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Long-Term Storage of Compound Solutions for High-Throughput Screening by Using a Novel 1536-Well Microplate
Martin Joseph Pfeifer
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Guenther Scheel*
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: guenther.scheel{at}novartis.com.
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This report describes the features and the performance of a new and significantly improved 1536-well microplate design. The design allows for simple, automation-friendly, and cost-effective storage of compound solutions for high-throughput screening. The plate design is based on Society for Biomolecular Sciences standards for microplates and can be molded from polystyrene or cycloolefin copolymer, thus making the plate suitable for use with acoustic dispensing as well as other conventional liquid dispensing in the nanoliter range. For a 9:1 DMSO/water mix as solvent, the novel plate design has shown to perform over 4 months with only minor losses in solvent. Thus, this novel plate design creates the basis for further reductions in compound storage volumes and allows for an increase in the storage times for microliter volumes for up to a year or more. The high protection against solvent evaporation is also visible for aqueous solutions, thus allowing for reduced edge effects during screening campaigns. (Journal of Biomolecular Screening XXXX:xx-xx)
First published on June 1, 2009, doi:10.1177/1087057109335261
Journal of Biomolecular Screening 2009;14:492.
A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009

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