Access™ Laboratory Workstation
Small-Scale Automation with Large-Scale Results Access™ laboratory workstations multiply the benefits of the Echo® liquid handler by improving overall assay throughput and reproducibility. With the ability to integrate a variety of devices and the modularity to scale when needed, each workstation offers the flexibility required by frequently-changing assay requirements. All Access workstations are optimized at install and i…
Our procedures are clearly optimized with this instrument leading to an increase of the capacity of our screening platform.
Compound management of chemicals/screening.
Robust and reproducible. Non-contact fluidic device is an important advantage compared to traditional tips dispensing. Sub-microliter dispensing reduces time and operational costs while ensuring precision and accuracy. Appropriate for some of our activities, in particular for the preparation of assay plates for screening and cherry picking collection pre-plated.
Review Date: 8 Mar 2016
Highly demanded instrument in our lab!
Compound transfers on to assay ready plates.
The Access Workstation is easy to use and is efficient in its functions. The Tempo software that comes with the Access Workstation is also user-friendly and reliable.
Review Date: 8 Mar 2016
We've bought two systems and it's dramatically increased our throughput for both assay development and small scale drug screening programs.
Drug screening
I find this system to be fairly easy to use and robust for the most part. I would like to see if it's possible to add rubber grips on the fingers of the robot for better gripping of plates and to prevent damages to the plate barcodes. Also, we use the Combi nL primarily for DMSO bulk fill but leaving the line and valves in DMSO constantly has caused the valves to leak (these valves are very expensive to replace). I would suggest warning customers to not leave them in DMSO all the time.
Review Date: 3 Mar 2016
Compound Screening
It takes a little time getting used to it but once familiar with it, it's very useful. It has proven to be one of the most reliable liquid dispensing workstations.
Review Date: 12 Oct 2015
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing/Production
It has a high throughput and incredible reproducibility. "PARR” is excellent in terms of precision, accuracy, reliability and rapidity of results. A must in the laboratory workstation!
Review Date: 6 Oct 2015
HTS Screening
This machine is very easy to use. It helps to save a lot time. However the 2.5nl increment limits some of the dose response curve flexibility. It would be nice if that increment could be lower. And aqueous dispensing would be really helpful for our assays as well.
Review Date: 14 Feb 2014
We use the Labcyte Access daily and are satisfied with the use and the service. The field technicians are very friendly and meet our needs in a timely manner.
Review Date: 10 Feb 2014
Small-Scale Automation with Large-Scale Results
Access™ laboratory workstations multiply the benefits of the Echo® liquid handler by improving overall assay throughput and reproducibility. With the ability to integrate a variety of devices and the modularity to scale when needed, each workstation offers the flexibility required by frequently-changing assay requirements. All Access workstations are optimized at install and include all safety mechanisms required for CE compliance.
Access workstations use Labcyte Tempo™ automation control software to manage the system configuration and schedule automated routines. Protocols created from Echo® software applications can be imported into Tempo™ software and quickly converted into fully automated routines.
Support for a Range of Applications
Assay ready plate preparation
Lead optimization and secondary screening assays
High-throughput gene expression assays
Automated protein crystallography setup
Miniaturized Drug Sensitivity and Resistance Testing with the Echo® Liquid Handler and Access™ Workstation
Recently identified associations between variants of cancer genes and drug resistance increase the value for comprehensive drug sensitivity and resistance testing in combination with molecular profiling of cancer cells. This application note discusses the implementation of miniaturized drug sensitivity and resistance testing, at the Institute of Molecular Medicine in Finland (FIMM), with assay-ready plates produced by the Echo liquid handler.
Automated RT-qPCR Utilizing the Access™ Workstation, the Echo® Liquid Handler, and RealTime Ready™ Reagents
RT-qPCR has been increasingly utilized by researchers to quantify mRNA levels. Its widespread use has been limited by an often laborious multi-step process and high reagent cost. Recent advances in non-contact reagent dispensing and next generation one step lysis reagents are enabling scientists to generate high throughput data at a much faster rate. This application note, from LabCyte Inc., describes the automation of three complementary tools to generate high throughout RT-qPCR data; the Echo liquid handler, RealTime Ready cell lysis reagents, and the Access workstation.
Labcyte Echo 550 Accelerates Drug Discovery at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
This video describes how acoustic liquid dispensing, using the Labcyte Echo® 550, is being used at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute and is helping to accelerate compound screening. Learn how the technology reduces the volume of compound needed for each experiment, thus enabling compounds to last longer and more data to be produced. The Institute hopes to use acoustic dispensing to help develop compounds that can be used as a start-point to design new targeted therapies for use in a personalized medicine setting.
High-throughput screening breakthroughs with acoustic mass spectrometry and liquid dispensing
We hear from Steve Rees, AstraZeneca, and Dr. Allan Jordan, Cancer Research UK, about the latest advancements in high-content screening for drug discovery
