TAP to showcase performance of Fill-It dispensing system at SBS Conference

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, announces it will be showcasing the performance of its Fill-It™, benchtop automated dispensing system with a fun "Man versus Fill-It Challenge" on Booth 517 at the Society of Biomolecular Screening (SBS) Conference, on April 11-15.

The 'Man versus Fill-It Challenge' is open to all scientists at SBS. To take part, challengers need to register at Booth 517 and then race against Fill-It to see how quickly they can unscrew caps, dispense with a pipette and finally replace caps on 24 vials. All participants will receive a gift and be entered into a prize draw.

Fill-It is widely used by screening groups to provide stock vials of frozen cells, as well as by cell banking and cell development groups. They have chosen Fill-It because it is the most efficient way to decap, dispense cells and recap a batch of screw-cap vials, processing a rack of 24 cryovial tubes in 2-3 minutes. Versions of the system are available for all the most popular vial and tube types (Corning, Greiner, Matrix, Micronic, Nalgene, Nunc and Sarstedt).

Fill-It fits easily into automated workflows as it uses SBS standard 24 and 96-way rack formats compatible with many liquid handlers and is compact enough to sit in a safety cabinet to maintain aseptic conditions. Fill-It can therefore create consistent quality stock vials for centralised cell line libraries, screening operations or cell banks.

Stephen Guy, Technology Group Manager at TAP: "Many scientists are not aware of how long it takes to unscrew caps, fill vials and then recap them or how this can increase exposure of their cells to cryopreservatives and contaminants. To show them how much faster Fill-It is than a scientist with a pipette, we decided to set up a fun 'Man versus Fill-It Challenge' at SBS this year. Scientists that have been away from the bench can see if they still have the pipetting skills and find out how good they are."

SOURCE The Automation Partnership