Thermo Scientific CataLyst Express Workstation

A highly reliable handling solution for around-the-clock, walk-away operation. The Thermo Scientific CataLyst Express is ideal for labs desiring a highly capable, low-risk introduction to automation — or for automated labs requiring smaller yet high-throughput islands of automation. aoaoyWorkstation Laboratory Express CataLyst Scientific Thermo

High Throughput, Extreme Automate Virtually Any • Sample preparation/solid-phase Flexibility in One Compact Application extraction Automation Platform A ready-to-use solution, the CataLyst • Barcode print and apply The Thermo Scientific CataLyst Express easily automates benchtop Express packages the benefits of our assays. A single workstation can Proven Industrial-Strength and integration expertise in a perform multiple assays Robotics compact, highly reliable microplate simultaneously. Now, researchers can The CataLyst Express incorporates loading system. Its error-free rapidly set up and run virtually any industrial robotic technology packaged technology offers the application, including: specifically for microplate moving confidence to maximize walk-away • Genomics applications. Its dexterous articulated time and assay throughput. provides 5 degrees of freedom, — DNA purification The system easily automates virtually allowing for highly accurate any application, including the loading — Gene expression positioning and plate placement. The and unloading of complex instruments. — Sequencing reaction setup system’s 360-degree base rotation With speeds up to three times faster covers a maximum work area and than competing plate movers, the • Proteomics allows very flexible instrument CataLyst Express gives you: — Protein purification placement. • Greater walk-away time with — Protein crystallography Rugged and reliable, the robotics will extensive storage options perform repetitive tasks over long — Protein digestion/MALDI sample hours without effort. With little • Lower maintenance costs with preparation downtime due to an MTBF of over minimal service • High-content/cell-based screening 50,000 hours, the system lets • Higher asset utilization • Primary and secondary screening laboratories benefit from maximum • Faster time to results asset availability and very low • ADME/Tox maintenance costs. The CataLyst Express is the ideal • ELISA platform to alleviate big-system bottlenecks and increase productivity. “This is a remarkable system that provides a timely solution to our problem of efficiently screening a small set of compounds against many assays. The multiple Thermo Scientific Multidrop units with integrated six-port valves, large plate capacity, and ability to nest assays allow us to run multiple quenched assays simultaneously with full walk-away capability.The robot and software perform flawlessly. Based upon these results, we have decided to push forward with additional purchases.” — Major pharmaceutical company

Thermo Scientific POLARA® Software Our proven POLARA scheduling software controls all system components and instruments to handle a broad range of applications. POLARA automates multiple applications and schedules them simultaneously for high-throughput processing. It supports overlapping operations to maximize component usage and minimize wait times. The attractive Thermo Scientific EasyTeach user interface makes setup and configuration effortless by showing the robot’s path to the system’s instruments. In addition, POLARA features robust error handling, run recovery, and batch extension that allow users to continuously run the system. No other lab automation software packs so much productivity, flexibility, and simplicity into one powerful package.

Endless Upgrades & Storage Expert Integration Your research needs will never Our applications support team helps outgrow the Thermo Scientific transform your research ideas into CataLyst Express. The system is reliable, effective automation solutions. designed for virtually unlimited Our have managed upgrade options and an extensive laboratories and know how to solve the offering of peripherals. From adding a complex problems you face. Their few instruments to transforming your expertise in , , and lab into an ultra-high-throughput assay development creates the system, the CataLyst Express will grow systems and processes that best meet with your needs. your most demanding needs. The CataLyst Express comes with plate Our team identifies your research fingers and three microplate hotels requirements, checks your that are configurable to best suit your specifications for accuracy, conducts application. The highly flexible system throughput analysis, and designs the can be easily expanded to system layout to ensure the accommodate up to 760 stacked plates automation platform is optimized for or 285 random-access plates by using your applications. With the the Thermo Scientific microplate experience of countless system carousel. Even with the above- integrations, our applications support mentioned storage, the CataLyst group can provide counsel on third- Express still has 180 degrees of party equipment, suggest the best workspace available to access several instruments/peripherals, facilitate other instruments. future upgrades, and expedite integration with upstream and downstream data.

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