QPatch ll Temperature Control

Laboratory temperatures can change from winter to summer or during the day and affect the reproducibility and repeatability of your assay results. With QPatch II temperature control you can ensure that assays are always performed at a constant and controlled temperature (between 10-42°C) with high accuracy (+/-0.5°C).

Consider the temperature control add-on module if you want to:

• keep a constant controlled temperature to increase repeatability
• perform assays at physiological temperatures 35-37°C
• Log assay temperature for GLP and tracking purposes

The new QPatch ll temperature control and regulate temperature at the Bed-of-Nails directly beneath the measurement sites and also the manifold is thermostated to ensure rapid equilibration.

The recorded temperature data is transferred automatically to the analyzer software where further analysis can be made.

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Poster presented at SPS in Berlin in September on temperature effect using Qube

Until recently, the only possibility to test compound potency under voltage control conditions has been the manual patch clamp technique. Now automated patch clamp instruments with temperature control have become available making it possible to perform up to 384 parallel recordings at controlled temperatures ranging from 8°C and above. Qube has a temperature controlled test environment and in these studies, we show that temperature merits being taken into consideration when evaluating for hERG pharmacology. See the poster here.

Temperature control on Qube 384 – pharmacological dependency of hERG reference compounds

Studies of temperature dependencies can be done efficiently and reliably on Qube 384. In this study we directly measure change in potency with change in temperature on four different compounds, emphasizing the importance of temperature when studying drug candidates.

See the new application report here.