Tecan

Dead volume in microplates is a per-well, per-transfer problem at the 5-500 µL scale — here's how plate format and tip selection change the calculation.

A breakdown of how EVOware and VENUS diverge in scripting philosophy, and what that means for teams porting protocols between instruments.

Tecan's tapered troughs concentrate liquid for better low-volume aspiration, but the non-linear geometry means the flat-bottom dead volume formula doesn't apply.

Hamilton flat-bottom and Tecan tapered troughs make different geometric trade-offs that produce meaningfully different dead volume profiles — here's how to choose and migrate between them.