Automation
Microtiter plates have become common labware in life science and medicine. Automated systems employing microplates in biological and chemical assays may consist of liquid dispensers, plate washers, mixers, readers, sealers, labelers, shakers, incubators and storage.
Liquid handling has a pivotal role in a wide range of experimental applications with researchers worldwide depending on a variety of different pipetting methods on a daily basis.
The steadily escalating cost of the drug discovery process means companies are continuously looking for ways to increase process and cost efficiency.
When it comes to successfully managing a laboratory, the challenge is to think as a business manager and as a scientist at the same time.
Many relatively simple industrial or laboratory processes that require control of flow or pressure can be greatly improved with automation.
Regardless of what stage your lab is in, planning is essential to the successful application of automation and information technologies.
Just what should management be doing? For starters, setting the guidelines and expectations for project development.
In recent years, the growing trend to resolving workload jams and bottlenecks within laboratories has been to rely on automation. But is machinery and automation really the answer, or is the problem more deeply seated? Could the issues instead be resolved by looking at the processes and methods of working?
