Automatic Fraction Collector (AFC)

Automatic Fraction Collector (AFC)

The world’s first automated, smart SEC EV isolation system, now with a faster, more user-friendly interface!
The AFC automates extracellular vesicle (EV) isolation and enables precise and reproducible separation. It is suitable for small-scale and high-throughput processing of EV-containing samples.

 

Product highlights:

  • Measures fluid volume precisely by weight.
  • Place multiple AFCs side by side for parallel processing.
  • Efficient and easy to use – LED light prompts make it easy to keep track of progress, while the RFID tag reader registers which qEV column has been loaded and number of uses. Rotational carousel holds collection tubes and advances as weight is reached.
  • Easier navigation – Improved user interface with enhanced touchscreen sensitivity creates a more user-friendly experience.
  • Greater flexibility – Easily customise purified collection volumes to suit your requirements. Send the buffer volume directly to waste, or collect into individual tubes.
  • Fits easily into any lab – Cost-effective and compact.
  • Quality assurance: Izon products are designed and manufactured under a quality system certified to ISO 13485:2016.

 

Product specifications

Weight: 1.2kg

Dimensions (cm): w25 x d30 x h40

Touch screen size: 5-inch diagonal, 800 x 480 resolution

Minimum Isolation Time: 10-15 min (dependent on qEV column)

Column data provided to user: Column type, number of remaining uses

Certification: ISO 13485:2016

Reference Publications

Bano, Reshma et al.

A perspective on the isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from different biofluids

RSC advances vol. 11,32 19598-19615.

DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01576a

Article Snippet: “The latest development has been in SEC automation, i.e., automated fraction collector (AFC). A substantial development to the qEV platform, the Izon AFC allows for the fast, precise, automated isolation of EVs.”

 

Van Dorpe, Sofie et al.

Integrating automated liquid handling in the separation workflow of extracellular vesicles enhances specificity and reproducibility

Journal of nanobiotechnology vol. 21,1 157.

DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-01917-z

Article Snippet: “Examples include automated fraction collection (AFC), measuring fluid volume by weight and fully integrated microfluidic systems combining immunoaffinity, filtration, centrifugation, and/or asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation.”

 

Byappanahalli, A.M., Noren Hooten, N., Vannoy, M. et al.

Mitochondrial DNA and inflammatory proteins are higher in extracellular vesicles from frail individuals

Immun Ageing 20, 6 (2023).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-023-00330-2

Article Snippet: “EVs were isolated from plasma samples of these participants using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with an Automatic Fraction Collector (AFC). The AFC facilitates a high-throughput approach for isolation of EVs from larger numbers of samples.”

 

Mizenko, R.R., Brostoff, T., Rojalin, T. et al.

Tetraspanins are unevenly distributed across single extracellular vesicles and bias sensitivity to multiplexed cancer biomarkers

J Nanobiotechnol 19, 250 (2021).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-021-00987-1

Aricle Snippet: “Izon 70 nm qEVsingle columns were utilized in the Izon Automatic Fraction Collector (AFC). Columns were rinsed using 0.2 μm-filtered PBS (4 mL).”

Documents

AFC Brochure

AFC Guide

AFC User Manual