BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opentrons Labworks, Inc., a leader in lab automation and makers of accessible lab robotics, today announced the launch of Opentrons® for Education, an exclusive offering for educators to bring lab automation to the classroom. Opentrons is building a first-of-its-kind ecosystem for teaching with automation, which includes education pricing and support, along with access to a community of educators already teaching with Opentrons. Our goal is to make lab automation a universal skill. Bringing lab automation to the classroom gives students a competitive advantage for their careers by addressing the growing skill gap faced by biotech companies. Opentrons for Education is the key to unlocking a new era of hands-on, innovative learning in the realm of laboratory sciences. "The life sciences industry has been slow to adopt lab automation due to the precision required to manipulate precious samples and reagents at milliliter and microliter volumes, and the lack of skilled personnel to introduce automated workflows into labs

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opentrons Labworks, Inc., a leader in lab automation and makers of accessible lab robotics, today announced the appointment of Gregory Cole, PhD as Chief Innovation Officer. With over a decade of medical robotics, IP strategy, and product commercialization expertise, Dr. Cole will be responsible for establishing commercial and academic partnerships with leading research institutions and biopharma companies and creating novel product solutions for the company’s Opentrons Flex, the first liquid-handling robot designed to be compatible with “design-of-experiment” programs, including AI-driven agents utilizing large language models (LLMs). "Greg's remarkable experience underscores his proficiency in steering robotic technologies towards successful commercialization," said Jonathan Brennan-Badal, CEO of Opentrons. "With a proven history of advancing medical robotics and fostering corporate partnerships, he will play a pivotal role in driving the continued global reach of Opentrons Flex and delivering innovative automated solutions to life science researchers. We welcome Greg to the Opentrons family."

OpenTrons also launched a generative AI tool and protocol library to help researchers automate experimental workflows.