eVOLVER combines the control of automated, continuous cell-culturing systems with the scale of high-throughput systems that grow many cultures at once. (Image courtesy of C. Bashor/Rice University)

eVOLVER combines the control of automated, continuous cell-culturing systems with the scale of high-throughput systems that grow many cultures at once. (Image courtesy of C. Bashor/Rice University)

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