Phoenix Art Robbins Instruments Protein Crystallography System

The Hudson Lab Automation / Art Robbins Instruments Phoenix Protein Crystallography System is a multi position, high-throughput liquid-handling platform used around the world that incorporates a space-saving design with flexible dispensing options. The Phoenix provides increased efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It is designed to meet the demanding requirements of protein crystallography, high throughput screening and genomics laboratories. This unique instrument combines the precise low-volume dispensing capabilities of a syringe head with an on-the-fly non-contact nano dispenser.

The Phoenix has found its widest use in the Protein Crystallography area, where its accuracy, speed and precision makes it the perfect instrument for doing sitting drop, hanging drop and micro batching. It takes less than 50 seconds to dispense the protein and the screen to the small wells or membranes. The speed of dispensing the screen and protein eliminates the problem of evaporation even when dispensing as little as 100 nanoliters. Both the 96 syringe head and the nano dispenser have a large volume range. The (96) syringes are equipped with flexible needles that will not be damaged in the event of a misplaced plate. The (96) head can dispense from 100 nanoliters to 100 microliters and the nano dispenser has a range of 50 nanoliters to over 10 microliters.

The Phoenix accomplishes fast, efficient liquid handling by moving air-tight seals inside (96) or (384) precision glass syringes arrayed in microplate spacing. The innovative design of the Phoenix dispensing head allows users to easily remove the entire syringe head for servicing or for changing to a different syringe style. An operator can change syringe heads in minutes, without the use of any tools.

The removable head design enables users to optimize the configuration of the Phoenix for a specific application by installing the proper dispensing head. The 96-syringe head is available in 100, 250, 500, 1000 volumes with a choice of flexible, TFA-coated stainless steel or wide bore stainless steel needles-or choose the (384) head with flexible or stainless steel needles.

The Phoenix has nine assay positions: (6) source or destination, plate positions, (2) reagent positions, (1) wash station position, and 1 nano wash station. All motion is verified through the use of encoders. The deck will accommodate deep well blocks as well as 96, 384,1536, or 3456-well plates.