries available, please call for a quote.

The glass used for these substrates has been especially manufactured exclusively for this application. This is highly polished glass to create superior homogeneity. Glass substrates of this optical quality are routinely sold at $300 dollars each by some vendors in industry.

Figure 1. Assembled microplate microarray hardware with the 96-well glass microplate containing the printed microarrays sandwiched between the upper and lower portions of the hardware. Exact 96-well registration allows the use of liquid handlers and automated pipetting of samples directly onto 96 microarrays simultaneously for high-throughput DNA and protein microarray applications including gene expression analysis and genotyping for research and diagnostics.

Figure 2. Glass microplate showing the 96-well grid with wells marked 1-12 across and A-H down. These microplates are available in SuperClean, SuperAmine, SuperAldehyde, and SuperEpoxy surface chemistry and are designed for use with Microplate 96-well hardware system MMH96.

Figure 3. Microplate 96-well hardware (Catalog ID MMP96) base with a 96-well microplate glass substrate properly seated. The 96-well microplates are available in SuperClean, SuperAmine, SuperAldehyde, and SuperEpoxy surface chemistry.

Figure 4. Inverted view of the microplate 96-well hardware (Catalog ID MMP96) base with a 96-well microplate glass substrate properly seated. The 96-well microplates are available in SuperClean, SuperAmine, SuperAldehyde, and SuperEpoxy surface chemistry. The sealing gasket for the 96-well microplate is visible in this orientiation.

Figure 5. Microarray 96-well hardware system (Catalog ID MMH4x24) that holds four standard 25 x 76 mm glass microarray substrate slides. Four substrate slides are seated in the bottom portion of the hardware and the top portion with a 96-well formatted gasket seals the individual wells. This is an excellent system for users wishing to maintain the standard microarray substrate slide format while leveraging the high-throughput 96-well liquid handling format.

Microplate Printing:
The Microplate Microarray Hardware provides 96 separate wells for microarrays on a single glass microplate in the standard 8 x 12 configuration at 9 mm centers. The polished atomically flat glass plates are treated with our advanced surface chemistries and are detachable from the chamber for superior printing and scanning flexibility. Each printable location is 7.7 mm x 7.7 mm for maximum printability and is compatible with all robotic liquid handling systems. Using standard 150 µm spot spacing, each of the 96 locations accommodates up to 2,500 printed spots for a total of 240,000 spots per 96-well microplate.

Technical Assistance
Please contact us if you have any comments, suggestions, or if you need technical assistance. By electronic mail: arrayit@arrayit.com (under the subject heading please type "ArrayIt® technical assistance"). By telephone: (408) 744-1331, Monday–Friday PST 9:00am - 4:30pm. Please remember that we want to hear about your successes!

Scientific Publications
Click here and here for recent scientific publications using ArrayIt® brand microarray products from TeleChem International, Inc for microplate microarray experimentation.

Ordering Information

Product

Description

Catalog ID

Price (US dollars)*

Microplates SuperClean

Glass microplates (76.5 x 117.7 mm) with the 96-well pattern marked A-H and 1-12, SuperClean surface chemistry ready for custom chemistry, compatible with the 96-well microplate hardware system MMH96, 5 microplates per package.

PMCG96

$305

Microplates SuperAmine

Glass microplates (76.5 x 117.7 mm) with the 96-well pattern marked A-H and 1-12, SuperAmine surface chemistry for electrostatic binding of DNA and proteins, compatible with the 96-well microplate hardware system MMH96, 5 microplates per package.

PMMG96

$365

Microplates SuperAldehyde

Glass microplates (76.5 x 117.7 mm) with the 96-well pattern marked A-H and 1-12, SuperAldehyde surface chemistry for covalent binding of DNA and proteins, compatible with the 96-well microplate hardware system MMH96, 5 microplates per package.

PMAG96

$405

Microplates SuperEpoxy

Glass microplates (76.5 x 117.7 mm) with the 96-well pattern marked A-H and 1-12, SuperEpoxy surface chemistry for covalent binding of DNA and proteins, compatible with the 96-well microplate hardware system MMH96, 5 microplates per package.

PMEG96

$385

Microplate 96-well hardware system

Microplate 96-well hardware sandwich and gasket system compatible with all 76.5 x 117.7 mm 96-well glass microplates PMCG96, PMMG96, PMAG96 and PMEG96, 1 hardware system each.

MMH96

$400

Microarray 96-well hardware system

Microarray 96-well hardware sandwich and gasket system compatible with all 25 x 76 mm glass microarray substrate slides, four substrate slides fit in one hardware system, 1 hardware system each.

MMH4X24

$400

Microplate replacement gasket

Replacement gasket for the microplate 96-well hardware sandwich and gasket system that holds a single 96-well glass microplate, 1 gasket each.

GMMH96

$55

Microarray replacement gasket

Replacement gasket for the microarray 96-well hardware sandwich and gasket system that holds four glass microarray substrate slides, 1 gasket each.

GMMH4X24

$55

Microplate microarray discounts:
Please inquire about volume discounts.

*To order ArrayIt® Brand Products call 408-744-1331, fax 408-744-1711, email arrayit@arrayit.com, or click on the Purchase buttons to proceed directly to the Shop Site.

*International pricing may vary as much as 30% (or more depending on country) due to import duties, stocking fees and technical support.

Warranty
ArrayIt Brand Super Microarray Substrate products have been scientifically developed and manufactured in a state-of-the-art class 100 cleanroom. All of these products are sold for research purposes. Extreme care and exact attention should be practiced in the use of the materials described herein. All TeleChem products are subject to extensive quality control and are guaranteed to perform as described when used properly. Any problems with these products should be reported to TeleChem immediately. Our liability is limited to the replacement of the product, or a full refund. Any misuse of this product is the full responsibility of the user, and TeleChem makes no warranty or guarantee under such circumstances.