The FORMULATOR® provides users the ability to: Save Money + Reduce Waste No Consumables Needed - No additional consumables are needed to run or maintain the system. Maintain Ingredient Integrity Use Only Closed Containers - Closed containers prevent contamination, evaporation, and the release of noxious fumes. Build Complex Screens Use up to 34 ingredients to create custom screens to fit your experiment needs. Be Flexible with Your Liquid Dispensing Low volumes, down to 200 nL with no upper limit Dispense a 100 μL, 3-ingredient, 96-well crystallization grid in 2.7 mins Supports all microplate types, even VDX/Linbro plates Set Up Screens Fast and Efficiently Integrated barcode scanner automatically loads experiment and ingredient data Bottle sensors know where ingredients are located Simply Design, Barcode, Scan, and Run The only screen builder integrated with ROCK MAKER - Crystallization Software Dispense Viscous and Non-Viscous Ingredients At the core of the FORMULATOR is a patented microfluidic chip that measures and dispenses discrete volumes of liquid. The chip has 96 outputs, each with its own microfluidic valve cluster. Each valve cluster has two micro-diaphragms (200 nL and 2.5 µL) that fill and dispense up to three times per second. By combining multiple dispenses of each micro-diaphragm, the FORMULATOR can dispense any volume down to 200 nL. User-Friendly Software The FORMULATOR software provides a straightforward, user-friendly way to run even the most complicated dispensing protocols through a visual representation of your plate that displays each ingredient’s dispense volume and well location. Design dispenses that vary the volume of each reagent to every well on the plate, dispense the same volume to every well, and add a backfill if necessary. Quickly design experiments using the ROCK MAKER Crystallization Software. ROCK MAKER can provide a barcode to print and label for your plate with. To run the dispense list, scan the plate label using the integrated barcode scanner before placing the plate on the FORMULATOR's plate holder. The dispense design will automatically load and you're ready to run the dispense.