Upgrade of the High Throughput Testing (HTT) Routine Test Platform (RTP)

Description du marché

The EURL ECVAM laboratory hosts two High Throughput Testing (HTT) robotic platforms. Both HTT platforms include two liquid handling systems (Hamilton Microlab STAR and STARlet), a robotic arm (Hamilton HMotion), a microplate washer, a microplate reader and an automated incubator. The HTT platforms allow to perform all different operations of an in-vitro experiment in an automated way. The HTT platforms are controlled by a single software (Hamilton VENUS), which allows to program all different instruments of the platforms. The PTP platform of the EURL ECVAM laboratory has been recently upgraded with a new Microlab STARlet liquid handler with 384-probe head, which improves efficiency and reproducibility of in-vitro experiments compared to the 96-probe head. Due to these performance limitations, also the RTP robotic platform needs to be upgraded in order to replicate the configuration of the PTP platform, by equipping it with a 384-head Microlab STARlet liquid handler and an advanced BioTek Synergy H1 reader.

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