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Student Christina Hueneke of the Midwest Center for Structural Genommics overseeing a protein cloning robot

The protein cloning robot was designed as part of an effort to exponentially increase the output of a traditional wet lab. Part of the center's goal is to cut the average cost of analyzing a protein from $200,000 to $20,000 and to slash the average time from months to days and hours.

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Irina Dementieva, a biochemist, and Youngchang Kim,  a biophysicist and crystallographer, work with the first robot of its type in the United States to automate protein purification. The robot, which is housed in a refrigerator, is an integral part of the Midwest Structural Genomics Center's plan to automate the protein crystallography process.

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