Hudson Control Group Delivers ProLink™ Proteomics Workcell To Major Pharmaceutical Customer
27 Sept 2006Boehringer 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.