Correspondence and papers regarding manufacture by Cambridge Project Engineers of a 'colony picking machine' for Ferguson-Smith's laboratory

Date:
May 1992-Dec 1992
Reference:
UGC 188/7/4/1
Part of:
Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Correspondence and papers regarding manufacture by Cambridge Project Engineers of a 'colony picking machine' for Ferguson-Smith's laboratory. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This instrument automated the selection of colonies from a petri or other plate. Includes correspondence between Ferguson-Smith and Cambridge project Engineers Ltd, plans of the SCARA robot and colony picker, and pamphlet on the Biopick colony picking robot providing background information and specifications.

Publication/Creation

May 1992-Dec 1992

Physical description

1 pamphlet, 2 plan drawings, 14 loose pages

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.

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Location of original

The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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