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Nov 1, 2004 1:11 pm
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In a message dated 20/10/2004 16:42:11 GMT Standard Time, Richard.Rodriguez@... writes: Along the same tangent, I would like to see a canned method that...
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Nov 1, 2004 2:59 pm
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Does anyone have real service manuals for any of the VG or Fisons or Waters Quattro ll units? Best regards, Reed Hokanson Engineer Eno River Labs 2445 South...
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Nov 2, 2004 7:10 pm
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Our College of Science and Mathematics has two older Beckman Liquid Scintillation Counters. I am looking at the possibility of upgrading these systems and am...
Hello Oliver, I am a little behind on responding to this one, but I had one additional contact to suggest. Mel Reichman at PDC suggested ASDI as a company that...
I was wondering if anyone could comment on their tip washing techniques used for cannula arrays. We have been seeing some carryover of compounds from one...
Pat, Try this.. Have a mat of filter paper or blotting paper on the deck. After you rinse or wash your tips with DMSO or EtOH, let the tips touch the blotting...
Ramesha, Chakk {HTS~P...
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Nov 5, 2004 5:37 pm
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Thanks for the input Chakk. We are actually doing that after the washing and not before to blot the excess wash solution. I'll give it a try before the wash....
Patrick E Humphrey
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Nov 5, 2004 6:58 pm
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Hello List, I'm developing some software for communicating with Molecular Devices microplate readers of type: SpectraMax 190, 250, and 340 Gemini XPS / EM MDC...
Hi Pat: Your selection of wash solution depends on the compound or class of compounds you are transferring and, to some extent, the material you are rinsing...
Oliver, Sorry that I am so late in answering this. Bhodan has a dry automated dispenser. They can dispense into 96 well and 48 well format. In their 48 well...
Bob McCafferty
biotica@...
Nov 16, 2004 6:57 pm
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Hello Oliver just a few questions: - do you want to add the same compound everwhere/everytime ? - or do you want to add different compounds for each position ?...
Oliver, We had an excellent experience contracting with SPECS for a rather invloved project. They perform weighing and liquid handling reformatting. Our ...
Mcnicol, Duncan
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Nov 17, 2004 7:58 pm
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I have recently been invited to submit an article about laboratory automation to a technology magazine. The article will be a short overview of the topic with...
Hello Kevin Acording to Frost and Sullivan the total automated liquid handling market is 500 Million $ 250Million for clinical diagnostics, the rest divide...
Group, I am looking for some general information on the volumes used in SBS standard 384-well plates: 1) What is the typical maximum solution volume (total...
John Bradshaw
JBradshaw@...
Nov 18, 2004 7:02 pm
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Each plate manufacturer publishes the minimum and maximum well volumes, and "typical" well working volumes, for their plates. If you cannot get this from the...
Group, I have a customer looking for Protein A and G in 1-mL and 3-mL SPE type cartridges. I can't find any information on these and (to a non-protein or...
Hi Brad, It is a hard question for "typical" max and min working volumes, but if you want to get a "sense or feel" then 80-100 uL will be a good working range...
Hello Jay, Nunc offers several 384 well formats, with different volume and material considerations. 1) Maximum Total Volume / Max Recommended Working Volume ...
Dear Group, Are there any books that discuss liquid handling instruments? Either as a main topic or as a significant chapter. Especially those with some...
Ray Boutin
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Nov 22, 2004 8:18 pm
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Dear Group. I am interested in talking to people doing high throughput immunoassays, in particular people using robotics to develop their own assays rather...
Hi Folks, Is anyone in using a Biotek Precision 2000 robot with barrier tips? If so where are you sourcing the tips from? As Robot novices we are getting...
Have you tried Northstar Scientific (http://www.nstaruk.com)? As far as i remember, they formally worked for BioTek before they relocated to the US. We use...
Hi Dave: Not much to go on but.....I'd say your customer is doing protein purification, probably monoclonal antibodies. Protein A is the capture antibody (aka...
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Dec 1, 2004 1:41 pm
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Oliver, check the Swiss company Autodose (http://www.autodose.ch/index.html). They produce instruments for powderdosing from 0,05mg to several grams. I think...
Does anyone have any info on microplate labelers. We are currently using a Zymark Prestolabeler attached to a Twister I. We tend to have a problem with the...
You should contact Computype. They make the best labeler hands down. Actually their applications use Zebra printers. We have three and they all are very robust...
