TTP LabTech’s “hit-picker” can sample any well - PICK THE HITS WITH MOSQUITO® X1

Royston, UK – MipTec 2005 sees the launch of TTP LabTech’s mosquito^® X1, a nanolitre “hit-picking” version of the highly successful mosquito^® liquid handling system. By offering precision sampling of individual wells, researchers can quickly select “hits” from primary screening plates and transfer them directly to the next screening stage without further dilution - making assay miniaturisation a reality.

With disposable pipette tips, mosquito^® X1 guarantees zero cross-contamination and its unique positive displacement pipetting technology allows it to sample low volumes from any individual well in 48-, 96-, 384- or 1536-well plates. Using the multidispense option, mosquito^® X1 can dispense into multiple wells - or wells within multiple plates - from a single aspiration, thus increasing speed and saving on consumables for sample replicates.  

The list of samples to be picked can be specified either from the user-friendly software, or via a worklist input file which may be created by third-party tools such as Microsoft Excel or a database system. 

The mosquito^® X1 nanolitre hit-picker can pipette accurately and reproducibly throughout the 50nl-1.2μl range, producing CVs of <10% at 50nl, and can pierce aluminium and PET plate seals with a cycle time of 5 seconds. The disposable tips eliminate cross-contamination worries, and working at such small volumes helps to reduce assay costs significantly. The mosquito^® X1 integrates with common plate handlers offering capacity for up to 200 plates and vastly increased walk-away time. 

The mosquito^® X1 will be on display at stand A41 at the MipTec 2005 exhibition in Basel, Switzerland. 

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About TTP LabTech Ltd

Based near Cambridge, UK, TTP LabTech is part of TTP Group plc, one of the world's most successful technology companies. TTP LabTech’s mission is to provide practical and innovative solutions in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries by combining the best science with first-rate engineering. TTP LabTech’s products are designed to increase efficiency, effectiveness, flexibility or overall capability in key biopharmaceutical research processes including compound storage (comPOUND^®), low volume liquid handling (mosquito^®) and fluorescence detection (Acumen Explorer™).