Genetix launch the aliQuot liquid handler

Genetix, the genomics and proteomics technology group, has recently announced the launch of the aliQuot, an automated solution for the low volume dispensing of reagents, chemicals, cells, beads, reaction mixes and other media at the Drug Discovery Technology conference in Boston. The aliQuot, a desktop machine, uses a proprietary fast pressure-timing dispense mechanism to fill a 1536-well plate with one microlitre in less than 30 seconds. The major markets for this product will be drug discovery, forensics, genetic screening, genomics research and high throughput screening. Low volume dispensing is economically beneficial to pharmaceutical companies when testing compounds with reagents which can cost thousands of dollars per millilitre. Using smaller volumes in these assays enables a greater number of tests to be carried out, or the same number of tests at less cost. Another feature of the aliQuot, which reduces the cost of assays, is a backfilling function which allows unused compound or reagent remaining in the dispensing pipes to be flushed back into the reservoir bottle for future use. The Genetix Group is based in New Milton in Hampshire, UK. It develops, manufactures and markets high-throughput equipment and related items used for research into human and plant genomics, proteomics and cell biology.

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