Microlab STAR
Experience Automation Your Way. The Microlab STAR Line automates liquid handling tasks from simple to complex with exceptional precision and flexibility so that you can increase throughput, reduce errors, and gain confidence in results.
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Best instrument I've ever used.
Liquid Handling Automation
I have used every major (and many minor) automation platforms and in my opinion the Hamilton Companies' offering is the best. Full stop.
Review Date: 27 Oct 2025 | Hamilton
Generally good, occasional tip error issues
Proteomics
The ML STAR has become an integral part of our company's high-throughput proteomic workflow! Generally easy to use after reaching that high-learning curve. I wish that there were trainings/a more effective help center. For instance, if you click the help button, that it could link to the panel/screen/app that pertains to where I should direct my attention to.
Review Date: 27 Feb 2023 | Hamilton
Pipetting
The Microlab STAR uses air displacement pipetting to achieve superior measurement accuracy. Additionally, Hamilton pipette channels and tips are designed to fit precisely together using a patented lock-and-key design called CO-RE (Compressed O-Ring Expansion). This creates a tight seal with precise tip alignment to eliminate tip distortion and ensure the highest accuracy during liquid handling steps. Optional anti-droplet control and liquid level detection technologies further safeguard sample and results integrity.
Tools
With a flexible deck layout, the Microlab STAR accommodates a broad range of tools and accessories to further enhance assay flexibility.
- Labware Gripper
- Pipetting Channels
- iSWAP Robotic Transport Arm
- [MPE]2 Positive Pressure Module
- Media Fill Module
- Software Efficiencies
The Microlab STAR’s VENUS software allows users to control their system for processes from simple to complex without compromising on requirements. VENUS software is completely integration friendly, easily allowing third party components to be added to the system without limiting functionality. Use the VENUS Power Steps for basic process programming, or create time-saving custom templates for future processes.
Choice in Personalized Platforms
The Microlab STAR provides multiple configurable base platforms to suit a variety of throughput and integration requirements. A modular format allows for upgrades as needs evolve.
Buy Your Consumables Online
The Microlab STAR works with a wide variety of consumables to optimize efficiency and throughput in automated workflows. Hamilton consumables are key components of the Microlab STAR system that ensure quality results. Now, you can buy consumables easier than ever. All Hamilton consumable products are available to buy online in our fast, easy-to-navigate site.
Automating library preparation for rapid WGS-based diagnosis of rare diseases in the neonatal intensive care unit
In this case study, the Genomics Center of Excellence (CoE) at Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital in Dubai has collaborated with Illumina and employed Hamilton liquid handlers for automating the library preparation of a rapid whole-genome sequencing (rWGS)-based testing project named 'Little Falcon'. The study involves sequencing 200 children and their parents in the neonatal intensive care unit, aiming to showcase the effectiveness of this approach in expediting diagnoses and improving overall patient care. The case study outlines how the Genomics CoE enhanced accuracy, reproducibility, walk-away time, throughput, and flexibility through the automation of the rWGS workflow using Hamilton liquid handlers.
Automating Molecular HLA Typing Methods
In this Webinar, Adam King and Franco Tavarozzi from Anthony Nolan, a UK-based charity working in the field of blood cancers and disorders and stem cell transplantation, will discuss various molecular methods for HLA typing and describe the automation of their current NGS-based method. At the end of the Webinar, Dr. Gabriela Boza-Moran from Hamilton Robotics will describe various solutions for the automation of molecular workflows.
Key learning objectives
- Learn more about molecular methods for HLA typing
- Explore Automated NGS-based HLA typing
- Discover Hamilton automated solutions for genomic workflows
Who should attend?
- Lab managers and lab technicians, scientists and automation specialists
Certificate of attendance
All webinar participants can request a certificate of attendance, including a learning outcomes summary, for continuing education purposes.
Microlab STAR
In this video. Hamilton Company showcases the Microlab STAR, that can automate liquid handling tasks from simple to complex with exceptional precision and flexibility, so that you can increase throughput, reduce errors, and gain confidence in results.
