Instruments and Software

From sample preparation to PCR, support your food and beverage testing with best-in-class instrumentation and software, that ensure maximum accuracy, efficiency and reproducibility. 


Applied Biosystems SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler

Utilize the SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler in the SureTect workflow to prepare enriched samples for PCR by automating the incubation steps for cell lysis. Samples are ready for PCR in around 20 minutes with minimal hands-on steps required. The SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler will hold samples ready for use at 4°C at the end of the cycle.

 

The SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler is an easy-to-use, compact, and accurate thermal cycler designed to fit every lab’s essential PCR workflow.


Applied BioSystems QuantStudio 5 Food Safety Real-Time PCR System

The SureTect PCR Assays are validated to run on the QuantStudio 5 Food Safety PCR system using Thermo Scientific RapidFinder Analysis Software for easy test set-up, results interpretation, and data analysis.

 

The QuantStudio 5 Food Safety PCR System is a high-performance benchtop open platform, combining ease-of-use and system connectivity with powerful options that enable maximum data utility and control. Benefit from the flexibility of a 6-channel, 96-well, cloud-enabled open platform suitable for running our full range of PCR solutions for food safety, authenticity, and quality testing.

Intuitive and easy-to-use for all levels of experience with touchscreen usability, allowing you to stay connected to your data easily.

  • Multiplex with ease—up to six excitation and six emission filters offer 21 different color combinations, allowing a broad range of detection chemistries and maximum multiplexing
  • Get up and running quickly—factory-calibrated for accuracy, quick installation, and immediate use; pre-optimized protocol templates help minimize training for new users
  • Maximize benchtop space—compact instrument can be configured as stand-alone or with a computer
  • Open instrument—suitable for all our food safety, authenticity, and quality PCR tests
  • Intuitive, user-friendly software, avoiding subjective interpretation
  • Cloud-enabled, offering the potential for data sharing, analysis, and trending
  • Capacity for processing several hundred samples a day

SureTect Automation Workflow

Take your food safety testing to the next level with automated lysis and PCR preparation. Utilizing the CyBio FeliX Instrument, the automated workflow and rapid setup allows you to reduce hands-on time while increasing the accuracy of your testing, enabling your technicians to focus on other tasks. 

Bringing the benefits of PCR and automation to high-throughput beverage with Coca Cola Europacific Partners

After working with Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2023 to develop a PCR assay for the rapid detection of spoilage contamination in the production environment, the team required a scalable workflow solution to match their throughput. 


 

 

Thermo Scientific RapidFinder Analysis Software

An integral part of the SureTect workflow, the RapidFinder Analysis Software is a graphical, easy-to-use tool for food and environmental testing labs to optimize their pathogen detection workflow.

 

Simple set-up

  • Intuitive sample set up
  • Flexible plate layout including automatic or customisable options
  • Pre-set, optimized thermal cycling conditions per target

Automatic data interpretation

  • Fully automated amplification, detection, data collection, and data analysis
  • Quick interpretation of data with flags, notifications, and prompts
  • Detailed report generation for printing or export
  • Interoperability with LIMS or similar data management tool for importing plate set-up and exporting assay results
  • Automatically generates results (presence or absence of the target)
  • Interrogation of results for the whole plate, grouped by sample, or for individual PCR tubes

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.