Pipette Like a Pro: Practical Tips for Pipetting Challenging Liquids

Have you ever struggled to accurately pipette glycerol, ethanol, or other challenging liquids? METTLER TOLEDO Rainin developed Good Pipetting Practice™ (GPP™) as a practical, science-based approach to help scientists improve the accuracy and efficiency of their experiments.

In this GPP webinar, we will discuss different classes of liquids and how to get the best performance out of your pipettes. Most pipettes are optimized for room temperature liquids with properties similar to water so accurately pipetting viscous, high vapor pressure, low surface tension, hazardous, non-room temperature or foaming liquids requires careful adjustments. Each of these properties influence the optimal pipette type and technique to ensure accuracy and reproducibility with these challenging liquids.

Learning Objectives:

• Outline the classes of challenging liquids and their properties
• Select the optimal pipettes for different liquids
• Identify pipetting techniques that can improve accuracy