What Are Laboratory Automation Systems within Life Science?
Even before automation, biological processes and procedures in the laboratory often came with strict protocols to ensure accuracy and efficiency. As biological matter [...]
Magnetic Bead Separation: Functions and Automation Requirements
Magnetic bead separation makes nucleic acid and protein purification more effective and easier to automate. With advancements in lab technology and reduced costs, [...]
Applications of pH Measurement and How to Automate Them
pH is a logarithmic measurement of the acid or base levels in a substance. It stands for “potential of hydrogen” or “power of [...]
DNA Extraction Methods Explained
While DNA extraction methods have been around for over 150 years, ever since Friedrich Miescher isolated it for the first time in 1869, [...]
What to Look for in a Liquid Handling Robot
Liquid reagents and samples make the bulk of materials that life science labs use. Therefore, it's important to have effective liquid handling systems [...]
Why Do You Need Fully-automated Real-time PCR?
Real-time PCR, or qPCR, is a necessary process that is a step-up from conventional PCR. In qPCR, data is collected throughout the process, [...]
Lab Scheduling Software and Robotics
Various components are vital to the operation of a research lab. Besides the laboratory information management system (LIMS) that manages staff and sample [...]
How to Get the Most from Your Microplate Handling System
Microplate handling systems can benefit even the smallest of labs, making processes more efficient and requiring less manpower. However, it's important to know [...]
ELISA Automation 101: Benefits and Basics
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is a popular quantitative assay to detect and quantify a range of peptides and proteins. However, manual ELISA is [...]
Your Guide to Automated Processes and Lab Scheduling Software
Having automated processes in the lab can increase productivity and ensure consistent, reproducible results. Additionally, automation improves safety and allows the team to [...]
Top 5 Things to Look for in an Automated Microplate Washer
Microplate washers are often under appreciated in a lab because they do not directly produce results in an assay. However, they are an [...]
Colony Picking Tools: 101
In various biological fields, colony picking is a necessary process that acts as a core step in producing biological matter extracted from bacteria [...]
How to Choose Life Science Software
Life science software is a crucial component of life science automation efforts. While it's the hardware that is most often given attention, systems [...]
Your Guide to a Bacterial Colony
A majority of life science research involves culturing and testing microbes, especially bacteria. In culturing these microbial samples, the lab often needs to [...]
5 Benefits of Laboratory Automation
Laboratories are constantly adopting new technology whether it be new equipment or software. One of the most impactful solutions in recent decades is [...]
What is a Colony Picking Robot?
Picking bacterial colonies is necessary in many life science labs, especially as part of synthetic biology and protein expression workflows. However, when done [...]
What to Consider When Choosing Life Science Software
As more labs aim to increase their output and obtain faster results, they need to handle more research samples and data in the [...]
What is a Bacterial Colony?
Wondering what a bacterial colony is? By simple association, lots of people know that "colony" refers to a group, and "bacteria" refer to [...]
How to Choose Software that Automates Lab Processes
Laboratory automation software is becoming more efficiently utilized and powerful, which drives it to be an essential tool in many labs. Lab software [...]
Your Colony Picking Protocol
Picking colonies—whether bacterial or fungal—from agar plates is a core step in culturing isolated, single-strain colonies for life science research.The process of selecting, [...]
Your Guide to Life Science Software
The rapid advancement of technology in recent years has introduced many changes to the field of life science. More complex machines, instruments, and [...]
How to Choose a Microplate Handling System
The creation of the microplate in the 1950s sped up analyzing multiple samples, and soon after, the use of multi-channel pipettes made [...]
Automation Software for Labs
Advancements in laboratory procedures and technology have helped researchers make discoveries while saving time and cost. A significant contributor to this is the [...]
What is a “Colony” in Microbiology?
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, and more. It includes research on the physiology, cell biology, and biochemistry [...]