Microplates and the automated handling of nanoliter to microliter volumes are ubiquitous in modern, industrial-scale life sciences. The pressure to increase throughput and reduce costs in areas such as drug development, diagnostics, synthetic biology, personalized medicine, and next-generation sequencing drives an ongoing reduction in assay volumes. If experiments require less material, more of them can be performed. Smaller volume also means lower reagent costs and less consumption of precious samples in limited supply.
Measuring and controlling sample and liquid transfer volumes is the key to reproducibility: Why do two experiments yield different signals? Is one drug candidate more potent, or one patient sicker than another? Are observed differences due to actual science, to equipment variability, or to other things such as unexpected (and unaccounted for) sample evaporation? Interpreting differences due to actual science is valuable while (mis-) interpreting differences due to other factors represents a cost: less confidence in data, otherwise unnecessary replication of experiments, higher reagent spend, and more consumption of precious samples.
Knowing liquid volumes with a high degree of accuracy and precision is critical for high quality experimental data and for the correct interpretation of results: aliquot volumes directly determine reagent concentrations, one of the most important parameters in any experiment.
What if you could optimize workflows and drastically improve quality control by tracking actual sample volumes through each step in your process? What if you could compensate for variations in sample and transfer volumes and detect equipment malfunctions in near real-time, with a technology that:
Meniscense was founded to bring this vision to your lab.
Measuring and controlling sample and liquid transfer volumes is the key to reproducibility: Why do two experiments yield different signals? Is one drug candidate more potent, or one patient sicker than another? Are observed differences due to actual science, to equipment variability, or to other things such as unexpected (and unaccounted for) sample evaporation? Interpreting differences due to actual science is valuable while (mis-) interpreting differences due to other factors represents a cost: less confidence in data, otherwise unnecessary replication of experiments, higher reagent spend, and more consumption of precious samples.
Knowing liquid volumes with a high degree of accuracy and precision is critical for high quality experimental data and for the correct interpretation of results: aliquot volumes directly determine reagent concentrations, one of the most important parameters in any experiment.
What if you could optimize workflows and drastically improve quality control by tracking actual sample volumes through each step in your process? What if you could compensate for variations in sample and transfer volumes and detect equipment malfunctions in near real-time, with a technology that:
- Is completely non-contact and non-destructive
- Offers very high resolution
- Works on any liquid
Meniscense was founded to bring this vision to your lab.