mosquito crystal

mosquito^® crystal

The crystallographers' favourite liquid handler

Bringing together speed, accuracy, and high precision pipetting of nanolitre volumes with zero cross-contamination from a disposable tip.

Incredible power at the heart of your liquid handling processes

reduced set-up time and training requirements

walk-up and use technology which even novice users can master quickly

robust day-to-day performance even in heavy use

proven reliability with no blocking or clogging

protein samples go further and screen consumption is vastly reduced

access volumes as low as 10 nL on multi-aspirate

faster screening of crystallization space for less sample

rapid and accurate drop set-up across a wide viscosity range

flexibility to easily switch methods to suit individual projects

able to set-up all traditional (non-LCP) protein crystallization experiments

accuracy and precision, irrespective of liquid class

true positive displacement pipetting

Get the most from your precious protein samples

With mosquito crystal, you can use smaller volumes of precious protein sample with no risk of cross-contamination. This results in cost savings and allows more extensive screening. You can automate all the popular protein crystallization screening techniques (hanging drop, sitting drop and microbatch as well as seeding or additive screening plate preparation) without the need to make set-up changes to the instrument.

Perfect drop formation for optimal protein crystallization

mosquito’s unique nanolitre liquid handling technology can perform multiple aspirations before a single dispense, which is essential for automating seeding and direct addition of additive screens to the drops. You can even dispense a combination of solutions simultaneously, with additional mixing if required, ensuring perfect drop formation for optimal protein crystallization.

Innovation

Bring the benefits of positive displacement pipetting into your lab

mosquito’s unique nanolitre liquid handling technology enables you to perform ‘traditional’ liquid handling tasks at a fraction of the volume, higher speeds and with lower dead volumes. mosquito’s disposable positive displacement pipette tips can directly aspirate sample, dispense or multi-dispense and even mix all in nL to µL volumes.

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We're revolutionizing liquid handling

Our liquid handling portfolio provides you with accurate and repeatable nanolitre to microlitre pipetting, every time, irrespective of liquid viscosity or environmental conditions.

Built for pure performance

Our liquid handling instruments use innovative technologies within products to provide real world benefits to researchers.

We produce robust, reliable and easy to use products that overcome difficult technical challenges so that you can focus on solving the scientific ones.

Pipetting technology

Each of our disposable micropipettes has its own individual piston, not an air gap or system liquid, offering true positive displacement pipetting with no risk of cross-contamination.

Humidity control at your fingertips with up to a 90% reduction in drop evaporation

Sample evaporation can be a problem when dispensing very low volumes or volatile samples, causing inconsistent drop volumes, especially when environmental conditions and local humidity vary. mosquito’s active humidity chamber reduces experimental inconsistencies by allowing users to control the relative humidity (RH) of each experiment.

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Intuitive by design

Our software is as focused on usability as it is on functionality. We strive for an intuitive user experience that matches the requirements of each scientific application. Through collaboration with scientists, our software team develop and enhance the instrument UI to provide the optimal user experience and facilitate adoption into novel application areas.

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Enhance your protein crystallization research

We also offer additional components to enhance your protein crystallization screening, such as a humidity chamber and spool cover.