Abstract: A well plate assembly includes a well plate with a base wall, a peripheral wall extending up from the base wall and spaced inwardly from the outer periphery of the base wall. A well array is formed on the base wall at locations inwardly from the peripheral wall. A lid is mounted on the peripheral wall of the well plate. The lid and the peripheral wall have areas that are indented from the outer periphery of the base wall to facilitate manipulation by robotic stacking equipment. The well plate and the lid further include substantially registered robotic gripper plates aligned with the outer periphery of the base wall to facilitate manipulation of the assembled well plate and lid by robotic grippers.

Abstract: A tissue culture vessel includes opposed top and bottom walls and sidewalls extending between the top and bottom walls. The top wall is formed with a septum aperture and a resealable septum is mounted in the septum aperture to permit access to interior regions of the tissue culture vessel by a medical device for accessing tissue grown in the vessel. The top wall may also include a membrane aperture and a membrane may be mounted in the membrane aperture for providing gas communication to interior portions of the tissue culture vessel.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a target support plate and an assembly of a target support plate and a target device for processing biological and chemical samples The target support plate includes spaced-apart top and bottom surfaces, and a plurality of columns extending between, and through, the top and bottom surfaces. The target support plate may be releaseably secured to the target device by an elastomeric seal with the target support plate being at least partially formed of an elastomeric material; an adhesive; an elastomeric gasket; and/or, a mechanical fixation. The target device may be a device for collecting samples, including a multi-well plate, a mass spectrometric plate, or a secondary target support plate.