A process module for an automated biology system

A biological laboratory system comprising a process module (120), a first storage module (124) and a second storage module (100, 122), the process module (120) comprising:

• a housing (102);
• a working deck (330) located within said housing (102), having a first plate slot (110) for receiving at least a first carrier (160) carrying biological material, and a second plate slot (110) for holding lab-ware (300) or liquid;
• a liquid handling robot (340) comprising at least one pipette;
• a first transfer interface (134) being in communication with the first storage module (124) for the first carrier (160), wherein the working deck (330) is movable between a plurality of working positions, the working positions including:
• a first working position in which the first carrier (160) is located under an operating point of the liquid handling robot (340),
• a second working position in which the first carrier (160) is in alignment with said first transfer interface (134) for transfer of the first carrier (160) between the first storage module (124) located outside of the housing (102) and the first plate slot (110), and
• a third working position in which at least a second carrier carrying the lab-ware (300) or the liquid is in alignment with said first transfer interface (130, 134) for transfer of the second carrier between the second storage module (122) located outside of the housing (102) and the process module (120),
• wherein the first and second plate slots (110) are identically sized, having a microplate footprint configured to be used for all carriers in the process module (120) and are radially arranged with respect to an axis of rotation of the working deck (330),
• wherein the alignment of the first carrier (16) and the second carrier in the second and third working positions, respectively, is a radial alignment, and
• wherein the first and second carriers are transported in a linear horizontal motion in the second and third working positions, respectively.