Thermo Fisher Scientific CellInsight CX5 high-content screening platform

The Thermo Scientific CellInsight CX5 high-content screening (HCS) platform, a quantitative imaging and analysis platform powered by Thermo Scientific HCS Studio 2.0 Cell Analysis Software, is said to advance technologies and options for single cell analysis across the company’s high-content analysis portfolio.

The software offers cell biologists speed, flexibility and efficiency for large-scale, high-throughput biology, including complex morphological analyses of cells, cell structure and aggregations of cells in colonies. While robust, the platform is also simple enough to be applied to everyday assays such as viability and proliferation.

Adding near-IR (infrared) capability to the platform, the system is enabled with true five-colour spectral illumination, allowing access to a greater range of fluorescent reagents. Seven new validated assays were added to the platform, as well as the capability to accept images for analysis in many different formats.

The product allows users flexibility when coupled with microscopy and fluorescent detection tools. With HCS Studio 2.0 Cell Analysis Software, researchers can seamlessly import images from the EVOS Microscope Platforms as well as access Molecular Probes fluorescent reagents for imaging in multiple colours.