Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Thermo Scientific Cellinsight personal cell imager for high-content analysis and cellular imaging technology.
The Cellinsight personal cell imager is said to address barriers to the adoption of high-content analysis, including cost and complexity.
The company said the imager provides all the benefits of cellular imaging in a simple-to-use, low-cost platform.
A straightforward and streamlined workflow enables simple two-click image acquisition, autofocus, scanning and analysis of a sample plate.
The system features a solid-state illumination source, high-efficiency filters and a custom optical design to deliver high-quality imaging and virtually maintenance-free operation.
The Cellinsight personal cell imager is suitable for high throughput.
Typical plate scan times are less than four minutes for a 96-well plate, while a 1,536-well plate can be scanned in just over one hour for a three-colour assay.
Robot compatibility ensures walk-away operation.
The Cellinsight platform features Thermo Scientific Idev workflow software to eliminate assay development bottlenecks.
This software brings quantitative image analysis to cell biologists, using pre-built biologically relevant measurement tools that do not require programming or specialist knowledge.
The task of analysing multi-parameter cell data is simplified by the Thermo Scientific Iview software, which is said to provide intuitive, image-centric tools and seamless integration with the Thermo Scientific HCi informatics software for data management and mining.
The Cellinsight personal cell imaging (PCI) platform provides the cell biology researcher with a simple-to-operate, low-cost, bench-top automated imaging capability.
By uniting optical hardware, quantitative image analysis, informatics and automation with a range of fluorescent probes, engineered cell lines and assay kits, cell biology researchers can investigate hundreds of cellular targets and advance their knowledge of cell function.
