Hi,
to add my thoughts I believe that what your friend is looking for is the
OryxNano from Douglas Instruments. We use it for screening, and it is a
really trouble free machine. The consumables are not expensive (plates
and sealing tape actually) and the price is rather low. I would think
that for small crystallization groups (like ours) is the best robot you
can buy if you have a small budget. I always thought that the posh
mosquito is for big academic labs or companies that can really afford
the rather large amount for consumables it requires.
best wishes
Demetres
On 4/9/2013 4:57 ??, Artem Evdokimov wrote:
Hi,
The most rock-solid robotic screening platform in my experience has
been the Mosquito. It has a supply spend of ~$2000/reel of tape which
has ~27,000 tips on it so it's roughly 9-9 cents per tip - so per
plate with thee proteins on it it's about 3 bucks depending on how you
organize the set up.
Not to say that other machines are bad, no - there are plenty of good
instruments out there but in my opinion Mosquito has unbeatable
combination of robust, repeatable set up, disposable tips and
accuracy. In my career I've tried or owned about 90% of all devices
out there (I guess that's the advantage of having several industrial
positions in a row) and so I am fairly confident that this is not a
biased comparison.
Artem
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On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jinyi Zhu <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear CCP4ers,
Sorry for the off topic question. A friend of mine is considering
purchasing a crystallization screening robot and would like to
know which one would suit his need best. His lab would use the
robot occasionally for screening and have a limited budget. He
also wants minimum supply purchases for the robot. Could you
kindly suggest some models? Thanks!
Btw, I have personally used Douglas OryX, ARI crystal Pheonix,
Mosquito and Hydra II-Edrop systems.
Best,
Jinyi
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