Automation products
From the most complete suite of proven laboratory automation products for protein crystallography to custom engineered robotic products, Rigaku is a world leader in providing high-throughput mechanized solutions for synchrotron beamlines, labs and fabs.
Automation for protein crystallography
Crystallization of proteins is a critical bottleneck in structural biology. Hundreds of crystallization conditions must be examined to find one that produces a well-diffracting crystal. Automation can improve the success rate of this process. Rigaku offers a complete range of systems to automate each step of the protein crystallization process, from protein to crystal and from crystal to data collection and structure solution. In addition to crystallization and crystal handling automation, Rigaku provides complete solutions, including X-ray generators, X-ray optics, X-ray detectors, cryo systems as well as data acquisition and structure solution software.
CrystalMation™ — automated crystallization system
A fully integrated platform for protein crystallization, automating every step from custom screen making to crystallization trial imaging and analysis. Modular design means that CrystalMation systems can be configured to meet a wide range of requirements and grow with your needs. Each of the innovative workstations is available as a stand-alone instrument or in combination with one or more additional components.
CrystalTrak™ — database and automation control
From experiment design, to data analysis and data tracking, CrystalTrak is a complete crystallization software package that provides a chemical and crystallization database, analysis tools and methods for easily designing—and automatically controlling—crystallization experiments.
Alchemist™ II — liquid handling / screen maker
Create customized crystallization screens simply and easily, allowing the setup of any type of gradient and then automatically performing all the calculations. It features unique BirdFeederâ„¢ technology for non-contact dispensing and simplified stock management.
Phoenix™ RE — crystallization plate setup
Delivering complete crystallization plate setup, from reservoir filling to drop setting, the Phoenix RE couples a non-contact liquid nano-dispense unit with a 96-channel dispense head for rapid sitting drop plate setup.
Minstrel™ HT with Gallery™ 700 — high-throughput crystal imaging with automated plate incubation
Simultaneously supporting two Gallery 700 incubators operating at different temperatures (shown), the Minstrel HT system automatically images plate wells and links images with crystallization experiments.
Desktop Minstrel — crystal imaging and analysis system
With its extensive list of options, the Desktop Minstrel can be configured to meet a broad range of budgetary and performance requirements, from low-throughput research applications to ultra-demanding, high-throughput, drug discovery programs. The optional Gallery 160 Plate Hotel (shown to the left of the Desktop Minstrel) adds more plate capacity and provides random access plate storing and imaging on both a batch and scheduled basis.
Desktop Minstrel UV — ultraviolet crystal imaging and analysis system
The Desktop Minstrel UV is the world's first fully automated UV imaging and protein crystal monitoring system. This unique system uses UV fluorescence imaging of fluorescing amino acids in proteins to clearly identify protein crystals and distinguish them from non-protein crystals, such as salt.
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