31 LIMS & Lab Automation Innovations Assist Compound Management in Pharma Drug Discovery
Ziath has released a module to enable their Mirage, Cube or Express tube readers to decode Brooks Acoustix tubes. Acoustix is a small sample tube with a screw cap which is increasingly favoured for storage of novel compounds in solution in large compound stores. It is also compatible with the latest generation of Labcyte Echo acoustic dispensers. However, many traditional tube readers find Acoustix tubes difficult to read because the code is split into 4 sections.
For each Acoustix tube, the 4 segments of the DataMatrix code can now be imaged, recombined and decoded by Ziath’s Datapaq 3.18 software running the Acoustix module on a Mirage, Cube or Express tube reader. This whole process is achieved in only 3-4 seconds, some five times faster than any other reader on the market.
To further assist compound management labs using Acoustix tubes, Ziath have introduced a release plate and special low-profile tube adaptor for their Mohawk tube selector. These new options are designed to enable the semi-automated system to handle Acoustix tubes which have to be locked into their rack as they are suspended upside down in the Echo acoustic dispenser. Using a new Acoustix software plug- in, in combination with the Mohawk and release plate, fast and easy single tube cherry-picking and reformatting from Acoustix racks with automatic confirmation of pick list integrity is now possible. Only Ziath can do this.
Economically priced to suit most budgets, Ziath’s Mirage, Cube and Express tube readers are designed as fast, more productive camera-based replacements for a flatbed scanner. Their low profile and ability to scan all current, commonly used ANSI/SLAS format racks enables them to be simply integrated with liquid handling platforms and other automation systems.
Designed to enable picking of frozen or thawed sample tubes from 96-position racks, the Mohawk has been designed to work out of the box, and needs no set up or calibration. Instrument control is through the new user-friendly software which provides an intuitive interface for easy operation. Tubes can be picked from a single rack or a picklist can be set up to select tubes across multiple racks. Pick list operations are normally started from reading the 1D code on a rack placed onto the Mohawk, but manual selection is also possible.
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New Automated Organoid Counter Introduced
Covid-19 Bio-Safety Enclosure for Liquid Handling Automation
Bigneat offers a specialised range of Laboratory Automation Enclosures for use with liquid handling platforms / robotics, capable of meeting high-throughput requirements.
The LAC2 Class II type enclosure, is designed and constructed following years of experience and provides for operator and sample/process protection (sterility) with doors in closed or open conditions.
An unprecedented demand has resulted in Bigneat increasing its manufacturing and production capacity dramatically over the last few months. The company are proud to be a supplier to the many sites around the globe that already have their enclosures in place to aid in the Covid-19 tests being conducted.
As with all of their products, Bigneat does not operate on a ‘one size fits all’ strategy. Get in touch should you wish to find out more.
Manually counting organoids is a routine part of laboratory operations but is time consuming and user dependent. To overcome these issues CytoSMART has introduced an organoid counting application – a new, powerful, and easy-to-use software application which enables organoid counting with the Corning® Cell Counter.
The main features and benefits of the CytoSMART Organoid Counter are: speed and accuracy thanks to its cloud-based image analysis algorithm; low- cost as no consumables are required - works with a common reusable glass hemocytometer; precision as software allows for data gating and image selection for statistical analysis.
Joffry Maltha, CEO at CytoSMART Technologies, said: “The 3D cellular structures that are formed in organoids have great potential in drug discovery and developmental biology. This has fuelled the ever-growing interest in culturing new sub- types of organoids and optimisation of current protocols. Growing organoids does however take a substantial amount of time and skill. We believe that implementation of an automated solution for organoid counting can really speed up day-to-day work in the lab and is a logical step towards further implementation of organoids in cell culture-based research.”
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From the conceptual design phase through to customer engagement, manufacturing and installation of the enclosures, Bigneat are able to ensure that customers achieve the very best performance from their system and process whilst ensuring ease of access to the enclosure interior for in-situ maintenance of installed instrumentation and robotics.
Bigneat enclosures provide excellent visibility of the enclosed system. More information online:
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