Omni by Axion BioSystems

"The Omni allows monitoring cell culture maintenance online and producing high throughput assays with minimal user interference. For monitoring cell culture proliferation and migration, the Omni is straightforward. It is straightforward to use, and the data is delivered in a format that is easy to handle. This makes it very useful in teaching situations, where students themselves can set up complex assays, follow the development, and evaluate the results. For research, it is a stable, high throughput solution without a lot of staffing. If experiencing any problems, a team of specialists is ready to assist and comes with solutions in no time. For us, it is valuable both for research and teaching purposes."

"To optimize co-culture assays of CAR T cells and target cells requires titration of both cell types in time. The Omni creastes a fast and easy overview of a whole plate in time, allowing efficient optimization of assay conditions. It would be great if an algorithm could be developed to quickly analyse the data, or if images could be exported in bulk to facilitate custom analysis."

"CytoSmart Omni device is the device to have in every lab! The software is very friendly, and the device is very easy to handle. You can get online images and can follow your cells at any time from everywhere. At PKDERM we use the Omni device in wound healing testing using the scratch test with Ibidi inserts. We got fantastic results and our partners and clients were very satisfied, especially when they can watch the movie about how the wound is recovered after applying their products!"

"CytoSMART Omni Device is the device to have in each lab. Very easy to handle. The software is very friendly and intuitive. You can get online images and can follow your cells at any time from everywhere. At PKDERM we use the Omni device in wound healing testing using the scratch test with Ibidi inserts. We got fantastic results and our partners and clients are very satisfied, especially when you can watch the movie about how the wound is recovered."

"The Omni allows to image cells over several days up to weeks and so learn a lot of new facts about their behaviour. The microscope can be placed in an incubator and the medium can be changed inbetween without impairing imaging. Therefore no effects concerning the change of enviromental conditions are observed. This is very important for our research on osteoblast differentiation, a process which can take up to five weeks. The microscope is very easy to handle and to control from outside the incubator. And you can always count on the people from Cytosmart for technical support."

"Constant development of analysis software in cloud is excellent. Hardware improvements are immediately implemented into the device. Great support by the company"

"Very easy product to use. Does require a bit of setup, but the company sends out a representative to help with this. Also, they ask what I want to use the device for and really tailor the experience. 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. The confluency data is very useful and produces graphs ready for you to use. Maybe have more options for well/plates to be able to scan."

"The device was very easy to set up, run experiments in and the data it produces is reliable."

"Compact and nicely-designed piece of equipment. Very straightforward to use in terms of hardware and software."