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If you had a choice of equipment for your lab, what items do you think would be essential for advanced biological science research? We have a pretty well stocked lab, but I add one piece of equipment every year. We would be looking for something that would last for a minimum of 10 years, be scalable and versatile but still fit in a relatively small lab. Getting access to core facilities is very difficult so we have to plan...
Also, can anyone recommend a couple of good options for a
1. bench top flow cytometer
2. bench top sequencer (is it worth getting a next get sequencer)
3. Any thing else?
Thank you!
Leya
Our lab has been very happy with the ease of use and performance of BC's CytoFLEX bench top flow cytometer. Its also quite customizable (filters, lasers), wheich can be unlocked temporarily when needed for a much cheaper price than the fully permanently unlocked equivalent. It also has a 96-well plate adapter, which allows higher through put. Unfortuntely I only have experience with this bench top cytometer. All i can say its better than the older generation of flow cytometers, rather than better than its competitors.
Given that more and more lab equipment is plate compatible, perhaps an idea would be a 96-well pipetting robot station? Its something on my wish list. It should be more precise than hand pipetting and can also save on time. These have existed for a while and costs have fallen.
Thank you! Could you tell me how big it’s foot print is? How much did it cost you?
I would recommend a small lab device called Pipette Genie. It was really helpful when dealing with a lot of samples on 384 well microplate. Here is their website, if it helps.
https://www.pipette-genie.com/
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