Hi, I have used the Art Robbins "hydra" to transfer reagents from deep well block to crystallisation plate, prior to using a mosquito to setup the drops. Assuming they are still available (this was about 4 yrs ago) the hydra was robust and easy to use.
HTH, Dave -- Delivered via an Android. On Mar 11, 2010 5:55 AM, "Engin Ozkan" <[email protected]> wrote: 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 -- 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
