SLAS 2026 · Boston · Booth 535

A Breakthrough in Core Liquid-Handling Technology

DRD brought Differential Pipetting™ to SLAS 2026 with live demonstrations across automated, benchtop, and handheld systems— showing accurate tiny-volume aspiration and clean, contact-free delivery without hanging drops.

Explore the Data View Poster 1041-B

DRD Liquid Handling booth and live demonstrations at SLAS 2026 — Live from BostonScience visitors could test for themselves.

ConferenceSLAS 2026

DateFebruary 7–11

LocationBoston, MA

Poster1041-B

TrackAutomation Technologies

Live demonstrations

One core mechanism.
Three ways to experience it.

Prospective customers and partners saw the system move from multi-channel automation to 0.1 µL benchtop work and fast handheld pipetting—all at one booth.

0196-channel system0.25–10 µL

Differential aspiration with clean, contact-free delivery into 384-well plates.

02DPDD system0.1 µL

Self-contained precision demonstration at one tenth of a microliter.

03Handheld pipettors0.5–10 µL

Rapid demonstrations across four fixed volumes for booth visitors.

DRD team demonstrating high-precision pipetting to SLAS attendees — Live industry showcase
Sasha demonstrates the 96-channel system while Don provides commentary and attendees observe the operating workflow.

Dolphin nose mandrels

High capacity. Fine aspiration. Clean release.

New O-ring fitted mandrels paired with Labcon 8010 tips support up to 50 µL capacity. Differential mode enables precise low-volume aspiration; non-differential mode supplies the flow needed to dispense from above the receiving surface.

Up to 50 µL capacityLarge tips preserve useful working range.
Down to 1.5 µL in differential modeFine aspiration with long, controlled piston travel.
Contact-free from several millimetersNo touch-off height or angle choreography.

Measured performance

Results that make the mechanism visible.

The SLAS materials pair visual plate consistency with measured linearity at tiny volumes using disposable tips.

CorrelationR = 0.999Measured vs. expected

Regression slope1.001Near-perfect linearity

Lowest plotted volume170 nLDisposable-tip example

384-well pattern0 missesContact-free delivery

Linearity studyTouchless blastoff at tiny volumes

DRD pipetting measured versus expected volume graph with correlation 0.999

384-well demonstrationFour volumes. Zero misses.

384-well plate showing contact-free delivery pattern with zero missed wells

0.5 µL1.0 µL1.5 µL2.0 µL

Performance information reflects the demonstrations and poster materials presented by DRD. Application-specific validation is recommended.

DRD Differential Pipettor poster 1041-B presented at SLAS 2026

Poster 1041-B · Automation Technologies

Differential Pipetting™ from 0.1 µL to 20 µL

The accepted poster presented a robust two-piston mechanism for accurately aspirating tiny samples and dispensing them cleanly, contact-free, without touching the destination.

PresentationMonday, February 9

SessionPoster Session B · 2–3 PM

RoomExhibit Halls AB

Patents11,491,477 · 11,813,606 · 11,951,470

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More than a demonstration

The square-wheel idea became a conversation.

DRD used a vivid visual analogy at the booth: differential displacement is not another peripheral feature added around an old mechanism—it changes the shape of the core idea.

Reported audience reaction
Three industry experts described the technology to the DRD team as potentially the first major core liquid-handling breakthrough since the syringe.

DRD jungle mural illustrating the square-wheel to round-wheel technology analogy — The booth mural connected a complex mechanical invention to a simple, memorable idea.

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