mosquito^® LV crystal

mosquito LV crystal helps scientists to automate and streamline liquid handling workflows in protein crystallography drop setting and beyond while enhancing research quality and productivity.

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Fast, accurate, and precise pipetting for protein crystallography

The original mosquito LV crystal combines speed, accuracy, and high precision pipetting of nanolitre volumes with zero cross-contamination from a disposable tip. Volumes as low as 10 nL on multi-aspirate allow researchers to make the most of precious protein samples while benefiting from the adaptability to easily change methods to accommodate individual projects.

Enabling experimental flexibility

By automating commonly used protein crystallization screening techniques including hanging drop, sitting drop and microbatch as well as seeding or additive screening plate preparation the instrument enables experimental flexibility. The instrument also offers researchers the flexibility to setup all traditional (non-LCP) protein crystallization experiments as well as enabling some other screening methods such as serial dilution work.

Walk up and use technology

Even novice users master use of the mosquito crystal quickly, minimizing set up time and increasing productivity. The intuitive touch screen application-driven software and quick and easy experimental guides for rapid setup streamline the overall user experience.

Designed for seamless workflow integration

mosquito crystal integrates seamlessly with a wide variety of laboratory instrumentation, including robotic plate handlers, stackers and bulk liquid handlers to achieve walk-away operation in many application areas.

Access volumes as low as 10 nL on multi-aspirate

mosquito crystal enables researchers to use smaller volumes of protein sample and reduce screen consumption to realize substantial cost savings.

True positive displacement pipetting delivers exceptional accuracy

The instrument harnesses innovative positive displacement pipetting by using disposable micropipettes with individual pistons to deliver exceptional accuracy and precision, irrespective of liquid class.

Track record of reliability

Robust day-to-day performance with no blocking or clogging maximizes uptime, and safeguards research outcomes.

High performance technology

Our liquid handling instruments harness innovative technology to streamline workflows and accelerate research.

Robust, reliable, and easy to use, our products overcome tough technical challenges and enable researchers to focus on the best science.

True positive displacement pipetting

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 robustly control the relative humidity of each experiment.

Intuitive by design

Our application led software for protein crystallography combines usability and functionality, with an intuitive user experience tailored to each scientific application. Through collaboration with scientists, our software team develops and enhances the instrument UI to provide the optimal user experience and facilitate adoption into novel application areas.

Enhance protein crystallization research capabilities

Additional components such as a humidity chamber and spool cover enhance protein crystallization screening capabilities.

Technical Specification

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Pipetting range	25 nL - 1.2 µL	Throughput	2 minutes/ 96-well plate
Primary SBS plate formats	48, 96 and 384	Accessories	Active humidity chamber and spool cover
Weight	27 kg (59 lbs)	Dimensions (W x D x H)	390 mm (790 mm 5 plate deck) x 470 mm x 690 mm 15.5 in (31 in 5 plate deck) x 18.5 in x 27 in
Technical variants	2 or 5 plate position deck

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