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ABOUT US COLONY REPLICATING & ARRAYINGROTOR HDA™ ACCESSORIES FEATURES & FUNCTIONS REPADS™ & PLUSPLATES™ THE STINGER™

COLONY IMAGING & ANALYSIS PHENOBOOTH™ PHENOSUITE™ AGAR PLATE POURING SERIAL FILLER™ ACCESSORIES SUPPORTSINGER SUPPORT SINGER EXTENDED WARRANTIES

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ABOUT US

Singer Instruments was established in 1934 and has a long-standing track record developing and manufacturing mechatronic workstations and laboratory automation robotics. Our world-leading, specialist products are used to facilitate and accelerate genetic and genomic research around the world. We supply public and private research institutions in multiple facets of biological sciences including Genetics, Neuroscience, Systems Biology, Cancer Biology, Biofuel Engineering and microbiology. Our premises, on the edge of Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England, is a state-of-the-art factory with full, virtual prototyping facilities, precision CNC manufacture and robotic coordinate measurement for quality control. We design, manufacture, program, assemble and QC all of our core products on site. Having worked alongside and added value to laboratory research for over 40 years, we are a truly integrated and respected member of the genetics research community. Our tag line ‘a responsibility to science’, acts as a continual reminder for us to do our utmost to support, develop new technology, and add as much value as possible to the science and the scientific community we serve. Should you have any feedback, suggestions or collaborative opportunities that may help accelerate scientific research, we would be delighted to hear from you — Please contact us or pop round to our beautiful offices for a cup of tea!

COLONY REPLICATING & ARRAYING

Genome-wide screening is easy when you have the right tools. You need a collection

library — which we don’t provide — and you need a precision method of pinning colonies

— this is why we created the ROTOR.

SYNTHETIC GENETIC

ARRAY

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LIBRARY MAINTENANCE

BACTERIA GENETIC

SCREENING

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CHEMICAL GENETICS / DRUG TARGET

DISCOVERY

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SERIAL DILUTION &

SPOT ASSAYS

YEAST 2-HYBRIDRead more

ALGAE GENETIC

SCREENING

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LIBRARY RE-ARRAYING

ZONE INHIBITION

RANDOM COLONY PICKING

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GENERATING SUB-

COLLECTION

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The ROTOR is the fastest and most powerful colony manipulation robot in the world. It is essential for any large-scale microbial functional or chemical genomic studies.

This easy-to-use, compact bench-top robot is elegantly designed for the picking and re-plating of yeast, fungi, bacteria and algae colonies at densities 96, 384, 1536 and 6144. Using the 6144 RePads, the ROTOR can replicate the entire yeast deletion library in quadruplicate in less than 20 seconds! Reagent sets such as deletion mutant collections and the complete set of cloned yeast genes can be utilised for high-throughput 2-hybrid, synthetic genetic array, phenotypic and chemical-genetic analyses.

The ROTOR uses a robotic arm and sterile, ready-to-use replica plating pads to pick up samples of cells from culture plates. The robotic arm then moves to a new ‘target’ plate and deposits the cells. The operator selects and uses an appropriate program from a simple, drop-down menu.

“THE ROTOR IS A REMARKABLE INSTRUMENT: USER-FRIENDLY, RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE.”

Footprint: L: 130cm x W:65cm x H: 72.5cmWeight: 110kgPower: 110V AC > 240V AC 500WAir Supply: Minimum 4 bar @ 3L/min

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WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

HOW DOES IT WORK?

WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR?

TECH SPECS

ROTOR HDA™ · Duplicate and back up large libraries of yeast, other fungi, bacteria or algae

· Re-plate cells from liquid to agar and vice versa. · Replicate, mate, re-array, screen and breakdown from single or multiple source plates at densities of 96, 384, 768, 1536 and 6144 respectively.

· Yeast 2-hybrid or cell mating assays. · Prepare arrays of colonies for chemical screening. · High density serical dilutions.

ROT-001

ROTOR HDATM MICROBIAL PINNING ROBOT

· Hiten MadhaniUCSF

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“THE ROTOR IS A REMARKABLE INSTRUMENT: USER-FRIENDLY, RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE.”

For labs without an air supply we offer a very small, clean and quiet air compressor.

Increase workflow and convenience with a spare dump drawer; one can be used while the other is being autoclaved.

Extra pad hoppers are very useful for storing sterile RePads quickly and conveniently. Hoppers can be autoclaved.

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Footprint: L: 34cm x W:34cm x H: 30cmWeight: 19kgPower: 240V AC (UK) > 110V AC (USA)Noise level: 40 dB/A

ROTOR Air Compressor

ROTOR Dump Drawer

ROTOR Pad Hopper

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CMP-001

DDR-001

HOP-001

ROTOR HDATM ACCESSORIES

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Loading bay for single sourceor target plate

Stainless steel dump drawer for used RePads™

Protective roller-shutter and UV disinfectant light source for when the robot is not in use

Anti-contamination front screen

ROTOR HDATM FEATURES & FUNCTIONS

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High-speed robotic arm

Side-mounted touchscreen computer with simple, user- editable software, wi-fi and Ethernet capabilities for online support and software upgrades

Autoclavable ‘hopper’ for loading sterile RePads™

Four-position colour-coded turntable for loading multiple source or target plates

THE ROTOR’S SPEED IS UNPARALLELED. IT TAKES UNDER 10 MINUTES TO REPLICATE THE ENTIRE YEAST GENOME IN QUADRUPLICATE!

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REPLICATION

COMBINATION

BREAKDOWN

1x384

1x384

4x384

4x384

4x96

1x1536

ROTOR HDATM FEATURES & FUNCTIONS

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LIBRARY CONDENSATION & EXPANSION LIBRARY DUPLICATION CHEMICAL SCREENING

LIQUID SPOTTING

HALO ASSAYSSERIAL DILUTIONPROTEIN INTERACTION ASSAYS

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Singer PlusPlates have increased internal plating dimension, providing larger area for cell growth. This is essential for precise replication of colonies at high density. PlusPlates have a standard external footprint, making them compatible with other instruments that accept SBS-standard plates.

Great Savings - Higher densities means fewer plates and fewer pin pads.

All Singer PlusPlates and RePads come in gamma-irradiated packs and are ready to use.

1536-short example

Singer RePads are high-quality plastic replica-plating pads that transfer colonies between plates. Singer RePads are available in two pin lengths: short and long. Short-pin RePads are available in 96, 384, 1536 and 6144 densities, and allow for agar-to-agar colony transfer. Long-pin RePads are available in 96 and 384 format, and are designed for transferring liquid on multi-well microtitre plates, or onto solid media. · Standard SBS footprint dimensions

· Larger internal dimensions allow 6144- density pinning · Location grooves ensure correct loading orientation every time

· Stackable with or without lids

· No washing · No contamination · Cannot stick · Support ultra-high densities: 96, 384, 1536, 6144 (and getting higher)

PLUSPLATESTMREPADSTM

ROTOR HDATM REPADSTM & PLUSPLATESTM

PlusPlates (Box 200)

RePads 96 long (Box 200)

RePads 96 short (Box 1000)

RePads 384 long (Box 200)

RePads 384 short (Box 1000)

RePads 1536 short (Box 1000)

RePads 6144 short (Box 1000)

Vari Starter Pack: (96 long x40, 384 long x40, 96 short x200,

384 short x200, 1536 short x200)

PLU-001REP-001REP-002REP-003REP-004REP-005REP-006VSP-001

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The Stinger is an automated modular extension to the ROTOR HDA robot for easy, ultra-fast rearrangement of high-density library arrays of yeast, other fungi, bacteria, and algae from colonies grown on solid agar or in liquid culture. It is designed for the picking and spotting of user-specified colonies from high-density arrays onto solid agars in 96-, 384-, 1536-, and 6144-density format.

The Stinger expands the functionality of the ROTOR HDA robot by enabling the re-arraying of specific individual colonies of interest from high-density agar plates and multi-well dishes. The Stinger allows researchers to easily and accurately produce custom arrays comprising functionally related strains/mutants, or to generate a subset of library arrays to follow-up with initial screening results.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

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THE STINGER™

STR-001

THE STINGERTM SINGLE COLONY PICKER

Footprint: L:12.7cm x W:9.3cm x H:6.4cm Weight: 0.325kg

WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR? · Selectively re-array groups, or individual colonies from large microbial arrays.

· Produce custom arrays comprising of functionally related strains/mutants.

· Generate subset of library arrays to follow-up with initial screening results.

· Accurately and reliably pick colonies from high-density arrays.

· Pin large arrays of a single strain from a source library. · Quickly and easily mate specific colonies of interest from high-density arrays.

SSH-001 SPC-001SPI-010 SPI-400

The Stinger Shuttle The Stinger Pin CassettePins for The Stinger: (pk of 10) Pins for The Stinger: (pk of 400)

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TECH SPECS

“IT’S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT FROM DOING IT MANUALLY, PLUS THE ACCURACY GAINED IS VITAL.”

· Gudjon Olafsson MRC National Institute for Medical Research

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COLONY IMAGING & ANALYSIS

We’re not going to interpret your results, but we’ll do everything to get

you there — From image acquisition to data visualisation, straight out of the

box.

SYNTHETIC GENETIC

ARRAY

AMES TEST

TIME-LAPSE IMAGING

PRESERVATIVE EFFICACY TEST

BIOBURDEN TEST

SPIRAL PLATE TEST

OPSONOPHAGOCYTIC KILLING ASSAY

SERUM BACTERIAL

TEST

ZONE INHIBITION

MICROBIAL LIMITS TESTING

YEAST 1/2/3-HYBRID

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The PhenoBooth is a fast, semi-automated plate reader for imaging and analysis of cell colonies. Its open-architecture enables fully customisable workflows. Data export and import is possible at any stage, as well as having compatibility for LIMS integration.

The PhenoBooth takes a high-resolution image of colonies on any number of plates, and then PhenoSuite’s integrated batch analysis workflow takes the user through: Image Pre-processing, Measurement, Normalisation, Analysis and Visualisation, with a single-click. Application specific software packages, such as SGA Analysis or Zone Inhibition are integrated seamlessly. Using advanced PhenoSuite software it can perform time-lapse imaging, generate colony growth curves, and automate a multitude of downstream analysis with minimal user-input.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

PRODUCT NAME:

PRODUCT CODE:

PhenoBoothTM

PHB-001

PHENOBOOTHTM COLONY IMAGING

Footprint: L:30.5cm x W:30.5cm x H:31.5cm Weight: 16kg Power Input: 100-200 VAC 50-60 Hz Maximum Power Consumption: 65w Camera Specifications:

· 13MP Sony CMOS Chip · Auto focus lensImaging Speed: 720 plates/hour Hardware/Software Requirements:

· Intel Core i3 or similar, 2 GB RAM · Graphics card with 24 or 32 bit · Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit)

· USB 3.0 port

WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR? · Imaging of standard SBS plates and Singer PlusPlates (petri dishes accepted with adaptor).

· Colony counting · Automatic colony feature measurement—including: size, density, pixel count, circularity and colour

· Time-lapse imaging for colony growth · Automated normalisation and analysis of SGA data

TECH SPECS

“ITS OUTSTANDING IMAGE QUALITY MAKES IT AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR COLONY TIME-LAPSE IMAGING.”

· Gudjon Olafsson MRC National Institute for Medical Research

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PhenoSuite software uses Singer’s signature easy-to-use interface to automatically and accurately measure many colony properties. PhenoSuite is powerful yet flexible, of-fering a variety of custom-made work packages to auto-mate your entire analysis workflow.

The powerful PhenoSuite software accurately counts and measures the selected colony features. Image capture can also be scheduled to analyse cell size over a specified period of time and create detailed growth curves of each colony. The PhenoSuite can be customised with different work packages to automate your favourite analysis workflow.

SOFTWARE OVERVIEW

HOW DOES IT WORK?

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PhenoSuite™

PHS-001

PHENOSUITETM COLONY ANALYSIS

SOFTWARE FEATURES · Imaging of standard SBS plates and Singer PlusPlates · Image acquisition at 3300x2244 with a pixel size of 34 µm · Full control of imaging parameters including (but not limited to): brightness, gain, exposure, saturation, hue, contrast and white balance.

· Open architecture design. · Compatibility for LIMS integration. · Colony separation >= 1 pixel · Colony gridding. · Colony detection for all colonies >= 1x1 pixel · Automatic, fully customisable agar and colony detection. · Adjustable filters to remove detected objects based on size, shape and colour.

· Data provided on colonies includes size, density, pixel count, circularity, colour and length of perimeter.

· Time-lapse/scheduled growth monitoring. · Accurately analyse colonies at 6k density. · Automated normalisation and SGA analysis.

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AGAR PLATE POURING

Waste is depressing, because your experiments are valuable, your time is

valuable and your reagents are valuable. Never discard a badly poured plate ever

again and optimise on repeatability, sterility and bench space.

SBS PLATE AGAR POURING

PETRI DISH AGAR POURING

SQUARE PLATE AGAR POURING

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The Serial Filler is a compact, easy-to-use automated media-dispenser that pours perfectly level, bubble-free Petri or SBS plates at consistent volumes. Equipped with a UV lamp and multiple HEPA cabinet and venting filters, the Serial Filler produces superior quality agar plates of consistent volume in a sterile enclosure, which greatly reduces any threat of contamination.

With the touch of a button on our signature user-friendly interface, the Serial Filler automatically dispenses biological growth media onto Petri dishes and plates. The quick-change Media Dispensing Kits enable easy set-up between runs for labs that use multiple media formulations.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES IT DO?

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Serial Filler™

SFI-001

SERIAL FILLERTM AGAR PLATE POURER

Footprint: L:45cm x W:80cm x H:75cm Weight: 40kg Power Input: 100- 240V ~1.8A 50/60 Hz Power Output: 24V DC Plate/dish types: ANSI/SBS rectangular Square 100/120mm Petri 60mm, 90/100mm & 150mm Maximum plate stack height: 41.5cm Maximum batch capacity: ~50 plates Speed: ~50 plates in 6 min (SBS plates)Dosing accuracy: ~3% Maximum flow rate: 480 ml/m

WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR? · Pour rectangular (SBS-format), square media plates and petri dishes.

· Pour a variety of media plate types throughout the day. · Keep media plates contamination-free. · Produce excellent quality, flat media surface.

TECH SPECS

“IT SAVES ME TONS OF TIME AND THE PLATES ARE ALWAYS PERFECTLY FLAT!”

· Jane Usher University of Exeter

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SERIAL FILLERTM ACCESSORIES

Pack of two HEPA Cabinet Filters, with 99.95% global efficiency and 99.75% local efficiency for MPPS particles.

Kit includes: Extra bung, Pipework, Air filter, 1.9m silicone umbilical, Dispensing nozzle.

SUMMARY

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HCF-001

MDK-001

HEPA CABINET FILTERS

MEDIA DISPENSING KIT

Ensures maximum sterility of the Serial Filler interior.

Increase workflow and convenience while the other components are being sterilised

FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS

Erlenmeyer flat-bottomed flask. Autoclavable and compatible with the media dispensing kit.

Pack of five 1.7m silicone media dispensing umbilicals, crucial to obtain optimal throughput for labs pouring multiple types of media or drugs.

Pack of five high-retention polypropylene HEPA Venting Filters, with 99.97% efficiency at 0.3µm, which ensures maximum sterility of your prepared media.

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2 LITRE ERLENMEYER FLASK

SILICONE UMBILICAL (PACK OF 5)

HEPA VENTING FILTERS (PACK OF 5)

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FLA-002

SLU-001

HVF-001

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SUPPORT SINGER SUPPORT & SUPPORT PLUS

Singer Instruments has a long-standing reputation for fantastic service and support, for which we are very proud. Our motto, ‘a responsibility to science’, extends to our service and support whereby our primary motivation is to eliminate, or at least minimise, your experimental downtime. We design our products for reliability, longevity, speed, and ease-of-use. Our service packages augment these design criteria by increasing life-expectancy and increasing device reliability with preventive and predictive maintenance. Should any reactive maintenance be called upon, our time, cost and carbon efficient support should get you up and running in the shortest time possible.

Singer Support is an excellent and cost effective service that gives you unlimited access to Singer technical experts by phone, email, VOIP or remote access. All requests are entered into the Singer ticketing system that allow both you and Singer Instruments to log, track and monitor any reported issues from initial contact through to resolution. While we aim to respond to all queries within 24 hours, our average response times are far less.

Singer Support packages are extendable and can be bought in 1, 3 or 5* year packages with discounts applied for the 3 and 5 year packages. There are 2 levels of cover offered: Support and Support Plus. Singer Support packages are available for ROTOR HDA and PhenoBooth.

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY

PRODUCT NAME:SINGER SUPPORT

PRODUCT NAME:ROTOR Support 1 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-101 3 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-103 5 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-105

PRODUCT NAME:PhenoBooth Support 1 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SPB-101 3 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SPB-103

PRODUCT NAME:ROTOR Support Plus 1 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-110 3 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-130 5 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SRO-150

PRODUCT NAME:PhenoBooth Support Plus 1 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SPB-110 3 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SPB-130

*5 year available for ROTOR HDA only

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“THE REMOTE SUPPORT IS SECOND TO NONE!”

· Software Upgrades and patches—via remote access

· Routine creation

· Telephone, Email, VOIP, Webcam support

· Live Chat

· Remote access

· Unattended remote access (optional)

· Engineer hourly rate

· Parts and delivery

· Call Out Charge*

· Complies with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and other corporate, local and federal legislation with end-to-end, 256-bit SSL encryption - the same security levels used and trusted by major banking institutions.

· Multi-level, permission based access. · MD5 Hash for enhanced security and traceability with file transfers.

· Customers must permit a technician to use each remote function (remote Control, Desktop View, File Transfer, System Information and Reboot & Reconnect).

· Customers can choose to terminate the session at any time. · All traces of the Customer Applet disappear from the remote PC when session is finished.

SERVICE SUPPORT

FREE FREE

FREEFirst £100 free

50% Discount

FREEFREE

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FREE**

*Call outs for ROTOR only **1 per year

SUPPORT PLUS

· Andrew SeeberFMI, Switzerland

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· Software Upgrades and patches—via remote access

· Routine creation

· Telephone, Email, VOIP, Webcam support

· Live Chat

· Remote access

· Unattended remote access (optional)

· Engineer hourly rate

· Parts and delivery

SERVICE

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COST WITH WARRANTY

SUPPORT SINGER EXTENDED WARRANTIES

Singer Instruments’ products are fully guaranteed against faulty materials or workmanship for one year from the date of commissioning. Our extended warranty packages increase your warranty duration, and in turn, increase life-expectancy and device reliability with preventive and predictive maintenance. Should any reactive maintenance be called upon, our time, cost and carbon efficient support should get you up and running in the shortest time possible.

Extended Warranties are the Serial Filler, from 1 to 3 years, with applicable discounts.

SUMMARY

PRODUCT NAME:EXTENDED WARRANTY

PRODUCT NAME:Serial Filler Warranty 1 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SFI-110 3 YEAR PRODUCT CODE:SFI-130

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WE MANUFACTURE

WE SUPPORT

By listening and being in constant collaboration with our clients, Singer Instruments develops cutting edge scientific instruments which drive the direction of scientific research globally. This ensures that we remain at the forefront of new technological advances, which benefits you, the science community, whom we have served since 1934.

Singer Instruments’ products are precision engineered at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the UK. The product that you receive will have been assembled with only the finest quality components and rigorously tested to the highest engineering standards, modern design engineering at its best.

Singer Instruments have been supporting clients in nearly 50 countries for the last 80 years. We offer support packages to cater to all budgets. Our reputation for first class customer support is built around our ability to respond rapidly to your needs. We deliver complete and affordable solutions, swiftly and efficiently and to very tight timeframes.

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