NextGen公司推出界面友好的新型自动化产品

使用两种“自动友好的”产品能够为样本跟踪和实验室分类提供完全彻底的解决方案，而且能够减少误差并增加效率。

第一种产品在96孔板上含有埃希氏菌属大肠杆菌菌株作为化学成分，已经明确可以作为自动化。每块板具有独有的条带编码，包括培养板的部分编号、批号编码以及这块板的唯一的区别号码。这就能够很容易的在NextGen科学公司的orchestratorIMS数据库中详细记录这些孔的数据，正是这家公司研发了这种产品。

OrchestratorIMS是一种信息控制系统，整合了基因处理软件和样品、试剂跟踪数据库以及自动基因克隆和蛋白质表达机器平台。这套软件提供了虚拟设计和表达产物之间的无逢链接，使得研究人员能够计划、协调、执行、监测以及跟踪克隆与表达过程。NextGen的表达工厂和表达工作平台可以整合orchestratorIMS，能够允许数据在自动机器与数据库之间进行实时交换，用于协调的操作。

NextGen科学公司的Kevin Auton博士说：“在收到孔板之后，一次简单的条带编码扫描即可将这些孔所包含的所有信息输入orchestratorIMS之中，允许操作者能够建立和记录所有类型孔的信息以及贮存地点和应用情况。”
 
New Automation-Friendly Products
 
The launch of two new consumable products that are “automation friendly” is designed to provide a complete solution for sample tracking and laboratory cataloguing while reducing errors and increasing expression effectiveness.

The first product includes high efficiency Escherichia coli strains as chemically competent cells in 96 well plates, which have been validated for automation. Each plate has a unique barcode that includes the plate’s part number, batch number, and a unique identifier for the plate. This makes it easy to inventory the cells within the orchestratorIMS database of NextGen Sciences (Huntingdon, UK), which developed these new products.

OrchestratorIMS is an information-management system that integrates gene manipulation software and a sample- and reagents-tracking database with robotic platforms for automated gene cloning and protein expression. The software provides a seamless link between the process of designing an expression construct virtually and their development and expression in the laboratory, enabling researchers to plan, coordinate, execute, monitor, and track cloning and expression strategies. NextGen’s expressionfactory and expressionworkstation platforms are integrated into the orchestratorIMS, enabling data to be exchanged in real time between the robotics and the database for truly orchestrated operations.

“Upon receipt of the competent cells, a simple barcode scan will enter all of the information about the cells into orchestratorIMS, instantly enabling the user to create an inventory, recording the type of cells, their storage locations, and availability,” said Dr. Kevin Auton, CEO of NextGen Sciences.