Start-Ups and Commercial Labs

Bento Lab is very convenient, especially as a startup. Having equipment that is both compact, and combines all the devices you need is important. And I like the setup!

– Athanasia-Maria Dourou, Head of R&D at BioCoS​

  • Innovation on a Budget: Deliver results without breaking the bank—Bento Lab provides professional-grade tools without the overhead.
  • Startup-Ready Science: Designed for speed and simplicity, Bento Lab gets your team up and running in no time, even in non-traditional lab environments.
  • Your Lab, Anywhere: Bento Lab’s portability lets you run experiments wherever innovation takes you, from shared spaces to remote locations.

Empowering Start-Ups and Commercial Labs

Bento Lab is the ultimate PCR workstation for start-ups and small commercial labs to get started quickly at low cost.

It combines the essential tools for PCR workflows into a single compact unit, saving space and reducing setup costs.

Designed for accessibility and efficiency, Bento Lab helps teams achieve results without the need for large lab infrastructure.

The BioCoS R&D team, Stylianos (Stelios) Arhondakis and Athanasia-Maria Dourou. Photo: BioCoS
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Featured case studies

Fighting Food Fraud

BioCoS uses Bento Lab to authenticate premium olive oils via DNA barcoding. By creating unique DNA fingerprints with 95–97% confidence, they help producers verify authenticity, combat fraud, and gain consumer trust.

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Barcoding the underground world

Dr Josef Vuch studies amphibians living in underground caves around Trieste, Italy. He uses Bento Lab to extract DNA and to prepare DNA barcodes for sequencing.

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Aquatic Consultancy

Dr. Bernice Brewster uses Bento Lab to DNA barcode gill flukes, identifying invasive parasite species. Its compact design and integrated tools streamline her workflow, enabling accurate species identification and contributing to better control of fish parasite spread in the UK​.

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Recommended for start-ups and commercial labs

Bento Lab Pro

From DNA extraction, to PCR, to analysis and sequencing prep, using one portable workstation.

32 well thermocycler
Heat or incubate, lyse cells, amplify DNA via PCR or isothermal methods, ligate sequencing adaptors.

8k G centrifuge, 6 tube capacity
Sediment samples, spin down tubes, extract DNA using spin columns 

Electrophoresis and transilluminator
Cast, load, and run agarose electrophoresis gels to visualise genomic DNA or amplicon DNA