University of Warwick Robotics And Bioreactor Shared Resource Laboratory

The Robotics shared resource laboratory is equipped with high-throughput liquid handling platforms, capable of automating benchtop laboratory protocols. The robots have been routinely used for assays, plate replication, colony picking, transformations, antimicrobial screening and yeast 1 and yeast 2 hybrid screens. Automation enables increased accuracy, consistency, reproducibility, higher throughput, removal of human error, protection from infection samples and repetitive strain injuries. Within the Bioreactor shared resource laboratory, we are able to optimise the culture conditions in small volume (~3mL) and scale up to 7L vessels. An integrated robotic platform enables media preparation and subsampling/dosing during fermentation.