INCHSA Labs and Equipment
INCHSA Equipment Portfolio
Equipment Portfolio Imaging
The Cellomics KineticScan features
- High Resolution Cellular and Sub-cellular Imaging with sub-cellular resolution.
- Kinetic Assay Scheduling Software Permits fully automated, unattended execution of complex experimental protocols.
- Integrated Liquid Handling for reagent delivery, mixing and cell washing during live cell experiments.
- Onboard Environmental Control Enables live cell experiments physiological conditions throughout the assay time course.
- Flexible Optical System allow use with a wide variety of fluorescent reporters, including FRET and ratio metric imaging.
- Because of this units advanced functionality and on board environmental control and liquid handling, we currently reserve this system as a dedicated assay development and live cell assay system.
The GE INcell 1000 Fixed Endpoint Screening Machine with Robotic Plate Handling Robot Features .
- High Resolution Cellular and Sub-cellular Imaging with sub-cellular resolution.
- Kinetic Assay Scheduling Software Permits fully automated, unattended execution of complex experimental protocols.
- Integrated Liquid Handling for reagent delivery, mixing and cell washing during live cell experiments.
- Onboard Environmental Control Enables live cell experiments physiological conditions throughout the assay time course.
- Flexible Optical System allow use with a wide variety of fluorescent reporters, including FRET and ratio metric imaging.
- Because of this units advanced functionality and on board environmental control and liquid handling, we currently reserve this system as a dedicated assay development and live cell assay system.
- Plate handler fully automated and integrated with Overlord II software.
- A full range of application specific image analysis algorithms covering a vast range of biology's
The GE INcell 1000 Kinetic Assay Development Machine showing screen shot from Incell Investigator image analysis software
- High Resolution Cellular and Sub-cellular Imaging with sub-cellular resolution.
- Kinetic Assay Scheduling Software Permits fully automated, unattended execution of complex experimental protocols.
- Integrated Liquid Handling for reagent delivery, mixing and cell washing during live cell experiments.
- Onboard Environmental Control Enables live cell experiments physiological conditions throughout the assay time course.
- Flexible Optical System allow use with a wide variety of fluorescent reporters, including FRET and ratio metric imaging.
- Because of this units advanced functionality and on board environmental control and liquid handling, we currently reserve this system as a dedicated assay development and live cell assay system.
- A full range of application specific image analysis algorithms covering a vast range of biology's
- Optigrid Confocality
- Full Environmental control permitting long term live cell assays
- Onboard automated Liquid handling for treating cells in situ.
Equipment Portfolio
Plate Handling Robot
Selective Compliant Articulated Robot Arm (SCARA)
Features
- Fully automated and integrated using Overlord II automation and scheduling software
- Stack Capacity 90 SBS standard micro-plates.
- Designed for fully unsupervised operation
Plate Handling Sealer
Porvair Mini Seal
Features
- Will Seal a wide range of plates
- Pre-programmable temperature and
- Safety features e.g. Double hand actuation
- Small foot print
- Adhesive seals have not performed well for us
Liquid Handling
The Matrix Hydra Screen shot of graphical user interface
- Fully automated liquid handling system, has a 96 well head which can dispense liquids directly into 96 or 384 well plates.
- Can aspirate and dispense volumes ranging from 1 - 580 micro litres.
- Fully automated moving stage with 3 plate positions and a dedicated active wash bath.
- Active wash bath can clean 96 tip head during liquid handling tasks, preventing risk of cross contamination between experiments.
- Functions include; Bulk aspirating, dispensing, Plate replication, plate washing, Plate reformatting (96 to 384 and vice versa).
- Intuitive graphical user interface
The Deerac Equator Screen Shot of Graphic User Interface
Deerac Equator
- 8 channel liquid dispensing system.
- Dynamic range of dispensing volumes 50nl-1ml per channel, nano spotting.
- Cell dispensing and gradient functions.
- Can be used with 96,384,1536 well plates, 4 plate positions, fully automated.
Liquid Handling
Matrix Wellmate.
- Designed for bulk dispensing of reagents and cells.
- Compatible for both 96 and 384 SBS format plates.
- Dispensing range 1 -200 ul
- 8 channel system featuring disposable dispensing head
Apricot personal 550 liquid handling system
- Utilises either fixed or disposable tips
- Semi automated
- Compatible with 96 and 384 SBS compatible micro plates
- Will perform serial dispensing for rapid plate filling or dosing.
High Throughput Electro-poration
BTX High Throughput Square wave electro-porator
- Capable of transfecting 96 samples simultaneously
- Proven utility with siRNA and plasmids
- Excellent means of transfecting primary cells
- Fully programmable and automated
The Perkin Elmer Victor II
- Plate reader and liquid handler
- Capable of reading 96 and 384 microplates.
- Suitable for absorbance, Fluorescence and luminescence assays.
- Fully automated
The Cedex XS is a semi-automated image-based cell analyzer
Measurement results of Cedex XS: cell viability
cell diameter
cell size
cell morphology
aggregation rate
specific growth rate and doubling time
The CellaVista Automated imaging platform
Culture system Range | SBS format 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 and 384 well microplates, culture dishes, microscope slides, T-flasks Nunclon 75; for non-SBS formats, an additional adapter may be required. |
Illumination | Brightfield + up to 6 fluorescence options |
Objective Lenses | 4x + 2x, 10x, 20x, 40x |