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Please note that Ask The Lab Man is not designed to answer every question posed. The Lab Man will focus on those questions requiring innovative thinking, contributing to the exploration of automation technologies in the laboratory, technical originality, and unique integration and automation strategies in keeping with the mission of the ALA to support the global advancement of education for automation technologies.

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