High throughput Lab Automation


General Information

  • Equipment: Perkin Elmer MultiProbe II HT and MiniTrak Liquid Handling Robotic systems
  • MultiProbe II HT features include:
    • 8 independent tips with Varispan arm
    • Varispan arm gives flexibility to aspirate/dispense from a variety of labware including plates, microfuge tubes, test tubes and reagent reservoirs
    • Plate vacuum manifold
    • Shaker
    • Gripper for moving plates on instrument deck
    • Pipetting capability down to 2uL
  • MiniTrak features include:
    • 96-channel fixed dispensing head
    • Aspirate/dispense from a variety of 96 and 384-well plates and plate reagent reservoirs
    • Multiple plate stacker's for high-throughput plate replication or compression
    • Automated bar-code scanning
    • Pipetting capability down to 5uL

Available Services

  • DNA extractions (96-well format) using Promega Wizard SV kit
  • High-throughput PCR setup
  • High-throughput plate replication
  • High-throughput plate compression, decompression, or recombination
  • Custom assays
  • Please contact Michelle Zanche if you are interested in any robotics services or custom assays