The world's population is growing and with it the demand for food and animal feed with clearly verifiable ingredients. This includes the protein content. This can be determined by nitrogen analysis – fully automaticated with the new N-Realyzer from C. Gerhardt. The laboratory system ensures high throughput, is low-maintenance and intuitive to operate. Among other things, it owes this to a valve block from Festo, which offers high tightness in gas distribution.

Seeds are the new gold. Why is that? Plant-based foods can feed an ever-growing world population. But climate change, pests and diseases threaten plant breeding. To help develop resistant seeds and make them available to agriculture, plant breeders need vast amounts of DNA. That is precisely why Synchron Lab has developed the "DNA factory", which is automated with handling gantries, electric axes, pneumatic grippers and sensors from Festo.

Als de coronapandemie ons iets heeft geleerd, dan is het wel dat laboratoria grote behoefte hebben aan een hoge doorvoer van monsters. Zelfs met hooggekwalificeerd laboratoriumpersoneel is het niet meer mogelijk om aan deze vraag te voldoen. Laboratoriumprocessen konden niet langer om de automatisering heen. Daarom heeft het Nederlandse bedrijf MolGen de Pureprep TTR ontwikkeld die 320 patiëntmonsters per uur kan prepareren voor verdere moleculaire verwerking. Ook aan boord: laboratoriumspecifieke automatiseringstechniek van Festo.

Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid. So how do specialists in laboratory automation manage to meet their quality requirements reliably and efficiently, even with high throughputs? How do they achieve reproducible results and avoid contamination? The Life Science webinar from automation specialist Festo provides clear answers to these and many other questions. When? On Wednesday, 16 June 2021, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (CET) at the following link: https://festo.com/liquidhandling-webinar