Tecan Freedom EVO

The Penn State College of Medicine Research Core Facilities include a sophisticated Robotics Platform for automated sample preparation, dilution, mixing, and aliquoting, our Tecan Freedom EVO system. The Tecan robot is located in room T3108 in the new Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute building, and is operated under oversight provided by funding from the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute.

Capacities available:

• Useful for high-throughput pipetting, particularly when the project involves performing the same protocol multiple times
• Primary uses so far have been running multiple 96 or 384 well plates for various protocols (PCR, ELISA, dilutions, etc.)
• 8 channel arm – From 1-8 pipettes at a time to distribute liquid, useful for pipetting from troughs, test tubes, microfuge tubes, or 8 at a time along a 96 or 384 well plate
• 96 channel arm – All 96 tips pipette at one time, useful for pipetting from 96 well or 384 well plates to 96 well or 384 well plates

Demonstration of capabilities

 

 

 

Services and Scheduling

• Hourly Use: $27 per hour
• Scientific Consultation & Instrument Training: Currently no charges during start-up phase

To schedule an appointment to use the Tecan robot, including instruction on programming and using the system for beginners, please contact:

• Dr. Carla J. Gallagher (Director of the Facility) Phone: 717-531-2973 cgallagher@hmc.psu.edu
• Stephen Gugoff, BS Phone: 717-531-1075 sgugoff@hmc.psu.edu