A microplate or microtiter plate, microwell plate, multiwell is a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes. The microplate has become a standard tool in analytical research and clinical diagnostic testing laboratories. A very common usage is in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the basis of most modern medical diagnostic testing in humans and animals.
A microplate typically has 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384 or 1536 sample wells arranged in a 2:3 rectangular matrix. Some microplates have been manufactured with 3456 or 9600 wells, and an "array tape" product has been developed that provides a continuous strip of microplates embossed on a flexible plastic tape. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplate​
Example of 96-well microplate
Microplate are commonly used is labs and should be documented in Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN).
All the plate widgets share similar layout, except they have different dimensions. The first row and column is reserved for names. The selected row and column will be highlight once selected.
Widget
No. Columns
No. of Rows
6-Well Plate
3
2
12-Well Plate
4
3
24-Well Plate
6
4
48-Well Plate
8
6
96-Well Plate
12
8
384-Well Plate
24
16
6-Well Plate
12-Well Plate
24-Well Plate
48-Well Plate
96-Well Plate
384-Well Plate
Edit Plate
Click "Edit plate" to open edit mode
Click cells to edit
Support copy and paste from excel sheet
Support data importing from *.xlsx, *.tsv, *.csv files.
However, there are some exceptions:
The number of columns and rows can not been changed, which means no function to insert/delete rows/columns
When importing data from *.xlsx, .tsv, *.csv files, instead of appending new data, it will replace the existing data. Extra rows and columns will be truncated. Also, only the first sheet of *.xlsx will be imported.
Selected row and column will be highlighted.
The edit mode of 96-Well Plate
Use Case
Use these widget when need to include a well plate in experimentation.