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SPT Labtech accelerates discovery with high-precision liquid handling automation

16 Feb 2026
SPT Labtech accelerates discovery with high-precision liquid handling automation

With 25 years of trusted innovation, SPT Labtech continues to advance scientific discovery through intelligent, high-precision automation. In this SelectScience interview, Caroline Wickramasinghe, Senior Product Manager for Core Liquid Handling, highlights two of the company’s flagship innovations: the dragonfly® discovery and mosquito®. Together, these liquid handling systems exemplify how intuitive software, robust engineering, and scalable automation are empowering scientists to adapt to new workflows, such as 3D cell culture, efficiently and with exceptional reproducibility.

This video was filmed at SLAS 2026.

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SPT Labtech

SPT Labtech’s aim is to offer pioneering, high calibre solutions to the life sciences industry. We focus on the creation, design, manufacture and support of robust, reliable and easy-to-use instrumentation as we believe that’s what today’s busy scientists deserve.

We provide state-of-the-art solutions developed for specific product areas including: cell-based screening, sample management, liquid handling and the management of analytical automation.

Our unique solutions offer you better tools and techniques, saving time and material costs and simplifying complex operations. We achieve this through our staff, who combine cutting-edge science with first-rate engineering, manufacturing and customer support.

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dragonfly® discovery

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dragonfly discovery enables innovative, low volume liquid dispensing that is compatible with a wide range of applications including molecular biology and genomics, biochemical assays, as well as cell- and bead-based assays. 

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