Hamilton MICROLAB STARlet Automated Liquid Handler with Span-8 Multichannel Pipetting Arm and CO-RE Gripper

The Hamilton MICROLAB STARlet Liquid Handler is a precision automated liquid handling workstation designed for advanced laboratory automation. Featuring an 8-channel Span-8 pipetting arm with a volume range of 1 to 1000 µL per channel, this system leverages Hamilton's proven air displacement technology to ensure highly accurate and reproducible sample transfers critical in molecular diagnostics, bioprocessing, and synthetic biology research.

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This liquid handler supports diverse labware handling including plate-to-plate, reservoir-to-plate, and tube-to-plate transfers, making it widely adopted in biotechnology and biomedical engineering domains. Optional upgrades such as thermal cyclers, shaking, cooling, magnetic extraction, and vacuum modules enable integration into complex molecular cloning and biomanufacturing pipelines.

Designed for high-throughput processing with enhanced contamination control through disposable tips, the STARlet system reduces manual pipetting variability and contamination risk, thus improving data quality and reproducibility in critical research. Its compact footprint suits both research and clinical diagnostic laboratories requiring scalable liquid handling automation for cell-based assays and synthetic biology workflows.

This configurable platform comes with preventive maintenance, validated pipetting precision via Artel volume verification, and offers options for onsite training, extended warranties, and method development consulting. Certified shipping in ISPM-15 compliant crates ensures safe delivery worldwide, supporting academic, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical laboratories.

Overall, the Hamilton MICROLAB STARlet is an essential automated liquid handling solution for researchers requiring accurate, reproducible, and customizable pipetting automation in molecular biology and bioprocessing environments.