NEW STAR Line

Do you want to get started in automation with a benchtop workstation and have the option of expanding your system if needed? The compact STARlet can be converted on-site to a STARplus by means of an extension module, more than doubling your deck capacity. Thanks to the scalability of the STAR line of instruments, the widest possible range of throughputs and budgets can be accommodated: additional pipetting channels, a 96 or 384-probe head or an integrated robotic arm can be fitted to existing configurations. It is even possible to add a second pipetting arm working in parallel.

MICROLAB 4000/4200

MICROLAB 4000 Series Liquid Handling Robotics Workstations

• Fixed probes or disposable tips
• Excellent low volume accuracy and precision
• High efficiency wash systems
• Large volume range
• Liquid displacement pipetting technology
• Flexible configuration and integration possibilities for multiple appl

MICROLAB ATPlus2

Fast, small footprint liquid handling workstation
12 spreadable channels

• Barcode positive identification (optional)
• ATWin software:
• Based on Windows 2000/XP
• Simple graphical user interface
• 21 CFR Part 11 compliant tools
• ATPool - Optional pooling wizard
• Intuitive software editors
• Licenced Oracle database
  

Compatible with 96 well microplates, deep well plates, tubes and reagent reservoirs
ATplus2 performance: 96 samples from tube to plate in less than 5 minutes

MICROLAB FAME

• Modular design with multiple configurations for a range of throughput capacities
• Integrated modules:
• Incubation
• Plate washing
• Reagent addition
• Plate reading
• Total process documentation and control
• Flexible scheduling software for on-the-fly changes
• Prepare the sample plates with the MICROLAB STAR or MICROLAB ATplus 2
• Fully automated integration of the MICROLAB FAME and MICROLAB STAR

SOLID-PHASE ELISA

IL-6 has been described as both a pro- and anti-inflammatory molecule, a modulator of bone resorption, a promoter of hematopoiesis, and an inducer of plasma cell development. When dealing with large clinical trials, speed, reproducibility and accuracy become major limiting factors in the quantification of Human IL6 in serum, plasma and urine.

HAMILTON offers an automated solution for both an accurate and reproducible method for the relatively high throughput measurement of human IL-6. The Quantikine HS IL-6 Immunoassay is a 5.5 hour solid-phase ELISA that employs the quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique. A monoclonal antibody specific for IL-6 is pre-coated onto a microplate. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells and any IL-6 present is bound by the immobilized antibody. After washing away any unbound substances, an enzyme-linked polyclonal antibody specific for IL-6 is added to the wells. Following a wash to remove any unbound antibody-enzyme reagent, a substrate solution is added to the wells. After an incubation period, an amplifier solution is added to the wells and color develops in proportion to the amount of IL-6 bound in the initial step. The color development is stopped and the intensity of the color is measured.

PLATE HANDLING

Two different types of plate gripping tools are available on the STAR line of liquid handling robots, and an external robotic arm provides a third option for plate handling when building integrated systems that require labware handling away from the STAR deck.

• CO-RE Gripper
• iSWAP Gripper
• Swap External Gripper