In Winooski, Vt., microplate instrumentation and software company BioTek Instruments Inc. has released an application note titled Automated Magnetic Bead Washing of Metabolic Hormone Assays, in collaboration with Millipore Corp. of Billerica, Mass., a provider of technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The note details the use of the former company’s ELx405 magnetic bead washer to automate the wash steps used with the latter company’s Milliplex MAP assay as it pertains to a hormone assay panel.