Formulatrix NT8 - Creating Daughter Plates (Plate Copying); Setting Up NT8 Hardware for Plate Copying

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When you create daughter plates, you tell the NT8 to aspirate solution from a deep well block
and dispense it into a second plate, known as a daughter plate. This Quick Start guide teaches
you how to set up the hardware and the software in order to copy a plate.
If you want to copy a deep well block using a single plate, follow the instructions under Option
1.
If you want to copy a deep well block to two or three plates, follow the instructions under
Option 2.
Set Up the NT8 Hardware
● Place the HV tip caddy and deep well block on the NT8. Place the MRC 2 Well
Crystallization plate on microplate station 2.
Option 1: Set Up the NT8 Software Using the Plate Copy Template
A plate copy template is preinstalled with your software. It creates a task list that uses a MRC 2
Well Crystallization plate as the daughter plate.
To use this template:
1. Click the Open Task List button .
2. Open the Sample folder and select the Plate Copy MRC2 50 uL task list.
3. Click Open.
4. Run your experiment by clicking the Run Task List button .