Automated or Manual Microarray Processing Protected from Harmful Ozone

A new benchtop system maintains an ozone-safe environment when operating microarray scanning and processing equipment.

The workspace consists of a benchtop polycarbonate enclosure with an external high efficiency ozone filtration system that achieves and maintains ozone levels below 5 ppb within minutes.


Developed by SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA, USA), the purpose of the NoZoneWS Workspace is to eliminate concerns of ozone-corrupted array data caused by degradation of dyes during array washing and drying. It provides an ozone safe, low-light work area for manual or automated processing of microarrays. The front door panel features a hand accessible curtain for manual set up and washing of slides and can also swing up and out of the way to allow unimpeded access to the work area for moving and setting up equipment. The NoZoneWS Workspace is designed to accommodate the Little Dipper Processor for automated posthybridization washing and drying of microarrays.

SciGene is a privately held company that develops instruments that automate workflows used with microarray-based procedures in clinical diagnostic and research laboratories. SciGene instruments use automation and protocol optimization to enhance the quality of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray-based diagnostic tests.

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