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QPix® FLEX™ – Microbial Colony Picker

Plating, streaking, picking, and liquid handling, all in one compact device? The QPix® FLEX™ Microbial Colony Picker makes it look easy. With advanced color imaging, it helps you spot the right colonies faster. And yes, it fits on your bench or in a hypoxic chamber – because why wouldn’t it? The QPix FLEX system replaces the clutter with one smart, streamlined system built to move your research forward.

Smart design meets powerful functionality

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1. High-resolution color and white-light camera

Enables precise colony classification based on morphology and pigmentation – ideal for phenotype-based selection and microbial diversity screening.

2. Multi-function pipetting head (4-channel)

Automates media dispensing, plating, cherry picking, and streaking, reducing manual intervention and ensuring consistent sample preparation.

3. Swappable tip system

You can quickly switch between sterilizable metal pins and disposable tips without changing hardware. Depending on your lab’s needs, you can maximize sterility, sustainability, or budget.

4. Integrated barcode reader

Built-in 2D barcode scanning ensures full sample traceability from plating through picking and downstream analysis.

5. Modular labware deck

Supports flexible source and destination labware configurations: Petri dishes, PCR plates, microfuge tubes, 96/384-well plates, and more.

6. Proprietary plating and streaking tip

Gently streaks colonies across agar surfaces with precision, preserving plate quality and minimizing disruption to delicate media.

7. Compact, chamber-ready footprint

Sized for benchtops and hypoxic chamber use (25.2 x 21.6 x 27.6 in), allowing full automation even in space-constrained or anaerobic environments.

8. Automation-ready connectivity

API integration enables connection to robotic arms or full lab automation systems for extended walkaway time and higher throughput.

Precision Picking with Phenotypic Insight

With its advanced high-resolution color camera, the QPix FLEX system analyzes microbial colonies based on morphology and pigmentation. This means smarter, more selective picks, so you’re working with the most viable strains every time. Say goodbye to manual guesswork and hello to confident selections.

End-to-End Automation in One Device

Colony picking. Plating. Streaking. Liquid handling. Barcode tracking. All seamlessly automated in one instrument. The QPix FLEX system consolidates what once took multiple instruments and hours of manual labor into a single streamlined process, saving researchers up to 8 hours a day.

Compact and Hypoxic Chamber-Ready

Space constraints? No problem. The QPix FLEX system fits easily on a benchtop or inside a hypoxic or anaerobic chamber, making it the ideal solution for microbiome researchers studying low-oxygen organisms. It’s automation that works where other systems can’t.

Flexibility on Your Terms

Need sterile, reusable tips? Prefer disposable ones for convenience? With its swappable tip system, the QPix FLEX system gives you the choice, without compromising performance. Control sterility, sustainability, and cost your way.

End-to-end automation inside and outside hypoxic chambers.

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