Thermo Scientific Multidrop Pico 1, Multidrop Pico 8 User Manual
Thermo Scientific Multidrop
Pico 1 and 8 Digital Dispenser
Eortless precision with every drop
Thermo Scientific Multidrop Pico 1
and 8 Digital Dispenser
Thermo ScientificTM MultidropTM Pico 1 and 8 Digital Dispensers oer enhanced
dispensing precision with volumes between 11 pL and 10 µL in any well, eliminating the
need for manual dilution while providing significant cost and waste reductions. Designed
to enable assay miniaturization, boost productivity, and improve accuracy of results,
these dispensers are ideal for a broad array of low-volume applications such as qPCR,
dose response curves, drug screening assays.
Features and benefits
Assay miniaturization
• Increase compound eciency – use up to 10 times less
reagent and sample with low dead volume
• Digital dispensing – precisely dispense consistent
amounts of fluids into assay plates as low as 11 pL
• Reduced labware waste – direct dilution in assay plate
results in up to 90% labware waste reduction compared
to traditional analog serial dilution
Improved eciency and sample integrity
• 40x greater speed – eliminate several workflow steps and
achieve typical dose experiment in 15 seconds instead of
10 minutes by analog serial dilution
• Decreased hand-pipetting steps – minimize repetitive
motion injury and re-work commonly caused by manual
pipetting errors
• Non-contact dispensing – disposable dispensing heads
avoids carry-over and contamination
Powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use
• Dispense any volume in any well at any time – ultimate
flexibility allows automation of even the most complex
protocols
• Simplify assay set up with PicoIT software – flexible and
intuitive experiment design is made possible even for
most complex plate layouts (drug combination/synergy,
titration of one or multiple components)
• Dispenses DMSO, aqueous fluids*, and PCR master
mixes – flexible for applications with large or small
molecules into any well of any microplate
• Supports a variety of throughputs and reagent number
variations – the Pico 1 Dispenser’s one-well format is
ideal for routine small-volume dispensing whereas the
Pico 8 Dispenser’s eight-well format enables automation
of complex multi-reagent/sample assays even in 1536well plates
• Application-focused wizards – simple, yet sophisticated
PicoIT software helps enhance throughput and limits
repetitive work due to manual pipetting errors
• Speed up qPCR workflows - pre-programmed protocol
templates for a selection of Thermo Fisher Scientific
qPCR Master Mixes automatically customizes fluids for
each qPCR component
• Complete traceability – PicoIT software tracks reagent
amount and dispensing time for each well after each run,
enabling complete sample and compound traceability
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*aqueous fluids require a detergent
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