The i-Omics Biotech's automated pipetting workstation has been established at the Chinese Rice Research Institute, supporting the development of a high-throughput rice molecular breeding platform

Recently, the AIPET 9618 96-channel high-throughput pipetting workstation produced by i-Omics Biotech has been successfully installed and commissioned at the China Rice Research Institute (located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and has been officially deployed on the institute's high-throughput rice genotype detection platform. It primarily serves large-scale SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) and SSR (simple sequence repeat) molecular marker analyses.

China Rice Research Institute Genetic Analysis Platform (for SSR/SNP genotype analysis in rice molecular breeding)

The China Rice Research Institute, as a national-level specialized rice research institution, has long been engaged in tasks such as germplasm resource identification, identification of superior genes, and molecular breeding. Traditional procedures—including nucleic acid extraction, PCR system construction, and capillary loading—are plagued by low throughput, prolonged processing times, and manual operational errors when handling thousands of samples. The introduction of the AIPET 9618 pipetting workstation fundamentally addresses this bottleneck. This workstation features 96-channel simultaneous sample loading capability, enabling precise and efficient automated operations throughout the entire workflow—from sample mixing and reaction system preparation to PCR product loading. Particularly for the numerous repetitive pipetting steps required in SNP/SSR analysis, the AIPET 9618 significantly enhances experimental throughput, ensures accuracy and consistency in pipetting volumes, and effectively reduces human error and cross-contamination risks, providing critical equipment support for obtaining high-quality, highly reproducible genotype data.

The i-Omics Biotech worked closely with relevant laboratories at the China National Rice Research Institute to successfully complete the integration of the workstation with existing experimental workflows, method optimization, and operator training. Users from the institute reported that the equipment operates stably, the software is intuitive to use, significantly reduces the manual workload for researchers, and enhances the efficiency of large-scale genotype testing by several-fold.

The i-Omics Biotech has been widely adopted by renowned agricultural research institutions such as Longping High-Tech, China National Seed Group, the China National Rice Research Institute, and the Yazhou Bay National Laboratory. In the future, the company will continue to dedicate itself to providing reliable and efficient automated sample processing solutions for fields like agricultural breeding and life science research, thereby advancing agricultural technological innovation and seed industry development in China.

(Longping High-Tech – High-Throughput Molecular Breeding Gene Analysis Platform)