Pipetting robot - 202511

Summary

The tender concerns acquiring a flexible pipetting robot for Havforskningsinstituttet's Molecular Biology Laboratory in Bergen. The instrument shall integrate into the genotyping and next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow based on a two-step PCR methodology and will primarily be used to construct NGS libraries and prepare them for sequencing. The robot will perform DNA template transfer and addition of mastermixes and primers, purify PCR products (e.g., using magnetic beads), conduct automated quantification, and perform library normalization based on DNA concentration as well as library pooling. Planned throughput is 20,000–30,000 samples per year, in a workflow typically running on 4 x 96-well plates with reaction volumes of 5-20 uL. In the future, the workflow may include 384-well plates. Since the instrument will be used post-PCR, the design must allow efficient cleaning and thorough decontamination. We seek a fast instrument with high capacity, pipetting precision and accuracy—even at low reaction volumes. It must also be flexible with an intuitive user interface so that programs can be created and modified by staff without advanced programming skills.