8:30am-5:00pm, 6 May 2010, Boston, MA, USA

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Course Tutors:
Douglas Gurevitch
Petar Stojadinovic

 

We regret to announce that the following course has been cancelled

Liquid Handling Boot Camp

This course will be held with the RNAi & miRNA World Congress, Epigenetics World Congress and Genomics Automation Congress.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Robotic liquid handler technicians
  • Robot maintenance personnel
  • QA-QC personnel
  • Laboratory automation engineers
  • Laboratory managers
  • Users interested in hands-on experience with liquid handling robots
  • Anyone planning to purchase liquid handling equipment


HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

  • Master the terminology & methods of automated liquid handling
  • Practice optimal pipetting techniques
  • Understand reagent & chemical compatibility issues
  • Become familiar with validation/QC testing techniques & options
  • Learn proper decontamination techniques
  • Operate real liquid handling robots with liquids of various viscosities & handling characteristics


BOOT CAMP COURSE TOPICS
Lecture

  • Introduction to liquid handling robots
  • Safety Issues
  • Liquid handling terminology, issues and techniques
  • Reagent and chemical compatibility and handling issues
  • Validation and QC techniques and options
  • Decontamination protocols

Lab Workshop

  • Hands-on dispensing with the following robotic liquid handlers:

Perkin-Elmer Janus®
Hamilton Nimbus NVS®
Eppendorf epMotion
Tecan Freedom Evo®
Velocity11 VPrep and more...

  • Liquids of varying viscosities
  • Dispense height
  • Dispense speed
  • Air gaps
  • Foamy head problems
  • Mixing techniques
  • Tip-by-tip performance measurement

Paper lab coats and gloves will be provided if desired. Please bring protective lab glasses or goggles.