New technologies designed to improve efficiencies and productivity in the lab and enable the customization of automated workflows are on display this week at the 5th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), booth 707, at the San Diego Convention Centre.
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New technologies designed to improve efficiencies and productivity in the lab and enable the customization of automated workflows are on display this week at the 5th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), booth 707, at the San Diego Convention Centre.
The products featured at SLAS range from automated sample handling to preparation and analysis:
The new Thermo Scientific Cytomat 10 C450 incubator for automated incubation and storage provides high- capacity cell growth and assay incubation laboratories with fast plate accessibility, enabling access to cells in less than 10 seconds. Its flexible design ensures that it integrates easily into existing lab space, while advanced controls decrease contamination and assay variability risks.
Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS Software offers researchers and clinicians the ability to manage laboratory data, sample tracking, dynamic workflows and instrument integration as well as sensitive patient information required in molecular and diagnostic testing labs. It combines the sample-centric functionality of LIMS with the patient-centric functionality of a traditional LIS (laboratory information system). Clinical LIMS offers flexibility, configurability and ease-of-use while increasing automation and sample throughputs.
According to senior business director of laboratory automation at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hansjoerg Haas, key drivers behind their latest automation include the need for improved laboratory efficiencies.
“To help researchers be more productive in the lab, we need to enable them to customize their workflows to meet their precise application needs,” Haas said.
“Many of the new technologies showcased this week provide our customers with the option to choose the level of speed, accuracy and throughput that they require to accelerate their research.”
The new Thermo Scientific Matrix 2D barcoded tubes in barcoded latch racks enable advanced sample tracking and identification. By adding unique laser-etched barcodes to three sides of the tube racks, users can easily track racks of tubes without the need for adhesive labels.
As a result, it protects sample misidentification commonly caused by duplicate or incorrect labelling. Tubes and racks can be identified easily using the handheld Thermo Scientific VisionMate wireless barcode reader, which instantly decodes linear and 2D barcodes to provide secure sample tracking in a flexible and portable format.
The Thermo Scientific E1-ClipTip electronic pipette is designed to maintain precise sample volumes during high-throughput pipetting. It features secure tip attachment, low attachment and ejection forces and an airtight seal on every channel. As a result, users benefit from less variation in dispensed liquid volumes while increasing ergonomics with electronic operation.
The new Thermo Scientific Cell Insight CX7 high content analysis platform makes image-based cell screening accessible. With integrated widefield and confocal imaging, scientists can take advantage of the seven-colour excitation, laser autofocus, and HCS Studio 3.0 software to design, validate and screen their assays.