Company Announcements

The Automation Partnership agreed to distribute AVISO GmbH’s CellCelector automated stem cell picker in the UK and Ireland.

In a March SEC filing, Cyntellect said it raised $3 million from the sale of debt, equity and options or warrants.

In May, Accuri Cytometers and eBioscience, a reagent provider, entered into a comarketing agreement.

Product Introductions

Bio-Rad introduced the TC10 automated cell counter, which provides total mammalian cell counts in 30 seconds or less, and scores each sample across multiple planes.

Hamamatsu Photonics launched the cost effective FDSS (Functional Drug Screening System)/uCELL Imaging Plate Reader for kinetic cell–based assay development.

Digilab released the CellJet Cell Printer for live cell printing, featuring the noncontact synQUAD dispensing technology and a valve-free fluid path.

TTP LabTech introduced the Mirrorball laser-scanning micropate cytometer for antibody discovery, which performs mix-and-read and cell- or bead-based assays, and offers simultaneous laser scanning.

Molecular Devices launched the IonWorks Barracuda automated high-speed patch clamp system, which simultaneously adds compounds while recording to measure both ligand- and voltage-gated ion channel modulation in all 384 wells of the Patch Plate.

Genetix, a Leica Microsystems business, introduced an enhanced version of the CellReporter system for quantification of cellular responses using cell-based assays.

BD Biosciences launched the affordable, expandable, off-the-shelf BD LSRFortessa System, which uses up to four lasers for detection of up to 18 colors simultaneously.

BD Bioscience released the BD Influx Cell Sorting System, which can be configured with up to seven lasers and can support up to 24 parameters simultaneously.

ICyt, a Sony company, introduced the SYNERGY dual-module benchtop cell sorter/analyzer, which is configurable with up to seven lasers and 26 detectors.

ICyt released the affordable ECLIPSE multicolor automated benchtop analyzer for flow cytometry, cell-counting and particle-sizing applications.

IntelliCyt introduced its new High Throughput Flow Cytometry Screening System for analysis of multiparameter cell populations or multiplexed bead suspensions at rates up to 40 wells per minute.

Sales/Orders of Note

In April, Genetix announced that Vanderbilt University was the 100th facility to purchase its ClonePix FL.

In May, Accuri Cytometers announced the sale of the 500th unit of the Accuri C6 flow cytometer, which has been on the market for two years.