Spark^® Cyto by Tecan

"Great equipment! I use it very week for 96 well plate based assays."

"Tecan's Spark Cyto is very good. It can automatically perform bright-field and fluorescence imaging of the cells in the well plate, and statistically output the results as needed. This greatly saves our time. At the same time, its fluorescence imaging signal is very strong and clear. It is much clearer than the general inverted fluorescence microscope. In addition, it can set temperature and carbon dioxide, and perform real-time detection of cells, making real-time tracking possible."

"This product is the first one that I liked and it has good value for money. It is also easy to use."

"We have found that being able to do so many different applications within one product is great for our lab. We can do cell culture wound healing for drug development, nucleic acid analysis, cell counting, luminescence assays, colorimetric assays, etc. It has been extremely user friendly and has increased the efficiency and reliability of our experiments."

"Using the Spark Cyto for long term proliferation experiments I was impressed by its capabilities for automated cell incubation and analysis: we observed that the cells grow very homogeneously and with a similar doubling time compared to a dedicated cell incubation approach. The Spark Cyto is equipped with excellent optics, an ultra-sensitive camera and I particularly appreciate the presence of a 2x objective which allows perfect whole-well imaging at cellular resolution in a 96-well plate. The imaging capability of this instrument, both in bright field and in multiple fluorescence channels, allows reproducible analysis in real time from live cell cultures. The flexibility and ease of use of this instrument make it particularly suitable for both cell-based assay development and for medium-high throughput phenotypic screening. The Spark Cyto represents, in my opinion, an excellent support for daily activities in any cell biology laboratory."

"Using the Spark Cyto for cell imaging, enzymatic tests and immunoassays, we were impressed by how intuitive and easy to use the software is. Our diploma and PhD students instantly learned how to work with Spark Cyto and obtain high quality results."

"This detection system nicely bridges the gap between a plate reader and imaging systems like automated microscopes. It combines multi parameter screening (all kinds of fluorescence detection) with the features of image based screening (cytometric measurements) in one machine. Coupling kinetic measurements over long time periods to injection of reagents at the most effective time points within the reader. Ideal system to be used in assay optimisation and in screening. Nice graphical interface for assay set up and a lot of nice analysis features like confluence or viability measurements."