全自动微生物克隆挑取系统
仪器介绍
QPix 420系统提供了一系列功能,以满足微生物菌落采集的各种要求,包括多种成像模式、生物特异性挑选、琼脂高度传感器和检测可变生物样本的特定算法。此外,本仪器还配置了其他功能,包括样本重新排列、复制、有色筛选和区域筛选。
参数
| Camera (white light only system) | CCD Camera, image resolution: 22 pixels /mm. Field of view: 62 x 46 mm. |
| Camera (white light and fluorescence system) | CCD a. Camera, image resolution 22 pixels /mm. Field of view: 32 x 24 mm. b. Fluorescence illumination, five standard wavelengths included: Ex /Em: 377 /447 nm for DAPI /Hoechst; Ex /Em: 457 /536 nm for FITC /GFP; Ex /Em: 531 /593 nm for Cy3 /DS Red; Ex /Em: 628 /692 nm for Cy5; Ex /Em: 531 /624 nm for Rhodamine /Texas Red. |
| Destination plate capacity | a. Picking: 12 plates; b. Replicating and re-arraying, maximum of 20 plate positions. |
| Source plate capacity | Without manual intervention: 1 x 15 cm petri dish; 5 x 9 cm petri dishes; 2 x OmniTrays; 1 x 22 cm QTrays. |
| Picking destination plate type | Various, 24, 48, 96 or 384-well, including deep well. |
| Picking height | Various, 24, 48, 96 or 384-well, including deep well. |
| Picking head | Fully pneumatic, 96 pin picking/long head. Interchangeable heads for other applications. |
| Pin drying | Proprietary halogen pin drying station |
| Wash bath | 3 x static wash baths |
| Picking capacity | 3000 colonies per hour in white light, 2000 colonies per hour in fluorescent light |