Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Antwerp
Excellent compact device for small batch sample processing!
Application Area: To analyze monoamines and metabolites in brain tissue
"I find this homogenizer very user-friendly, it has three stands for 3000 to 5000 rpm which you can easily switch between. The time settings are very easy to adjust as well. It's a small, compact device that fits easily in between other devices on the bench. I wouldn't recommend to use it for high-throughput sample processing, as you can only homogenize up to three samples a time (in 2ml tubes). For small batches of samples, however, this is definitely an asset for your lab! Bertin has a set of protocols available on their website which you can help you to determine and experiment with the settings for your protocol (1x 60s, 3x 30s, depending on tissue types etc.). We haven't had to use after sales care yet, but we do have a good experience with the Bertin customer service and their recommendations."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Freelance Researcher and Teacher
Tremendous, useful and time saving instrument. I like it very much.
Application Area:Separation of target tissue
"This is very effective tool in our laboratory as it is trouble free while extracting a sample targeted tissue for cytological or histological analysis."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: University of California San Diego
Good results, reduce homogenization processing time with improvement of surface
Application Area:Nerve Tissue homogenize and following RNA work
"Overall of shape and function is reasonable. Tube and pestle shapes are perfect match. However, if the surface is not smooth, it might be helpful to grind nerve tissue"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: NIH
Good quality
Application Area:Lyse the tissue to isolate the protein
"The homogenizer works pretty good. very easy to use and efficiency is very high"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: University of Portsmouth
Great tool to rapidly extract proteins from tissue samples.
Application Area:Preparation of mouse tissue samples for Protein extraction
"Very easy to operate and a very small benchtop equipment. It takes a while to adapt current protocol to maximise extraction, however, guidelines for each tissue type are provided. Overall, it is a useful tool to have."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Translational Genomics and Gene therapy in Pediatrics
Excellent instruement
Application Area:Isolation of biological samples from mouse organs
"Easy to use. The factor provided values makes it easy to optimize the protocol."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: University of Helsinki
Very useful for our application.
Application Area:Metabolomics
"This product is very effective and giving reproducible results. Easy to use and fast."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Cornell University
You will not be disappointed.
Application Area:Analyze anticoagulants in tissue
"The purchase of the Minilys homogenizer has been a very worthwhile investment. The huge amount of time saved, and ease of use has made it an in invaluable piece of equipment for the lab."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Wayne State University
Excellent, easy to use, highly efficient.
Application Area:Lipidomics analyses
"We use Minilys on a regular basis to prepare homogenates for lipidomic analyses. It’s extremely convenient, easy to use and maintain."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Institute of Molecular Genetics Rus Academy of Sci
Useful and very friendly machine
Application Area:tissue homogenisation
"Very easy to use. It is possible to select type of homogenization, but volume of tubes is not too big. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Wayne State University
Perfect for working with tough to lyse samples and getting consistent results
Application Area:Processing of human tissue for DNA/RNA extraction
"Machine is well worth the price for low-throughput applications. Much easier to work with compared to other homogenization strategies"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: Inserm U836
The Minilys allow us to performed new experiment that couldn't have been done before in our lab with our classical preparation of homogenates
Application Area:Reproducible homogenization of muscle samples for quantitative western blot analysis
"We have planned to analyze a specific protein in mouse skeletal muscle to study the effect of a treatment. We had about 50 samples to analyze, and the protein is sensitive to proteolysis. Thanks to the MiniLys it has been possible to performed this experiment and to produce high quality homogenates, without degradation. We can have performed the quantitative analysis and show a nice kinetics of degradation of our protein due to the treatment of the mice and not to the processing of the samples! "