Birth of a robot

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At 10.28 AM on Mon 7 Apr, two engineers from Thermo CRS showed up at our laboratory and began to assemble the automation platform that will drive our biophysical wetlab research programs for the next few years.  In the span of just four days, they managed to assemble our entire automation system, integrating everything onsite inside of an active labspace.  With the assistance of expert techs from Tecan to integrate our EVO 200 liquid handler, everything went quickly and smoothly!

More updates soon, but for now, enjoy this time-lapse of their hard work to bring this thing together.  More information on the capabilities of the system can be found on our Resources page.

And so it begins...

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All of the planning for our laboratory automation platform is finally coming to fruition.  On Monday, the south side of our lab bay will be filled with the table frames that will house the robotic platform we have designed over the past year to automate nearly every process in our laboratory, including cloning, site-directed mutagenesis, bacterial transformation/expression/purification, and biophysical assays.  We're tremendously excited to finally put this plan into action!

The empty half of the bay, prepared to receive automation equipment.

The empty half of the bay, prepared to receive automation equipment.

A CAD drawing of the automation platform that will be installed.

A CAD drawing of the automation platform that will be installed.