title: Automating MALDI sample plate loading.
abstract: We describe the design and implementation of a generic robotic solution to automate the loading of MALDI sample plates into a mass spectrometer. The soft- and hardware aspects are described together with the various safety issues that need to be addressed. The automation increases throughput by a factor of between 5- and 80-fold.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Robotics and Protein Technology, Lund University, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolmsjö
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D012449:Safety; D012984:Software; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*