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As the dust continues to settle from the many phases of COVID-19 over the last 3 years, the landscape around lab automation has evolved in tandem. Labs had to rapidly adapt their processes to address strict social distancing protocols. As a result, many scientists leveraged automation to keep instruments running when people weren’t able to. […]

When you think of laboratory automation, you probably picture massive labs filled with robots, conveyor belts, and other equipment. What’s missing from that picture is the highly skilled people needed to design, implement, and maintain those installations. Laboratory automation is being held back by a lack of qualified experts. Our highly specialized field doesn’t enjoy […]

We are always excited to hear from customers about how our solutions are helping them make important discoveries and develop new products. In a recent article, Kenji Tabata, senior vice president and head of discovery intelligence, applied research, and operations at Astellas, described how his company uses automation to accelerate development of cell- and gene-based […]

In lab automation, establishing generally accepted standards will prevent fragmentation and simplify the process of integrating software, instruments, and devices in the lab. Unfortunately, standards development has taken a backseat to other priorities in the field. At Biosero, we think it’s time to change that. Today’s lab automation solutions provide sophisticated capabilities that might have […]

As 2022 draws to a close, we are looking back at the year and thinking about what made it special. The answer is the same every year: our customers! Knowing that we’re helping researchers achieve better results, enable new discoveries, and accelerate their projects is what keeps us coming back for more. As we worked […]

When it’s time to automate lab activities, the fact is that you can approach it from many angles. In-house automation engineering or outside help? Homebrew development of solutions or off-the-shelf products? Automate some or all of the workflow? Manually gather data or automatically collect data through digitization? But there’s one big choice you need to […]

In the past few decades, automation has become indispensable to life science research labs. But most scientists only learn about it once they’re working in a laboratory. Lab automation is so much more than a tool — for many of us, it’s an exciting and rewarding career. Not sure what we mean by lab automation? […]

Across the life sciences field, tradeshow events are back in full swing. Conference organizers continue to be careful about precautions to reduce transmission of COVID-19, and we think there will be fewer last-minute cancellations of meetings during the busy fall season compared to last year. Events held this past spring in the laboratory automation field […]

We see many manufacturers in the life sciences industry talking about how to get started with automation, often thinking about a liquid handler and branching out from there. The fact is that there’s a whole spectrum of automation, and liquid handlers are just one critical part. Let’s talk about the lab automation spectrum and what […]

When you think of laboratory automation, you might think of large robotic arms — the kinds that are bolted in place next to instruments they load with samples. But as automation evolves, customers are getting new options that tend to be more mobile, flexible, and agile. What are autonomous mobile robots? Autonomous mobile robots are […]

Automation is making a huge difference in accelerating key steps in drug discovery. In a recent article from Drug Discovery World, scientists from AstraZeneca and Biosero reviewed some of the many ways in which automation is now used in drug research and development. In this blog post, we’re summarizing the top article takeaways for a […]

At Biosero, we like to think of our customers as long-term partners, not as scientists doing a one-time search for an automation solution. We like to work collaboratively with our clients toward a shared vision: doing great science and generating meaningful results. Together, we create the best approach to meet their goals. Our collaboration with […]

In today’s competitive environment, automation is a valuable investment for research laboratories where scientists want to do more research on a smaller budget. With automation, scientists can optimize their experimental protocols to improve staff safety and reduce the risk of work-related injuries. This is especially true in high-throughput laboratories where routine, repetitive tasks can be […]

Scientists working in high-throughput research laboratories understand the need to automate their work processes but making a business case for embarking on an automation project can be difficult. At Biosero, we have extensive experience on this topic based on years of working with our customers. Let’s look at some factors scientists should consider when building […]

When scientists run experiments, they can track some of the more pertinent details, such as sample IDs and the experimental protocols they used. What’s harder to capture in real-time is all the associated metadata — such as how long samples were exposed to room temperature, the lot number of the reagents used, and data on […]

In high-throughput screening assays, researchers run large numbers of samples through the same experimental process. The more samples scientists run, the greater their chances of identifying hits corresponding to a phenotypic response of interest. Historically, this was the niche for automation in the laboratory setting. Scientists used robots to increase the number of samples they […]

The laboratory automation field is constantly evolving. At the macro level, one significant trend that we see at Biosero is that customers are starting to apply laboratory automation much earlier in the development process. It used to be that labs developed assays for their experiments and then automated them. Now customers are using automation as […]

Accomplishing cultural change on a large scale can be challenging because people are generally set in their ways. This is equally true in the field of laboratory automation. When introducing automation into a group, how can it be done in a way to encourage acceptance and overcome fears of job loss? Over the years, there […]

Many people use the terms “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” interchangeably. After all, they both refer to computational approaches that make things — for lack of a better word — smarter. But here at Biosero, where we build software every day, we must be very specific about terms like these. For anyone using software to control […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been fueled by the effects of more transmissible variants, including well-known variants originally identified in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. Newer variants emerging in California, New York, and India are also of great concern. The spread of these variants around the world has underscored the need for large-scale genome surveillance […]

The Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2020 in San Diego was a record-setting conference for Biosero. The three events we hosted drew crowds of people wanting to know more about our software, Green Button Go™, and workcell integration services. In our Green Button Go Tutorial and Panel, David Dambman, CTO was joined by […]