Titian CEO, Edmund Wilson said: “Drug discovery is now more challenging than ever, and so pharmaceutical, biotech and academic organizations are seeking to maximize the efficiencies of their laboratory processes. Knowing where a sample is, what its character make-up is, and what has been done to it and by whom, is an essential element in this efficiency. Mosaic’s success has been built on the premise of listening to the needs of customers in various organizations. Based on this we have developed Mosaic to cover biological applications in addition to our heartland of chemical sample management, for which we are recognized as the ‘go-to’ offering.” Mr Wilson continued: “We are delighted to announce this project with Boehringer Ingelheim which reflects Mosaic’s success with the management of biological samples.”

Mosaic is a modular software suite, providing a range of flexible options for many different types and sizes of life science research organizations in industry and academia. For more information about Mosaic – including modules for inventory tracking, ordering, workflow management, robotics and integration APIs – and its applications, please visit the Titian Software website, www.titian.co.uk.

Titian provides a driver module that transfers instruction files to the Labcyte Tempo automation control software – an intuitive platform to develop protocols for the Access and POD systems. At the end of each acoustic transfer, the resulting changes in the inventory (including acoustic surveys of source well contents) are reflected in Mosaic, using the results data generated on the Labcyte systems, without operator interaction.

Labcyte Tempo software manages all tasks including system setup as well as all plate and liquid handling activities. After plate loading and sample transfer, the assay ready plates are sealed or lidded and stacked ready for delivery. In addition to low volume plate replication and hit picking, the ability of the Echo system to transfer samples in as little as 2.5 nL permits a direct dilution of samples for dose-response assays; eliminating the cross-contamination and error propagation seen with traditional serial dilution methods.

“We have integrated our Echo liquid handler, automation, software, and consumables into cost-effective, high performance solutions targeting a range of applications,” says Mark Fischer‐Colbrie, CEO and president of Labcyte. “The collaboration with Titian and their Mosaic software suite will allow our customers to seamlessly integrate sample management, processing, and analysis while improving results and saving costs.”

Titian Software is continually expanding the capabilities of the Mosaic sample management suite to meet current demands and, more importantly, new application developments. For more information please visit the Titian Software website, www.titian.co.uk.

Labcyte developed and commercialized acoustic liquid transfer and continues to deliver innovative solutions with unsurpassed quality and efficiency. For more information visit their website, www.labcyte.com.

Mosaic 5.0 communicates effectively with third party systems, via new web services APIs, for sophisticated inventory access and manipulation. Furthermore, Mosaic can now be linked up to multiple substance registration systems simultaneously, allowing multiple substance types to be managed simply, reliably and effectively within the same system. A new extended sample shipment module is also available, which aids the preparation of shipments (including the required accompanying documentation), and the tracking of these shipments through to receipt at a remote location.

These improvements, along with many others, ensure that Mosaic 5.0 offers the most efficient and accurate sample management system, with exceptional data integrity. Commenting on the Mosaic 5.0, Edmund Wilson, CEO of Titian, said: “Since the inception of Mosaic, we have been supporting our expanding customer base with user-defined enhancements. Mosaic 5.0 is the latest example of this, providing unparalleled sophistication with proven functionality to meet business needs for sample management in almost any situation.”

For more information about Mosaic™ please visit the Titian Software website, www.titian.co.uk