Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: EastPort
User friendly and very helpful instrument.
Application Area: Cell culture monitoring
"It is easy to use. It is compact so you do not need much space for it in the incubator. It provides you with valuable results and you can control your cell culture from home without entering the lab."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Pretoria
A great product for great results.
Application Area:Observing cell growth and cytopathic effects caused by virus in Vero and BHK cells
"The quality of results are high and makes it easy to distinguish between different cell lines as well as the difference in cell growth over time. It is very easy to use and I find the fact that you can change the settings according to your specific experiment, very useful. The only drawback is that the experiment has to be stopped each time you want to exit the screen. Overall, I am very satisfied with this product."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: 23 Century International Life Science Centre
Great image, results and user friendly
Application Area:Analyze cell culture
"I use it to take life image of my culture in the incubator. The images were clear and the machine is user friendly."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: karolinska Institute
It is one of the most important instruments in any lab set up - highly recommended!
Application Area:Automated live cell microscopy with remote connection-very useful in BSL3 lab, for virus culture and
"This instrument is really worth investing in especially when used in a BSL facility where it's painful to enter and exit each time. There are a lot of benefits to using this for remote monitoring of cells or virus culture and the software is easy to use and customer service is fantastic. I have recommended it to my my PI for BSL1 lab also. Functions for morphology, migration, cytotoxicity, proliferation and more. This live cell microscope creates images and videos that contain many cellular features, which can be extracted using image analysis tools and this instrument really is fantastic for your work. Makes life so easy and gives reproducible results. We can also use it to monitor cellular behavior over time and investigate how cells respond and interact with their environment."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Cell Signaling Technology
Great tool to have in the lab. Look forward to using it more in the future.
Application Area:I used the CytoSMART Lux2 in the lab to check for growth patterns, confluence and treatment efficacy
"The CytoSMART Lux2 is a great tool. Very user friendly from start to finish. I have used it many times to monitor cell growth patterns and morphology, as well as treatment efficacy. I have been able to create many high quality time-lapsed videos of cells in culture. The CytoSMART Lux2 captures the confluence over time and this has been a very helpful tool for future use in the lab. I look forward to using this tool more in the future."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Ben Gurion University
Not suitable for real experiments (cant test a control in the same conditions).
Application Area:Proliferation and migration assays of cancer cells under different conditions
"Pros: The device is small and elegant, the software and the user experience is easy and flows very well. The online possibility to view your experiment real-time is helpful and fun. Cons: The biggest problem is that you can only image one location. That means there's not even an option for comparing control vs. experiment. It's hard to locate and image a certain location in a flask/dish, for wound-healing assay for example, since you need to carefully move it by hand, while watching the screen. Even after locating, it's very fragile, so you have to be careful not to slam the incubator's door. A bit too expensive for a single-location viewing device."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Loyola University Maryland
Great device for remote work and time lapse cell imaging.
Application Area:Assess morphological changes and cell growth after application of complementary/alternative medicine
"The CytoSmart Lux2 has been very useful for watching morphological changes in response to differentiation agents or treatments. It has also been very useful to remotely check in on cell health and growth during the CoVID-19 pandemic. The device is incredibly easy to use and has improved the abilities of our lab. I have found the confluence measurements to be way off, however. This may be an issue with the software. Overall, I think this is a great addition to any lab that does cell culture work. I would highly recommend the device."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Institute of Medicine and Dentistry, Niigata University
It is a must item for cell biology. But it's a little too expensive for personal use.
Application Area:Cell proliferation and migration
"We can easily obtain high quality data. In some plastic culture wares, we have faced a problem of condensation on the upper shield. It distorts images and the quantitative data. The data deposit system was improved to be user-friendly. Another problem would be the cost-performance ratio."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: King's College London
Very good instrument for long term imaging.
Application Area:Long term live imaging
"Very easy product to use, basically plug it in and it works. Love that it can be used inside an incubator as I had trouble with long term imaging with on stage incubators for big microscopes. Also, don't need to worry about fluctuations in temperature and oxygen percentages and deal with oxygen tanks. I would like there to be different magnifications and possibly brightfield, but it isn't essential."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Universidad de Concepción
Great in all senses.
Application Area:Cell culture
"Easy to handle, reliable and produces good images. Its a good bargain."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Catholic University of America
Easy to use. Great instrument.
Application Area:Live cell imaging
"I have used this instrument for live cell imaging. The results are reproducible. The instrument is easy to use and you can remotely access your data."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: UFSCar (BR)
Great to use, makes life easier in cell culture.
Application Area:Cell culture visualization and proliferation
"The equipment is very straightforward to use and has a clean layout. So far, we have had no issues regarding its use."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: UC Riverside
Good for time lapses.
Application Area:Fungal growth
"I used the CytoSMART to observe fungi. The contrast was great, I was able to track hyphae over a couple days before it became a tangled mess. Cloud storage was very handy. I liked the minimalist design, made it very simple to operate. Would use again!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2018
Organization: Rigshospitalet
A nice addition to the cell lab if overlooking the internet-related issues.
Application Area:Monitor cell density inside an incubator
"The CytoSMART is compact and easy to operate. We used it as a way to monitor cell density without disturbing the environmental conditions during long incubations under hypoxic conditions. However, we never managed to make the most of it because all the data is stored in the server and compiled (as far as I could see) once the experiment finishes. Our patchy internet connection meant that the experiments were often interrupted on days 2 and 3, and then all the data was lost. This is more a fault of our facilities than the CytoSMART, but I would have liked to see an option for local storage of the videos/pictures, or at least, security copies that do not require the experiment to be completed."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Siena
Observe your cells from your PC, tablet and smartphone!
Application Area:Live cell analysis, cell migration
"CytoSMART Lux is a truly useful product in the laboratory. It allows you to obtain real-time images of your experiments and can also be used for time-lapse monitoring of cell cultures. It is very easy to use thanks to the integrated tablet and can be considered a low cost solution to start cell migration studies."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Very useful for checking your cells every minute of the day.
Application Area:Checking the condition of cells
"This was easy to use and allowed us to check our cells whilst back home. Thanks to the camera we could check up on our cells (see if they were growing and if they were confluent) and plan better, so we knew when to take the next steps in our experiment."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: NAIST
The cells can be easily tracked by this machine.
Application Area:Cell migration and proliferation
"We use this device to monitor cell proliferation and cell migration. It gives nice and easy data in the incubator. The cells can be monitored even with a smartphone."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Technical University Eindhoven
Simple to use and it provides a broad range of information when doing cell culture.
Application Area:Cell culture quality
"It is an easy to use device which provides a broad and useful spectrum of results. It is very useful when doing cell culture as you can know at each time point what happens to your cells and saves a lot of time and energy."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: milliporesigma
Easy to use and decent results.
Application Area:Live cell culture
"Very reliable and quick cell monitoring device that can be used anytime anywhere in your cell culture lab, even inside the incubator."
The CytoSMART Lux2 is a compact inverted microscope for bright-field time-lapse imaging. It works from inside any standard CO2-incubator and can be used in routine cell culture processes. The CytoSMART Lux2 provides a small and easy solution for time-lapse imaging. Monitor cell proliferation, motility and morphology for hours up to weeks at a time.
The CytoSMART Lux2 provides a small and easy solution for time-lapse imaging. Easily placed into your tissue culture incubator or environmental workstation. CytoSMART Lux2 integrated image analysis algorithms can process large quantities of image data.
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CytoSMART’s compact cell video monitoring system can film living cells without disturbing their growth. The device is accessible from an online environment, thus enabling researchers to look at their cell cultures and assess what the next steps are, without having to step into the laboratory.
The open design of the CytoSMART Lux2 allows users to image any transparent culture vessel, including culture flasks, well plates, petri dishes and microfluidic chips. It’s rapid recording interval makes the CytoSMART Lux2 extremely suitable for live-cell imaging of cells cultured inside lab-on-a-chip platforms or micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS).