From: Akos Szilvasi (Akos_Szilvasi@biogen.com)
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 15:27:09 EST
We are a rather high volume biotech flow lab. I sent out a desperate letter over a year ago about the lack of automated cytometers. The situation is much worse this year. The volume is increasing (we generate up to 2.6 GB data a month - just analyzes, without the sorter files). Most of that "manually" on the Caliburs. A genuine, authentic sweatshop like the ones in Asia making sneakers or other garment. The flow cytometry labs are the bottleneck of biotech research. We slow down the progress by not being able to handle enough samples. The manufacturers admit the problem, acknowledge the need but in response new 9 color MANUAL cytometers come to the market with the promise of a FUTURE automated sample handling extension as a teaser. The sad and disappointing aspect is that the whole biotech and other research is automated. The technology is out there. Only we have no access to it because no one bothers to adopt it (if they can not invent such devices). How do you run 500+ sample experiments? Regards, Akos (PS: This is a 10+ years old request. )
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