In this webinar, Dr. Michael Mina shares his team’s efforts to overcome challenges in scaling infectious disease surveillance using serological testing and flexible automation. In our increasingly connected world, infectious disease outbreaks have become all too common and costly. Quick identification of the next outbreak will require a new public… Read More

Boston University DAMPLab’s Lead Lab Specialist Rita Chen created a prototype COVID-19 diagnostics workflow using Opentrons in three months. Here’s how. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s Design, Automation, Manufacturing, and Prototyping (DAMP) Lab was tasked with creating a diagnostics workflow in three months. DAMPLab’s… Read More

Here’s a directory of customized open-source 3D printed labware and accessories for the OT-2. Opentrons believes every scientist should have access to the tools they need for their research – it’s why all of our software and hardware is open-source. It’s also why many researchers have created customized… Read More

Opentrons COVID-19 Testing System can help labs running public health surveillance projects immediately scale up and screen 2,400 tests per day. Our mission at Opentrons is to accelerate life sciences through broader access to lab robotics. The world needs this capacity now more than ever. Population-scale testing for… Read More

Opentrons built the world’s most affordable fully-automated thermocycler to give our community more affordable, open-source, automated lab equipment. At Opentrons, we believe that all scientists should be able to pursue their research regardless of resources, and that lab automation should be affordable, flexible, and easy-to-use. Our mission is… Read More

Researchers from all life science disciplines rely on nucleic acid extraction. Automating it can ensure better Researchers from all life science disciplines rely on nucleic acid extraction to initiate experiments in applications from basic research to more complex ones including biomarker discovery, cell free diagnostics, epidemiology, and microbiomics. Once extracted,… Read More

Nucleic acid isolation is a cornerstone technique in molecular biology. Many labs use manual purification protocols for this, but they have four downsides. Nucleic acid isolation is a cornerstone technique in molecular biology, providing the starting material for most wet lab applications. However, isolating the material is only half the… Read More

Accuracy in lab experiments is critical, but often difficult to achieve–especially in life science labs. Here are 3 areas where automation can help. Accuracy in lab experiments is critical, but often difficult to achieve–especially in life science labs. This is largely because many protocols and procedures are done by… Read More

Future life science labs will require skill sets in automation, open-source tech, AI, and many other emerging areas. Here’s what you need to know. In the early 00’s, wet lab skills in molecular biology, cell biology, and proteomics were key to anyone seeking a job in the life sciences. While… Read More

Life science lab automation today is poised in the same place computers were in the 1970s: about to make the transition from a niche novelty to mainstream ubiquity. Life science lab automation today is in the same place computers were in the 1970s: about to make the transition from a… Read More