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Lab-on-a-chip
The generic term for a microfluidic product, signifying a chemical process or material
movement taking place on a microchip. In contrast to analysis in a standard laboratory
that relies on human intervention at several stages to manipulate or observe samples
and record results, the self-contained lab-on-a-chip represents an almost hands-free
technology.
Lab-on-a-chip technology means downsizing of analytical techniques from lab-scale to
chip-scale:
• using techniques like electrophoresis, chromatography, and sieving.
• with fluorescence, absorbance, and MS detection.
• with a higher degree of automation, integrating multiple steps of a complex protocol
into a miniaturized system.
Virtually any biochemical testing that can be done in a laboratory can theoretically be
done on a chip.
Ladder
Each electrophoretic LabChip Reagent kit contains a ladder. A ladder contains DNA, RNA
fragments or proteins of known sizes and concentrations.
A ladder well is located at the bottom right of the chip. The ladder is analyzed first before
sample analysis takes place.
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