Queensland Compound Library (QCL) has announced the acquisition and instalment of a third Compound sample store from TTP Labtech.
The purchasing of a third sample store, to integrate with its two existing Compound sample stores and Companion unit, comes a year after QCL became operational.
This purchase reflects the increased demand for compound management and logistics services now considered essential by Australian academia, medical research institutes, publicly funded research organisations and industry.
TTP Labtech's Compound sample store is a modular system where stores can be linked in parallel.
The self-contained modules can provide sample storage from ambient temperature down to -20C depending on the user's requirements.
Sample tubes can be cherry picked from all linked stores, thereby allowing throughputs to increase as the library grows.
The Companion unit connects Compound stores to provide fast, remote delivery or the storage of individual microtubes from an expandable sample library.
The QCL is claimed to be the only dedicated automated compound management facility for tube- and plate-based systems in Australasia and was the first facility of its kind worldwide to fully integrate modular storage and liquid-handling platforms.
It is a national resource that services a range of organisations in the region and all of the Compound stores are run at a nominal temperature of 18C.
The QCL's third Compound is a component of the Queensland Tropical Health Alliance: a collaboration between Griffith University, James Cook University, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the QLD state government (via the Smart State Innovation Fund - Innovation Building Fund scheme).
Dr David Camp of QCL said: 'The QCL has grown extremely rapidly during the last year with the introduction of more than 250,000 compounds, which has necessitated the purchase of another Compound sample store.'
