The
Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of
innovative automation for life science applications,
is delighted to announce its CompacT SelecT
TM system for automated culturing of cell lines in T-flasks,
is now available with an integrated Beckman Coulter
Vi-CELL
® XR Cell
Viability Analyser, making controlling consistent cell growth easier and more
convenient.
This new option on the CompacT
SelecT, which is already being utilised by one of the world's leading
pharmaceutical companies, features a fully integrated Vi-CELL XR Cell Viability Analyser to
automate on-line measurement of viable cell number. The system
uses sterile disposable
serological pipettes to transfer cell suspensions to the Vi-CELL XR, thus
maintaining aseptic processing conditions throughout. This means
cell culture processes can be performed at any time of the day or night,
without researchers having to come into the laboratory or worry about potential
contamination. Therefore, scientists can consistently maintain cell lines in
their optimum state, without the constraints associated with manual cell
culture.
Dr Dave Thomas, Product Manager at TAP
Biosystems explained: "Viable cell analysis is a crucial part of the cell culture
process and cell line quality control. The ability to determine viable cell
counts with the Vi-CELL XR in real time allow researchers to ensure cells are growing
as they expect them to and that cells are seeded into flasks or assay plates at
specific concentrations. This level of specificity, coupled with the
repeatability of automated processing, consistently results in higher quality
cell cultures and improved assay performance. Integrating the Vi-CELL XR into
all new CompacT SelecT systems gives researchers added confidence that cells cultured in a CompacT
SelecT are performing optimally."
Dr Thomas added: "Integration of
Vi-CELL XR is the most recent addition to the capability of our automated cell
culture systems and reinforces the systems' flexibility in supporting a wide
range of applications from basic research in cell biology, drug discovery
programmes, or manufacture of cell therapies."
For more information visit
www.tapbiosystems.com
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