A portal to another world – Automated cell engineering in drug discovery

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

To better suit your schedule and time zone, this webinar will be offered in two separate sessions:

Session 1 broadcasting at 09:00 BST | 10:00 CEST

Session 2 broadcasting at 13:00 EDT | 10:00 PDT

Efficient delivery of biomolecules such as small molecules, proteins, peptides, and intracellular assays remains a critical challenge to both cell engineering and drug discovery across scales. While electroporation is widely used, it has high costs, low cell survival rates, and labor-intensive workflows. Mechanoporation offers a promising alternative, though traditional implementations have struggled to achieve scalability.

Join Dr. Armon Sharei, Portal Bio, and Dennis Condy, Eppendorf, as they discuss how the integration of advanced mechanoporation technology with automated liquid handling enables a cost-effective, high-throughput solution for next-generation cell engineering and drug screening workflows, while also maintaining reproducibility across experiments for greater confidence in results.

Who should attend?

  • Discovery and R&D groups across drug discovery and cell therapy

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Webinar details

  • Cost: Free to attend
  • Location: Online
  • Duration: 60 minutes

Registration is required to secure your place. If you register but can’t attend live, you will receive a link to the on‑demand recording once it becomes available.

Speakers

Dr. Armon Sharei
Dr. Armon Sharei
Speaker
Founder and CEO, Portal Biotechnologies, Inc.
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Dennis Condy
Dennis Condy
Speaker
Field Applications Specialist, Eppendorf
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Olivia Long
Olivia Long
Moderator
Editorial Team, SelectScience

epMotion® 5073

Eppendorf

These automated pipetting systems are perfectly suited for PCR and qPCR setup, nucleic acid purification as well as low-throughput NGS library preparation yet they retain the flexibility for use as open platforms for diverse automated liquid handling applications. The epMotion 5073 series automates and simplifies traditionally complex, labor-intensive pipetting tasks, saving time and improving the reliability and reproducibility of results.

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epMotion® 5075

Eppendorf

 The epMotion 5075 is the ideal solution for diverse liquid handling demands. It offers the same outstanding accuracy and precision as epMotion 5070 and 5073. The available options make the 5075 an excellent and flexible device for applications such as NGS library preparation, real-time PCR set-up, magnetic bead-based and filter-based purification, cell-based assays or any routine pipetting tasks.

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What will this webinar cover?

  • Uncover how mechanoporation opens a whole new galaxy of cargo delivery
  • Explore how to leverage automation to go beyond current drug screening and cell engineering workflows
  • Discover how to maintain reproducibility whilst boosting your sample throughput

Join the webinar to get answers to these questions:

  • How does mechanoporation enable efficient delivery of diverse biomolecular cargo?
  • In what ways can automation enhance drug screening and cell engineering workflows?
  • How does this approach compare with traditional electroporation in cost and cell viability?
  • What strategies help maintain reproducibility while increasing sample throughput?
  • How can these technologies be scaled for discovery, R&D, and cell therapy applications?

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