The Essential Role of Micropipettes in Modern Laboratories

Types of Micro Pipettes

Compared to other large pipettes, they provide the best precision and reliability, which defines even minor changes and reduces the chances of errors. 

Micro pipettes are manufactured in different forms depending on the requirement of the laboratories and some of them includes:

1. Single-channel pipettes: They are convenient for moving the liquids from one container to another while multi-channel pipettes are used in large volumes.  

2. Multi-Channel Pipettes: These pipettes are specifically designed for large volume applications like micro plate operations as it contains a number of channels that delivers liquids at one time, effectively. 

3. Electronic Pipettes: These pipettes are Digital pipettes with control buttons, reading displays with auto features and are more accurate in their operations.
 

Applications of Micro Pipettes

Micro pipettes are required in the Research and Pharmaceutical Industry, especially in different chemical laboratories. They have numerous applications, some of which are outlined below:

• In general molecular biology, micropipette are a highly useful tool in experimental procedures of PCR, DNA sequencing and gene cloning because they help promote thorough mixing of reagents and samples precisely and accurately.

• In biochemistry micro pipettes are used in enzyme assays, and on quantification of proteins among other uses.  

• Micro pipettes are used to precisely transfer liquids in the pharmaceutical industry in the process of developing drugs and testing their quality. 

• There is a tremendous need for high accuracy consumables in pharmaceutical applications concerning drug research and development and quality assurance/heavy emphasis upon proper control for liquids and liquid volumes in such experiments to obtain consistent and reproducible results on the next hundreds of hundreds and thousands of samples.  

• In clinical diagnostics, micro pipettes are applied to sample preparation/adult, blood/clinical analysis, and diagnosis tests, which plays an important role in the diagnosis of patients' diseases.

Best Practices for Their Use

The efficiency of micro pipettes in work depends on various factors and is reviewed on the basis of recent research findings regarding the use of micro pipettes and guidelines for their proper functioning.

Calibrations need to be performed on a regular basis to assure that the volumes read by the instrument are correct and the cleaning or maintenance of the instrument will help eliminate any contamination and also increase its durability.

Instead pipettes with ergonomics features should be used as it reduces the level of hand fatigue and discomfort in case of a long usage particularly in the large scale experimentation.

Common errors include touching the tube/pipette to any surface, not pre-wetting the tip, pipetting too fast/slow, and having air bubbles.

Let’s Wrap it Up

Therefore, one can conclude that micro-pipettes have become an indispensable part of modern laboratory technology where the accuracy of experiments cannot be considered complete without their use. Being aware of the micro-pipettes’ types, uses, and guidelines helps the researchers to step up their game and maximise the use of the device across many scientific research disciplines. Regardless of the location of the analysis, being in an academic setting or conducting research in a clinical environment or even in an industry, micro-pipettes are still considered as crucial instruments in the understanding the magnificence of science.