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“We are very happy with the Rock Imager 54 and Rock Maker from Formulatrix. They are easy to use and the quality of the images is superb. I highly recommend them to everyone who has robotic systems for crystallization setup. An automated crystal imaging system is essential, and Rock Imager is the best for the quality, capacity and versatility.”
Wei Yang, Ph. D.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology NIDDK, NIH.
“After careful comparison of all of the crystallization imaging systems currently available, we found that the Formulatrix system was by far the best for those groups interested in conducting both development research with new and emerging crystallization technologies for membrane proteins, while at the same time using the system for routine crystal storage and inspection of soluble and membrane protein crystals. The image quality is outstanding and the software is very adaptable and easy to use.”
Ray Stevens
The Scripps Research Institute.
"It images more crystallization experiments on a regular basis than humanly possible, it doesn't have a bad day, and it never talks back."
Gloria Borgstahl
University of Nebraska Medical Center
"We have been delighted with our Formulatrix imager. The image quality is high and technical support has always been timely."
Larry R. McLean
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"We have chosen the Rock Imager 54 because it provides a compact combination of a plate hotel and an imager in one instrument and delivers an excellent image quality. The Formulatrix team worked closely with us to make special modifications to the instrument to accommodate it to a challenging task of imaging small crystals of membrane proteins growing in the lipidic mesophases. The Rock Imager completely replaced a tedious procedure of manual inspection of crystallization drops under a microscope in our group and tremendously increased the throughput of crystallization trials."
Vadim Cherezov
The Ohio State University, Chemistry Department
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Novartis
recently signed a global deal with Formulatrix. |
"We have been very pleased with the implementation of the Rock Maker platform at Novartis. Rock Maker has allowed us to improve our productivity using our existing crystallization robotic hardware. A key benefit has been integrating the entire crystallization process from experimental design through data management under Formulatrix' comprehensive, user-friendly software platform. We have also been happy with the continued support of Rock Maker and the commitment to meet our specific needs."
Travis Stams Director of Biomolecular Structure
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
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Pfizer
recently signed a multi-site deal with Formulatrix. |
"We are very satisfied with our Formulatrix Rock Maker software because it provides a user-friendly, experiment-like interface to our crystallization robotics. The way in which initial crystallization screening, follow-up optimization and imaging of results with Rock Imager are integrated makes it especially powerful and allows us to get the most from all our hardware."
Dennis E. Danley Principal Research Investigator, Protein Chemistry and Structure
Pfizer Groton Research & Development
"We have chosen Rock Maker from Formulatrix as our software platform for automating crystallization screening because we believe that it offers the most complete, robust, easy-to-use, and viable long-term solution currently available on the market today. In addition, Formulatrix has researched and proposed various hardware platforms to allow for combination of their software platform with the best off-the-shelf hardware components. Based on the detailed product specifications we have received to date we are eager to begin using this product."
Dr. Sandy Farmer, Associate Director of Structural Research
Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ridgefield, CT
"We were looking for a software solution that not only allows for designing and tracking of crystallization experiments, but also operates liquid handling and imaging robots. As far as we know, Rock Maker is the only software on the market that solves this problem. In addition, Formulatrix builds an imaging robot that provides very good pictures of crystallization drops from all kinds of 96-well plates. We are very happy that Formulatrix was able to deliver a customized solution, and that we get immediate support."
Martin Kollmar, Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Wyeth
contracted Formulatrix to automate their protein crystallization process including experiment design, liquid dispensing, and image review. Formulatrix assessed their needs, worked with Wyeth to define the software solution, and successfully completed implementation of the project. |
"We're very happy with the Formulatrix solution. It has increased our throughput, minimized human error, eliminated repetitive tasks, and helps us keep track of all experiment conditions."
Will Somers, Ph.D. Director Protein Crystallography
Wyeth, Cambridge, MA
"The Rock Imager 1000 was a perfect fit for us in terms of capacity and image quality. The attention to detail in the construction and software interface are excellent. We've had it running at high capacity since installation. This is a really nice machine."
Joel Bard, Senior Scientist
Wyeth Research
"We have found Rock Maker to be a comprehensive, robust and user-friendly system for managing our automated protein crystallization platform. The software was customized to meet our specific hardware and workflow needs, and is in constant use. We are also very happy with the ongoing product support from Formulatrix."
David J. Matthews, Ph.D. Director, Structural Biology
Exelixis. Inc., S. San Francisco, CA
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