PIKA Weihenstephan Offers PCR Bundle for Breweries

PIKA Weihenstephan offers PCR Bundle for Breweries

With the 4everyone Detection Kits and the real time PCR thermocycler QuantStudio® from Thermo Fisher, PIKA Weihenstephan offers an intelligent microbiological testing solution for brewers who are searching for a direct replacement for the discontinued models Pall GeneDisc® or Chai Biotechnology’s Open qPCR®. When changing from these models, you can still use all equipment for sample preparation which you already have in your lab.

Easy transfer to the new system

PIKA ‘s PCR bundle consists of a thermocycler together with a tailored plus-minus software and our beer spoiler detection PCR kits. It is an open system, offering both simplicity and flexibility. It is becoming increasingly popular in brewer’s labs. PIKA can assist your transition to get the instrumentation and workflow for your microbiology laboratory with a turn-key solution, giving you a single point of contact. The switch requires minimal effort and might even save your time and money.

PIKA 4everyone Detection Kits are not only state-of-the-art for Open qPCR® users. They are also very similar to GeneDisc®, as PIKA Weihenstephan had collaborated closely with Pall during the development and evaluation of the GeneDisc® system. Both systems use highly similar primers and probes combinations, resulting in a direct comparable range of target species.

Quick and efficient interpretation of results

Get your analysis results automated from the software, no need to compare curves, lines or melting temperatures. Keep the same easy read-out of results from the software as you are already used to and confidently continue to use any Ct/Cq value limits you might have set for routine testing with GeneDisc® or Open qPCR®.

How to get the bundle solution

PIKA 4everyone Detection Kits for the detection and identification of all beer spoilers, the real beer spoiling bacteria Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Megasphaera, and Pectinatus as well as the superattenuating yeasts Saccharomycves diastaticus and Brettanomyces, together with the QuantStudio real time PCR thermocycler can be purchased in PIKA’s online shop as a bundle.

In case of any further questions please contact us.