Artel QualAssure™ Solutions
Optimize your automated liquid handlers with the ideal liquid for your application. MVS QualAssure solutions can measure performance over a wide volume range of 0.0001 to 350 μL. QualAssure solutions are available for aqueous and non-aqueous volume transfers, including dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), PCR master mix-like (PCRMix ™) and serum and plasma-like solutions (SerumSub ™ and PlasProxy ™).
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QualAssure for MVS
Optimizing liquid classes can seem tedious but with an MVS, the process is fast and straightforward. Simply set up your assay and use the MVS reagent that best mimics your liquid. You can test different liquid class settings and then use the MVS to measure how the setting affects liquid handling accuracy and precision.
Aqueous QualAssure solutions will help you:
- Verify the accuracy and precision of all automated liquid handlers (1–384 dispensing tips) and handheld multichannel pipettes
- Measure performance over a wide volume range of 0.0001 to 350 µL
- Easily optimize liquid delivery volumes
PCRMix™ QualAssure are solutions for MVS that have been manufactured with a proprietary formulation that includes some of the main constituents that comprise commercial master mix. PCRMix is built to mimic the rheological properties of commercial master mix. It is an “off the shelf” solution that allows you to verify the volume of master mix that is dispensed by your automated liquid handler.
PCRMix QualAssure solutions will help you:
- Ensure master mix delivery volume is accurate and precise
- Decrease variability of PCR assay results and even false results
- A 100% DMSO QualAsssure solution has been developed for use with the MVS. DMSO QualAssure is capable of measuring volumes down to 10 nL. As with all MVS QualAssure solutions, results are traceable to international standards.
DMSO-based QualAssure solutions will help you:
- Ensure concentrations of compounds in assay plates by measuring nL volumes of 100% DMSO
- Measure performance of acoustic dispensing systems and other low-volume liquid dispensers
- Standardize nL volume delivery across liquid handler types with DMSO- and aqueous-based solutions
An easy approach to optimizing an automated liquid handler using PlasProxy QualAssure solutions with the MVS
This application note from Artel demonstrates an approach for rapidly optimizing a liquid class to dispense PlasProxyTM – a new MVS® QualAssure® solution that mimics the pipetting characteristics of various types of plasma – using an automated liquid handler (ALH).
Using PCRMix QualAssure for assessing liquid transfer performance with the MVS
This application note by Artel shows how the PCRMix QualAssure solutions replicate the liquid transfer properties of several commercially available PCR master mixes, making them reliable and ready-to-use reagents for determining liquid transfer performance using the MVS.
A new QualAssure solution to use with MVS: PCRMix
This technical bulletin provides information and instruction for using PCRMix QualAssure with the Multichannel Verification System (MVS) and Data Manager v3.5 software (or newer).
A new solution for optimizing PCR master mix liquid transfers
Download this poster to discover the latest solution in the Artel MVS product line that has been specifically engineered to reduce cost and time requirements in addition to generating the most accurate and reliable results for assays that contain master mix.
A dual-dye ratiometric photometry system for verification of multichannel liquid delivery devices
In this white paper, Artel presents the technical and scientific application of dual-dye ratiometric photometry in microtiter plates, upon which the Multichannel Verification System (MVS) is based. This report also documents the MVS components and describes its operating procedure. Examples of selected applications and comparisons to other calibration methods are also provided.
Testing liquid handler performance with PCRMix
In this video, Artel demonstrates the importance of using an appropriate test solution when optimizing a liquid handler to dispense master mix.
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Tuning in your liquid handler with PCRMix
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