Nature Communications (May 2022)

Open-source personal pipetting robots with live-cell incubation and microscopy compatibility

  • Philip Dettinger,
  • Tobias Kull,
  • Geethika Arekatla,
  • Nouraiz Ahmed,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Florin Schneiter,
  • Arne Wehling,
  • Daniel Schirmacher,
  • Shunsuke Kawamura,
  • Dirk Loeffler,
  • Timm Schroeder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30643-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Liquid handling and pipetting tools can automate repetitive tasks but are far from universally used. Here the authors report the Pipetting Helper Imaging Lid (PHIL), an open-source liquid handling robot designed for inexperienced users, that they use for automated pipetting.