Lab Automation • High-Throughput Assays • Scale-Up Execution

Turning complex biology into actionable data

Zarista Discovery helps biotech and R&D teams design, optimize, and deploy automated workflows and HT assays—moving from “it works once” to robust, monitored, and transferable operations.

Automation strategy & roadmap Assay miniaturization Method transfer QC & data readiness

Services

Modular support—from a fast diagnostic to full workflow build, validation, and handoff.

Assay development & miniaturization

Translate bench assays to plate-based formats with controls, dynamic range, and Z’ robustness suitable for screening and scale.

Automation design & implementation

Liquid handling workflows, scheduling, consumables strategy, error recovery, and hands-on deployment aligned to throughput targets.

Method transfer & documentation

Make workflows portable: SOPs, acceptance criteria, training materials, validation plans, and structured handoffs across sites/teams.

Robustness & QC analytics

Plate maps, controls, normalization, drift detection, and dashboards to keep performance stable across days, operators, and instruments.

Rapid audit (1–2 weeks)

A quick, high-yield assessment: bottlenecks, failure modes, and a prioritized roadmap to improve throughput and reproducibility.

Focus areas

Core assay and discovery domains where automation, robustness, and throughput materially change outcomes.

Cellular assays

Phenotypic and target-engagement assays with attention to biology-driven variability, timing, cell handling, and robustness under automated execution.

Biochemical assays

Enzymatic and binding assays optimized for signal stability, miniaturization, plate uniformity, and reliable kinetic or endpoint readouts.

High-throughput screening (HTS)

HTS-ready workflows with appropriate controls, Z’ performance, and failure-mode mitigation to support confident decision-making.

Hit-to-Lead (H2L)

Follow-up assay cascades designed for throughput, comparability, and smooth transition from screening to chemistry-driven optimization.

Lead optimization (LO)

Scalable assay execution and data consistency to support SAR, ranking, and compound progression with minimal re-work.

Approach

Automation succeeds when assay biology, data expectations, and execution constraints are aligned from the start.

Biology first, always

A deep understanding of assay biology reduces downstream surprises. Success is not just more data earlier, but fewer failures later—during scale-up, transfer, and decision-making.

Scientist-driven automation

Behind every successful automation is a scientist who truly understands the assay. Technology enables scale, but scientific ownership drives robustness and trust.

Design for reality

Workflows are built to tolerate variability, instrument constraints, and human interaction—so they perform reliably outside idealized conditions.

Contact

Send a short description of your assay/workflow, current throughput, and the main constraint (time, variability, integration, or cost). I’ll reply with a recommended next step.

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