Case Study: Fermentalg achieves faster high-throughput microalgae strain screening with Molecular Devices QPix 420

Fermentalg boosts colony picking to 1,500 colonies per week with Molecular Devices

Fermentalg, a scientific company researching sustainable products from microalgae, faced the challenge of inefficiently screening and selecting the most promising microalgal strains from their large collection. To overcome this labor-intensive bottleneck, they turned to vendor Molecular Devices for a high-throughput screening solution centered on the QPix 420 microbial colony picker.

Molecular Devices provided the QPix 420 system, which automated the colony picking process and enabled selection based on morphology and fluorescence. This solution transformed Fermentalg's workflow, saving significant time and increasing their screening capacity to 1,500 colonies picked per week compared to a manual maximum of 400. The measurable impact was a major boost in productivity for their research into natural pigments and omega-3 production.

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