Exploiting open source 3D printer architecture for laboratory robotics to automate high-throughput time-lapse imaging for analytical microbiology

• Sarah H. Needs ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.h.needs@reading.ac.uk

  Affiliation Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-9637

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• Tai The Diep,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom

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• Stephanie P. Bull,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom

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• Anton Lindley-Decaire,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Electronic Imaging, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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• Partha Ray,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-8279

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• Alexander D. Edwards

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, United Kingdom

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