. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Nat Methods. 2010 Jul 18;7(8):634–636. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1481

Table 1.

Average duration of screening steps

Step	Time (sec)
Loading
from multiwell plate	2.1 ± 0.4
from reservoir	2.2 ± 0.3
From photodetector to field-of-view	2.7 ± 0.3
Positioning	2.9 ± 0.6
Orienting & focusing	5.6 ± 1.7
Microsurgery	2.1 ± 0.5
Unloading	2.5 ± 0.1

n = 150 in total, ± s.d.