The Automation Partnership (TAP) will showcase its Fill-It benchtop automated dispensing system at the Society of Biomolecular Screening (SBS) Conference, on 11-15 April.
The demonstration will include the 'Man Versus Fill-It Challenge', which is open to all scientists at the SBS.
To take part, challengers need to register at Booth 517 and then race against Fill-It to see how quickly they can unscrew caps, dispense with a pipette and finally replace caps on 24 vials.
All participants will receive a gift and be entered into a prize draw.
First introduced in 2008, Fill-It is used by screening groups to provide stock vials of frozen cells, as well as by cell banking and cell-development groups.
TAP claims Fill-It is the most efficient way to decap, dispense cells and recap a batch of screw-cap vials, processing a rack of 24 cryovial tubes in two to three minutes.
Additionally, versions of the system are available for all the most popular vial and tube types (Corning, Greiner, Matrix, Micronic, Nalgene, Nunc and Sarstedt).
Fill-It fits easily into automated workflows as it uses SBS standard 24- and 96-way rack formats compatible with many liquid handlers and is compact enough to sit in a safety cabinet to maintain aseptic conditions.
Fill-It can therefore create consistent quality stock vials for centralised cell-line libraries, screening operations or cell banks.
