On December 18, 2001, Cartesian Technologies officially became a member of the Genomic Solutions family. Customers can now turn to one unique source for a full line of instrumentation and technology in functional genomics, proteomics, high throughput screening and protein crystallography products.

High-throughput protein crystallography involves using many of the automation concepts from High Throughput Screening (HTS). The liquid handling requirements are similar to those for HTS:

• Low volume:
• High Speed:
• Mixing:

A common operation in genomics research is gridding of genetic material onto a substrate in an ordered array. Once arrayed, the substrate is probed with a fluorescently labeled DNA probe of interest, and is then analyzed to detect the locations where the probe bound to the substrate.

Pharmaceutical companies have been evaluating ways of automating this process by combining incubators, centrifuges, plate readers and aspirate and dispense robots together into a single platform, known as an integration robot.

synQUAD™ technology is a patented non-contact dispensing technique that couples a high precision syringe with a microsolenoid valve and stage stepper motor. synQUAD dispenses a precise nanoliter volume of liquid onto various slides, plates, or membranes.

Compound library stores are being developed around the world to store millions of potential drug compounds. Scientists must be able to not only store their compounds, but to be able to quickly retrieve and sample a single compound. HTS Scientist demand fast and accurate compound sampling.

96 channel Parallel dispenser using Positive Air Displacement Technology

Pipettes into 96 or 384 standard and deep well plate

Volume range from 1 - 550 ul

Peristaltic wash station with individual tip cleaning capabilities

PC controlled