In 2001, the process of in vitro selection was automated by J. Colin Cox in the Ellington lab at the University of Texas at Austin, reducing the duration of a selection experiment from six weeks to three days.
En 2001, automatizouse o proceso de selección in vitro grazas aos traballos de J. Colin Cox no laboratorio de Ellington da Universidade de Texas en Austin, o que reducía a duración dun experimento de selección de seis semanas a tres días.