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title: Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ programmable microwave peptide synthesizer
description: Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ is a fully automated, single channel, programmable microwave peptide synthesizer for Fmoc-solid phase peptide synthesis.
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# [Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ programmable microwave peptide synthesizer](https://www.biotage.com/literature/product-note/initiator-alstra)

 Written by [Biotage](https://www.biotage.com/literature/author/biotage) | Dec 6, 2025 1:00:45 PM

Biotage® Initiator+ Alstra™ is a fully automated, single channel, programmable microwave peptide synthesizer for Fmoc-solid phase peptide synthesis. This instrument now comes with the Alstra 1.1 software upgrade that introduces new functionality such as Branches, Pre-activation and “Edit on the fly”, and options for UV monitoring and MAOS (organic synthesis) capability.

Literature number: PPS320

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