Bioanalytical Platform
MiniQES — one instrument, an expanding analyte menu
A benchtop Quantum Electrochemical Spectroscopy system paired with cloud analysis. Pipette once, wait thirty minutes, and keep the data forever.
Overview
Instrument overview
MiniQES is designed for laboratories that need more measurements, more often — not a larger core facility.
Everything that normally makes bioanalysis slow — assay development, reagent sourcing, sample preparation, cold chain — is removed. What remains is a sealed sensing interface, a precise electrochemical drive, and a data path to the cloud. Because the instrument does not encode which analytes it measures, the menu grows through software releases rather than through new consumables.
Specifications
Technical specifications
Workflow
Six steps, one pipetting action
Pipette
Transfer 2–4µl of untreated sample directly into a vial. No extraction, dilution or clean-up.
Load
Place up to six vials into MiniQES and start the run from the on-instrument interface.
Acquire
The instrument sweeps the electrochemical excitation and records the high-resolution charge-transfer response.
Upload
The raw spectrum streams to the Quantabia Cloud with full sample provenance and QC metadata.
Analyze
Physics-informed models deconvolve the vibrational ensemble into analyte-level results in the browser.
Re-interrogate
Add new analytes later by re-analyzing the stored file — no new aliquot required.
Cloud software
The analysis lives in the cloud, not in the consumable
Quantabia Cloud stores every raw spectrum with provenance, runs deconvolution and analyte models, and exposes results through a browser workspace and API.
- Study-level organization with roles and audit trails
- Automatic QC flags per vial and per run
- Re-analysis of archived spectra as models improve
- Structured exports for machine-learning pipelines
- Regional data residency options for GCC customers
Applications
Four application areas, one workflow
Biomarker Discovery
Run whole cohorts without building an assay first. Every sample produces the same broad-spectrum record, so candidate signatures can be mined, re-mined and cross-validated against later cohorts. Discovery timelines shift from months of reagent development to days of measurement and modeling.
On-demand, On-the-Cloud Multiplex Assay
Multiplexing happens in software, not in the well. Because the raw spectrum is archived, an experiment completed last quarter can be extended with new measurements today — replicating the study with additional analytes and no additional sample consumption.
Pre-clinical Model Organisms
A 2.4µl reagent-free workflow makes serial sampling in mice and rats practical, replacing terminal endpoints with longitudinal trajectories. No species-specific antibodies are required, so the same measurement carries directly into human studies.
QC in Bioproduction and Synthetic Biology
Assess purity, identity and batch consistency in broth, harvest and formulation matrices without analyte-specific reagents. Release testing becomes an in-line 30-minute measurement performed by the production team.