Hi, everybody,
We recently recognized a problem with our Innovaplate SD-2 (a.k.a. MRC
2-Well) plates from Hampton. Our last batch of Innovaplates have an
inconsistent well height such that our crystallization robot (a
Mosquito) cannot put protein in all the wells. When tested with an older
Innovaplate or a hanging drop cover, everything was fine. Is anybody
else observing this? I heard that European customers might be getting
the same plates from a different source/manufacturing facility. If that
is the case, from which company do you buy these plates?
Another question is about 96-channel pipetting equipment: For
experiments unrelated to crystallography I am in need of getting a
96-channel pipetting machine, such as Rainin's Liquidator. I am also
hoping to use this for transferring crystallization screens from blocks
into crystallization trays (Our robot sets up only the drops, but does
not transfer large volumes of crystallization solutions). Does anybody
use the Liquidator for crystallization reagent transfers, and if you do
so, would you recommend it? I am open to any brand/model, so all
suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Engin
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Engin Özkan
Post-doctoral Scholar
Laboratory of K. Christopher Garcia
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
279 Campus Drive, Beckman Center B173
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305
ph: (650)-498-7111
