Singer Instruments

Learn all about Lindsay & James' research and how their tackle their unique challenges in our webinar. With limited spaces filling up quick, secure your spot now: tinyurl.com/xr58eb28

Prof. Lindsay Hall, University of Birmingham. Expert at uncovering the secrets of the infant gut microbiome. Join our webinar to learn: How to overcome cultivation bottlenecks Techniques for uncovering new insights The latest updates on Lindsay's Research. The Dark Matter of the Microbiome How culturing the unculturable can help us solve real world problems. 2PM February 24th 2026 with Profs. Lindsay Hall & James Chong

The volume of baby poop in Prof. Lindsay Hall’s freezers is incredible. 💩
Lindsay is highly regarded in human microbiome research and a leader in the infant gut #microbiome space. She and Prof. @jameschong.bsky.social will be delivering you key insights on how to culture the unculturable.

Our mission is powered by the brilliant women on our team. 🧪
Today, we’re celebrating their contributions to science while advocating for the pay, recognition, and career equity they deserve. We couldn't do it without them!

#WomenInScienceDay #WomenInSTEM

Image of the PIXL colony picker hovering over a plate of colonies. below is the following text: Webinar | The Dark Matter of the microbiome. 2pm February 24th 2026 with Professors Lindsay Hall and James Chong. How culturing the unculturable can help us solve real world problems. One poo at a time. bottom right is a QR code.

What’s hiding in the "Dark Matter" of the #microbiome?
We’re hosting research experts Prof. Lindsay Hall & Prof. James Chong to dive into: 🧫 Overcoming cultivation hurdles 🦠 New insights from human waste samples 🧪 Research strategies from the experts
Register here: tinyurl.com/xr58eb28
#LabLife

Patrick Cai stands in a casual suit on stage giving a seminar talk. behind him is a presentation on the intersecting emerging technologies including an image of the PIXL colony picker that he uses for automating the Sc2.0 project.

High-throughput synthetic genomics comes to the Earlham Institute! 🧬

Prof. Patrick Cai shared updates on the Sc2.0 project to rewrite the yeast genome from scratch. An outstanding example of using automation like the PIXL in synthetic biology.

#ALife #MicroSky #SynBio

Half the image is a closeup of filamentous colonies outline in green (in detail) and circular colonies outlined in purple. On the right is a white legend stating All features (red tick) 12, Circular (purple tick) 5 colony cluster 0, filamentous shape (green tick) 7, irregular 0, punctate 0.

Who wants to struggle with ImageJ thresholds? Simple tools fall short on irregular or filamentous morphologies. Automatically detect, quantify and isolate a diverse array of colonies with PIXL Max AI colony detection & morphological classification - perfect for the #microbiome. No need to optimise.

Somerset Business Awards 2026 Finalist. Including the pink/purple ombre leaf logo.

We're a finalist for the Somerset Business Awards 2026 Employer of the Year!
Thank you to everyone a who's worked so hard this year and especially to those who spoke to the judges about what life is like as a certified NERD 🤖.
#SBA2026 #Somerset #Business

Collage of photos depicting teenage students in green uniform from The castle school sitting across a small square table being interviewed by working professionals.

Project Manager Ayo and Scientist Emmy recently participated in the Castle School's mock interview session. The experience provided students with a realistic taste of professional life through targeted questions on teamwork and resilience.

#STEM #Outreach #Education

We can talk about who won the Traitors But can we talk about life on a therapy waiting list? Brave the big talk. Image of a black bob wig with solid bangs on a bright pink background.

Join the nation's biggest mental health conversation. Talking helps reduce stigma and can make people feel comfortable enough to seek help when they need it. MIND is encouraging us to brave the big conversations, the ones that still feel unspoken. Let someone know they're heard this #TimeToTalkDay.

Why should robots be simple video thumbnail. An interview with Harry Singer - CEO of Singer Instruments.

The most expensive lab instrument🤖? The one gathering dust because only the retired tech knew the “dark art” of using it. We build tech that you can actually use. You can master 90% of PIXL Max’s functionality in under 10 minutes!
Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/95jbjekv

#microbiology 🧪

Webinar: The Dark matter of the Microbiome. 2 pm February 24th 2026. Profs. James Chong & Lindsay Hall will be speaking on How culturing the unculturable can help us solve real world problems. One poo at a time.

#Microbiome legends Prof. Lindsay Hall & James Chong are diving deep into their gut microbiome research strategies. We’ll be tackling cultivation bottlenecks and investigating techniques to scale #Microbiology insights from human waste. 💩🧫

Join us here: tinyurl.com/xr58eb28

An image of a petri dish containing colonies, captured on PIXL Max. Thousands of colonies on the image have been recognised by the AI colony detection algorithm

Colony detection is easy when you have eyes - but computers have algorithms that look for patterns 🧫. Microbiology almost never fits a perfect pattern. PIXL Max AI colony detection 🤖, with its high definition camera, can isolate colonies down to 0.2 mm and classify their morphology!

#MicroSky

Speed doesn’t matter, unless you’re the bottleneck in a high-throughput lab🤖. We’ve spent the last year quietly slaving away to please the speed queens with the PIXL Max at 3000 colonies/hour🦠🧫. Of course we added a few side quests as well - what else is new?

#MicroSky #LabAutomation #SciSky

PIXL Max - Singer Instruments PIXL Max precision microbial colony picker. An easy-to-use microbial colony picker with smart AI tech. Pick at speeds of 3000 colonies/hr with sterility and accuracy.

Find out more here: www.singerinstruments.com/solution/pix...

YouTube video by Singer Instruments Automated Colony Picking with PIXL Max

It's been <1 week of PIXL Max, and WOW!
Published twice - thanks Lab Manager & the Microbiologist
700+ emails - our inbox is buzzing 🧫
1000s LinkedIn impressions - we see you watching 🤖
1 big celebratory pub sesh - essential to any Singer launch. 🍻
Watch PIXL Max speed along: tinyurl.com/2ewtpff3

PIXL Max - Singer Instruments PIXL Max precision microbial colony picker. An easy-to-use microbial colony picker with smart AI tech. Pick at speeds of 3000 colonies/hr with sterility and accuracy.

Find out more about our faster, smarter, precision microbial colony picker PIXL Max here: www.singerinstruments.com/solution/pix...

6 agar SBS format PlusPlates containing arrays of 384 Chlamydomonas colonies each. These were created by automated colony picker PIXL. Some of the colonies have grown to about 1 mm diameter, others have not grown.

My plate didn’t grow? Now I have to do it all over again…AGAIN! 98% transfer efficiency sounds great, but 99.78% is even better when you’re picking the entire 🧪CLiP 2 mutant library🦠
(71, 700 colonies). It’s the difference between 1434 missed colonies, and only 148 missed. 🤖

PIXL Max, precision colony picker, uses 3/6 of it's picking heads to isolate from a dense and diverse agar plate.

Pick any colony at 98% transfer efficiency 🤖 - but only with these specific pins at £££/pin. Absolutely NOT! One Pinpoint Picking Technology to rule them all. Bacteriophage, Aspergillus, Chlamydomonas, and so many different types of fungi all with one sterile picking filament!🦠🧪🧫

PIXL Max - Singer Instruments PIXL Max precision microbial colony picker. An easy-to-use microbial colony picker with smart AI tech. Pick at speeds of 3000 colonies/hr with sterility and accuracy.

Learn more about PIXL Max here: www.singerinstruments.com/solution/pix...
🤖

Faster, Smarter, Precision Colony Picking PIXL MAX (logo) 3000 colonies per hour AI intelligence Advanced Detection Discover Here: QR code (bottom right hand corner) All on a black background, written in white , except the PIXL Max logo which is in Singer Red. The bottom left hnad corner contains an image of the PIXL Max colony picker. Thisis a large white box with a black sliding door. The white box is covered in artist impressions of colonies in varying morphologies.

Introducing PIXL Max🤖: our fastest automated colony picker yet with AI powered detection and analysis of microbes and zones of inhibition and super hi-res optics to detect the tiniest details of your colony morphologies.

"New product, Coming soon, January 2026" In the background is a highly zoomed image which clearly contains a petri dish growing green streaked colonies on black agar. Behind, partially in frame, are a deep well plate and a 96 multi-well plate. The top third of the image is taken up by a motion-blurred red section with two black "tubes"? hanging beneath going out of frame.

New year new me - that’s what we all say. Looking forward to a VERY exciting 2026! What could possibly be around the corner - Can you find the hint in our recent posts?

#MicroSky #LabAutomation #Microbiology 🧪🤖🧫🧬

Surely this can't be the only example of the shorthand for multiple microorganisms being the same. What comes to a scientists mind first would vary dependent on their specialty.
Perhaps the accepted shorthand should extend to three letters?

Scaling up synthetic biology - lessons from Singapore - Singer Instruments How collaboration with a leading synthetic biology incubator lead to the development of the industry-leading colony picker: PIXL.

Want to read the full story? www.singerinstruments.com/resource/adv...

Two women in Burgandy lab coats stand at a lab bench with computer screens in front of them and a PIXL (Automated colony picker) in between. The PIXL is glowing blue for fluorescence detection. There is a quote " PIXL is trustworthy, sturdy and gets the job done reliably and fast" from the Australian Human Microbiome Biobank.

Kevin roy stands in front of an integrated PIXL set up with a robot arm and plate hotel.

A robot arm waits in front of the automatic door to pick up a plate from PIXL, the automatic colony picker. The pinning head is currently picking a colony from the source bay.

We designed our colony picker PIXL in collaboration with SynCTI and a few other synthetic biologists buddies. Our scientist friends needed to prioritise efficiency and precision to help them decode complex biology through colony isolation at their lab bench.

#SyntheticBiology #Microbiology 🤖🧪🧫

The 10-Year Settlement Rule: A "Cliff Edge" for UK Innovation - Singer Instruments We are facing a crisis that many UK businesses haven’t spotted yet. The government’s proposal to extend the settlement route from 5 to 10 years is not just a policy tweak—it is an immediate threat to ...

If you agree with us and want to help here's what you can do:

1. Educate yourself - we've posted both our business case and personal impact statement to our website. www.singerinstruments.com/the-10-year-...

2. Join the Consultation - ukhomeoffice.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Our CEO, Harry Singer is visiting the Houses of Parliament today on an important mission: consulting on the proposed changes to UK immigration policy. These changes could mean that the UK economy loses highly skilled workers to other countries with more flexible immigration policies.

#STEM

Seeing a fab collection of @giantmicrobes.bsky.social gives me a little positivity boost. Where can we find your podcast?

Great work @scilifelab.se and love the simplicity of the linked news article. In a world where #SciComm is more vital than ever, the article keeps the discoveries, method and future direction short but clear. Universities should do this more often, no?

A primary school classroom with a small group of kids sat on red mats in takes up a majority of the image. The kids are dressed for World bookday - a Snow White, a Tinkerbell, a Teenage mutant ninja turtle, a Witch, a boy in dinosaur PJs and many other outfits. In the background a woman sits on a chair reading from a book to the group.

Exmoor is a world renowned hub for #biotech and engineering companies. As such we feel responsible for inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers. We loved building spaghetti towers, extracting strawberry DNA and hosting mock interviews in 2025. What’s your favourite #STEM activity? 🧪

AWRI Scales Bioprospecting with PIXL - Singer Instruments Learn how Dr Anthony Borneman from the Australian Wine Research Institute uses PIXL for bioprospecting of wild yeasts.

Hear more from him in our article: www.singerinstruments.com/resource/awr... 🧫🧪🤖