Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST) using disk diffusion (DD) from positive blood cultures (BC) can aid initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy. Rapid molecular blood culture identification panels (BCID) and microbiology laborator...
In this study we present an approach for optimizing protein crystallization trials at the multi-microliter scale utilizing the Opentrons-2 liquid handling robot. Our research demonstrates the robot's capability to automate 24-well sitting drop protei...
Laboratory automation with mobile manipulators presents a promising avenue for enhancing efficiency and reducing the dependency on human activity in laboratory workflows. To achieve seamless integration, the Laboratory Automation Plag & Play concept ...
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Feb 4, 2025
INTRODUCTION: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming clinical laboratories, significantly improving diagnostic precision and operational effectiveness in the fields of pathology, microbiology, and biochemistry. ...
Diagnosing malaria using standard techniques is time-consuming. With limited staffing in many laboratories, this may lead to delays in reporting. Innovative technologies are changing the diagnostic landscape and may help alleviate staffing shortages....
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are increasingly being challenged to shorten the cycle time between design, make, test, and analyze (DMTA) compounds. Automation of multiplex assays to obtain multiparameter data on the same robotic run is i...
In the last decades, robotic cultivation facilities combined with automated execution of workflows have drastically increased the speed of research in biotechnology. In this work, we present the design and deployment of a digital infrastructure for r...
High Throughput Screening is crucial in pharmaceutical companies for efficient testing in drug discovery and development. Our Vaccines Analytical Research and Development (V-AR&D) department extensively uses robotic liquid handlers in their High Thro...
An inexpensive single-arm robot is widely utilized for recent laboratory automation solutions. The integration of a single-arm robot as a transfer system into a semi-automatic liquid dispenser without a transfer system can be realized as an inexpensi...
The MBT Pathfinder is an automated colony-picking robot designed for efficient sample preparation in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. This article presents results from three key experiments ev...
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