News

Cerillo® Announces Partnership with Opentrons to Deliver Automated Microbiome Research Solutions

Cerillo®, a technology company developing advanced research platforms for microbiome studies, today announced a partnership with Opentrons Labworks, Inc., a leading force in lab automation. The collaboration not only grants researchers access to entry-level lab automation but also extends the reach of Cerillo’s comprehensive suite of microbiome research tools, fostering standardization and efficiency in laboratory processes .

Cerillo and Opentrons are automating microbiome research and the discovery of microbiome therapeutics by seamlessly integrating Cerillo’s miniaturized Alto™ and Stratus® microplate readers onto the OT-2 and Flex for deck ELISA and cell growth analysis. This integration enables easy setup of experiments, including bacterial co­culture studies with Cerillo’s Co-culture platform.

According to Eric Mayton, CEO of Cerillo, “The integration of Cerillo’s products with Opentrons’ platforms aligns with our mission to provide accessible, cost effective, user-friendly laboratory tools that efficiently standardize global microbiome research at the bench. Our alignment with Opentrons’ open-source robotics platform sets new standards for industry efficiency.”

Cerillo’s Microbiome Discovery Platform

The Cerillo Microbiome Discovery Platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools to tackle the challenges of microbiome research head-on. This interconnected platform introduces unprecedented efficiencies, elevating data standardization, reproducibility, and analysis of research findings. Cerillo’s innovative platform includes:

Co-Culture Duet System®: Cerillo’s off-the-shelf microbial interaction platform features duets with porous barriers, allowing researchers to physically isolate populations while maintaining fluidic contact. This enables the observation, study, and growth measurement of individual microbial populations alongside others.

Miniaturized Microplate Readers: Cerillo’s compact microplate readers, like the next-generation Alto™, are ten times smaller than standard ones, perfect for monitoring measurements in tight spaces and anaerobic chambers. Alto is also Ideal for ELISA and high-throughput microbial growth curve applications.

Canopy Wireless Accessory Package: Cerillo’s revolutionary SaaS package offers wireless capabilities and robust software analytics so that researchers can experience real-time data visualization, monitoring, and wireless control of their microplate readers and scale their experiments by connecting multiple readers simultaneously.

 

Learn more here.

Recent News

09/16/2025

Lilly announces plans to build $5 billion manufacturing facility in Virginia

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that it plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County. The new site will be the company’s first dedicated, fully integrated active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and drug product facility for Lilly’s emerging bioconjugate platform and monoclonal antibody portfolio. Earlier

09/09/2025

ATCC Receives Contract to Advance Industrial Biomanufacturing and Produce Synthetic Aviation Fuel Precursors

ATCC, the world’s premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced that it has been granted a contract with Capra Biosciences, a Virginia-based biotech company focused on the cost-competitive production of petrochemical replacements using its modular bioreactor platform. ATCC is supporting a contract with Capra to work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s

09/05/2025

RIVANNA awarded $2.21 million NIH grant to develop pediatric lumbar puncture ultrasound guidance system

RIVANNA®, developers of world-first imaging-based medical technologies, has been awarded a $2.21 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II (R44) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an ultrasound guidance solution for pediatric lumbar punctures (LPs) on its Accuro® 3S platform. Lumbar punctures