AN AUTOMATED sampling workstation that collects samples directly and aseptically from bioreactors can save time, remove risk of error, and improve quality control, says Alfa Wassermann. The company says its Empat system is easy to install and program, operates continuously…
Category: lab automation
Looking for this year’s top lab automation developments
EACH year, Jala, the journal of laboratory automation, seeks the top 10 technological breakthroughs in the field in order to recognise their contribution. The Jala Ten embraces laboratory automation and robotics as well as a broad range of related technologies,…
New Sciflexarrayer has higher throughput
THE NEWEST version of Scienion’s Sciflexarrayer liquid handling robot delivers higher throughput and increased versatility, says the company, boosting its usefulness in multiplexed diagnostics and cellular screening. The new Sciflexarrayer S1 non-contact dispenser exploits the same drop-on-demand technology as previous…
Lab robots automate plant science at Danforth labs
A PRODUCTIVITY increase of 100 times, or 10,000 percent, is enough to make any laboratory manager sit up and pay attention. This is exactly what is being claimed for the installation of a customised Yeast 1 Hybrid automation system at…
Biobanking is now realistic even in smaller laboratories
AUTOMATED sample management has often been thought of as the preserve of the larger better-equipped laboratory, but TTP Labtech says this is no longer the case. Its new Arktic biobank stores up to 95,000 individual samples in 0.5ml tubes at…
Micro bioreactor ‘is valid’ scale-down model
RESEARCHERS at a leading US biopharma company have concluded that the Ambr micro bioreactor is a realistic scale-down model for conventional two-litre bioreactors, reports Tap Biosystems. Writing in the journal Cytotechnology, the scientists recounted their trials to replicate the characteristics…
Sample tubes are big inside, small outside
CLAIMING a trick worthy of the Tardis, Octygen sample storage tubes offer a useful 475 micolitre storage volume but occupy just 60 percent of the space needed for typical 0.5ml tubes. The secret to this cleverness is the use of…
Microplate systems at ELA 2012 are automation friendly
A COMPLETE range of automation-friendly microplates and equipment will be shown by Porvair and its local collaborator KBiosystems at European Lab Automation 2012 in Hamburg. Products on show will include the Universal Robotic Manifold, which is easily assembled and disassembled…
PCR plates promise faster more accurate reactions
RAININ says the thin-walled polypropylene used in the construction of its FrameStar PCR plates gives better heat transfer and makes for faster and more efficient thermal cycling when using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A rigid, thermally-stable polycarbonate plate frame supports…
Plate reader helps researchers unwind the genetic clock
A MICROPLATE reader incorporating a luminescence module has played a key role in a study of circadian rhythms in insects. Researchers at the Institute of Entomology (ENTU) in the Czech Republic used an Infinite M1000 from Tecan in their research…