Tecan and Phynexus have developed standard processes for automating protein purification using Phytip columns integrated onto a Freedom Evo liquid-handling platform.
The Freedom Evo is equipped with a liquid-handling arm and a Multichannel arm and is controlled using specially adapted scripts of standard Freedom Evoware operating software.
Although primarily used for protein purification, the disposable Phytip columns can be supplied packed with various types of resin.
The majority of Phytip columns do not require additional hardware, the only exception being gel filtration columns, which use a specific Phynexus rack and are transported on the Freedom Evo platform by a robotic manipulator arm.
According to Kevin Moore, Tecan's director of market and application management for Biopharma, the automation solution will increase Tecan's offering to the bioprocessing community.
