New Cellreporter Live Cell-Based Assay System From Genetix
16 May 2007
Genetix Ltd (New Milton, UK) has announced the introduction of a new cell-based assay platform, CellReporter. Complementing the company's existing technologies for cell identification and selection, the new CellReporter is a powerful platform for fast, highly productive quantitative screening that produces qualified data for multiwell, live cell assays at very high speeds, using white light and multiplexed fluorescence.
In an industry first, Genetix has combined the speed of a plate reader, the quality of a microscope and the insight of high-content assays. CellReporter assesses multiple parameters in parallel, delivering immediate analysis and normalization of data. Easy to interpret features that validate assay read-outs are built-in, ensuring that a compound hit list is available minutes after assay completion. This compares to several days for traditional workflows. Only biologically relevant data feeds into subsequent data processing packages.
CellReporter includes campaign-driven software, imaging instrumentation and assay reagents for essential applications such as cell viability and morphology, cell proliferation, and apoptosis.
Data from Cell Reporter is stored in a standard format to allow export to other processing packages if required. In addition, by integrating with data from Genetix's CloneSelect Imager, scientists have a useful direct link between information about cell growth and assay data from CellReporter.
