Learn how PIXL’s ability to pick and image a 96-well plate of colonies within minutes is essential to AHMB uncovering a high rate of novel microorganisms from “microbial dark matter”. PIXL is central to their platform as the picking speed helps maintain diversity and preserve viability in anaerobes. Read the full article and watch the demonstration video on the Singer Instruments website.
Robotic technologies, including Singer Instruments’ PIXL colony picker, are driving the discovery of previously uncultivatable microorganisms at the Australian Human Microbiome Biobank (AHMB), which opened its doors for sample collection in June 2024.
Working with Australian distributor BioTools, Suzanne took charge of overseeing PIXL’s installation inside an anaerobic chamber, as part of a semi-automated workcell custom-built to meet the high throughput needs of microbiome banking.