See the Colonies Others Miss.
Smart colony picking for microbiomes, straight from your benchtop or your hypoxic chamber.
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.
You research deserves better than manual guesswork.
Whether you're advancing microbiome studies, engineering microbial strains, or chasing the next breakthrough in synthetic biology, traditional workflows can slow you down. The QPix FLEX system was built to eliminate those bottlenecks, so you can focus on science, not sample prep.
Five Instruments? Nah, Just the One.
Pain Point: Fragmented workflows with multiple instruments increase variability and contamination risk.
Solution: End-to-end automation, all in one system.
Plating, streaking, picking, hit picking, and liquid handling are fully automated in a single compact device, saving you up to 8 hours a day and ensuring consistent, reproducible results.
Stop Guessing. Start Picking Smarter.
Pain Point: Manual colony picking is slow, error-prone, and based on guesswork.
Solution: High-resolution color imaging and white light detection.
The QPix FLEX system empowers you to classify colonies based on morphology and color, selecting only the most viable strains. No more rework. No more missed hits.
Low-Oxygen Labs? Bring It On.
Pain Point: Most lab automation doesn’t work inside hypoxic or anaerobic chambers.
Solution: Compact, chamber-ready design.
The QPix FLEX system fits seamlessly into hypoxic environments, enabling fully automated colony picking where others can’t operate. Finally, automation meets anaerobic microbiology.
No More Lost Colonies.
Pain Point: Tracking hundreds of colonies manually is tedious and unreliable.
Solution: Integrated 2D barcode reader.
Maintain full traceability across every plate and pick, boosting reproducibility and simplifying compliance for even the most regulated workflows.
Introducing the all-new QPix FLEX
Smart design meets powerful functionality.
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.
Why choose QPix FLEX?
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.
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