High-Throughput Screening Platform

My Contribution

Owned the automation and systems-engineering layer for the HTS platform within Core Technology Platforms — Thermo Fisher Momentum workflow programming, FANUC robot configuration, instrument synchronization, fault recovery, vendor coordination, and long-term lifecycle stewardship so scientific workflows stayed reliable in shared use.

Facility Narrative

• Built as a joint research system: the Chemical and Functional Genomics Lab defined biological screening objectives and assay workflows, while CTP delivered the robotics, automation, instrumentation, and lifecycle-engineering layer that made those workflows dependable shared infrastructure.
• Scientific applications spanned mammalian cells and whole organisms (microbes, worms, zebrafish) — small-molecule and drug-library screening, RNAi and CRISPR functional genomics, high-content cellular imaging, phenotypic profiling, anthelmintic and antimicrobial discovery, toxicity analysis, and natural-product screening.
• Day-to-day collaboration with Dr. Hala Fahs connected laboratory experimental requirements to automated processes — coordinating platform operation, CellInsight high-content imaging support, fault diagnosis, repairs and preventive maintenance, spare parts, and Thermo Fisher engineer engagement for upgrades, calibration, and recommissioning.
• Engineering scope covered robotic-system integration, Momentum workflow programming, FANUC configuration, instrument synchronization, new-equipment integration, troubleshooting, user training, and lifecycle management — keeping the platform available for ongoing research rather than treating it as a static instrument stack.

Institutional Collaboration & Project Team

• Nikolaos Giakoumidis

  NYU Abu Dhabi · Core Technology Platforms

  Automation & systems engineering

• Kristin Gunsalus

  NYU Abu Dhabi · Chemical and Functional Genomics Lab

  Scientific leadership

• Fabio Piano

  NYU Abu Dhabi · Chemical and Functional Genomics Lab

  Scientific co-leadership

• Hala Fahs

  NYU Abu Dhabi · Chemical Genomics program

  Principal scientific & operational collaborator

• Chemical and Functional Genomics Lab

  Center for Genomics and Systems Biology

  Scientific ownership & research direction

• Core Technology Platforms

  NYU Abu Dhabi

  Engineering & infrastructure organization

• Thermo Fisher Scientific

  Primary technology partner

Platforms & Systems

Equipment and platforms established or operated in this laboratory — not a claim that every connected project used each system.

Publications & Evidence

• video

  NYUAD High-throughput Screening Platform

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