Education
The vision is to develop an extensive course catalogue aimed at BSc, MSc and PhD students, as well as continued education of laboratory technicians, scientists and manager of scientific organisations.
First Course
In Q1 2025 we will plan to host our first course within life science automation, aimed at BSc and MSc students with a life science background.
The course will introduce the field of automaton, and participants will get hands-on experience with experimental design, programming of workflow and operation of the Opentron OT-2 and FlowbotONE robotics platforms.
Student projects (existing and possible)
Robotics/Automation
- Robotic arm - Develop solution for integrating into Opentron OT2 pipetting robot system, including coordination of operation (scheduling).
- Computer vision and self-healing robotics systems.
- Automated Imaging of biological samples (SBS plates).
- Lab-on-a-Chip: Microfluidics devices for sorting and characterizing cells.
Life science
- End-to-end: Amplification and characterization of DNA.
- Purification of biomolecules (DNA, RNA, Proteins and metabolites).
- Transformation of E. coli, S. cerevisiae and more.
- Automated microscopy - fluorescent confocal Imaging of cells.
Data processing
- Integrating equipment, run, and biological data
- Automated analysis of run performance.
Systems Engineering
- Formulating the foundation for a systematic description of unit operations in life science R&D and manufacturing.
- Minimum information standards for describing biotechnology solutions.
Mechanical Engineering
- Development of smart monitoring systems
- Design and development of smart grippers for robots in life-science