Automation in the life science research laboratory

I Holland, JA Davies - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Protocols in the academic life science laboratory are heavily reliant on the manual
manipulation of tools, reagents and instruments by a host of research staff and students. In …

The bioeconomy, the challenge of the century for policy makers

J Philp - New biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Industrial Revolution, it became clear that wood was unsuited as an
energy source for industrial production, especially iron smelting. However, the transition to …

Harnessing the potential of machine learning for advancing “quality by design” in biomanufacturing

I Walsh, M Myint, T Nguyen-Khuong, YS Ho, SK Ng… - MAbs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Ensuring consistent high yields and product quality are key challenges in biomanufacturing.
Even minor deviations in critical process parameters (CPPs) such as media and feed …

When is an in silico representation a digital twin? A biopharmaceutical industry approach to the digital twin concept

RMC Portela, C Varsakelis, A Richelle… - Digital Twins: Tools and …, 2021 - Springer
Digital twins (DTs) are expected to render process development and life-cycle management
much more cost-effective and time-efficient. A DT definition, a brief retrospect on their history …

Bioinformatics for the synthetic biology of natural products: integrating across the Design–Build–Test cycle

P Carbonell, A Currin, AJ Jervis, NJW Rattray… - Natural product …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2016 Progress in synthetic biology is enabled by powerful bioinformatics
tools allowing the integration of the design, build and test stages of the biological …

A transatlantic perspective on 20 emerging issues in biological engineering

BC Wintle, CR Boehm, C Rhodes, JC Molloy, P Millett… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Advances in biological engineering are likely to have substantial impacts on global society.
To explore these potential impacts we ran a horizon scanning exercise to capture a range of …

Sequential multivariate cell culture modeling at multiple scales supports systematic shaping of a monoclonal antibody toward a quality target

M Sokolov, M Morbidelli, A Butté… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of cell culture processes is highly complex and requires a large number of
experiments on various scales to define the design space of the final process and fulfil the …

Puddle: A dynamic, error-correcting, full-stack microfluidics platform

M Willsey, AP Stephenson, C Takahashi… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Microfluidic devices promise to automate wetlab procedures by manipulating small chemical
or biological samples. This technology comes in many varieties, all of which aim to save …

[HTML][HTML] OpenWorkstation: A modular open-source technology for automated in vitro workflows

S Eggert, P Mieszczanek, C Meinert, DW Hutmacher - HardwareX, 2020 - Elsevier
Automation liberates scientific staff from repetitive tasks, decreases the probability of human
error and consequently enhances the reproducibility of lab experiments. However, the use of …

LLMs can generate robotic scripts from goal-oriented instructions in biological laboratory automation

T Inagaki, A Kato, K Takahashi, H Ozaki… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The use of laboratory automation by all researchers may substantially accelerate scientific
activities by humans, including those in the life sciences. However, computer programs to …