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  • Environmental Science
  • Biotechnology

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  • The 2LabsToGo-Eco, a miniaturized open-source analytical system, offers sustainability through dematerialization and low resource consumption.
  • Environmental relative humidity significantly impacts phase separation and analytical reproducibility in ambient conditions.
  • The portable nature of 2LabsToGo-Eco necessitates its use in various settings lacking climate-controlled laboratories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and implement a novel humidity control system for the 2LabsToGo-Eco.
  • To enhance the reproducibility and reliability of analyses performed by the 2LabsToGo-Eco, particularly planar bioassays.
  • To enable consistent analytical performance across diverse environmental conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of a humidity/temperature sensor and fan control within the 2LabsToGo-Eco software and Marlin firmware.
  • Automated regulation of internal relative humidity between 20% and 80%, independent of ambient conditions.
  • Validation of the system using analyses of food thickening agents, which are sensitive to humidity variations.

Main Results:

  • The developed humidity control unit successfully maintained relative humidity at set values, regardless of ambient conditions.
  • Improved reproducibility was demonstrated for the separation of methyl glycosides from food thickening agents, with optimal separation at 20% RH.
  • High repeatability (e.g., 4.3% for fructose) and reproducibility (e.g., 3.3% for rhamnose) were achieved, proving the system's functionality.

Conclusions:

  • The quantitative and automated 2LabsToGo-Eco system's applicability is expanded, ensuring robust reproducibility in varied research environments.
  • The novel humidity control supports reproducible analytical methods crucial for global research in different climate zones.
  • This advancement ensures data comparability, significance in long-term studies, and accurate interpretation of biological responses and mass spectrometry data.