Labcyte Echo liquid handlers

Labcyte has produced an innovative non-contact liquid handling technology that is claimed to produce faster and more accurate results than traditional pipetting methods. Utilising sound energy, Echo acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology will be useful to scientists involved in drug discovery, compound management, genomics research, synthetic biology, proteomics, functional screening and other research applications.

Echo systems are said to provide improved data quality with lower risk of cross-contamination, carryover or leachates when compared to use of pipette tips. They also offer precise, low-volume liquid transfers that should help to miniaturise assays, reduce reagent costs and conserve precious samples. High-throughput ‘any well to any well’ transfers meanwhile enable the rapid execution of highly complex, multicomponent assays and experiments.