Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the availability, gratis, of a new technical poster to highlight the unique plate handling capabilities of Nautilus Lims for high throughput applications
Nautilus Lims contains plate handling functionality out of the box while remaining flexible in how it can be configured and extended to meet custom needs for easy modelling and integration of data originating from automated processes.
The poster, which was presented at the recent LabAutomation 2007 conference, is available free-of-charge via.
The new technical presentation discusses the specific challenges that a Lims is required to address when employed in high throughput environments.
Among others, these include intuitive user interface, configuration tools, integration with instrumentation and automation equipment and extensibility.
Furthermore, the poster stresses the importance of plate template and design and also the need for a Lims to be able to extend its functionality via custom hooks and codes when necessary.
The most common plate handling operations are detailed in the poster.
Replication - used to make multiple copies of plates.
Each replicate has the same dimensions and properties as the original.
Splitting - dividing one plate into several other plates.
Probing - adding another solution to the well positions within a plate.
Compressing - used to create new plates, each composed of smaller plates.
Pooling - used to pool the contents of source plates into a new or an existing plate.
Cherry-picking - selecting hits to be moved from source plates to new destination plates.
With built-in plate handling functionality and utilising a service-oriented architecture in Microsoft .net, Nautilus Lims ensures that organisations keep pace with changes in laboratory techniques, automate their processes and manage the ever-increasing data volumes.
To obtain a free-of-charge copy of the new technical poster, use the contact details provided here.
