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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2006. A high productivity Assay Assembly system has been announced that combines the plate storage and handling capabilities of the Velocity11 BioCel® Laboratory Automation platform with the nanolitre transfer technology of the Labcyte® Echo 550. High productivity Assay Assembly system .. A high productivity Assay Assembly system has been announced that combines the plate storage and handling capabilities of the Velocity11 BioCel® Laboratory Automation platform with the nanolitre transfer technology of the Labcyte® Echo 550. The new high productivity system integrates nanolitre sample transfer with fully automated plate storage and sample handling for secure sample inventory management and distribution.
A new high productivity Assay Assembly system is available combining the plate storage and handling capabilities of the Velocity11 BioCel® Laboratory Automation platform with the nanolitre transfer technology of the Labcyte® Echo™ 550 liquid handler. The new high productivity system integrates nanolitre sample transfer with fully automated plate storage and sample handling for secure sample inventory management and distribution. The Assay Assembly system eliminates the need for intermediate compound distribution processes. With refrigerated storage for 1000 plates, the system has full access to all compounds and can distribute them directly to assay plates. The system incorporates a dedicated database for inventory management, high speedhigh-speed plate handling, multiple options for reagent dispensing, and the nanolitre sample transfer capability of the Labcyte Echo 550 in an integrated automated work cell capable of producing hundreds of assay plates in either 384- or 1536 1536-well formats. In compound plate storage and replication, sample inventory management and sample integrity and inventory management are the keys to success. The new Assay Assembly system links directly into Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for receiving and delivering inventory information as well as keeping the BioCel database and sample inventory synchronised and up-to-date. The BioCel ensures source and destination plate sample integrity with appropriate storage in one or more integrated environments that control temperature, CO2 and humidity levels.Source and destination plate sample integrity is ensured on the BioCel by appropriate storage in one or integrated environments that control temperature, CO2 and humidity levels. The proven Velocity11 VWorks™ automation control software provides dynamic scheduling on the system for high throughput. It also controls production of compound bank back copies for several users and different applications in parallel.Dynamic scheduling on the system, allowing for throughput of more than a million compounds a day, production of compound bank back copies for several users and different applications in parallel is provided by the proven Velocity11 VWorks™ automation control software. Gerry
Alden, General Manager for Velocity11 in Europe, commented, "Touchless
transfer technology from Labcyte is a superior sample handling technique
for our customers who need to minimise consumption of their valuable
compound stores. By integrating the Echo The new Assay Assembly system links directly into Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for receiving and delivering inventory information as well as keeping the BioCel database and sample inventory synchronised and up-to-date. Source and destination plate sample integrity is ensured on the BioCel by appropriate storage in one or more integrated environments that control temperature, CO2 and humidity levels. Dynamic scheduling on the system, allowing for throughput of up to a million compounds a day is provided by the proven Velocity11 VWorks™ automation control software, which can run different applications in parallel. Velocity11, is privately held and focused on pioneering automation technology solutions for life science laboratories. The company's customers comprise most of the major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as leading genome centres and academic institutions. For further information, visit the company website, www.velocity11.com.
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