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Nov 1, 2005 1:48 pm
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I think I may have stirred up some mud that was lying quietly at the bottom of the bucket. As a minimum they should obviously repair and maintain the...
John, I think the role of an FSE rather depends on the pedigree and maturity of the company and instruments they represent. Some establishments consider the...
'K' Karunaratne
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Nov 2, 2005 3:34 am
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Hello, As a person who has been on both sides of the Field Service Engineer role, I will try to give some perspective. In the beginning, the field service...
I was looking for information on validation methods for liquid handlers when I came across a Bay Area LRIG meeting that was given in February 2003 covering...
Hello Anne, First off, this LRIG event was held in conjunction with the Lab Auto 2004 conference. It was originally scheduled to be held in November or ...
John Bradshaw
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Nov 3, 2005 12:17 am
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Anne, We have been faced with the same questions in our production workcell for our liquid handlers. Our interest was in finding a standard means of measuring...
Hi Anne, The LRIG meeting scheduled for November 2003 was actually moved to coincide with the Labautomation04 in Feb 2004. I was the solicitor, moderator and...
Hello, I wanted to get some feedback from the LabView users in the group. I have not used LabView but it looks very powerful and flexible for a variety of...
RHokan1053@...
Nov 4, 2005 1:54 am
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Hi Reed, Check out the National instruments (who sells LabView) homepage. They offer training courses as well as a series of on-line interactive tutorials. ...
Michael_Shanler@...
Nov 4, 2005 5:59 am
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In the old days you used to just find out by calling the NI (National Instruments) www.ni.com Field Sales Folk, they used to have open free local conferences...
'K' Karunaratne
k@...
Nov 4, 2005 5:59 am
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Hi, I recently got a Packard Multiprobe II EX at a surplus store. The system does not have the software or CAN interface card. Is there anyone around who...
Hi Anne, I can email my presentation to you, but I don't have your e-address Send an email to jon.petersen@... and I will reply with the presentation. ...
Hi Group, The absolute best instrument tables are from SteelSentry. You can buy direct and they have plenty of photos of the tables in use. www.steelsentry.com...
Hi Matthijs, Hudson Control Group should be able to help you 973-376-7400 They have even written their own control software for that machine. Good Luck, Steve ...
Hi...has anyone got a sequence reaction recipe for 2-5 ul reaction volume? We've got Tetrad 2 with 4 x 384-blocks and tried transfering our ordinary 20 ul...
I am looking for an MWG Primus HT 384 well thermocycler. I will accept a complete unit, but I only need the block and power supply. Can you point me in the...
Hi Ciaran, I have heard that 1.2x seq buffer helps with volumes below 10ul and that dilution of BigDye. Regards, Dave ... [Non-text portions of this message...
David Reynolds
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Nov 10, 2005 3:57 pm
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I am looking for an automated liquid handler/dispenser that is compatible with organic solvents (acetone, methanol, hexane, dichloromethane, etc.). The volume...
Hi Ciaran: I've been doing 6.6 uL PCRs for SNPing and have learned some things about doing PCRs at this volume. 1. Volume. We also tried downsizing (gradually)...
Evaporation can be a real concern when miniaturizing. Another concern has been dye breakdown when using adhesive sealers. I was wondering what plate sealers...
Hello, We are looking into automating our SPE Extraction process (100-200 plasma samples per day). We currently are using open Varian cartridges/vacuum...
RHokan1053@...
Nov 10, 2005 5:50 pm
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Hi Jeff, The Hudson micro10 dispenser meets these requirements. www.hudsoncontrol.com Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions. Steve...
Our company makes a 96 well dispenser based on syringes that could meet your requirements. Please contact me directly for more information. Art Robbins Art...
Art Robbins
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Nov 10, 2005 8:54 pm
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I've set up routine PK plasma analysis (averaged 1200 samples / week) using C-18 SPE plates from Varian on our Packard MP2 and Tecan Genesis. Fixed Teflon...
Michael_Shanler@...
Nov 10, 2005 9:49 pm
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Speaking of FSEs, I am leaning towards evaluating a Caliper Sciclone. I've not worked with Caliper previously and need some feedback. One of my biggest...
... Hello, One thing to look at is the service engineers for your local branch - not for the company. The engineers and support staff will obviously vary...
