\nWhen I let the OT-2 run these tasks itself, I save two hours of tedious sample dilution and liquid transfer time per assay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Now, the robot frees my hands. My time no longer needs to be occupied by ELISA; I can set up the protocol and leave. When I let the OT-2 run these tasks itself, I save two hours of tedious sample dilution and liquid transfer time per assay. This is much faster than if I were to do it by hand, and also allows me to use the waiting time more efficiently to do other work while running the ELISA test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I'm also very happy with its accuracy, which is higher than manual testing and reduces a lot of unnecessary duplication of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opentrons: Can you tell us more about how the OT-2 frees up your hands? <\/strong>Annabel:<\/strong> Doing these ELISA tests requires a lot of arm movement and finger pressure, and staying in the same position for a long time can easily cause neck and back pain. They also require a high degree of concentration and energy, which can be tiring. But with the OT-2, almost no physical or mental effort is required, which is great for people with neck and back problems and also helps maintain our focus and energy levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOpentrons: Did you encounter any difficulties setting up the OT-2? <\/strong>Annabel:<\/strong> We did encounter some difficulties. During the initial calibration, the tip is supposed to move over the sensor, contact five points and then pop off, but after touching one of the points, the tip does not pop off but presses deep, causing the tip to bend. Opentrons tech support sent me a new sensor and it's working fine so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI'm very happy with Opentrons' technical support; they're very responsive, they're great and patient, and they're really trying to help me solve my problem. It's nice to have help like this when you know nothing about your device and are on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opentrons: Did you use any laboratory automation equipment before using the OT-2? <\/strong>Annabel:<\/strong> No, I don\u2019t have any experience with laboratory automation equipment. I've always done pipetting manually and it's a very tedious job.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOpentrons: Do you have any other automation projects planned? <\/strong>Annabel:<\/strong> No. We mainly use OT-2 for ELISA kit testing. Currently, I don't see other applications, but we are happy to use it to handle such tedious tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOpentrons: Is there anything else you would like to share with everyone about using OT-2? <\/strong>Annabel:<\/strong> This device looks very nice. It makes our lab look modern. Everyone is interested in it. They would keep asking me \u201cWhat is this?\u201d and \u201cWhat can you do with it?\u201d and they got really excited when they saw the pipetting arm moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Annabel Shang is responsible for developing antibody drugs at MilliporeSigma. She conducts antibody drug discovery by performing ELISA experiments using an Opentrons OT-2 pipetting robot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":570,"template":"","class_list":["post-569","case","type-case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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