Low volume micro-plate and volume-limiting plugs

Abstract

A system (10) for reducing volume of material used in laboratory processes, including a low-volume micro-plate (70,80) having a number of wells (14) bound together with matrix material (16), where the wells include secondary wells (74, 84) having reduced volume, and volume limiting plugs (20). The volume limiting plugs (20) have a shank portion (30) and a tip portion (28), where the shank and tip portions (20,30) are configured to extends a substantial distance into a well (14) of the multi-well plate (70,80) to reduce the volume of the well. Also volume limiting plugs (20) for use with standard multi-well plates and low-volume micro-plates (70,80) for use with standard plugs.

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