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Union Biometrica, Inc. to Exhibit at CellBio 2025 (Booth 1325) in Philadelphia, PA
The NIH recently announced the Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Center as part of an initiative towards the development and standardization of organoid-based new approach methodologies, or NAMs. An overarching goal of this initiative is to characterize, upscale, and challenge these developing systems to determine how various organoid models may be implemented to predict outcomes in vivo. Our instruments, including COPAS Vision™, COPAS Infinity™, BioSorter®, LP Sampler™, provide automation for organoid research. Our large particle flow cytometers provide automated analysis and bulk or multi-well plate sorting and dispensing of intact organoids up to 1.5 millimeters in diameter. The COPAS Vision captures brightfield images in flow, accelerating process development by correlating the organoid phenotype directly to cytometry and Profiler™ data.
More information regarding the meeting can be found at: Cell Bio 2025-An ASCB|EMBO Meeting | ASCB
Not attending the meeting? Connect with us at Ask an Expert or email our technical team at sales@unionbio.com for a personalized discussion or to arrange a demonstration in your laboratory. Virtual demonstrations are available as well.
About Union Biometrica, Inc.
Large Particle Flow Cytometry for Gentle Sorting – Union Biometrica, Inc. offers tools for high throughput research of bead-based assays, stem cells and cell clusters (iPS cells and embryoid bodies as well as other types of large/fragile cell types such as cardiomyocytes), 3D cell cultures (neurospheres, organoids, spheroids), model organisms (early stages of zebrafish, C.elegans, Drosophila embryos and larvae, sea urchin embryos, Daphnia, mosquitoes, various marine larvae and zooplankton), plus small plant and fungi models. We provide Large Particle Flow Cytometers (COPAS and BioSorter) for objects that are too large / too fragile for traditional cytometers and offer an alternative to manual sorting. These systems analyze and sort objects based on size and fluorescent parameters. Automating this process offers increased speed, sensitivity, quantification, and repeatability of experiments.
Peer reviewed journal papers and technical notes referencing our COPAS and BioSorter instruments can be viewed on our Applications & Publications page.
Imaging Tool for Zebrafish Research -- Union Biometrica, Inc. offers the VAST BioImager™, for automated imaging of 2-7 dpf zebrafish larvae. Replacing the tedium of manual sample positioning, the VAST BioImager automatically loads each larva into a capillary, positions it laterally, and then rotates it in the field of view of the on-board camera for organ level imaging. Alternately the VAST can be mounted on a high-resolution upright microscope for high content bright field or fluorescent imaging at the cellular level. Our LP Sampler can be added to the system to gently aspirate larvae from multi-well plates of many different formats such as 24-, 96-, 384-well and deliver them one at a time to VAST for imaging. This allows for increased throughput of high content assays and screens.
Publications related to the VAST BioImager can be view at:
- VAST - D. rerio (zebrafish) - VAST Publications - D. rerio (zebrafish)
Automated positioning for zebrafish fluorescent imaging: VAST FluoroImager™
The new VAST FluoroImager automates positioning of 2-7 dpf zebrafish larvae for fluorescent imaging. Larvae are automatically loaded and positioned accurately within a glass capillary using a set of rotational motors. Brightfield images and up to three colors of fluorescence are captured by an on-board camera. Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) datasets can be generated from multiple images of larvae within the rotating capillary. Cellular level imaging is collected by mounting platform to higher resolution microscope.