ÄKTA [eck-tah]

Swedish for protein purification.

Someone once said, “Never waste pure thoughts on an impure protein.” At Cytiva, we believe in putting your pure thoughts to work – and making the process fast, easy, and reliable. From lab to manufacturing, the ÄKTA chromatography systems do all of that. With 25 years of global experience, and powered by the intelligent and intuitive UNICORN software, the ÄKTA system family is known as the standard for chromatography runs as well as filtration systems. What’s more, it’s backed by field personnel with extensive application knowledge, meaning you get the support and reliability that is as solid as your reputation.

A century of innovations, unlimited future

It’s amazing how one discovery can have such profound impacts on another. Consider this: In 1903, Russian botanist Mikhail Tswett, broke ground by separating colored plant pigments and inventing chromatography – which means “writing in color.” Fast forward to 1982, when Cytiva’s predecessor, Pharmacia, developed Fast Performance Liquid Chromatography (FPLC). Today, ÄKTA chromatography systems have earned the esteemed reputation of the choice for protein purification, even resulting in many lab personnel discussing doing an “ÄKTA run.” No sneakers required.

Whoever said bigger is better never met ÄKTA go.

While your ambitions are boundaryless, your lab space is not. ÄKTA go provides the same quality you’d expect from any ÄKTA system, but with a smaller footprint. In fact, it’s so compact, it would take 11.29 ÄKTA go systems to fill the cubic space inside a Volkswagen Beetle. Now that’s compact!

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One and done: ÄKTA readyflux

Small batches can lead to some of the biggest discoveries – but they also can mean more hassle with cleaning and batch changes. Meet ÄKTA readyflux. The single-use tangential flow filtration system is perfect for pilot and small-scale manufacturing – meaning you can focus on the batch, not the prep.

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ÄKTA go: You’ve got the overview, now get the details.

At Cytiva, we understand it’s not enough just to say ÄKTA go works well, we need to show you how. Here, we’ll give you a specific application of ÄKTA go in an antibody purification, as well as the purification of two tagged proteins.

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ÄKTA readyflux: Want to get a closer look? You’ve come to the right place.

It’s one thing to say ÄKTA readyflux works great, but it’s another to show it. Take a closer look at this automated single-use filtration system – and how it could work in your lab.

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ÄKTA [eck-tah]

A century of innovations, unlimited future

Whoever said bigger is better never met ÄKTA go.

One and done: ÄKTA readyflux

ÄKTA go: You’ve got the overview, now get the details.

ÄKTA readyflux: Want to get a closer look? You’ve come to the right place.

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ÄKTA chromatography systems

ÄKTA filtration systems

ÄKTA oligonucleotide synthesis systems

UNICORN control software