PRESS RELEASE 01/03/2024 – 1st March 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of iLab Solutions Limited (“iLab”), the UK’s leading independent FPLC specialist. In its first decade, iLab has carved a niche as a leader in the analytical FPLC market, helping organizations get the most out of their AKTA FPLC platforms, by delivering preventative maintenance, breakdown & repair services quickly and effic...

PRESS RELEASE 29/11/23 – iLab Solutions Ltd engineering team grows! On Monday 14th November, iLab Solutions welcomed new Field Service Engineer, Steve Tyler, to the team. Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to the team and will head our growth in the support of the Biacore range of instruments. James Bull, MD, stated: “Having Steve joins us represents our continued growth within the...

PRESS RELEASE 28/11/22 – On Monday 14th November, iLab Solutions welcomed new Field Service Manager, Ashley King, to the team. Ashley joins us from Cytiva where he gained a wide range of field service experience on Chromatography, Cell Cultivation, Filtration and Bioprocess equipment and in Qualification/Validation Services. Ashley will head the service maintenance team on the development...

AKTA Go warranties ending soon Launched in 2019, the first AKTA Go systems are now coming off manufacturer’s warranty. Cytiva’s (GE Healthcare) AKTA Go is a  compact liquid chromatography system for routine protein purification. This compact little system has a simple, modular design. But like all protein purification systems, without regular maintenance, your AKTA Go might need repairs do...

AKTA Breakdown and Repair If your AKTA system isn't working properly, call the iLab Solutions service team. We can troubleshoot the issue by phone and schedule an on-site engineer visit if needed. We'll fix it right, first time and get you back up and running as quickly as possible. Our engineers carry a comprehensive kit of commonly required components and spare parts, ensuring a speedy turnaro...

New Maintenance and Repair Services for Process Manufacturing Chromatography & Ultrafiltration Systems. To complement our existing Analytical Scale FPLC service, iLab Solutions Ltd are excited to announce the new service, maintenance & repair of Process Scale Chromatography systems. Customers for our new services will typically use Millipore, Cytiva (formerly GE Life Sciences), Pall and...

AKTA start is a preparative chromatography system for laboratory scale protein purification. AKTA start is designed as a stand-alone system, with intuitive design, simple flow path, and user-friendly interface. making it easy to purify a wide variety of proteins using built-in quick start methods, pre-defined templates, or by creating your own methods. Regular maintenance of your AKTA Start is e...

We often refer to the instruments running protein purification techniques as the workhorses of the lab. Researchers rely on them to be up and running as standard. The great thing is that these instruments are actually quite simple to keep running well, as long as you follow some good housekeeping tips for sample preparation, buffer management, column cleaning and overall system cleanliness.  Prot...

Whether you are involved in manufacturing, transfer to manufacturing or R&D, if you work in a QC environment you’ve probably heard the term IQ/OQ. IQ (installation qualification) and OQ (operational qualification) are two independent and documented procedures used when a new piece of equipment or plant is being installed and commissioned for use. IQ/OQ  is used to check and test that a system ...

Give your older AKTA a boost with a software upgrade to Windows 7 or 10 OS We often talk to labs who are struggling to maintain the effectiveness of their systems because they are constrained by their software. It’s common to find older AKTA systems being controlled from lab PCs running on old Windows operating systems (XP or earlier) - with the associated networking and upgrade problems that brin...