The Benefits of an Automated Colony Counter
Colony counting determines how many microbial colonies are growing on cell culture media, such as agar plates. Automated colony counters are a newer technology that
Single Cell Colony Picking: Tools & Challenges
Colony picking involves removing a sample from a healthy microbe colony after culturing a microbe sample on a plate. Single-cell colony picking means isolating a
Picking Colonies After Transformation: A Concise Guide
Bacterial transformation can also be performed using electroporation, but this method is less common. It runs on the same principle as heat shock protocol, but
Colony Picking As Part Of Cell Culture
Industrial Synthetic Biology: Synthetic Biology and Industrial Biotechnology Have you ever wondered how epidemiologists identify which bacteria are causing the latest food poisoning outbreak? When
Why Are Colonies Important in the Study Of Microbiology
Colonies give scientists information about a particular microbe that has replicated into a group sharing the same genes. Studying that group of microbes helps microbiologists
Choosing the Right Automated Colony Picker
Processes That Integrate Pipetting Robots Colony picking is a vital process in biological labs as it’s a step that many applications rely on. It’s used
Colony Picking Tools: 101
Colony picking is a core step in producing biological matter extracted from bacteria or fungi or for identifying new types of beneficial or harmful organisms.
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 pick a
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 manually, this
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 a type
