Unit Operations
Collection of functions for remotely conducting self-contained sample manipulations in an ECL facility.
Sample Preparation
ExperimentSamplePreparation -- Generates a protocol that executes the specified manual or robotic unit operations of sample preparation.
ExperimentManualSamplePreparation -- Generates a protocol that allows for the incubation, mixing, centrifugation, filtration, volume and mass transfers as well as other manual preparation of samples.
ExperimentRoboticSamplePreparation -- Generates a protocol that uses a robotically integrated liquid handler to perform incubation, mixing, centrifugation, filtration, transfer of liquids and other general preparation of samples.
Aliquot -- A detailed set of parameters that describes moving a single source to multiple destinations.
Cover -- A detailed set of parameters that describes covering a sample container with a lid of a specified type.
FillToVolume -- A detailed set of parameters that describe transferring a source into a destination until a desired volume is reached.
Filter -- A detailed set of parameters that describes separating particles bigger than a specific size from a solution via filtering.
Incubate -- A detailed set of parameters that describes incubating and mixing a sample at a specified temperature and shaking rate for a specified amount of time.
LabelContainer -- A detailed set of parameters that labels a container for use in other unit operations.
LabelSample -- A detailed set of parameters that labels a sample in a container for use by other unit operations.
Mix -- A detailed set of parameters that describes mixing a sample using bench-top instrumentation or by pipetting on a micro liquid handling robot.
MoveToMagnet -- A detailed set of parameters that describe subjecting a sample to a magnetic field.
Pellet -- A detailed set of parameters that describes precipitating a sample out of solution by centrifugal spinning.
Placement -- A detailed set of parameters that describe moving an item into a destination.
RemoveFromMagnet -- A detailed set of parameters that describes removing a sample from magnetization.
Resuspend -- A detailed set of parameters that describes bringing a substance into solution by pipetting liquid onto a solidified sample.
SerialDilute -- A detailed set of parameters that describes repeatedly diluting an initial sample with a given buffer to yield a series of samples with decreasing concentration.
Transfer -- A detailed set of parameters that describe transferring a source to a destination.
Wait -- A unit operation that describes a pause in a protocol.
VisualInspection -- A detailed set of parameters that describes how the sample should be inspected visually during a protocol.
Uncover -- A set of instructions that describes removing a lid from a plate.
Centrifuge -- A detailed set of instructions that describes spinning the sample in a centrifuge at a specified intensity for a specified amount of time.
Synthesis
Coupling -- Generates an solid phase synthesis primitive.
Deprotonating -- A detailed set of parameters that describes how a proton is removed from a strand during solid phase synthesis.
Swelling -- A unit operation that describes how resin chains will be solvated in order to expose linker sites used as start points for solid phase synthesis.
Cleaving -- A detailed set of parameters that describe how the synthesized strand is removed from its solid support at the end of solid phase synthesis.
Deprotecting -- A detailed set of parameters that describe how a blocking group is chemically eliminated from a strand during solid phase synthesis.
Washing -- A set of instructions that describe how the previous step's chemicals will be removed from the resin by flowing solvent through it into waste during solid phase synthesis.
Capping -- A set of instructions that describe how a blocking group is chemically copuled to a strand during solid phase synthesis.
Separation Techniques
Filter -- A detailed set of parameters that describes separating particles bigger than a specific size from a solution via filtering.
Pellet -- A detailed set of parameters that describes precipitating a sample out of solution by centrifugal spinning.
MoveToMagnet -- A detailed set of parameters that describe subjecting a sample to a magnetic field.
RemoveFromMagnet -- A detailed set of parameters that describes removing a sample from magnetization.
Spectroscopy Experiments
AbsorbanceIntensity -- A unit operation that measures the absorbance intensity of the given samples, subject to supplied options and configurations.
AbsorbanceKinetics -- A detailed set of parameters that describes measuring the absorbance of the specified samples over a period of time.
AbsorbanceSpectroscopy -- A detailed set of parameters that describes measuring the absorbance of the specified samples at specified wavelength.
ReadPlate -- A detailed set of parameters that describe placing a sample-containing microwell plate into a plate-reader instrument for defined spectroscopic measurements.
Bioassays
Wash -- A unit operation that describes how a part of the biolayer interferometry experiment is carried out.