LabAutomation 2006 - SLAS

LabAutomation2006
New Product Launches to
Debut at LabAutomation2006 (continued)
Labcyte Inc. (Booth 477)
Introductions Four New Products
New Echo 555 Liquid Handler with Greater Throughput
The new Echo 555 liquid handler dramatically increases throughput
while maintaining high precision and high accuracy. The unique
acoustic droplet ejection technology in the Echo 555 eliminates
pipette tips, tip washes and intermediate dilutions with savings of
$400,000 or more per year when fully utilized. Traditional intermediate
dilutions can produce false negatives when measuring the activity of
compounds. The Echo 555 can boost the number of true hits while
reducing the amount of DMSO in your final assays.
New MicroClime Environmental Lids
Reduce or eliminate edge effects in your multi-well plates with the
new MicroClime lids. Each of these lids safely carries a reservoir
of unspillable liquid. As the liquid slowly volatilizes it forms a vapor
barrier to slow down evaporation and to reduce the hydration of
hygroscopic liquids including DMSO. Don’t abandon the edges of
your plates because of poor results. These lids are an unbeatable
option when handling unsealed plates.
New Echo Qualified Low Dead Volume 384-Well Microplates
Labcyte introduces a new 384-well plate that is compatible with
acoustic droplet ejection and the Echo liquid handlers. This new
plate reduces the minimum volume required for acoustic liquid
handling providing up to 3400 ejections from a single well. The
microplate and its unique diamond pattern of the wells meet all
SBS standards.
Labcyte/Corning Echo Qualified COC 1536-Well Microplates
Labcyte and Corning have combined their technological know-how
to make a new 1536-well microplate that can be used as a source
plate on the Echo 550 and Echo 555 liquid handlers. The working
range of 3 to 10 mL is appropriate for many screening applications.
The inert COC (cyclic olefin copolymer) polymer looks like polystyrene
but is similar to polypropylene in its stability.
LabVantage Solutions Inc. (Booth 661)
Announces the Availability of the Sapphire BioBanking Solution
LabVantage Solutions Inc., a leading provider of browser-based
laboratory information management solutions tailored for the life
sciences industry, announces the availability of the Sapphire
BioBanking Solution. Built in conjunction with the original developers
of the widely-recognized Spectrum repository management tool,
the solution offers a complete, out-of-the-box sample management
and tracking system for biological specimens.
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LiCONiC US, Inc. (Booth 330)
Introducing The Store-X Complete
The first Automated Incubator to address all environmental and
serviceability issues in one unit. This unit has adjustable temperature
settings from 4-70°c, Adjustable Relative Humidity Ranges ~12-97%,
and Tri-gassing options. The unit offers self decontamination feature
as well. You will never need to remove the unit from its work-station
to run diagnoses or repairs.
Nalge Nunc International (Booth 418)
NNI Announces Shallow Well, Standard Height 384 &
1536 Polystyrene
Plates, available clear for colorimetric and cell assays, black for
fluorescence or white for luminescence. The plates feature optimal
handling and barcoding, untreated or cell-culture treated. Working
volume is 2-22µL for 384 well and 2-10µL for the 1536.
Omni International (Booth 680)
Launches Three New Products
See the Omni Veribot HT Homogenizer
at LabAutomation2006
Operation with disposable Omni Tip probes eliminates cross
contamination and cleaning. The unique Veribot is a compact and
versatile liquid handler that fits in safety hoods or on any lab bench.
The new Dispomix ® System is designed to homogenize, mix, and
extract samples in disposable containers to eliminate the hassles
of cleaning and cross contamination. Control the speed, time, and
power of processing with Dispomix ® Profile Editor.
The new Omni Prep High Throughput Homogenizing
System is designed to homogenize up to 250 samples per hour.
Operation with disposable Omni Tip probes eliminates cross
contamination and cleaning.
SCHOTT Nexterion (Booth 264)
Nexterion MTP-96 microarray plate: A unique modular design of
the SBS format MTP-96 well-plate, which allows printing with all
commercially available microplate arrayers.
Nexterion HiSens reflective microarray slide: Sophisticated optical
layer boosts fluorescent signals by 8 times. Industry standard
DNA/protein attachment chemistry, produces superior results
with no protocol modifications.