Profile Aurora Biomed provides enabling technologies, assay services, and reagents for life sciences, drug discovery research, analytical chemistry, drug safety screening...
Careers This page contains employment opportunities which are currently available at Aurora Biomed Inc. If you are interested in any of the openings listed here, please send...
Collaborations AuroraBiomed's customers include pharmaceutical and biotech firms as well academic institutions. Thanks to the continuous feedback and support of our customers...
Ion Channel Retreat Our goal is to create a forum for scientific discourse spanning the spectrum of ion channel disciplines. Researchers from both academia and industry...
Introduction to Automated Liquid Handling The VERSA systems employ two types of robotic arm function: liquid handling and plate transport. With these two types of arms and various liquid handling modules...
VERSA Series This versatile single-arm workstation brings automation into small laboratory
spaces. With it's nanolitre to milliliter pipetting and customization capabilities...
Modules The major technological innovation of VERSA is in its precision dispensing (nL to mL range). The liquid handling components, which control all pipetting operations...
Accessories Aurora Biomed's custom HEPA Filtered Hood, allows researchers to maintain a clean work area during all of its
automated liquid handling processes...
VERSA Mini PCR The VERSA Mini PCR Carousel Setup is a small, automated liquid handling workstation designed to perform virtually every task for setting up PCR reactions...
VERSA Mini Nucleic Acid Prep The VERSA Mini NAP/PCR Setup is a small, automated liquidhandling workstation designed to perform virtually every task for nucleic acid preparation...
VERSA Mini Liquid-liquid Extraction The VERSA Mini Liquid-Liquid Extraction workstation is a small, automated liquid handling workstation designed to perform liquid-liquid extraction...
Mini Solid Phase Extraction The VERSA solid phase extraction workstation is equipped with a positive pressure/vacuum system and a heating block/shaker (optional) that provides efficient solid phase extraction in industry standard 1, 3, and 6 mL SPE cartridges, and 96 well microplates.
VERSA Mini Sample Processing Aurora’s automated Environmental Sample Processing Workstation is capable of aspirating environmental samples from tall tubes and dispensing them to specially designed recipient racks or carousels, including targets such as Konelab cuvettes.
VERSA Mini Vial Filling Aurora’s VERSA™ Mini Vial Filling Workstation is designed to meet or exceed these requirements for dispensing reagents or free flowing to low viscosity liquids into different types of containers in volumes ranging from the size of sub-microliter to milliliter.
VERSA Mini Spot Printing Aurora’s VERSA™ Spot Printing Workstation is an automated liquid handling platform, capable of performing automatic pipetting for sub-microliter dispensing and arraying applications in either contact or non-contact printing applications.
VERSA GENE The VERSA GENE workstation is designed to automate nucleic acid extraction and PCR set up for end point or real time PCR. Offering high precision...
VERSA Cap Piercing Aurora’s VERSA™ Cap Piercing Workstation is an automated liquid handling workstation designed to perform closed tube sampling and automate sample transfer protocols.
VERSA ELISA ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) is used for the detection of small quantities of target compound in liquid or viscous solutions such as serum, urine, cellular supernatant, wine and milk...
APPLICATIONS The VERSA Series of liquid-handling workstations are being used in many sectors for a variety of applications. The versatility of the many liquid-handling heads...
2) Isolation from Blood AB96 Magnetic Binding Blood DNA Kit / AB96 Filter Column Binding Blood DNA Kit / Magnetic Binding Blood Lysis Kit (10 mL)
3) Isolation from Tissue AB96 Filter Column Binding Tissue DNA Kit / AB96 Magnetic Binding Tissue DNA Kit
4) Isolation from Forensic Samples AB96 Magnetic Binding Forensic DNA Kit - Isolation of genomic DNA from forensic case samples with paramagnetic beads
5) Plasmid Isolation AB96 Filter Column Binding Plasmid DNA Kit / AB96 Filter Column Binding Plasmid DNA Kit / AB96 Filter Column Binding BAC/PAC DNA Kit
6) Isolation from RNA AB96 Filter Column Binding RNA Kit / AB96 Magnetic Binding RNA Kit / AB96 Magnetic Binding FFPE RNA Kit
Chemical Analyzers
Chemistry Analysers The QUANTI series of Chemistry Analyzers has been designed to better serve the needs of small clinics and cost-sensitive healthcare laboratories.
Fully Automatic Analyzer The QUANTI B1000 is a small, fully automated, high throughput, cost-effective, quality instrument suitable for a variety of chemistry tests in small to medium sized laboratories.
Semi-Automatic Analyzer The QUANTI S1000, is a diagnostic blood work solution to better serve the needs of small clinics and cost sensitive healthcare laboratories.
Coagulate Analyzer The QUANTI C100 is a small bench top system suitable for use anywhere from a hospital setting to a patient's home. The QUANTI C100 carries out a variety of tests on blood samples to check for the presence of coagulation components.
Hematology Analyzer The QUANTI H500 is a compact benchtop system that provides an accurate, effective, reliable and rapid solution for blood analysis.
Urine Analyzer The QUANTI U100 quickly analyzes urine strips using dual-wavelength photometry for highly sensitive, accurate results.
Ion Channel Research
Introduction to Ion Channel Research The initial focus of Aurora Biomed was on high-throughput
ion channel screening for drug discovery, ion channel technology so...
Ion Channel Readers Applications of the ICR 8000 and ICR 12000 include voltage-gated potassiumchannels (hERG, Kv1.1, Kv1.4, Kv1.5, SKCa, BKCa), stretch-activated...
hERG Cell Line Aurora Biomed Inc offers cell lines purchasing and licensing for some of the most common ion channel targets in drug discovery. Our cell lines collection...
Kv1.3 Cell Line Aurora Biomed Inc offers cell lines purchasing and licensing for some of the most common ion channel targets in drug discovery. Our cell lines collection...
Nav1.5 Cell Line Aurora Biomed Inc offers cell lines purchasing and licensing for some of the most common ion channel targets in drug discovery. Our cell lines collection...
HTS Assay Services Aurora Biomed provides functional assay services on an exclusive, out-sourced basis. We are currently carrying out assay services for various ion...
Electrophysiology Services Aurora Biomed provides functional assay services on an exclusive, out-sourced basis. We are currently carrying out assay services for...
1. High Throughput Screening Assay for ASIC Channels Like many sodium ion channels, ASICs represent challenging targets for high throughput screening. To overcome this issue, Aurora Biomed’s proprietary flux assay approach was successfully applied to this novel ion channel target.
2. Validation of Na+, K+-ATPase Isoform Using Cor.At® Cardiomyocytes & ICR8000™ In view of the availability of standardized pure cardiac myocytes with functional expression of all essential cardiac ion channels, Aurora Biomed validated Na+, K+ ATPase in cultured Cor.At® cardiomyocytes derived from transgenic mouse embryonic stem cells.
Elemental Analysis
Introduction to Elemental Analysis is a process where a sample of material (eg. soil, waste or drinking water, bodily fluids, minerals, chemical compounds) is analyzed for its...
Atomic Absorption The AI 500 Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometer is ideal for a high performance, low cost routine element analysis. Since the AI 500 is a simple to...
Atomic Fluorescence Aurora's unique VG provides enhanced sensitivities, reduced interference,
ultra low detection limits for the determination of sub-trace levels...
Spectrophotometers Spectrophotometry involves the use of a spectrophotometer. A spectrophotometer is a photometer (a device for measuring light intensity) that...
Microwave Digestion Microwave Digestion offers high-pressure and temperature systems in order to increase reaction rates and decrease digestion times for sample...
Water Purification
Crysta 500 The Crysta 500 produces both deionized and reverse osmosis Type 2 pure water directly from tap water...
Crysta 1000 Highly purified water should be available for use in any lab, especially for use in high precision analytical applications such as atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Crysta 2000 For the most critical applications in polymerase chain reaction and high performance liquid chromatography, the Crysta 2000 water purification systems produce ultrapure Type 1 water.
OEM
Autosampler Finding the right partner for OEM manufacturing is critical when developing unique instrumentation...
SyringePump Aurora’s OEM SyringePumps can be used for a variety of analytical,
industrial and life science applications. With low maintenance,
rugged design...
PeristalticPump Aurora’s OEM Peristaltic Pump is a low cost, single channel,
computer-operatied system used for transferring liquids...
