The Digest brings you technical resources, expert tips, guidance on regulations and standards, as well as discussions with key industry leaders – that focus on pipetting and automated liquid handling processes.
Recently, we talked with Dr. Hentz about the challenges faced by HTS labs in drug discovery and how quality assurance processes and technologies can help.
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In an interview with Catherine Quintero, Senior Automation Engineer at Merck & Co., we discussed the benefits of frequent liquid handler performance verification.
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We discussed some important liquid handling issues with G. Steven Bova MD, CEO of Archivex and FiDiPro Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Technology at the University of Tampere, Finland. In this Digest blog we share his responses to our questions.
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Dr. Richard Curtis discusses how plate readers can contribute significant uncertainty, depending on the nature of the assay and how well suited the reader is for that assay.
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Dr. Rodrigues discusses the importance of regular preventive maintenance for pipettes and how it impacts the quality of the results coming out of your laboratory.
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The difference in the performance of a liquid handler resides in the actual physics of how a dispense is brought about. Read this Ask an Expert to find out how Dr. Bradshaw suggests your perform routine performance verifications on your liquid delivery equipment.
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The first step in optimizing liquid handling operations is to understand the type of error that exists: random or systematic. Dr. Wexler of CareDx explains how you determine the difference.
Read More Dr. Rodrigues explains what effect the recent guidance from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) on “Laboratory Instrument Implementation, Verification, and Maintenance” have on how you calibrate your liquid handling instrumentation.
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Wendy Vaccaro, Technical Services Manager, explains when pre-wetting of pipette tips is necessary to ensure accuracy and precision of your liquid handling devices.
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Q: I need accuracy and precision. Will the disposable tips I choose for my automated liquid handlers possibly contribute error? Because you are concerned with accuracy and precision, it should be noted that tip types are very important to the integrity of volume transfers. Vendor-approved tips, as opposed to the cheaper ‘bag of tips’ option, should always […]
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