Automated Compound Storage and Retrieval System

项目总结/摘要 范德比尔特大学正在申请资金购买汉密尔顿维索M2，以取代我们过时的布鲁克斯 Universal Store（Unistore）.目前的系统是在2008年通过NIH的分子生物学基金购买的。 图书馆筛选中心网络（MLSCN），并提供化合物管理服务， 进行化学生物学研究的范德比尔特研究员。Unistore是范德比尔特 高通量筛选（VHTS）核心提供长期储存环境、快速检索和跟踪 每种化合物样品都有一种独特的机制，无论是在试管中还是在多孔板中。这使我们的机构能够 在质量和有效性方面与生物技术和制药公司不相上下。VHTS Unistore拥有约200，000支0.7 mL试管、2，500支4 mL小瓶和7，000个384孔板-总计超过 2.5百万样本这些样本被归类为大型的化学多样性筛选收集，库 已知的生物活性化合物和特定项目的化合物。前两者代表多数 并提供给任何范德比尔特的研究人员作为一个收费的服务分布。此服务 对HTS筛选服务的总结，涵盖早期发现（例如工具化合物发现）， 转化（例如发现已知药物的新临床相关活性）项目。第三类 （项目特定化合物）是与特定的、由制造商驱动的对潜在客户的点击和潜在客户相关的化合物。 优化临床前药物发现项目。目前，来自111个此类项目的样本通过 我们的系统过去五年，平均20，170个单独样品和1，064个复合板 将每年的复制品分发给研究者。快速、高效和有效地支持 范德比尔特研究界的需求主要取决于我们的自动化，环境控制 复合存储和检索系统与综合实验室信息管理系统（LIMS）。 虽然Unistore是一款出色的设备，但它已经超过了预期寿命，需要 广泛的现场供应商支持。随着布鲁克斯推出 更新的模型。该系统的更换是至关重要的正在进行的NIH资助，以及新兴的研究 旨在推进基础和早期转化研究的计划。我们正在申请资金， 自动化合物存储和检索系统，将服务于范德比尔特通过未来十年。使命 Verso将提供的关键功能包括：1）试管样本的二维条形码水平跟踪，2）一维条形码 板样品的水平跟踪，3）使用干燥空气源和-20 °C冗余压缩机的环境控制 温度控制，4）高速挑管，5）存储容量库增长，和6）应用程序 接口（API），允许与现有VHTS LIMS进行简化集成。及时更换 过时的布鲁克斯系统与更新的Verso将确保继续服务于目前资助的项目， 提供了一种在范德比尔特内部发展这种能力的方法。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Vanderbilt University is requesting funds for the purchase of a Hamilton Verso M2 to replace our obsolete Brooks Universal Store (Unistore). The current system was purchased in 2008 through funding from the NIH's Molecular Library Screening Center Network (MLSCN) and has since provided compound management services to Vanderbilt investigators performing chemical biology research. The Unistore is a cornerstone of the Vanderbilt High-throughput Screening (VHTS) Core providing a long-term storage environment, rapid retrieval, and tracking mechanism for each compound sample, whether in a tube or multi-well plate. This has enabled our institution to operate on par with biotech and pharmaceutical companies in terms of quality and effectiveness. The VHTS Unistore holds approximately 200,000 0.7mL tubes, 2,500 4-mL vials, and 7,000 384-well plates - totaling over 2.5 million samples. These samples are categorized as large, chemically diverse screening collections, libraries of known biologically active compounds, and project-specific compounds. The former two represent the majority of the samples and are available to any Vanderbilt researcher as a fee-for-service distribution. This service dovetails to the HTS screening services that span early discovery (e.g. tool compound discovery) and translational (e.g. discovery of new clinically-relevant activity of known drugs) projects. The third category (project-specific compounds) are compounds associated with specific, investigator-driven hits-to-leads and lead optimization preclinical drug discovery projects. Currently, samples from 111 such projects are managed through our system. Over the past five years, an average of 20,170 individual samples and 1,064 compound plate replications per year were distributed to investigators. The ability to quickly, efficiently and effectively support the demands of the Vanderbilt research community critically depends on our automated, environmentally controlled compound storage and retrieval system with integrated laboratory information management (LIMS) system. Although the Unistore has been an outstanding piece of equipment, it is well past its life expectancy and requires extensive on-site vendor support. The availability of vendor support is increasingly limited as Brooks introduces newer models. Replacement of the system is crucial to ongoing NIH-funded, as well as emerging, research programs aimed at advancing basic and early translational research. We are requesting funds for a new automated compound storage and retrieval system that will serve Vanderbilt through the next decade. Mission critical features that the Verso will provide include 1) 2-D barcode level tracking of tube samples, 2) 1-D barcode level tracking of plate samples, 3) environmental control with a dry air source and -20 °C redundant compressor temperature control, 4) high-speed tube picking, 5) storage capacity library growth, and 6) an application program interface (API) allowing streamlined integration with the existing VHTS LIMS. The timely replacement of the obsolete Brooks system with the updated Verso will ensure continued service to presently funded projects while providing a means to grow this capability within Vanderbilt.