omation mbers - Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
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TekCel Workshop Lunch 1 12:00 – 1:30 pm Room J2<br />
TekCel, Inc.<br />
103 South Street<br />
Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748<br />
(508) 544-7000; (508) 544-7001 fax<br />
info@tekcel.com<br />
Cherry Picking Redefined: Pick-List to Custom Assay Plate Generation on a New, Integrated<br />
Tube Management Plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />
Presenter: W. Steven Fillers, Ph.D.<br />
From genomics to high throughput screening; lead optimization to chemical profiling; on-dem<strong>and</strong> retrieval <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong>matting of samples to support diverse discovery operations presents significant technical <strong>and</strong> logistical<br />
challenges. Efficient storage, retrieval <strong>and</strong> sorting of discrete samples <strong>and</strong> delivering them to the point of use in<br />
the desired <strong>for</strong>mat is laborious, time consuming, error prone <strong>and</strong> costly. This presentation will focus on a new<br />
Tube Management System, from TekCel, which provides superior throughput <strong>and</strong> process control to support<br />
the most dem<strong>and</strong>ing discovery applications. Individual 2-D bar coded tubes, or racks of tubes, are picked,<br />
sorted <strong>and</strong> compiled within the controlled storage environment of the TubeStore module. Tubes compiled to<br />
user specifications can be delivered <strong>for</strong> processing at rates up to 11,500 tubes (120 racks) per hour. Seamless<br />
integration to TekCel’s TubeServer, TekBench-SP <strong>and</strong> Plate Management System provides complete<br />
aut<strong>omation</strong> of sample processing tasks (96-channel tube piercing, controlled thawing, re<strong>for</strong>matting, master <strong>and</strong><br />
assay plate generation) all within a controlled, inert processing environment. The system’s modular architecture<br />
af<strong>for</strong>ds considerable flexibility <strong>and</strong> provides a clear path <strong>for</strong> system expansion to accommodate future capacity,<br />
throughput or workflow needs.<br />
Thermo Electron Workshop Lunch 12:00 – 1:30 pm Room J3<br />
Thermo Electron<br />
5344 John Lucas Drive<br />
Burlington, Ontario L7L 6A6 Canada<br />
(905) 332-2000 x 319; (905) 332-1114 fax<br />
christy.jacobs@thermo.com<br />
The Tools to Upgrade: Designing Scalable <strong>Laboratory</strong> Aut<strong>omation</strong><br />
The reality in today’s research lab is change. How do you accommodate change while maintaining high<br />
throughput?<br />
Presented by Thermo <strong>Laboratory</strong> Aut<strong>omation</strong> <strong>and</strong> Integration, this workshop is about automating your laboratory<br />
with a modular plat<strong>for</strong>m that facilitates rapid change -- in assays <strong>and</strong> instrumentation. You will learn how to<br />
automate your assays using a new solution-focused Thermo layout tool. You will also learn how you scale<br />
aut<strong>omation</strong> from benchtop to production line.<br />
No materials are required, just think about your assay flow <strong>and</strong> where the bottlenecks are in your lab be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
coming to this workshop.<br />
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