 Tecan and ForteBio Automate Label-Free Assays for Bioprocess and Drug Discovery Applications
04 Mar 2010 Tecan has become ForteBio’s preferred automation partner for real-time, label-free assays to support bioprocess and drug discovery workflows. The two companies have worked together to integrate the new ForteBio Octet® 384 platform, consisting of the Octet RED384 and the Octet QK384, on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handling workstation. The result is a robust, off-the-shelf integration that offers increased walkaway time and optional liquid handling for assay plate set-up. Tecan has designed a Freedom EVO deck extension plate to mount the Octet 384 instrument securely on the right hand side of the workstation. A robotic manipulator arm performs automated transport and handling of plates and sensor trays, and an 8-channel liquid handling arm with fixed or disposable tips is used to prepare assay plates. A MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA), with a 3...
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