Artel To Lead Workshop on Best Practices in Automated Liquid Handling
Hands-on course speeds up learning process by providing immediate and quantified experiment results.
Westbrook, ME (September 14, 2010) - Artel, the worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance, announced it will conduct a hands-on workshop on Best Practices in Automated Liquid Handling at the Tecan US headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. Tailored for lab technicians who work with automated liquid handlers on a regular basis, the October 28 workshop will utilize state-of-the-art liquid handlers and Artel performance measurement technology, to help attendees work through-and solve-common, but critical issues affecting liquid handler performance.
Using the Artel MVS® (Multichannel Verification System), Artel application specialists will lead the workshop, focusing not only on how to identify and resolve problems, but also on how to develop and optimize liquid handler quality programs. Attendees will be able to explore and master methods to get the maximum performance out of their liquid handler for assay specific situations. After collecting objective data and analyzing and interpreting the results, workshop participants will be able to apply their knowledge to revise liquid handler parameters for optimal performance.
"Our goal for this workshop is to provide lab operators with the knowledge necessary to get the most out of any liquid handling platform," says Keith Albert, Technical Marketing Manager for Artel. "Understanding how liquid handler settings affect both accuracy and precision in assay results can help lay the foundation for QA and QC best practices in the lab. The hands-on exercises we've devised for this workshop will help lab operators sharpen their abilities to recognize and adjust their scripts to meet the tolerance limits set for their assays."
Using the Artel MVS, workshop participants will learn firsthand how to establish best practices guidelines in their labs to:
Allowing lab operators to understand the behavior of their liquid handlers to monitor trending, evaluate accuracy and precision, diagnose errors, and optimize methods.
Making it easier for lab operators to prevent liquid handling problems during execution of pre-transfer work by understanding their assay and generating effective documentation.
Ensuring measurement consistency between operators, methods and liquid handlers-regardless of make, model manufacturer or location.
"Regardless of whether you are working in drug discovery, biopharmaceutical QC, clinical diagnostics, forensic analysis-or any other demanding field-you need assurance that the liquid handlers used for your processes are all performing to a common, dependable standard," adds Albert.
For more information about registering for Artel's Best Practices in Automated Liquid Handling workshop, please visit www.artel-usa.com.
About Artel
Artel is a worldwide leader in liquid handling quality assurance. Artel manufactures the most accurate, precise and easy-to-use systems for ensuring data integrity in any process requiring liquid volume measurement. Artel systems, based on proprietary Ratiometric Photometry, conform to ISO 8655-7 and provide results traceable to national and international standards to ensure reproducible data and regulatory compliance. In addition, Artel provides liquid handling quality assurance support and consultation services including on-site Pipetting Technique Training and Quality Management Certification for pipette users and laboratory managers, and Liquid Handler Performance Verification services for automated laboratories. Since 1982, Artel technology has been proven in daily use in thousands of laboratories including pharmaceutical, clinical, forensic, public health and environmental. Leading institutions such as Amgen, ARUP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Centers for Disease Control, DuPont, Eli Lilly, FBI, Genentech, Genomic Health, Good Samaritan Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, U.S. FDA and UCLA depend on Artel technology to help them meet their objectives for quality and productivity. For more information, contact Artel at 25 Bradley Drive, Westbrook, ME 04092; Tel: 207-854-0860; Fax: 207-854-0867; Website: www.artel-usa.com.
