供应统计

供应商2

生产商+经销商

产品4

仪器+消耗品/配件

品牌溯源

发源地:美洲/美国

品牌简介

Beecher公司是一家专业生产组织芯片点样仪的元老级的公司 BeecherInstrumentsdevelopsgenomicandproteomicresearchtools.Beecherhaspioneeredtissuemicroarrayinstrumentation,anditholdsseveralissuedandpendingpatentsfortissuearrayerdesigns.Beforetissuearraysweredeveloped,theconventionalmethodfortissueanalysisinvolvedpathologistsandhistologistsstudyingspecimensonesection,oneslideatatime.Theadvantagesofbeingabletostainandinterpretmultiplespecimensinoneslideareratherobvious,andreseachershaveindeeduseddifferentmethods(forexample,constructionof"sausage"blocks)forproducingmulti-tissueslideswellbeforethedevelopmentofthemoderntissuemicroarrayapproach.However,theoldmulti-tissueblockmethodsweretimeconsuming,damagedtheoriginaltissueblocksanddidnotallowforgenerationofblockswithmanyspecimens.Asaresult,multi-tissueblocksremainedinlimiteduse. Beecherintroducedtheoriginalmanualtissuearrayerin1998.Withthisinstrumentitwasnowpossibleforthefirsttimetomakepreciselyorderedarraysofhundredsoftissuespecimens.Thesearraysweresosmallthatsamplingdidnotdamagetheoriginaltissueblocks,yetthespotswerelargeenoughtoprovidearepresentativeviewofthetissuemorphology.Sincethen,thetissuemicroarrayapproachhasbecomeincreasinglypopularforavarietyofapplicationsincludingantibodytestinganddiagnosticmarkerevaluationinclinicalpatientmaterials.Hundredsofscientificresearchpapersnowrefererencetheuseoftissuearraysortissuemicroarraysasapartofthematerialsandmethods. Beecherhascontinuedtoimprovetissuemicroarraytechnology.TheATA-27automatedarrayerisdesignedformakingconstructionofhigh-densitytissuemicroarrayblocksfast,accurateandreliable.Thesystemfeaturesasoftwareinterfaceforarraydesign,specimentracking,region-of-interestselection,andithasmultipleadjustableoptionstoconfigurearrayconstructiontomatchpracticallyanyspecimentypeandtissuecassettesize.TheMTA-IIproductlinebringsconvenienceandinnovativedesigntomanualarrayconstruction.SeeArrayersandAccessoriesfordescriptionofdifferenttissuemicroarrayproducts. SeveralotherinnovativeresearchsolutionsarecurrentlybeingtestedatBeecher.Imageanalysishasbeenabottleneckintissuemicroarraylaboratoryworkflow,andBeecherhasrecentlyintroducedimageanalysisapplicationsthatenablecompletelyautomatedTMAanalysis.Theseapplicationscanalsobeusedtoanalyzetraditionaltissuesections. Webelievethatcellulargeneandproteinexpresssiondataarecrucialforadvancingbiomedicalknowledge,andcontinuetodeveloptechnologytofacilitatesuchresearch.