Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector Automated Incubator

This application note demonstrates that the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector automated shaking incubator delivers equivalent cell growth, viability, and protein expression performance to traditional offline shaking incubators. Designed for automated cell selection and transient transfection, it enables seamless, large-volume shaking incubation for efficient biologics development.

In this visual guide, discover how the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector Automated Shaking Incubator Series can help you accelerate your biotherapeutics clone selection, providing large amplitude shaking, a seamless transition from manual methods, dependable plate protection, and much more.

In this application note, explore the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector Automated shaking Incubator which displays advanced features for biotherapeutics workflows. This new technology enables you to simply copy your manual biologics shaking process inside an automated incubator with 25 mm shaking diameter and biological relevant speeds (100–350 rpm). The Cytomat 2 Selector incubator is the first automated incubator for biologics with large amplitude shaking and overcomes current cell growth limitations from low volume form factor to culture vessels (SBS).

In this application note, Thermo Fisher Scientific provides an overview of the Cytomat™ 2 Selector automated shaking incubator. The incubator brings the latest incubation technology to the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat 2 C-LiN automated incubator series with advanced features for biotherapeutics workflows. It enables you to copy your manual biologics shaking process inside an automated incubator with 25 mm shaking diameter and biological relevant speeds (100–350 rpm).

The incubator has been designed to enable optimal conditions for cell growth with:

• Stable temperature control
• Decontamination routine
• Consistent relative humidity
• CO2 regulation

August 26, 2025, at 14:00 BST / 15:00 CEST / 09:00 EDT / 06:00 PDT

Automation in cultivation and bioprocessing is transforming the way researchers and manufacturers approach biotherapeutic development. By reducing manual intervention, minimizing variability, and enabling real-time process monitoring, automation supports faster development timelines, improved product quality, and more robust scale-up strategies.

Register now to learn how to integrate automation into your workflow with insights from guest speaker, Dr. Wouter Duetz, CEO of Enzyscreen B.V, and Dieter Wagner, Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Together they will explore how automated shaking incubators and specialized microtiter plates and lids can help optimize aeration and mixing, increase accuracy, and enhance productivity in bioprocessing.

Key learning objectives

• Explore the latest advancements in bioprocessing with cutting-edge technologies.
• Learn about how the Cytomat 2 Selector and Cytomat 2 Tower Shaker Automated Incubator provide superior precision, results, and high-throughput handling.
• Understand how Enzyscreen microplates and lids work alongside innovative lab automation technology to drive productivity.
• Discover how you can enhance reproducibility and efficiency in your research, development, and production processes.

Who should attend

• Lab automation integration partners, scientists, lab technicians
• Automation engineers and scientists in biotechnology or pharmaceuticals

Certificate of attendance
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If you view the on-demand webinar, you can request a certificate of attendance by emailing editor@selectscience.net.

Dieter Wagner, Product Manager Cytomat at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains transient transfection and clone selection and discusses how researchers working in biologics can alleviate contamination fears with the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector Automated Incubator. This incubator is the first automated incubator for biologics, ideal for cell line development applications with an automated decontamination routine.

Providing various automated shaking settings, it eliminates problems with manual labor handling and reduces risk of cross contamination with the addition of a plate and robot friendly lid clamping function.

Discovery how to overcome your current cell growth limitations by improving yield and gain consistency with this automated innovation.

This video was filmed at SLAS2025.

Discover the Thermo Scientific™ Cytomat™ 2 Selector, an automated large amplitude shaking incubator designed for biotherapeutics clone selection. In this video, Dieter Wagner, Product Manager of Cytomat at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains how this new system can accelerate your cell line selection while simplifying your workflow with less consumables, and hands-on time.

This video was filmed at SLAS2023, San Diego.

Learn how Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Cytomat™ 2 Selector Automated Shaking Incubator can enable biologics to reach the market faster

Explore how experts from three different sectors envision the Lab of the Future and gain insights and strategies to stay ahead in an ever-changing scientific world