BIOMOLECULE HANDLING METHOD AND MACHINE USING AN ARRAY DISPENSER

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a machine for biomolecule handling using an array dispenser. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and a machine in which one or two separation procedures are performed in parallel channels and the separated biomolecules are deposited on a two-dimensional target plate for analysis e.g. in a MALDI TOF MS device (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry). A method of sample handling comprises the following steps: supplying (101) a number of samples to a multichannel separation device having an equal number of separation channels; separating (102) the samples in parallel in said number of separation channels; supplying said channels to an array dispenser after separation; dispensing (103) said channels in parallel on to a target plate maintaining the separation of the multichannel separation device.