The Catalyst 96 magnet plate is a new type of 96-well magnet plate designed for manual pipetting. It is built with novel slotted ring magnets, which cause magnetic beads to aggregate in two ring segments instead of one continuous ring. This enables manual users to work just as they are used to and slide the pipet tip down the inside wall of the well without having to worry about accidentally disturbing the bead ring and possibly removing valuable DNA with the supernatant.