Related to Overcoming Lab Automation Challenges

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• Liquid-Handling Workstation
• Hamilton Robotics
• The Microlab AutoLys STAR workstation has been tested with blood, saliva, paper punch, and other types of forensic specimens. It uses the Microlab STAR platform and is compatible with all Microlab STAR instruments. The workstation includes equipmen
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• Lab Automation Robot
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Adaptable to user demands, VALet™ is designed to allow multiple hotel positioning for customizable, high-density microplate movement and storage. VALet is designed with the capacity to access both single and multiple-arrayed nests. The high-capacit
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• Cell Invasion Kit
• Trevigen
• The Cultrex® 3D cell invasion assay uses a 3D culture-qualified 96-well plate with a spheroid formation ECM to drive aggregation and/or spheroid formation of cells. Upon completion of formation, the spheroid is embedded in an invasion matrix c
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• Tube and Vial Feeder
• Computype
• The Flexible Tube and Vial Feeder (Flex TVF) is a new system for automatic downstream feeding of tubes and vials, which separates tubes or vials from a bulk hopper and feeds them into an automated labeling device. The Flex TVF is designed to accomm
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• 96-Well Plates
• Reinnervate
• The Alvetex® Scaffold 96-well plates allow scientists to grow tumor cells in a way that mimics the way these cells grow in vivo and test the cytotoxic effect of novel or existing anticancer compounds using standard cell health assays including
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• Pre-Coated Well Plates
• Trevigen
• The 3D Culture Matrix-coated 96-well plate is coated with a reconstituted basement membrane matrix to provide an environment that is common for epithelial or endothelial cell types. This plate can provide a physiologically predictive format for eva
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• Automated Workflow Scheduling Software
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Momentum 3.2 software for automation control can streamline sample submission and allow the execution of automated microtiter plate-handling processes with good user control and process management. It includes three user-level controls: Administrat
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• Liquid-Handling System
• Redd&Whyte
• The four-channel Preddator liquidhandling system can achieve less than 1% CVs at nanoliter volumes. It can achieve 0.69% CVs at 500 nL across 384-well plates, which lets researchers reduce assay reagent volumes. The new system can also pipette diff
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• 3L Fernbach Culture Flask
• TriForest Enterprises
• Autoclavable 3L Fernbach flasks are now available. They feature increased surface area-to-volume ratio to provide greater air and media circulation. The flask is manufactured with FDA-approved Lexan® polycarbonate resin to offer glass-like opt
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• Temperature-Controlled Shaker
• Benchmark Scientific
• The MultiTherm shaker is a temperature-controlled vortexer with interchangeable blocks for tubes from 0.2 mL to 50 mL. It has a small, 8x11-inch footprint and programmable speed, time, and temperature settings. Temperature control from 0º to 1
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• Sample Solutions
• Artel
• A line of 100% DMSO-based sample solutions is now available for use with the MVS® Multichannel verification system that can provide users with the ability to measure the accuracy and precision of volumes of DMSO dispensed into micro-well plate
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• 3D Cell Culture Kits
• Midsci
• Available through an agreement with n3D Biosciences, Bio-Assembler kits utilize magnetic levitation to culture cells in 3D. Available in single, six, and 24-well configurations, the kits supply magnetic drivers, low-binding dishes/plates, and Nanos
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• Automated Workstations
• Eppendorf
• The epMotion® P5073 and M5073 workstations automate what are traditionally complex pipetting tasks. The epMotion M5073 automates the process of DNA purification. Setup time is short and elution volumes as low as 25 µL for high concentrati
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• Hematopoietic Colony Imaging System
• STEMCELL Technologies
• STEMvision™ is a bench-top instrument and computer system designed specifically for automated imaging and counting of hematopoietic colonies in the colony-forming unit assay. This system is meant to be used with MethoCult™ media and meniscus-free S
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• PCR Workstation
• Hamilton Robotics
• The PCR setup STARlet workstation is an automated liquid-handling system that can accommodate almost any DNA amplification reagent kit, from simple setups to demanding workflows. The PCR setup STARlet is suitable for a range of applications such as
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• 24-Well 3D Cell Culture Kit
• TAP Biosystems
• The RAFT 24-well kit has been developed in response to researchers’ requests for a 24-well format to generate single or multiple collagen-based 3D cell culture models. The kit is packaged individually to give flexibility in producing the number of
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• Stem Cell Medium
• Life Technologies
• Essential 6™ medium is designed for reprogramming, expanding, and differentiating pluripotent stem cells. Along with Essential 8™ media, it can streamline the generation, expansion, and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells by offering a feeder
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• Autosampler for Organic Volatiles
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• The TriPlus 300 headspace autosampler has been designed for analyzing organic volatiles. This valve-and-loop headspace autosampler features a 120-vial sample tray capacity and 18-vial incubation oven overlap capacity, enabling unattended high-throu
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• Liquid Handling and Sample Prep Automation
• Agilent Technologies
• The Encore multispan system combines multispan pipetting with the reach of a built-in robotic arm and intelligent software control. Its dual pipetting system provides two individual banks of multiple pipettes where each moves independently in multi
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• Microbial Picker
• Hudson Robotics
• The RapidPick Harvester™ is an automated picker for microbial and fungal samples in microplates, omnitrays, and petri dishes. It extracts sample plugs from agar or liquid media. Samples are identified via direct camera image or from output files of