公开(公告)号：CA2289174A1

公开(公告)日：2000-05-09

申请号：CA2289174

申请日：1999-11-09

Applicant: AURORA BIOSCIENCES CORP

Inventor： SASAKI GLENN ,  COASSIN PETER J ,  MERE LORA ,  CUBITT ANDREW B ,  PHAM ANDREW A ,  HAROOTUNIAN ALEC

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N33/50 ,  C12Q1/00 ,  G01N1/00 ,  G01N21/59 ,  G01N21/63 ,  G01N31/22

Abstract: The present invention provides liquid barriers that can reduce the evaporation of a liquid sample and incompatible with living cells. The liquid barriers of the present invention replace the need for mechanical barriers, such as lids and covers, for use with assay containers, such as multi-well platforms. The use of such liquid barriers rather than mechanical barriers reduces the need for robotics in automated screening procedures and thus allows for higher throughput in such procedures.