This is the perfect scenario. A well-run, well-funded laboratory at a major University has replaced their instruments for more capacity. It gets better: Qiagen robots are easy. Where some instruments require at least rudimentary automation experience, these instruments are ready to use. The programs are mostly canned. It should be ready to process your minipreps on installation.
Simply put, if you buy this instrument, you will be ready to extract DNA/RNA/Plasmids, carry out typical pipetting operations, sample prep, plate transfer or rearraying, etc. These units were feeding a microarray program.
The main applications for these Qiagen robots is preparation of nucleic acid samples from cells, and this one is used also for cherrypicking. It has eight syringed-based liquid channels, a wash pump, a vacuum pump for manifold use, a temperature-control unit, and lots of accessories.
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