Fig. 2

TECAN Freedom EVO200 system representation. The figure shows the liquid handling platform equipment. (A) Picture of the instrument supplied at the institute’s facility (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dorhn, Naples). (B) Scheme of the workstation. Numbers indicate the main components of the platform both (A) in the picture and/or (B) in the scheme of the workstation: 1, LiHa tips carrier (3 positions); 2, Liquid/Solid waste station (3 plus 1 positions, respectively); 3, Chilling/Heating dry baths (2 positions); 4, Vacuum Separator block (2 positions); 5, Liquid Handling Arm (LiHa); 6, Shaking Heated Incubators (2 positions); 7, Worktable (16 positions); 8, Multi-Channel Arm 96-tip pipetting head (MCA96); 9, Common Gripper Module (CGM); 10, MCA tips carrier (3 positions); 11, Plate Hotel shelf (6 positions); 12, MCA 384 tips support (2 positions); 13, MCA Head adapters