Scorpion Screen Builder

Product description

The Scorpion is a single-channel high-speed dispenser and an extremely versatile work station, which can be used to perform anything that can be done with hand-held pipettors but with the speed, reliability and precision of an automated dispenser. Due to the high displacement speed of
2 meters/second, the Scorpion can perform a variety of different liquid handling applications including genomic methods such as PCRs. The Scorpion utilizes 3 dispense modes, each with unique advantages: Forward, Sequential and Reverse Modes, combined with tip usage criteria, create a powerful liquid handling tool to execute a wide range of methods such as optimization, normalisation of salt screens or reformatting from 15 ml tubes into 96 well plates. The deck of the Scorpion has 6 SBS-format positions and can accommodate 96 racked 15 ml tubes, deep well blocks, standard 96- and 24-well protein crystallization plates, as well as tip racks. Liquid transfers in the Scorpion software can be defined as concentration, volume or pH, and it is possible to set up multiple plates with different additives, pH value, and varying concentration. It can also dispense liquids with a very high viscosity, e. g. 80 % glycerol, DMSO or 50 % 20,000 PEG.
The intuitive software graphically shows the content of each well, allows the set-up of n-dimensional grids and assays, and it is easy to analyse or transfer results through the export of csv-files. The versatile Scorpion can be exposed to temperatures from 4 °C (set up in a cold room) to 70 °C, non-condensing.
For applications in a totally different field, the dispenser is available with extended features: Scorpion for MicroFISH, especially developed for execution of FISH assays with low sample volume and high throughput to allow rapid analysis of patient samples in diagnostic.

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