Lab Automation Resource Center
Learn from your peers how to start, build methods, and troubleshoot.
Implementing, using and maintaining an automated workstation can be complex undertaking with a steep learning curve, but you do not have to go through it alone.
We have compiled this comprehensive library of resources to support you wherever you are in the process, from consideration through troubleshooting.
Looking to automate your workflow but not sure where to start?Find the Lab Automation Resources You Need
Explore our collection of How-to Guides to learn how to get started with building an automated workflow and which questions you should be considering throughout the process.
Automating Your Lab
Thinking about bringing automated systems into your lab? Learn what questions you should be asking.
Selecting Lab Automation Instruments
Learn how to determine what you need from an instrument and a service provider.
Automating Nucleic Acid Extraction
Learn what steps you’ll need to optimize to create an automated nucleic acid extraction workflow.
Building Liquid Classes
Learn about considerations and tips for building liquid classes.
Automating DNA/RNA Extraction from FFPE
Learn how to automate the extraction of nucleic acids from FFPE tissue.
Automating cfDNA and cfRNA Extraction
Learn how to overcome the challenges of cfDNA and cfRNA extraction.
Automating Viral Nucleic Acid Extraction from Plasma, Saliva, Feces & Swabs
Learn how to automate viral nucleic acid extraction from viscous samples.
Core Lab Solutions & Support
Learn about the technology, custom solutions and expert support we can provide to help you run an efficient and innovative core lab.
Webinars & Videos
Learn about the fundamentals of lab automation, how to optimize and troubleshoot your automation, and more with our videos and on-demand webinars.
Webinar
Learn How to Automate Nucleic Acid Extraction
Explore how to efficiently build and troubleshoot an automated nucleic acid extraction workflow.
Webinar
Simplifying Lab Work: A Guide to Laboratory Automation Using Liquid Handlers
Learn practical tips for choosing an automation partner, navigating instrument capabilities and optimizing protocols.
Video Education Series: Automating Nucleic Acid Extraction
Part 1: Basic Chemistry and Robotics
Thinking about bringing automated systems into your lab? Learn what questions you should be asking.
Part 2: Controls and Experiments
Learn how to define your performance standards and optimize a manual magnetic particle based method that meets those standards in order to test.
Part 3: Working with a Robot
Learn how to work with a liquid handler robot, the types of instruments available, and provide tips for developing liquid classes for your system.
Part 4: Optimizing and Troubleshooting the Automation
Learn how to optimize each of the six stages of automated magnetic particle-based nucleic acid extraction.
Blogs
Automation Insights
High-Throughput Automation
Benchtop Automation
Getting Started with Lab Automation
Does the thought of implementing high throughput processes intimidate you or cause you stress? Do you need help automating or making changes to your nucleic acid purification workflow? Maybe you have not previously considered automation, but are experiencing growing pains in your lab related to your current workflow?
We know automating your workflow can seem daunting, with so many options to choose from and numerous variables to consider. Whether you are at the beginning stages of planning your automation or need help optimizing or troubleshooting your workflow, this collection of resources has the information and tools to support every step of your automation journey.
Looking to automate your workflow but not sure where to start?
Connect with an ExpertFeatured Products and Solutions
Learn about instrumentation and chemistries to best fit your laboratory's needs, from medium throughput automation through liquid handlers.
Benchtop Automated DNA & RNA Extraction
Learn about our load-and-go chemistries and instrumentation.
High-Throughput DNA & RNA Extraction
Explore automated nucleic acid extraction for any sample, scale, platform or application.
Automated Liquid Handler Assay Automation and Support
Accelerate your assay development with liquid handling solutions.
Featured Content
Automating Your Lab Worksheet
Looking to automate your workflow, but not sure where to start? This worksheet guides you through a series of questions to help you clearly define your automation goals and plan your project.
Case Studies
UniPath’s Move to a High-Throughput Extraction Process
Challenge:
UniPath needed to expand capacity for nucleic acid extraction but did not
have the personnel required to meet increased processing demands of
COVID-19.
Result:
A custom automated workflow using the Maxwell® HT Viral TNA Kit
accommodated challenging sample types and enabled processing of up
to 1,500 samples per day.
Automated Protocol for DNA Extraction from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Tissues
Challenge:
A clinical laboratory experiencing an increasing volume of FFPE biopsy
samples needed a solution for extracting high-quality DNA and RNA to use
in downstream diagnostic assays.
Result:
Automated processing using the Maxwell® HT extraction solutions and
existing laboratory instruments increased the number of samples the
laboratory could process and resulted in higher quality DNA than their
current protocol.
Application Notes
Our Maxwell® instruments, together with cartridge-based purification kits, offer rapid DNA and RNA extraction at scale from numerous sample types, from biofluids to microbes. Explore over 130 application notes with protocol details and purification data from a variety of samples of interest.