Pro/pette, Prototype
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This object is a prototype liquid-handling machine developed at Cetus Corporation in Emeryville, California, in the early 1980s. It was designed to facilitate bioactivity assays by automatically performing dilution series. It has the ability to manipulate small volumes of liquid on a microtiter plate. The Pro/pette was later adapted to become part of the first PCR machine, “Mr. Cycle” (see object 1993.0166.01).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0031.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0031.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0031
objectType: label: Object Name
content: propette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 36.2 cm x 26 cm x 38.1 cm; 14 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 15 in