Re: [DIYbio] Opentrons OT-2 release

On 06/25/2018 12:46 PM, Koeng wrote:
> On 06/25/2018 11:30 AM, John Griessen wrote:
> >Sounds really good.  Does your tray need a mini shaker to stay ready longer?
> The trays/rectangular plates usually need to dry a LOT to soak up the serial dilutions quickly.

So, that means you leave the plates in the opentrons drying for long periods of time?
If so, it does seems like shaking/circular motion would be good for recovering from your case of
"Don't let competent cells settle at the bottom of the trough"?
Maybe forced dessicating by stirred air is desirable too?
This all starts me thinking of a conveyor for trays and a tray stacker at one end.

> For the actual synthesis plates, I
> just sort of vortex them and then put them in a salad spinner to spin the liquid to the bottom (this works FANTASTIC: Better than
> what I would ask from any piece of actual lab equipment and it's only like $15).

So, does this mean that the salad spinner is a way to get all the liquid out of the trays and all mixed together
in the bottom of the spinner?

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