Formerly dba PicoLiter Inc., Labcyte Inc. is a laboratory instrumentation company with a novel approach to dispensing small volumes of liquids for life sciences applications. In January 2019,i t was announced that LabCyte had been acquired by BeckmanCoulter Lfe Sciences. Designated acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology, LabCyte's acoustic dispensing technology uses a focused beam of acoustic energy to eject nanoliter-??scale droplets of fluid from one plate to another, with high accuracy at low volumes and reduced consumables costs. The company offers echo liquid handling products that enables the use of microwell plates, which decreases the amount of assay reagent required for tests; POD 810, a plate assembler and plate-on-demand integrated system that comprise plate storage, robotics, controller software and optional bulk filler, plate centrifuge, and plate sealer to set up plates; and Portrait 630, a reagent multi-spotter to deposit MALDI matrix and other reagents onto tissue sections and other samples for precision MALDI imaging mass spectrometry. It also provides consumables, such as microplates for DMSO and aqueous applications; and echo dose-response software that automates the process of diluting compounds for creating dose-response curves, and enables preparation of various concentrations in assay plates from nanoliter volumes of compound in source plates. In addition, the company offers echo cherry pick software to import pick-lists to find and transfer compounds that are distributed among the source plates, as well as to consolidate compounds selected from various source plates into a destination plate. It offers its products for various applications in the fields of compound management, genomics, proteomics, particle manufacturing, imaging mass spectrometry, and live-cell transfer. In January 2008, Labcyte bought Irish firm Allegro Technologies providing them a useful European presence
