The 2026 registration is now open and will close when course is at capacity. Register now.
About
- Date: July 23 – 24, 2026
- Location: Emmanuel College and IPI in Boston, MA
- Registration fee: $500 for academic participants | $1000 for industry participants
- Class size: 8 participants
- Director: Curtis Walton, Ph.D., Director of Automation
This course will provide participants practical experience with liquid-handling techniques used in modern scientific laboratories. The curriculum includes the core principles of liquid handling, hands-on setup of an Opentrons OT-2 liquid handler, the development of an automation method to run a copper sulfate assay using the OT-2 graphical user interface (GUI), and the modification of that method using Python code to run a Bradford assay. Also included will be an interactive tour of integrated automated systems supporting a working antibody discovery and production pipeline and a roundtable discussion on setting up, running and optimizing automation for laboratory pipelines.
Instructors
Schedule
| Time | Day 1 | Day 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration / Continental breakfast | Continental breakfast |
| 9:00-9:30 | Lab safety orientation / Introductions | Recap day 1 and intro to Bradford assay |
| 9:30-10:00 | Simple liquid transfer demonstration | Introduction to Python coding for liquid handling method design |
| 10:00-10:30 | Introduction to automated liquid handling | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Convert copper sulfate method to Bradford assay method using Python | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Building copper sulfate assay using OT-2 Protocol Designer GUI | |
| 11:30-12:00 | ||
| 12:00-12:30 | ||
| 12:30-1:00 | Lunch and learn (Sponsored by SPT Labtech) | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 | ||
| 1:30-2:00 | Testing and validating copper sulfate methods | Test and validate Bradford assay methods |
| 2:00-2:30 | ||
| 2:30-3:00 | ||
| 3:00-3:30 | Integrated systems demonstration | |
| 3:30-4:00 | ||
| 4:00-4:30 | AI-enabled automation | Automation roundtable |
How to apply
Course registration opens on April 20, 2026. Payment is due upon registration.
The course is highly interactive and has limited space. A waitlist will be available once the course is full.
Participants will gather at the Maureen Murphy Wilkins Science Center at Emmanuel College on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.
The 2026 registration is now open and will close when course is at capacity. Register now.
For academic registrants, please use promo code: ACADx26AUTOMATION to receive the academic rate.
Questions?
Email info@proteininnovation.org.
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