Tecan has become Fortebio's preferred automation partner for real-time, label-free assays to support bioprocess and drug-discovery workflows.
The companies have worked together to integrate the Fortebio Octet 384 platform, consisting of the Octet RED384 and the Octet QK384, on Tecan's Freedom EVO liquid-handling workstation.
The result is a robust, off-the-shelf integration that offers increased walkaway time and optional liquid handling for assay-plate setup.
Tecan has designed a Freedom EVO deck extension plate to mount the Octet 384 instrument securely on the right-hand side of the workstation.
A robotic manipulator arm performs automated transport and handling of plates and sensor trays, and an eight-channel liquid-handling arm with fixed or disposable tips is used to prepare assay plates.
A Multi-channel Arm (MCA), with a 384- or 96-channel pipetting head, can also be specified for higher throughput applications.
Fortebio's Octet platform enables reliable high-throughput measurements for protein-protein, protein-peptide, protein small-molecule and fragment-screening assays, using the Dip and Read biosensors.
The Octet systems use biolayer interferometry (BLI) to provide real-time, label-free analysis of biomolecular interactions.
