title: Modular tube/plate-based sample management: a business model optimized for scalable storage and processing.
abstract: Modular approaches to sample management allow staged implementation and progressive expansion of libraries within existing laboratory space. A completely integrated, inert atmosphere system for the storage and processing of a variety of microplate and microtube formats is currently available as an integrated series of individual modules. Liquid handling for reformatting and replication into microplates, plus high-capacity cherry picking, can be performed within the inert environmental envelope to maximize compound integrity. Complete process automation provides ondemand access to samples and improved process control. Expansion of such a system provides a low-risk tactic for implementing a large-scale storage and processing system.
authors.affiliation: TekCel, Inc., Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA. steve.fillers@tekcel.com
authors.forename: W Steven
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Fillers
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D015723:Gene Library; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011786:Quality Control; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*