Laboratory Automation & Customization Solutions
Complete solutions for a fully integrated lab automation workflow
Explore lab automation-ready workflows for an end-to-end, high-throughput screening solution
Automation and customization solutions include scientists and engineers who can customize our instruments, as well as automate entire workflows to meet the specific needs of your assay, method, or protocol. We take a consultative approach to understand your application requirements and recommend labware, lab robotics, and software solutions that best match the unique needs of your application.
At the new Organoid Innovation Center at Molecular Devices we showcase these cutting-edge technologies with novel 3D biology methods to address key challenges of scaling complex 3D biology.
Features
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Turnkey service
We share our application and instrumentation expertise and propose solutions. We test solutions in-house and, upon validation, install at your facility. We then follow through with on-site support.
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Scalable automation
The Automation & Customization Team can adapt our instruments to seamlessly integrate into larger lab automation workstations. We also design and test whole workstations from scratch.
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Hardware customization
From custom labware, to unique transfer pins, or special handling requirements, we’ll work to find a solution and prove it through validation.
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Software customization
We can modify the programming interface of our instruments to match your application, integrate into LIMS or data management systems, customize a user interface, and control any custom-designed hardware.
Complete solutions for fully integrated lab automation workflow
No matter the scientific question or application at hand, an automated workflow can bring answers to light, faster. By integrating leading technology from across the industry into a flexible, customizable workcell, researchers can greatly optimize their time in the lab and free up resources for other critical tasks, speeding discovery.
Industry-leading technology from collaborators integrate seamlessly into the workcell, creating a truly end-to-end, automated workflow solution for any lab. From incubators, liquid handlers, and robotics to customized software and hardware—and with over 35 years of experience in the life science industry—you can count on us to deliver quality products and provide worldwide support.
- Lab automation for high-throughput, high-content screening (HCS)
Our automated, high-content screening workcell provides an end-to-end solution that helps standardize live 2D/3D cellular development process with cell culture, treatment, and incubation, through to imaging, analysis, and data processing, delivering consistent, unbiased, and biologically-relevant results at scale.
- Lab automation for high-throughput plate-based assays
Plate-based assays form the cornerstone of many laboratory research programs. Explore our fully-integrated, automated workflow solutions for biochemical assays such as ELISA, DNA/RNA quantitation, MTT cytotoxicity, or binding/affinity or cell-based assays such as CRISPR, viral titer, protein expression, bacterial growth, or cell signaling.
- Lab automation for high-throughput clone screening
Scalable and simple-to-use products establish clonal populations for antibody discovery and cell line development. Our automated clone screening workflows integrate laboratory devices to increase your throughput and efficiency while reducing human interaction.
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Molecular Devices adds proprietary patient-derived organoid technology with acquisition of Cellesce
Molecular Devices adds proprietary patient-derived organoid technology with acquisition of Cellesce
- First-of-its-kind technology from Cellesce creates consistent patient-derived organoids for large scale drug screening
- Acquisition strengthens Molecular De…
Scientific Poster
Image-based phenotypic profiling using Cell Painting in a 3D breast cancer spheroid model
Image-based phenotypic profiling using Cell Painting in a 3D breast cancer spheroid model
Most potential oncology drugs fail the drug development pipeline, despite having promising data for their efficacy in vitro. This further incentivize the need for identifying in vitr…
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Scientific Poster
Automation for organoid assays – An integrated system with high-content imaging
Automation for organoid assays – An integrated system with high-content imaging
Three-dimensional (3D) cell models that represent various tissues are being successfully used in drug discovery and disease modeling to study complex biological effects and tissue ar…
Publications
How cardioids can usher in the next generation of drug discovery
How cardioids can usher in the next generation of drug discovery
We recently partnered with HeartBeat.bio to automate and scale the production of cardioids — 3D cell models of the heart that can more accurately recapitulate human biology.
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Publications
What an innovation centre means for 3D biology
What an innovation centre means for 3D biology
In April 2021, we launched our Organoid Innovation Centre (OIC), an initiative designed to help scientists leverage the potential of 3D biology throughout the drug discovery process.…
Blog
Advanced technology for automated 3D biology workflows #SLASEurope2022
Advanced technology for automated 3D biology workflows #SLASEurope2022
SLAS Europe 2022, hosted numerous sessions packed with the latest research on emerging topics as well as sessions and panel discussions focused on how to build, and succeed, in a…
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News
Molecular Devices expands global R&D hub in Austria
Molecular Devices expands global R&D hub in Austria
Larger site will be future home of the Organoid Innovation Center – Salzburg, a collaborative space for advancing automated cell line development, organoid development, and scree…
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Molecular Devices and HeartBeat.bio announce collaboration to automate and scale cardiac organoids for high-throughput screening in drug discovery
Molecular Devices and HeartBeat.bio announce collaboration to automate and scale cardiac organoids for high-throughput screening in drug discovery
SAN JOSE, Calif., and VIENNA, Sept. 12, 2022 – Molecular Devices, LLC., a leading provider of high-performance life science solutions,…
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Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine – Technology and Methods Presented at ISSCR 2022
Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine – Technology and Methods Presented at ISSCR 2022
It was another great year at ISSCR 2022! Leaders from across the globe came together to discuss new technologies, share insights, and explore the newest breakthroughs in stem cell…
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An automation journey for a high-throughput ELISA workflow
An automation journey for a high-throughput ELISA workflow
As your lab’s needs expand, automating every step of an intricate workflow provides exponential value. From increased walk-away time and throughput to reduced human error and improved…
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Blog
How automated organoid cell cultures are developed, imaged, and analyzed
How automated organoid cell cultures are developed, imaged, and analyzed
3D cell models are becoming increasingly popular for studying complex biological effects, tissue functionality, and diseases. Their ability to self-organize and mimic…
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Scientific Poster
Phenotypic profiling based on the Cell Painting assay
Phenotypic profiling based on the Cell Painting assay
Multiparametric high-content screening approaches, such as the Cell Painting assay, are increasingly being used in many applications ranging from drug discovery programs to functiona…
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Scientific Poster
Automation of the organ-on a chip assay: automated culture, imaging and analysis of angiogenesis
Automation of the organ-on a chip assay: automated culture, imaging and analysis of angiogenesis
There is a critical need for biological model systems that better resemble human biology. Three-dimensional (3D) cell models and organ-on-a-chip (OoC) structures representing various…
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Scientific Poster
Intestinal organoids for automated screening assays. High content imaging and analysis of organoid morphology
Intestinal organoids for automated screening assays. High content imaging and analysis of organoid morphology
Here we describe a workflow for automation of organoid culture. The automated method utilizes an integrated work-cell, consisting of several instruments providing automated cell cult…
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Life Science and Technology Predictions for 2022
Life Science and Technology Predictions for 2022
For three decades, Molecular Devices has made scientific breakthroughs possible for academic, pharmaceutical, government, and biotech customers with its innovative life science…
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Organoid Innovation Center
Organoid Innovation Center
The Organoid Innovation Center showcases cutting-edge instruments that work harmoniously together for autonomous, long-term, 3D and 2D live cell culture growth and monitoring with in…
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Engineering Next-gen Organoids with Automated Lab Workflows at #SLAS2022
Engineering Next-gen Organoids with Automated Lab Workflows at #SLAS2022
SLAS2022, the Society for Lab Automation and Screening conference offered another exciting year for learning about innovative laboratory technologies. Whether you attended in-person…
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Scientific Poster
Automation of 3D organoid culture workflow with deep-learning based image analysis
Automation of 3D organoid culture workflow with deep-learning based image analysis
3D cell culture as a model system is increasingly popular because it recapitulates the in vivo microenvironment better than 2D cell cultures. Organoids have the capacity for stable d…
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Scientific Poster
Automation and high content imaging of 3D triple-negative breast cancer patient-derived
Automation and high content imaging of 3D triple-negative breast cancer patient-derived
Triple negative breast cancer is a clinically aggressive tumor subtype, with high rates of metastasis, recurrence, and drug resistance. Currently there are no clinically approved sma…
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Scientific Poster
Improving the robustness of Cell Painting with a near-infrared label and advanced image and data analytics
Improving the robustness of Cell Painting with a near-infrared label and advanced image and data analytics
Image-based phenotypic profiling approaches, such as the widely-used Cell Painting assay, use high-content imaging along with multiparametric readouts to study biological, genetic, a…
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Lab Automation 101: Inside Access From Our Subject Matter Expert
Lab Automation 101: Inside Access From Our Subject Matter Expert
In life sciences, more is more. Obtaining a great body of data that is consistent and insightful to get a qualitative and quantitative overview of your model is critical. However,…
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Innovation at Molecular Devices: Updates in Automated, High-Content Imaging
Innovation at Molecular Devices: Updates in Automated, High-Content Imaging
From customer feedback to workflow improvements The path to understanding complex biological processes and diseases is paved with a lot of challenges. As the desired level of…
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Publications
Talking Techniques | Organoids: advancing drug discovery and cancer research
Talking Techniques | Organoids: advancing drug discovery and cancer research
"As the transition from 2D to 3D cell cultures, or organoids, as the gold standard for modeling basic biology and disease continues, these models are being utilized in ever m…
Application Note
Organoids for disease modeling and in vitro drug screening
Organoids for disease modeling and in vitro drug screening
We describe an automated integrated system that would allow automated monitoring, maintenance, and characterization of growth and differentiation of organoids and stem cells, as well…
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Project Profile: Organoid Innovation Center
Project Profile: Organoid Innovation Center
Lab Manager speaks to Dan O’Connor, vice president, drug discovery, Molecular Devices, about the company’s Organoid Innovation Center in San Jose, CA. The center is 180 sq. ft., with…
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Publications
Shaping the Future of Organoid Research
Shaping the Future of Organoid Research
Molecular Devices, a provider of innovative life science technology, recently unveiled a brand new, first-of-its-kind Organoid Innovation Center. Situated at the company’s global hea…
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Scientific Poster
Lung organoids as an assay model for in vitro assessment of toxicity effects by 3D high-content imaging and analysis
Lung organoids as an assay model for in vitro assessment of toxicity effects by 3D high-content imaging and analysis
Organoid models have increasingly gained popularity in biologic research and screening to recapitulate complexity of real tissues. To model the in vivo human lungs, we have cultured…
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QPix™ Chroma Filter Thin Film Optical Filter for Blue/White Colony Selection
QPix™ Chroma Filter Thin Film Optical Filter for Blue/White Colony Selection
The QPix™ Chroma Filter is a thin film translucent optical filter that provides a robust method to confidently select and pick rare expressing bacterial colonies based on color inten…
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3D Imaging Seminar Series
Automate your 3D biology high-throughput workflows
Leverage automated, end-to-end workflows to enable complex organoid assays
Automating culture and high-content imaging of 3D organoids for in vitro assessment of compound effects
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