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MicroGrid Array
Printer:
BioRobotics
• Can process over 100 microscope slides and 24 source plates at the
same time
• Supports 96, 384, or 1536 well microplates
• High-efficiency cooling to reduce sample evaporation
• Climate control humidification with HEPA filtration included as
standard
• Over 40 pin configurations
• Three wash stations and pin drying by high velocity vacuum
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BioMek FX Laboratory
Automation Work Station:
Beckman Coulter
• Single arm system with a 96 multichannel pipettor
• Integrated gripper system for moving labware
• Stacker carousel for automated tip moving
• Bar code reader
• Used for plasmid purification (using vacuum filtration), PCR
reaction setup and clean up, sequencing reaction clean up, dye
removal, and plate replication
• Operates on Windows NT-based software that is extremely
user-friendly and includes self-guided ˇ°Wizardˇ± features
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The GeneChip Instrument
System:
Affymetrix
• Most advanced microarray analysis platform available
• High density array ( provides multiple, independent measurements for
each transcript and genotype call
• Integrated gene expression and DNA analysis on a single platform
• Photolithographic manufacturing paired with strict process controls
result in unsurpassed quality, reproducibility, and consistency
• Easy-to-use, integrated system for rapid adoption of both RNA and
DNA applications
• Automated processing
• Software provides data analysis, scalable data management options,
and enables third-party software integration
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Tecan HS 4800
Tecan
• Allows up to 48 microarray slides to be processed
• Full process automation: Hybridization, washing and drying carried
out automatically
• For more flexibility, different protocols can be run on each
Extension Unit independently and simultaneously
• For faster method development, the process steps can be defined with
different temperatures for each of the three modules of an Extension
Unit
• Station is controlled by an external PC with HS Control Manager
Software
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ProScan Array
Perkin Elmer
• Confocal Microarray scanner
• Can be configured with up to 4 wavelengths and can be used to
simultaneously detect 2, 3, or 4 different dyes in one experiment
• Automatic adjustment of PMT and laser power to balance signal
intensity across the whole array
• Single channel excitation that minimizes cross-talk between
fluorophores in a single spot
• Five user-selectable scanning resolutions: 5,10,20,30, and 50 µm
• True 5µm resolution
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MP-1000 Pourmatic
New Brunswick Scientific
• Pours up to 320 plates in 20mins (~900 plates per hour)
• Can dispense in 100 or 60mm Petri dishes
• Can dispense between 5-40mls of media per plate
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OmniLog
BioLog
• Single system for automated incubation and monitoring cell growth
• OmniLog captures digital images of Microarray several times each
hour and can be viewed as a movie file
• Can test nearly 2000 phenotypes (Phenotype Microarray) at one time
• Determine the effect of genetic changes on cells
• Using the multitude of energy sources on the PM Plates, growth
conditions for cultured cells can be optimized in just a few
experiments
• Can test organisms aerobically or anaerobically
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BioScreen C
Growth Curves
• System designed for automation of microbiology work
• Computer-controlled shaker/incubator/reader/analyzer
• Equipped with 8 filters from 405nm to 600nm
• Test length from one single measurement to 1 year
• Monitors turbidity of 200 samples simultaneously
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