INDUSTRY NEWS
CREATING A NEW MODEL OF THE MODERN LAB
Scitara has announced a collaboration with PerkinElmer. The move will support the integration of the PerkinElmer Signals Research Suite informatics platform, which provides scientific data and workflow management, with lab instruments, applications and resources via the Scitara Scientific Integration Platform SIP. The Scitara SIP provides a universal connectivity solution in a cloud native infrastructure that allows labs using the PerkinElmer Signals platform to realise the full benefits of digital transformation. The combination of technologies facilitates a fully connected lab with standard data integrity, data mobility, system flexibility and user reconfigurability. It presents a new approach to data management that will enhance collaboration and drive lab automation.
Pipettes accelerate Covid-19 testing
Integra Biosciences’ Voyager adjustable tip spacing pipettes and Evolve manual pipettes are playing pivotal roles in Covid-19 testing at Children’s Minnesota, a non-profit acute paediatric healthcare group in the ‘twin cities’ of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. These innovative tools have helped the group’s molecular laboratory to process more samples, more effectively in this unpredictable sociomedical period. The rise of the pandemic has
forced the 16-strong laboratory team to restructure its workflows and expand its in-house capacity to
enable high-priority Covid-19 testing. To help meet this challenge, the team invested in a number of six and 12 channel Voyager adjustable tip spacing pipettes – as well as single channel Evolvemanual pipettes – using the increased availability of equipment and multichannel pipetting capabilities to rapidly expand their workload. These ergonomic pipettes have also helped to alleviate some of the wrist and hand pain associated with repetitive sample transfers, as some laboratory staff were starting to develop repetitive strain injury.
Robot boosts biotech and helps fight Covid
Developed at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, alongside Mitsubishi Electric, Labomatica and Perlan Technologies, the Agamede robotic system was designed to significantly speed up the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. Thanks to advanced automation technology combined with AI, the system can test 15,000 individual samples per day. Other applications include researching new
drugs and developing individualised cancer therapies. Agamede is considered the
first female scientist in history and therefore a fitting namesake for the lab automation system. While automating lab work is a common practice, the Agamede system combines automation and AI to form a unique ‘closed loop’ setup. Here, the robots prepare experiments, read the results at a specified time and interpret the data using Labomatica’s Gene Game software to independently prepare the next experimental cycle. This means that operators simply need to define the question, design the experimental system and then monitor the correct sequence and operation of the system. Agamede can then conduct experiments 24 hours a day.
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BENCHTOP CRYSTALLIZER INTRODUCED
Technobis Crystallization Systems has launched the Crystal16 V3, a new multi-reactor crystallizer for medium-throughput solubility determination. The latest version has integrated transmissivity technology and enhanced analytical capabilities, in a streamlined unibody design, to reduce the time and resources consumed in crystallization experiments and analysis. The latest version has integrated transmissivity technology and enhanced analytical capabilities, in a streamlined unibody design, to reduce the time and resources consumed in crystallization experiments and analysis.
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