Miniature cell chambers for single-cell workflows
GRIDS - unprecedented optical clarity for your single cells
256
Individual chambers on 60-mm polystyrene dishes
120
Seconds for plating cells across 256 GRID chambers-automated & hands-free
200-600
Nanolitres per chamber for efficient isolation and/or culturing single cells
3.2
square millimetres per chamber
How are miniature single-cell chambers made?
The miniature cell chambers form the core of our automated single-cell isolation and automated single-cell cloning solutions. They are created ad-hoc as part the single-cell workflows and are made of an aqueous phase, such as cell medium or stem cell coatings, and separated and overlaid by an immiscible oil phase. They are ideally suited to gently isolate individual cells as well as culturing single cells into clonal cultures.
With their small size, exceptional optical clarity, and lack of edge effects, the GRID chambers enable highly reliable in-chamber verification of monoclonality immediately after plating. In addition, their minimal volume requirements greatly help to reduce the use of costly reagents.
Benefits of GRIDs for single-cell workflows
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Physically separated cell environments |
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Scalable |
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One-step surface coating |
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Single cells visible at edges |
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Single cells visible directly after plating |
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Low reagent consumption |
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