POSTS TAGGED AS laboratory automation

Automated Immunofluorescent Microscope is FDA Approved

In early July, the FDA approved Immuno Concepts’ (Sacramento, CA) “Image Navigator” automated microscope which scans slides for immunofluorescent anti-nuclear [MORE]

The Microfluidics “Revolution”

Droplet Chip Photo Wang-Lab- JHU
By now, bio-medical laboratories should have moved to storage their mass spectrometers, flow cytometers, and blood [MORE]

Testing-Robot for Drug-Protein Interactions

While molecular diagnostics lead the way in “patient discovery,” drug discovery proceeds with predicting interactions between drugs and their protein [MORE]

“LabCorp in a Box”

Maverick Detection System
Typical blood testing for general health covers about 35 assays for kidney function, electrolytes and minerals, liver functions, [MORE]

Roche’s Automated Staining Machine

ROCHE VENTANA HE-600
Hematoxylin, an extract derived from logwood, and eosine, a potassium salt, have been the workhorses for preparing pathology [MORE]

Remote Control of Clinical Labs

Optima XPN Centrifuge
Distance monitoring through a communications app and remote controls may ultimately become a highly useful automation tool for [MORE]

Working with Eve

Robotic Scientist Eve
“Eve” picks up after “Adam”—wouldn’t you know it! But in this case both are scientific robots that test [MORE]

Automated Specimen Analyzer

VERSANT kPCR Molecular System
With an increasing number of medical centers building biorepositories capable of holding millions of tissue and fluid [MORE]

“Adam” and “Eve,” the Analytical Robots

Roboter
A direct quote from this piece is the best hook: “It has been a long and stealthy takeover, but [MORE]

Hand-Held Device for Extracting DNA

Hand-Held Device for Extracting DNA
Extracting DNA from a cell sample and prepping it for sequencing, by current methods, [MORE]

Robots Come to the Rescue in High Volume Bio-Banking

Bio-banking is the creation of repositories of biological and/or genetic specimen.  The sample types stored can be extremely diverse in [MORE]

Sequencing and Companion Diagnostics in Clinical Labs

Molecular Diagnostics
Amazon S3 and Google’s DNAnexus may not yet be familiar services, but they exist as businesses and [MORE]

Hyperspectral Imaging in Medicine

Satellite cameras, hovering 27,000 miles above earth can scan surface objects in great detail and in color by means [MORE]

Clinical Laboratory Automation in the Netherlands

Wim Rutten – Lab Director Emeritus
Besides a highly industrious workforce, the Netherlands is known for its dairy industry, ingenious dikes, [MORE]