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Multidrop Pico Digital Dispenser
Take your accuracy and speed to the next level
Thermo ScientificTM MultidropTM Pico 1 and 8 Digital Dispenser offer enhanced dispensing precision with volumes between 11pL to 10uL in any well, eliminating the need for manual dilution while providing significant cost and waste reductions. Designed to enable assay miniaturization, boost productivity, and improve accuracy of results makes them ideal for a broad array of low-volume applications such as qPCR, dose response curves, drug screening assays and ELISA.
Multidrop™ Pico 8 Digital Dispenser
Multidrop™ Pico 1 Digital Dispenser
| Product Specifications | Pico 8 Dispenser | Pico 1 Dispenser |
|---|---|---|
| Plate Types | 12, 24, 48, 96, 384, 1536 well plate Plate height: 6-47 mm | 12, 24, 48, 96, 384 well plate Plate height: 6-47 mm |
| Number of dispensing wells | 4 - and 8 - well dispensing heads | 1 well dispensing head |
| Compatible dispensing heads | 8 - well dispensing head at 20uL and 4 - well | 1 - well dispensing head at 20uL and 4 - well |
| Number of fluids supported | Hold up to 8 different fluids in different wells at a time | One fluid at a time |
| Dispensing volume range | 11 pL - 20uL (8 - well dispensing head, 1 nL -200uL (4 - well dispensing head) | 11 pL - 20 uL or 1 nL - 200 uL |
| Precision CV | <= 8% | <= 8% |
| Dispense speed | 11 pL - 10 uL in seconds | 11 pL - 10 uL in seconds |
| Overall dimensions | 47 cm x 38 cm x 23 cm | 31 cm x 28 cm x 20 cm |
| Weight | 14.1 kg | 5.9 kg |
| Software compatibility | Used with PicoIT 8 | Used with PicoIT 1 |
| Automation capability | Yes, Pico 8 4 - well and 8 - well dispensing heads can be robot gripped and zero force inserted | No, Pico 1 requires manual loading dispensing heads and plates |
| Fluid compatibility | 70% - 100% DMSO or aqueous solutions* with:
| 70% - 100% DMSO or aqueous solutions* with:
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Benefits and Features
High-Performance Automated Liquid Handling
· Automated digital handling – precisely dispense consistent amounts of fluids into assay plates as low as 11 pL
· 40x greater speed – eliminate several workflow steps and achieve typical dose experiment in 15 seconds
· Capable of digitally randomized plate layouts to reduce edge effects and increase data integrity
Resource Saving
· Increase compound efficiency – use up to 10 times less reagent and sample with low dead volume
· Reduced labware waste – up to 90% labware waste reduction
· Avoid ergonomic injuries and rework associated with repetitive hand pipetting processes.
Easy to Use
· Dispense any volume in any well at any time
· Simplify assay set up with PicoIT software
· Flexible for ideal applications with large or small molecules into any well of any microplate
· Supports a variety of throughputs and reagent number variations
Application
- Drug combination study
- qPCR
- Biochemical assay
- Enzyme profiling
- Cell-based assay
- Antibody Therapies
- DMPK
- SARS CoV-2
- Secondary Screening
- Spotting
- Synthetic chemistry
- Assay development
Software
PicoIT Software- Easy to use with ready to use protocols
An easy-to-use Multidrop PicoIT software platform with application-focused wizards and a highlighted loading guide allows effortless and quick plate set-up and operation.
