Automation Trainer, a supplier of liquid-handling quality-assurance measurement systems, will host a liquid-handling boot camp on October 23, 2009 at the National University campus in San Diego.
The seminar is a one-day interactive workshop in which students receive instruction and perform laboratory exercises on a variety of automated liquid handlers.
Artel provides the Artel MVS Multichannel Verification System which facilitates liquid-handler adjustments and optimisations by providing performance data for each volume transfer.
Liquid Handling Boot Camp begins with an instructional, classroom-style overview of the theory and science behind automated liquid handling and a review of its industrial applications.
Students then apply that knowledge on a range of liquid handlers under the supervision of Automation Trainer experts.
The hands-on portion of the seminar allows participants to experiment with numerous volume-transfer tasks and mixing techniques, including dispensing liquids of varying viscosities.
Issues such as dispense height, dispense speed, air gaps, and foamy head problems are also covered during the workshop.
The Artel MVS component enables students to verify the accuracy and precision of liquid dispensing with volume statistics on a tip-by-tip and well-by-well basis.
In addition to learning how to manipulate volume-transfer conditions to reach the desired accuracy and precision of the target volume, students also gain knowledge about using multiple liquid-handler types.
