The Minilys
The Minilys is a small, compact and economically priced personal homogeniser.
Launch price £2,900
- Efficient rapid 3D bead beating motion
- Compact and effective benchtop homogeniser
- Highly Reliable
- Perfect reproducibility
Fast loading and simple controls
- No screw lid required
Easy to clean and decontaminate
- No cross contamination - single use standard tubes
Flexible sample type
- Animal
- Plant
- Microorganisms
Compatible with standard consumables
- 2 ml, 0.5ml and 7ml tubes closed with screw cover
- Beads: ceramic, glass, metal
- Buffer: water, NaCl ...
Technical data:
- Capacity: up to three 0.5/2 ml tubes or one 7 ml tube
- Speed: 3000, 4000 or 5000 rpm
- Operation time: 5 - 240 s (in steps of 1 s)
- Size (L x H x D): 18 x 26 x 37 cm
- Weight: 7 kg
- Power consumption: 110 - 220 VAC / 50 - 60 Hz, < 1 KVA
More information:
Precellys® grinding kits - Main specifications (.pdf)
Tissue Homogenisation Precellys publications
Application notes
Human Tissue Applications
- Drug analysis in hair by NICC
- RNA extraction from breast cancer xenografts by UK Institute of Cancer
- RNA extraction from human skin biopsies
- DNA human identification from bone fragments
- DNA extraction from liver tissues using the Minilys
- RNA extraction from human colon
Animal Tissue Applications
- Drug analysis in animal tissuesdeaux CHU
- Isolation of RNA from rat liver by Altana Pharma
- Post-mortem redistribution of drugs in rat
- Enzymatic dosage from rat heart
- Prion protein extraction in animal tissues
- Mouse UCP1 quantification in adipose tissue
- RNA extraction from mouse embryonic tooth
- Total protein extraction from mice hippocampi and PC12 cells
- Compound extraction from whole lung of rats in 7ml vials
- DNA extraction from Eois moths
- Drosophila homogenisation for lipid analysis
- Extraction of RNA from various nematodes
- Metabolomic and transcriptomic study from fish liver
- Metabolomic study from clam gill
- Quantification of methadone and its metabolite (EDDP) in insect tissue
- RNA extraction from mouse artery
- Total cathepsin activity measurements in Atlantic salmon muscle
Microorganism Applications
- RNA extraction of microorganisms by Paris LGN
- RNA extraction from cheese
- Chikungunya CEA-France
- DNA extraction from French soils
- Enzymatic activity measurements in Streptococcus thermophilus
- Mechanical disruption of Mycobacterial cell walls
- Protein extraction from Candida albicans after interaction with Streptococcus gordonii
- RNA extraction from Cyanobacteria
- RNA extraction from Streptomyces (actinobacteria)
- Total RNA extraction from Rhizobium etli cell or bacterial pellets
- Viral RNA extractionfrom infected tissues
Plant Tissue Applications
- Environmental biomarkers analysis
- DNA extraction from CpGV
- DNA extraction from plant leaves with the Minilys
- DNA extraction from rice grain
- DNA extraction from rice leaf
- Protein extraction from Arabidopsis with the Minilys
- Protein extraction from Nicotiana benthamiana leaf
- Protein extraction from tough marine phytoplankton
