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Staccato Workstation & PerkinElmer® Opera® for HCS



Enhanced productivity and assay quality


The PerkinElmer® Opera® High Content Screening System is the premier micro plate imaging reader, using confocal imaging and water immersion lenses for simultaneous four channel high speed and high resolution screening. The combination of superior resolution and speed of operation with the flexible image analysis software, Acapella™, ensures high potential for assay development and the industrial screening process. With its outstanding throughput, the Opera is ideally suited to be combined with the automation technology offered by Caliper Life Sciences. Caliper has integrated the Opera into Staccato, Ensemble and Reprise automation systems, many of which include the Twister® II robotic plate server, the Sciclone Advanced Liquid Handler and iLinkPro™ scheduling and control software. Caliper’s unique portfolio of systems ensures you total flexibility for future expansion and reconfiguration to meet unforeseen needs, changes in methods, and increased throughput and capacity.

Choose the Caliper automation approach that works best for you. Platemover robots such as the Twister II allows significant walk-away time from lengthy HCS scanning. Twister II’s tall vertical reach and modular storage racks make it compatible with virtually any device. This proven, low-cost microplate handler provides a time saving alternative to stackers and a money saving alternative to larger, more complex plate transport systems. Cell based assays can be highly technique-dependent and often greatly benefit from the consistent and precisely controllable liquid handling of the Sciclone G3, the most flexible liquid handler available. Caliper's industry leading iLinkPro software is used tightly integrate a variety of instruments and to create sample preparation methods with tight control over plate-to-plate event scheduling. Other peripheral devices, such as incubators and bar code readers are easily integrated as needed in Caliper’s flexible systems.


About the Opera / Twister II and systems integration

  • Generate data unattended 24/7
  • 400 plate Twister II capacity increases walk-away time
  • Barcode reader for sample tracking and method calling
  • Twenty position Sciclone G3 liquid handler deck supports many sample prep options such as shaking and temperature controlled locators
  • Sciclone offers interchangeable dispensing heads, bulk dispensers and optional servo gripper for on-deck automation
  • Zephyr is a compact liquid handler with 12 deck locations and manually changeable heads and arrays
  • Intuitive, easy to use icon-driven iLinkPro system control software
  • iLinkPro supports over 150 laboratory devices, allowing system change over time


The basic PerkinElmer Opera / Twister II integration kit includes:

  • 1 round based Twister II robot w/ 3 microplate stacks
  • iLink Pro 1.1 SP4
  • PerkinElmer Opera software adapter
  • Mechanical Interface Kit 
  • Extended Finger Set
  • Locator Kit

Caliper Staccato, Ensemble and Reprise automation systems can inexpensively enhance your HCS productivity with the Twister II plate server. Go one step further to improve your assay quality by adding the Sciclone G3 or Zephyr liquid handlers to automate sample prep. Create a modular system that works for you now and can change and grow with your needs.