Description
Compact system for automated colony picking, streaking, and liquid handling, plus color imaging
The QPix® FLEX™ is more than a colony picker — it’s an integrated microbial workcell purpose-built to streamline your entire microbial screening workflow. By uniting plating, streaking, colony picking, liquid handling, and high-resolution color imaging into one compact system, the QPix FLEX system replaces multiple instruments and eliminates tedious manual steps.
Backed by proven performance, the QPix FLEX workcell delivers more than efficiency — it delivers certainty. In triplicate testing, the system achieved >95% efficiency, 100% accuracy, and 0% contamination, giving researchers the confidence to move from colony to clone with complete trust in their results.
Compact enough to fit in space-constrained labs and engineered to operate within hypoxic chambers, the QPix FLEX system adapts to the environments where other systems fall short. Whether in academia, biotech startups, or high-throughput research labs, the QPix FLEX workcell accelerates discovery and standardizes workflows, all in one integrated platform.
Features: - High-Resolution Color Imaging - Advanced color and white-light detection enable precise colony classification by morphology and pigmentation, ideal for phenotype screening and diversity studies.
- Multi-Function Pipetting Head - Automates plating, streaking, hit picking, and liquid handling across multiple labware types, improving consistency and throughput.
- Swappable Tip System - Switch easily between sterilizable metal pins and disposable plastic tips, supporting sterility, sustainability, and cost flexibility without hardware changes.
- Integrated 2D Barcode Reader - Provides complete sample traceability from plating through picking, ensuring data integrity and simplifying regulatory compliance.
- Flexible Deck Layout - Modular design supports Petri dishes, PCR plates, tubes, and SBS-standard well plates, customizable for diverse workflows.
- Compact, Hypoxic-Compatible Design - Footprint fits standard benchtops and anaerobic chambers, enabling full automation even in low-oxygen or space-limited labs.