Hudson Control Group Delivers ProLink™ Proteomics Workcell To Major Pharmaceutical Customer

27 Sept 2006

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical's research group, located in Ridgefield, CT., has accepted delivery of Hudson Control Group's ProLink™ Proteomics Workcell.

The ProLink is a fully-automated protein expression and measurement system that completely automates the multiple tasks essential to BI's protein expression studies, including:

  • PCR reaction cleanup
  • Transformation, plating and outgrowth
  • Colony picking, inoculation and outgrowth
  • DNA minipreps
  • DNA quantification and normalization
  • Protein purification

The ProLink is unique in its scope, encompassing the entire protein expression process in one, fully-automated, integrated workcell. It includes a robotic colony-picker, automated incubator, robotic pipettors, reagent dispensers, plate sealers, thermal cycler, and plate reader, serviced by Hudson's PlateCrane and LabLinx microplate-handling robots.

The system is powered by Hudson Control Group's opportunistic SoftLinx™ scheduling software, which finds the quickest, most efficient ways for processes to be performed simultaneously. A user can run multiple batches in different stages of the process at the same time, or run any instrument individually even while operating another, fully automated run.

The SoftLinx™ software also optimizes equipment usage by enabling it to be used for different processes simultaneously. In addition, it enables easy integration of all the equipment within the ProLink Express™ workcell, including instruments from other manufacturers.

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