Microplate Equipment
Microplate equipment is used to streamline and accelerate high-throughput testing, sample preparation, and data collection involving microplates, typically 96-well or 384-well plates. These automated systems are designed to handle tasks such as liquid dispensing, mixing, incubating, washing, and reading, making them essential for applications that require the processing of large volumes of samples with high precision and efficiency. They are commonly used in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, clinical diagnostics, and genomics for tasks like screening compounds, running enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), PCR setups, or drug discovery.
Automated microplate systems integrate a variety of functions, including robotic arms for precise liquid handling, automated readers for absorbance, fluorescence, or luminescence detection, and shakers or incubators for controlling mixing or temperature. These microplate systems can perform complex workflows such as dispensing reagents into each well, mixing samples, and reading results at set intervals, all while minimizing human error and increasing throughput. Automated microplate readers are used to capture optical data from the plates and transfer the information to connected software for analysis, making them essential for large-scale experiments, such as high-throughput screening or large epidemiological studies. With customizable protocols and integration with laboratory information management systems (LIMS), automated microplate equipment offers scalability and reproducibility in a wide range of laboratory applications, from research to diagnostics.