Demand increases at Queensland Compound Library

Queensland Compound Library (QCL) has installed a third comPOUND sample store from TTP LabTech in Cambridge, UK.

The purchase comes a year after QCL, located within the Eskitis Institute of Cell and Molecular Therapies at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia became operational.

TTP LabTech's comPOUND sample store is a modular system with self-contained modules that provide sample storage from ambient temperature down to -20°C. Sample tubes can be cherry picked from all linked stores, thereby allowing increased as the library grows.

The comPANION unit connects comPOUND stores to provide fast, remote delivery or storage of individual microtubes from an easily expandable sample library.

The QCL is the only dedicated automated compound management facility for tube and plate based systems in Australasia and was the first facility of its kind worldwide to integrate modular storage and liquid handling platforms. All of the comPOUND stores are run at a nominal temperature of 18°C.

The third comPOUND is a component of the Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, a collaboration between Griffith University, James Cook University, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the QLD State Government.

Dr David Camp of QCL said: "The QCL has grown rapidly during the last year with the introduction of more than 250,000 compounds, which has necessitated the purchase of another comPOUND sample store."