The Automation Partnership (TAP) and MAIA SCIENTIFIC (formerly Union Biometrica NV - ESO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard Bioscience - HBIO, NASDAQ) have completed a collaboration to incorporate the MAIA SCIENTIFIC microscopy reader technology into TAP’s Cello(TM) automated cell culture system. As high-throughput screening has moved from molecular based tests to tests on living cells, cell culture has become a major bottleneck. Cello addresses this new bottleneck by completely automating the cell culture and clone selection process. Cello can culture multiple cell lines in parallel throughout all stages of their life cycle, from seeding through expansion and sub-cloning. This flexible, modular system provides the throughput and capacity needed to support several projects running in parallel with minimal operator involvement.
