mosquito® LV
Cost effective assay miniaturisation with mosquito LV, the nanolitre liquid handler
Incredible power at the heart of your liquid handling processes
simplified assay miniaturisation with a user-friendly instrument
easily accessible low volume pipetting
eliminate cross-contamination
disposable pipettes for ensuring assay integrity
maximising reagent use and preserving precious sample
ultra low dead volumes as low as 0.2 µL
high throughput plate preparation
rapid plate to plate pipetting motion and tip exchange
aspirate, dispense and even mix in any SBS plate type or format
versatile at low volume
accuracy and precision, irrespective of liquid class
true positive-displacement pipetting
Serial dilutions the mosquito way; low volume and high speed
mosquito is changing the way serial dilutions are done; the ability to aspirate from ultra low volumes of sample (dead volume as low as 0.2 µL), dispense and efficiently mix, makes it the perfect liquid handler for low volume serial dilutions. With less than 2 µL of your precious stock solution, mosquito LV can prepare a full dilution curve and stamp it out into multiple assay plates in a matter of minutes.
Minimise compound wastage and maximise screening output
mosquito LV offers an accurate and easy to use solution to miniaturising any assay within an automated, high throughput setting. With mosquito LV, you can use smaller volumes of precious compound with no risk of cross-contamination. This results in cost savings and allows more extensive screening. mosquito is simple to use and allows you to reformat from any plate type or format to another, it can even access low profile microtubes, and hence eliminate the need for intermediate mother plates.
Bring the benefits of positive displacement pipetting into your lab
We're revolutionising 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 performance
Our liquid handling instruments use innovative technologies within products to provide
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.
Low-volume accuracy and precision
mosquito
- outstanding accuracy: with an average of less than 3% error throughout the volume range
- unrivalled precision: CVs of 3% (average across the volume range)
mosquito volumetric performance, measured with Artel MVS
targetvolume |
relativeinaccuracy |
precision(% CV) |
| 50 nL | -1.3% | 7.5% |
| 100 nL | -3.7% | 4.0% |
| 600 nL | 5.1% | 0.9% |
| 1,200 nL | 4.4% | 0.9% |
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.
Versatile workflow integration
mosquito liquid handlers have been integrated with a wide variety of third party laboratory instrumentation, including robotic plate handlers, stackers and bulk liquid handlers, to achieve walk-away operation in many application areas.
Featured applications
mosquito LV liquid handling robot can be used for miniaturising a wide range of applications that require accurate low volume pipetting without the risk of cross-contamination
Serial dilution
Plate reformatting and replication
Acoustic ready source plate set-up
High-throughput MALDI-TOF MS
Technical specifications
15.5 in (17.3 in) x 18.5 in x 27 in
What our customers say
Using the mosquito [LV] and the functionalities of its software we were able to setup a very robust and accurate IC50 dilution series process in the 384 well plate format. We have been supplying this service to our customers for over a year with continuing positive feedback. A great device for dilution series and plate replication in sub microliter volume ranges.
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Consumables
Accessories & spares
Our world-class support commitment
For complete peace of mind our support engineers provide various levels of service and support to suit our customer’s needs, in-house capabilities and expertise.
Technical Support
Service Agreements
Applications Support
Training
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