A fully integrated, nanoscale protein assay and analysis solution
SKOKIE, Ill. – June 6, 2011 – NanoInk’s® Nano BioDiscovery™ Division announced today the
launch of a new instrument system for nanoscale protein analysis and discovery. Coupling powerful
array deposition techniques with the latest generation of fluorescent detection technologies, the
NanoArray Assay System™ is a user friendly, affordable desktop unit that can quickly and costeffectively
integrate into any proteomic lab. The platform is based on NanoInk’s patented, tip-based
Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®) technology, which can create highly reproducible protein arrays
over millimeter areas with nanometer precision and then fluorescently image these nanoarrays at high
resolution.
Components of the NanoArray Assay System include the NanoArrayer 3000™, the NanoScan 900
Scanner, and user-friendly software for flexible and precise array patterning and intuitive data
acquisition and image analysis. When combined with NanoInk’s line of fully automatable proteomic
assays, the NanoArray Assay System is a complete solution for the detection, identification, and
quantitation of clinically relevant proteins from a wide variety of sample types.
According to Bruce Dudzik, vice president of the Nano BioDiscovery Division, “Other protein analysis
platforms require large amounts of sample material and reagents. The NanoArray Assay System
generates more data with just 2 μl of sample so that even low-abundance biomarker studies on rare and
hard-to-collect samples (like rodent serum, spinal fluid, tissue extracts, tears and dried blood spots) are
possible. And with femtofluidic liquid handling, the NanoArray Assay System delivers rapid reaction
kinetics and lowers reagent volumes, reducing assay costs.”
The NanoArrayer 3000 is capable of depositing thousands of uniform protein features in the area
occupied by just one spot on a conventional protein microarray. This miniaturization and precision
enables high throughput protein analysis on a single slide. NanoArrayer 3000 arrays are also completely
customizable. Multiplexed proteins can be patterned into each sub-array, and modified assay slides can
be produced in 18, 48, and 96 sub-array formats.
By incorporating two extremely sensitive photomultipliers, the confocal NanoArray 900 Scanner
detects fluorescence uniformly across the entire arrayed surface and delivers exceptional sensitivity and
signal-to-noise ratios. Miniaturized and multiplexed NanoArray Assay System assays achieve
femtograms/ml sensitivity with 2 μl of sample, comparable to or better than the sensitivities of ELISA
and bead-based assays that consume 50 μl of sample.
Please visit www.nanoink.net/nanobio or call (847)679-3432 for more information on the NanoArray
Assay System and other Nano BioDiscovery Division assay kits and contract services for nanoscale
protein studies.
About NanoInk
NanoInk, Inc. is an emerging growth technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and
applications development for the life sciences, engineering, pharmaceutical, and education industries. Using Dip
Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®), a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology, scientists are enabled
to rapidly and easily create micro-and nanoscale structures from a variety of materials on a range of substrates.
This low cost, easy to use and scalable technique brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laboratory desktop.
Headquartered in the Illinois Science + Technology Park, north of Chicago, NanoInk currently has several
divisions including the Nano BioDiscovery™ Division, the NanoFabrication Systems Division, the
NanoProfessor™ Division and the NanoGuardian™ Division. For more information on products and services
offered by NanoInk, Inc., visit www.nanoink.net.
NanoInk, the NanoInk logo, Nano BioDiscovery, Dip Pen Nanolithography, DPN, NanoGuardian,
NanoProfessor and the NanoArrayer 3000 are trademarks or registered trademarks of NanoInk, Inc.
Contacts:
Joshua Taustein, Dresner Corporate Services, (312)780-7219, [email protected].
David Gutierrez, Dresner Corporate Services, (312)780-7204, [email protected].