Microfluidics

Secondary Screening Workstations – The emergence of compact turnkey solutions that work By Dr John Comley With the launch of new workstations focused on secondary screening applications not only are we witnessing the shrinkage of laboratory automation but we are seeing the emergence of true walk-away solutions, ie set up the system, press start and […]

Fine-tuning the technology strategies for lead finding By Sandra Fox, Dr Shauna Farr-Jones, Dr Lynne Sopchak and Dr Helen Wang HTS has become the workhorse of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies’ drug discovery efforts, with expanding responsibilities and increasing pressures to screen more targets with better compound libraries to find high-quality leads. HTS groups have taken […]

Nanolitre Dispensing – On the point of delivery By Dr John Comley Precise low-volume liquid handling methodologies are still sought after by those interested in enabling miniaturised HTS. This article reviews the need for nanolitre dispensing and provides a current perspective on those emerging technologies that have the potential to deliver in the short term. […]

The lab on a chip and its impact on drug discovery by Dr Simon Cowen and Dr Coulton Legge Few technology developments have had as profound an effect on society as the invention of the microchip integrated circuit in the 1960s. Since then, the power of electronic circuits has increased while their cost in real […]