Picking, gridding, replicating, re-arraying and compressing or expanding libraries may be performed.

Picking
GSL sells two pieces of hardware required for the QBOT Picking set-up; QTrays and flat-bottom, Genetix Microtitre 96-well plates.

QTrays are filled with user-created agar, grow colonies of E.coli, and fit the QBOT so these colonies may be picked off the agar. FILL a QTRAY EVENLY and EXACTLY with 200 mL of AGAR. This is the default picking height; any more or less agar may hinder or stop subsequent E. coli growth.

Genetix microtitre, 96-well plates are filled with the user-created agar and are inoculated by the QBot with colonies picked from the QTray. Seventy microliters per well is an ideal volume for these plates and may be added using the QFill.

Genetix Q-Fill
The Q-Fill may be used to fill Genetix 96- and 384-well plates with media for subsequent use with the Q-Bot or other applications.

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