
QPix: Advancing Cancer Treatment with CRISPR Precision
Start Strong. Scale Smarter. Deliver with Confidence.
CRISPR is redefining what’s possible in cancer research – powering everything from synthetic lethality screens to engineered T cells and personalized immunotherapies. But every powerful tool needs a precise beginning.
With QPix Microbial Colony Pickers, you can confidently isolate high-quality microbial colonies to produce plasmids, guide RNA libraries, and viral vectors. Our automated, image-based selection and 2D barcode traceability ensure sterility and data integrity, all while saving hours of manual labor per day.
Because in cancer research, every variable matters. Every clone counts. And every minute saved moves you closer to a cure.
Cancer breakthroughs powered by CRISPR gene editing require flawless execution at every stage, including the first step: microbial colony selection. Whether you’re assembling gRNA libraries, producing viral vectors, or scaling up CRISPR tools for in vivo work, contaminated or low-quality colonies can derail your workflow.
QPix® Microbial Colony Pickers provide the sterile, automated precision you need to confidently advance your research – from plate to plasmid to therapy.
QPix Microbial Colony Pickers
Maximize your efficiency with QPix Microbial Colony Pickers, including the all-new QPix FLEX. These systems are crucial for high-throughput colony screening and are widely used across microbiology, protein engineering, and genetic research. With their precision and speed, QPix instruments help you expand your research capabilities and achieve faster results.
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- Sterile, Image-Based Colony Picking
Eliminate cross-contamination and manually induced variability in gRNA library prep or plasmid screening. - Traceability That Builds Confidence
2D barcoding and colony image tracking ensure full lineage and regulatory-ready data. - Faster CRISPR Library Construction
Pick thousands of colonies in hours, not days. Scale your screens without extra hands.
- Chromogenic and Morphology-Based Selection
Prioritize healthy, viable clones with real-time colony visualization and scoring.
- Flexible Footprint for Any Lab
The QPix FLEX brings high-end automation to compact spaces — perfect for growing labs and core facilities.

CRISPR workflows demand accuracy, speed, and scale — but outdated tools and manual processes can make even the simplest steps feel unpredictable. Whether you’re building a high-diversity guide RNA library, prepping plasmids for cancer research, or screening colonies for the perfect construct, early inefficiencies lead to downstream delays.
Precision should start at the very first step. That’s why QPix Microbial Colony Pickers are designed to eliminate bottlenecks, minimize risk, and give you total confidence in every colony you pick.
Manual Picking Slows You Down
Pain Point: Picking colonies by hand is tedious, error-prone, and impossible to scale for high-throughput CRISPR screens.
Solution: Automated, high-throughput colony picking with image-based selection
QPix systems automate microbial colony picking — up to 3,000 colonies in a single run — freeing researchers from repetitive tasks and accelerating guide RNA or plasmid prep workflows.
Inconsistent Colonies = Inconsistent Results
Pain Point: Morphologically inconsistent or poorly transformed colonies compromise editing efficiency and downstream validation.
Solution: Selectable criteria based on size, shape, and chromogenic features
QPix instruments use real-time imaging to score and rank colonies based on customizable criteria — helping you pick only the best candidates for CRISPR applications, right from the start.
Poor Traceability Risks Data Integrity
Pain Point: Without reliable tracking, it's difficult to link colonies to their downstream sequence or screen result — a major issue in regulated or collaborative environments.
Solution: Built-in 2D barcode scanning and full image audit trail
Each plate, well, and colony is digitally tracked and recorded, ensuring full traceability from initial pick to final readout — ideal for reproducibility, collaboration, and regulatory documentation.
Contamination Threatens Your Whole Workflow
Pain Point: Cross-contamination during manual picking can compromise entire libraries or plasmid preps — wasting time, resources, and samples.
Solution: Sterile, single-use tips and pick-to-light automation
QPix minimizes contamination risk with precision-picking tools, guided workflows, and sterile consumables — ensuring your CRISPR library is as clean as your science.
QPix Microbial Colony Pickers
Maximize your efficiency with QPix Microbial Colony Pickers, including the all-new QPix FLEX. These systems are crucial for high-throughput colony screening and are widely used across microbiology, protein engineering, and genetic research. With their precision and speed, QPix instruments help you expand your research capabilities and achieve faster results.
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Customer Success Stories

Fermentalg® uses QPix® 420 colony picker to leverage microalgae metabolism to produce natural food dyes
Recognizing the need for a time-saving and labor-efficient method, Fermentalg made a groundbreaking decision to equip its laboratories with a high throughput screening platform. This platform enabled them to streamline their screening process and optimize their industrial strains effectively. A crucial component of this platform is the QPix 420 instrument, which revolutionized the colony picking step.
Inscripta enables scientists to perform digital genome editing
Inscripta’s vision is to democratize scalable genome editing to the world by offering a holistic platform consisting of software, instrument, reagents, & consumables to enable forward engineering solutions that are faster, easier, & more cost-effective for their customers. Using the QPix 420, customers may effectively generate and screen phenotypic diversity to enable successful bioeconomy solutions for the next generation of synthetic biology companies.

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