Scorpion – Cherry Picking & Normalisation

A fast pipettor with a small footprint that is proven, precise and reliable and that is perfect for managing cherry picking and normalisation workflows, relieving higher end platforms from these time consuming functions.

Scorpion’s high precision and low variability, achieves a coefficient of variation at or below 4.4% and a standard deviation under 0.11 across all sample populations including 2uL dispense volume. See Resources page for Application Note

CVs for 2uL and 5uL transfers of Tris/Fluorescein into a 384 plate transfers have been shown to be 4.6% and 3.8% respectively. Time to transfer 5ul 96 to 96 was 14 minutes and 55 minutes for 384 to 384.

 Capability Summary

  • High speed single channel robotic platform that operates with extremely precise movements to maximize throughput.
  • Small footprint perfect for handling cherry picking and normalisation workflows, relieving higher end platforms from these time consuming functions
  • Positive displacement head handles a wide range of fluid viscosities
  • Intelligent dispense sequencing minimizes set up time
  • Accommodates 6 SBS footprint tube racks or 24, 48, 96 or 384 well plates
  • Compatible with 50 µL to 1000 µL pipette tips with dispensing down to 1 µL
  • Deck will accommodate 96 racked 15 mL tubes, a deep well block and a rack of pipette tips for setting up plates from 15 mL tubes
  • Tip head design allows pipette tips to reach the bottom of 15 mL and 50 mL tubes
  • Liquid level sensing
  • Easily set up user-defined