heterogeneous containing a variety of components e g different proteins or homogenous containing one component in some instances a sample can be naturally occurring a biological material and or a man made material furthermore a sample can be in a native or denatured form in some instances a sample can be a single cell or contents of a single cell or multiple cells or contents of multiple cells a blood sample a tissue sample a skin sample a urine sample a water sample and or a soil sample in some instances a sample can be from a living organism such as a eukaryote prokaryote mammal human yeast and or bacterium or the sample can be from a virus in some instances a sample can be one or more stem cells e g any cell that has the ability to divide for indefinite periods of time and to give rise to specialized cells suitable examples of stem cells can include but are not limited to embryonic stem cells e g human embryonic stem cells hes and non embryonic stems cells e g mesenchymal hematopoietic induced pluripotent stem cells ips cells or adult stem cells msc the term u201c level u201d as used herein generally refers to variation from a plane that is orthogonal to the gravitational acceleration vector the present disclosure is directed to automated systems for performing analyte detection such as western blotting.