HITMan: a versatile and flexible High-Throughput Microbe Handler Universiteit Antwerpen
Microbes are often used as models to study complex processes. Large experiments with microbes are also used to develop new antibiotics or superior industrial microbes. In many cases, the success of a project relies on testing hundreds or thousands of cells, strains or compounds. Advances in robotics have now enabled automating these tests. We apply for a versatile, state-of-the-art microbehandling robot that is custom-designed to meet the needs of each of the 17 applicants. The set-up allows to carry out a wide range of protocols in an automated way, starting from the cultivation step to ...