PRESS RELEASE.

Automated SDS-PAGE in 1 minute per sample – 

Lab901 launches ScreenTape® for rapid protein electrophoresis and analysis 

Edinburgh – April 2009 At the BioProcess International (BPI) congress in Dusseldorf
(22nd-23rd April), Lab901 unveiled its new ScreenTape P200 product for rapid SDS-
PAGE and analysis.  
 
The P200 protein system extends the use of Lab901’s existing bench-top TapeStation®
instrument which has already started to make a global impact in the DNA market for PCR
diagnostics.
 
Used with the TapeStation, ScreenTape P200 combines gel loading, electrophoresis,
imaging and analysis. Results include a gel image, electropherogram, molecular weight
determination and % purity and are generated in 60 seconds per sample. There is no
need to prime chips, stain / de-stain gels, image gels or annotate gel images when using
the ScreenTape System. ScreenTape can run just a few samples, leaving unused lanes
available for future experiments and reducing the waste commonly encountered with
chip-based systems and pre-cast gels.
 
‘We are very excited about the launch of ScreenTape for protein analysis’ commented
Richard Rowling – Lab901’s Sales & Marketing Director. ‘The combination of
convenience and speed means that scientists can now move more rapidly between steps
in their expression / purification workflows, saving time and money.’
 
‘The response from scientists expressing and purifying recombinant proteins or MAb’s
has been tremendous at the BPI meeting’ said Dr. Ken Macnamara – Lab901’s Head of
Science. ‘There is a real appetite for speed and automation in the BioPharma industry.
Our poster, describing rapid At-line monitoring of MAb production, really got people
talking’ he added.
 
Information about the new ScreenTape P200 product is now available on the recently
updated Lab901 website www.lab901.com 

About Lab901: 
Lab901, based in Edinburgh, UK, is a leading laboratory automation company.  The new
ScreenTape P200 variant allows scientists expressing and purifying recombinant proteins
and Monoclonal antibodies (MAb’s) to carry out SDS-PAGE and analysis in a fraction of
the time needed for traditional gel-based or chip-based methods. Lab901 has been
selling its D800 and DS12 DNA ScreenTape products into the PCR diagnostics market for
the past 18 months and has now shipped over 60 systems globally. ScreenTape is
manufactured at Lab901’s production facility in Loanhead, Edinburgh.
Contact: Richard Rowling +44 131 448 2904
www.lab901.com

About the ScreenTape® System: 
The ScreenTape system is the first fully automated, walk-away solution for gel
electrophoresis. Customers simply load their samples and the ScreenTape consumable
into the compact TapeStation instrument and, within 1 minute per sample, fully analysed
results for protein, RNA and DNA samples are displayed.