gentleMACS Dissociators - which instrument fits your needs

The gentleMACS™ Dissociator family consists of three instrument versions. All of these tissue dissociators use a gentle yet effective technique to generate viable single-cell suspensions and homogenates from virtually any tissue sample. After processing, samples can subsequently be used for cellular and molecular downstream analyses. Find out which gentleMACS Dissociator fits your experiment the best.

The gentleMACS Dissociator family

gentleMACS Dissociator

gentleMACS Octo Dissociator

gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters

Feature overview

Take a look at the table to learn more about the differences of the tissue dissociators:

	gentleMACS Dissociator	gentleMACS Octo Dissociator	gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters
Automation features
Integrated heaters			x
On-instrument enzyme incubation			x
Fully automated protocols			x
Sample processing
Number of sample positions	2	8	8
Parallel sample operation	x	x	x
Independent sample operation		x	x
Software features
Pre-defined programs	x	x	x
Free software update	x	x	x
User-defined programming		x	x
Program transfer between instruments		x	x

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gentleMACS™ Dissociators – The making of the tissue dissociator instruments

The gentleMACS™ Dissociator family enables you to obtain viable single-cell solutions from any tissue. Start smart with standardized sample preparation.