The new ID NIMBUS® Presto assay ready workstation from Hamilton Company offers fast, hands-free nucleic acid extraction of high-volume evidentiary samples such as calcified tissues and other challenging samples. The compact system is conveniently pre-configured and qualified for use with the PrepFiler Forensic DNA Extraction Kit from Thermo Scientific and frees analysts....

Hamilton Company introduces the compact Microlab® Prep™ automated liquid handler as an ideal entry-level solution for those transitioning away from manual pipetting in 96- and 384-well microplates and other sample vessels. In addition to the standard configuration consisting of two independent pipetting channels, the Microlab Prep is available with a high-speed multi-probe head, as well as a configuration containing both pipetting technology types for the utmost in flexibility and speed....

Hamilton Company and Enable Biosciences are pleased to announce their collaboration to provide fully automated processing of up to 96 liquid biopsy samples at one time using a novel ultra-sensitive and highly specific immunoassay in a hands-free workflow. The immunoassay, currently available for research applications in Type I diabetes, Lyme disease, allergy and HIV testing, is intended to support development of early stage....

Robust, High-Throughput Solutions Help Cannabis Testing Facilities to Support Product Quality and Consumer Safety while Reducing Turnaround Times. Hamilton Robotics and Medicinal Genomics continue to combine their respective strengths to benefit the rapidly expanding and evolving cannabis testing market. As such, assay technologies based on Medicinal Genomics’ vast expertise in cannabis genetics are optimized for use on...

Hamilton Storage introduces a new member of the LabElite® product family with the launch of the LabElite DeCapper SL. The LabElite DeCapper SL rapidly decaps sample containers to increase sample throughput and improve overall laboratory efficiencies without risks of manually-derived errors and contamination. This compact model is approximately 20% smaller than the well-known LabElite DeCapper, and is easily integrated into hands-free, automated workflows using liquid handling platforms...

6-Channel Head Automates Capping and Decapping to Reduce Hands-On Time and Hassles. Hamilton Storage announces the availability of a 6-channel head to cap and decap large format tubes such as the Nunc™ Low Profile 5.0 mL Externally-Threaded Universal Tubes. Many researchers prefer the large format tube geometry as it enables storage of solid and liquid samples up to several milliliters, with easy access using forceps or standard-length pipette tips....

State-of-the-art facility in high-tech industrial park will accommodate the company’s continued growth trajectory. Hamilton Storage GmbH, a global leader in automated sample management systems, announces that it has relocated all operations to a high-technology industrial park in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. The Company is the first business to open within the industrial park and will be followed in due course by...

Automated gel electrophoresis combined with liquid handling workstations vastly improves time and efficiency for sequencing and associated quality control. Hamilton Robotics is proud to integrate the LightBench® with Ranger® Technology from Coastal Genomics onto the NIMBUS® Select and all Hamilton liquid handling platforms...

Will store 3.5 million biospecimens, including over 150,000 aliquots from 25,000 participants, as part of the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts joint collaboration

Hamilton Storage announces that their Hamilton BiOS^® automated storage system was selected for use in the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts (BIOM-Mass) project; a collaborative effort between....

Automated Whole-Genome Sequencing Approach Provides Confidence in Results with Increased Sample Throughput and Decreased Turnaround Time

Hamilton Robotics continues to strengthen their ongoing partnership with Illumina, Inc. through the collaborative development of the VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution for high-throughput noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow is a simple six-step process for up to 48 or 96 samples at a time...

New ZEUS LT Pipetting Module Combines Pipetting Intelligence with the Ability to Fully Customize the Z-Axis

Hamilton Company now offers a choice of intelligent pipetting modules, between the well-known ZEUS^® and the new ZEUS LT OEM pipetting module. Each incorporates Hamilton’s industry leading pipetting technology, reducing the integrator’s learning curve and getting instruments to market faster. Both are ideal for analytical instrument and clinical diagnostic systems....

New Options and Features Increase Flexibility and Convenience

The Verso^® automated sample storage system from Hamilton Storage provides new flexibility for medium- to large-capacity storage needs from ambient to −20°C. The modular format now includes the Verso S1 SE configuration, which is ideal for laboratories with ceiling heights as low as 7.10 ft (2.4 m)....

With 35 million biospecimens, cohort biobank will be one of the world’s largest

Hamilton Storage and Hamilton Robotics announced today that they will build automated sample storage and liquid handling systems to be used in the biobank infrastructure for Mayo Clinic, which was awarded funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the All of Us Research Program (formerly the Precision Medicine Initiative’s Cohort Program)...

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announced that Hamilton Company will serve as the Premier Sponsor at SLAS2015, the fourth-annual conference and exhibition of the Society.  

“SLAS is pleased to welcome Hamilton as our Premier Sponsor at SLAS2015,” said Greg Dummer, SLAS CEO.  “Hamilton’s longstanding support of our Society, and this annual event in particular, is most gratifying and worthy of recognition.  SLAS is proud to call Hamilton a partner and to thank them for their support that enables the Society to deliver an event and exhibition of the quality and scope of SLAS2015...”