Flow Cytometer with Robotics

Beckman Coulter announced the successful integration of its Cell Lab Quanta SC MPL into a fully automated seed and feed cell culture system. The integrated system provides data and cellular growth parameters for the evaluation of clone selection, cell expansion and protein expression results. The system is integrated online with other peripheral devices and a robotic arm that moves cell culture plates to the flow cytometer for analysis. Data from the analysis is automatically captured by the systems software for real-time and subsequent analysis and interpretation. The ability to integrate this advanced flow cytometer provides an expanded range of measurements for high-throughput, walkaway cell analyses, including such as cell count and viability, apoptosis, cell cycle and cell surface marker.