Technology
OberonBio runs Kraken™ and CryoDeck™ technology, licensed from KrakenSense, for automated wastewater and water microbial testing.
Instruments

Kraken™
Automated multiplex qPCR platform
- Detection method
- Multiplex qPCR
- Targets per run
- Up to 6
- Pathogens
- Customizable panel for wastewater surveillance
- Workflow
- Fully automated
- Controls
- Automated
- Instrument time
- As little as 2 h, sample preparation to data

CryoDeck™
Refrigerated autosampler
- Capacity
- 8 samples
- Temperature
- 2–5 °C
- Sampling
- Time-based, composite or event-triggered
- Chain of custody
- Logged automatically
- Works with
- Kraken
Kraken with CryoDeck
- Automated workflow
- Fully automated qPCR testing reduces manual handling and keeps runs consistent.
- Fast turnaround
- As little as 2 hours on the instrument, from sample preparation to data. Results reach your portal within 48–72 hours of lab receipt.
- Built-in controls
- Automated controls on the instrument; the lab also uses no-template controls to monitor each assay.
- Sample integrity
- CryoDeck holds up to eight samples at 2–5 °C and logs chain of custody automatically.
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