NeuroInDx, Inc. is proud to announce the release of the highly
anticipated UnipicKTM, a universal cell collection and tissue
microdissection system.
UnipicK, a universal add-on for collection of individual cells from cultures and tissue microdissection. (Photo: Business Wire)
The new system is based on the company's established KuiqpicKTM
line of instruments and fits most commercially available inverted
microscopes. It features a significantly enhanced calibration process
permitting straightforward cell collection from multiwell plates, new
user friendly design, and updated components. The cost efficient,
versatile and robust UnipicKTM is a unique cell and tissue
acquisition system that provides functional flexibility for a wide range
of research and commercial uses from collection of single live cells to
tissue microdissection.
UnipicK is priced at about one-fifth the cost of existing laser based
microdissection systems. Similar to the recently commercialized KuiqpicKTM,
the new instrument has the capability to collect individual live cells
from any cell cultures for downstream clonal expansion. However, unlike
KuiqpicKTM that comes integrated with an inverted microscope,
UnipicKTM features a universal straddle that permits its use
with nearly all models of inverted microscope, providing additional
flexibility. Investigators can therefore use microscopes which already
exist in the laboratory, saving precious research funds.
“UnipicKTM is the most versatile, user-friendly and
cost-efficient cell collection system on the market. Its capabilities,
together with its affordable price, for the first time allow routine
single cell and cell specific research for most research laboratories
that do not have access to expensive and sophisticated equipment,” said
Stan Karsten, PhD, NeuroInDx President and CEO. “With the introduction
of UnipicKTM, more labs can do the research that was usually
associated with very high costs.”
The original idea of a low cost cell and tissue acquisition system was
conceived and patented at UCLA, and further developed by NeuroInDx.
UnipicKTM can be used as an add-on to nearly any inverted
microscope for collecting single or multiple cells from culture dishes
and slides, as well as for microdissecting subanatomical regions from
tissue sections.
"With the new universal version of a cell and tissue acquisition system,
we are confident in providing the rapidly growing market for single cell
analysis and cell specific research with the most cost efficient and
versatile cell and tissue aquisitionsystem,” noted Dr. Lili C. Kudo,
Chief Scientific Officer of NeuroInDx. Dr. Kudo also noted that,
“various applications of KuiqpicKTM based products, including
UnipicKTM, will be backed by NeuroInDx’s enhanced customer
support to assist in the advancement of single cell analysis and tissue
specific research everywhere".
About NeuroInDx, Inc.
NeuroInDx, Inc., founded in 2006, develops and commercializes
instruments, consumables, and applications for single cell analysis,
cell collection and tissue microdissection for a wide range of
applications in biological sciences. For more information, please visit www.NeuroInDx.com.
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