Liquid handling machines of various types have been widely adopted across both industry and academic/government labs for their highly standardized, high-throughput capabilities.  Therefore, Katie Kyle will be teaching a course on using liquid handling robots, Eppendorf’s EPmotion and Qiagen’s QIAxcel over three days in mid-May.  The course will focus on processing samples, robotic pipetting, and running gels.  Liquid handling, both manual and automated is necessary for molecular biology laboratory success.  Participants will gain basic competency in EPmotion equipment handling and programming, in addition to learning more intricate programming to tackle difficult liquid types or custom sample processing needs.  Besides automating monotonous tasks such as dilutions and aliquots, students will learn how liquid handling machines can be used to automate DNA extractions, NGS pipelines, screening assays, gel electrophoresis, and more.

The PSM program is happy to welcome Barrett Nuttall back as a speaker this Thursday for our seminar series focusing on exposing current students to industry professionals. Barrett has almost 12 years of industry experience, spending the last nearly nine years working in Translational Genomics at AstraZeneca in Waltham, MA. We are happy to hear what Barrett has been up to since working in Dr. Nyholm’s lab and graduating with an Applied Genomics PSM.