LabAutomation 2006 - SLAS

MP03
Ismail Al-Abdulmohsen
Saudi Aramco
Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
abdulmis@aramco.com.sa
Data Upload to LIMS
LabAutomation2006
Data acquisition is very important and with new technology available in market we need to find new ways to upload and manipulate data
before reporting. LIMS Applications need to have a standard way of importing data from Instruments and Laboratories must come up
with a standard procedure and methods. The difficulties of data upload needs to be addressed to be solved and to prevent data error and
verification. The system needs to be integrated with LIMS Application to enhance data acquisition and speed up the process. Industry
needs to know the standard for data to include this with Instruments programs.
MP04
Keith Albert
Artel
Westbrook, Maine
kalbert@artel-usa.com
Co-Author
John Thomas Bradshaw
Integrating a Portable, Rapid Volume Verification System For Multichannel Devices:
Applications In Learning Device Behavior
Nearly all high-throughput assays performed within a microtiter plate are volume dependent. In turn, all concentrations of biological and
chemical components in these assays, as well as the associated dilution protocols, are volume dependent. Therefore, the accuracy and
precision of individual volume aspirations and dispenses directly impact assay results. Through understanding device behavior for each
assay or process, an assay’s exact volume and component concentrations can be determined. Such measurements allow for assay
integrity and proper interpretation of experimental results. Integrating the Multichannel Verification System (MVS), a rapid, portable
volume measuring platform, with a volume dispensing device helps an operator understand device behavior and creates an environment
for optimizing assay performance ‘on-the-fly’. For instance, the MVS can be employed to help the operator make informed decisions
on dispense behavior patterns when protocol variables are manipulated. Such variables may include pre- and post-air gaps, blow-out
volumes, tip type or quality, aspirate/dispense speeds and heights, tip-touches, on-board mixing, or wash steps. A few of the many MVS
application uses for diagnosing device behavior include monitoring order trending over sequential dispenses, drift trending over time,
inter-device comparability (device 1 vs. device 2) before, during and after assay transfer, and channel-to-channel reproducibility within
one or more devices. The versatility, mobility and NIST traceability of the MVS also allows true verification of volumes at all levels in assay
development, from a pure research level to a highly-regulated laboratory environment. Integrating the MVS with volume dispensing devices
allows accurate and precise quantification of device behaviors for specific assays or processes within minutes.
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