Singer Instruments
@singerinstruments.bsky.social
Singer Instruments (est.1934) make world class laboratory automation to accelerate microbiological research for scientists who want to make the world a better place. Employee-owned and UK-based, we provide reliable solutions for global scientists.
Our automated colony picker, PIXL, has isolated an estimated 60 million colonies across 100+ labs in 2025! Anthony Borneman of the AWRI uses it to explore adaptive evolution, traditional breeding and the microbiome of Australia’s vineyards. #Yeast #Research #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 🧫🧪🤖
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Our automated colony picker, PIXL, has isolated an estimated 60 million colonies across 100+ labs in 2025! Anthony Borneman of the AWRI uses it to explore adaptive evolution, traditional breeding and the microbiome of Australia’s vineyards. #Yeast #Research #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 🧫🧪🤖
Dr Jane Usher and her student Catrin study antifungal drug resistance in fungal pathogens like Candida glabrata 🧫🧪. With Synthetic Genetic Array screening on ROTOR+🤖, they identified new therapies and targets. Here’s the paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#Yeast #MicroSky #WomenInScience
#Yeast #MicroSky #WomenInScience
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Dr Jane Usher and her student Catrin study antifungal drug resistance in fungal pathogens like Candida glabrata 🧫🧪. With Synthetic Genetic Array screening on ROTOR+🤖, they identified new therapies and targets. Here’s the paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#Yeast #MicroSky #WomenInScience
#Yeast #MicroSky #WomenInScience
“Big data are nice, but the problem is that we don’t know what most of the genes do. You can’t predict physiology based on genomes alone.” #MicrobiomeSky legend Prof. Willem M. de Vos spoke to us about some of the challenges of research today. 🧪 www.singerinstruments.com/resource/cha...
January 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“Big data are nice, but the problem is that we don’t know what most of the genes do. You can’t predict physiology based on genomes alone.” #MicrobiomeSky legend Prof. Willem M. de Vos spoke to us about some of the challenges of research today. 🧪 www.singerinstruments.com/resource/cha...
#HiSciSky We’re not the interesting story: scientists are. We want to celebrate your breakthroughs, shout about STEM and occasionally post a robot🤖. If you want us to shout about your #Microbiology research - tag us in your post. 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#HiSciSky We’re not the interesting story: scientists are. We want to celebrate your breakthroughs, shout about STEM and occasionally post a robot🤖. If you want us to shout about your #Microbiology research - tag us in your post. 🧪
#HiSciSky 🧪 We’ve watched the scientific community move to BlueSky in droves - so we thought we’d join you. We’re a team of engineers, scientists and other nerds obsessed with making precise, reliable & easy-to-use lab automation 🤖.
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
#HiSciSky 🧪 We’ve watched the scientific community move to BlueSky in droves - so we thought we’d join you. We’re a team of engineers, scientists and other nerds obsessed with making precise, reliable & easy-to-use lab automation 🤖.
Did you know we host #PhD internships primarily through @ukri.org's BBSRC PIPs program? This year, we welcomed six students to our UX and Research teams! We work hard to match our business needs with their unique skills.
What’s your favorite memory from an industry placement? #MicroSky #PhDLife
What’s your favorite memory from an industry placement? #MicroSky #PhDLife
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM