Description
RoboLector Platform Overview The RoboLector XL system is an automated fermentation platform which combines the high-throughput fermentation and online monitoring capability of the BioLector XT microbioreactor with the precise and accurate liquid handling of a robotic system.
The RoboLector system autonomously prepares media compositions, among others, from the design of experiments (DoE) tests, followed by an online-monitored high-throughput cultivation.
Furthermore, pH adjustments can be made and inducers as well as feed solutions can be added to each cultivation well according to a pre-defined schedule or triggered by online process signals. Automated sampling into various targets including a cooling station facilitates optimal process monitoring and control.
Features of the RoboLector XL Cultivation Modes - DO or time controlled feeding
- Fed-batch with bolus feeding
- Repeated fed-batch
- Biomass dependent sampling or dosing
- Time dependent sampling or dosing
- pH adjustments
Online Trigger Signals - Biomass concentration
- pH, DO (using optodes)
- Fluorescent molecules (GFP, YFP, DsRed ...)
- NAD(P)H and riboflavins
- Process or induction time
- Working volume
Advantages - Automated upstream processing of up to 48 parallel cultivations
- Continuous operation 24 hours/day and 7 days/week
- Plug & Play disposable technology
- Design of experiments (DoE)• Detailed process understanding in short time
- Excellent pipetting accuracy (< 5 %, 50 - 950 µl) and reproducibility (CV < 5 %, 50 - 950 µl)
- Reliable scale-up to lab-fermenters
- Fast and easy data analysis
- A valuable tool for PAT and QbD
- Processing units possible (for custom made solutions)
Applications - Automated sampling
- Automated induction
- Induction profiling
- Synchronized process manipulation
- pH profiling
- Feeding profiling
- Media preparation
- Process characterization
- High-throughput protein expression
- Automated upstream processing with microbial cultures