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Celigo Image Cytometer

Whole-well image cytometer for adherent and suspension cells


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Introduction to Celigo

Celigo is a plate-based benchtop brightfield and fluorescent imaging system designed for whole-well live-cell analysis and cell sample characterization. Celigo images and analyzes cells in various types of vessels including 6 – 1536 well plates, T25, T75 flasks, 10 cm dishes, and glass slides without disturbing their natural state.

Individual cell level analysis is easily generated, providing cell level insights unlike ELISA or protein-based assays, and at a faster rate than flow cytometry.  A broad range of complex cell-based assays have been optimized for Celigo:

Apoptosis | Cell Cycle | Fluorescent Reporters | Cytotoxicity | Label-free Proliferation

Rapid Whole-well Imaging and Analysis

  • Sensitive whole-well imaging ensures accurate cell population analysis
    • Remove non-uniform seeding from the equation
    • Accurately detect, image, and count every cell in every well
  • Unique scanning mirrors enable fast, high-quality images
Celigo image cytometer gallery

Best-in-Class Brightfield and Four Fluorescent Channels

  • Proprietary algorithm for simultaneous imaging and label-free cell analysis
  • Perform real-time multiplex assays with four fluorescent channels

Convenient Workflow Designed for Biologists

  • Multiple object-driven algorithms and a variety of assay-based applications
    • Accessible adaptation with easy-to-follow software
    • Save customizable experiments as well as default settings
    • Built-in gating parameters allow easy data analysis and visualization
    • Real-time graphic feedback allows multiple parameters to be measured simultaneously for intuitive analysis:
      • Cell growth | Viability | Morphology | Count | Concentration

Automation and Data Management

  • Accessible application programming interface (API) for easy automated workflow integration
  • Automated microplate handling for kinetic end-point analysis or time-point analysis

“The Celigo has increased our research output and has dramatically sped up our discovery process because of its ease and simplicity of use. It is a wonderful tool for our institution to have.”

Daniel Kuebler, Franciscan University

“The aspects of being able to image proliferation are key to our experiments. The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is very user friendly and the support staff is outstanding!”

Pam Bogert, Mayo Clinic

Count Every Cell in Every Well

Celigo Cell Cytometer

Perform best-in-class brightfield imaging in combination with four fluorescence channels to provide high speed, fully automated imaging and quantification of suspension AND adherent cells, tumor spheroids, iPSC, and cancer stem cell colonies.

Proprietary optics and scanning system enable fast imaging of the entire well while maintaining consistent illumination and contrast out to the well edge, for accurate identification of all cells within each well.

With an intuitive software interface and optional integration into automation platforms, the Celigo provides labs with increased capabilities. Celigo is valuable at every step from enabling high-throughput screens of drug libraries in early drug discovery or running high-throughput validated assays for late-stage research.

Best-in-Class Brightfield Imaging for All Well Sizes

Excellent Optics for Enhanced Image Quality

Improves brightfield optical image quality at the edge of wells and eliminates edge optical distortion by using an F-Theta lens for superior well edge-to-edge image contrast.

bright field cell imaging

Celigo Imaging Cytometer brightfield image showing the edge of a well on a 96-well microplate showing enhanced image quality and contrast.

bright field cell imaging

Conventional microscope brightfield image showing distortion and low contrast near the edge of the field-of-view.

Fast Plate Scanning for Image Acquisition and Analysis

Increase plate-acquisition speed using novel plate scanning technology for fast acquisition. Scan a 384-well plate in brightfield in two minutes or less.

Ability to Scan a Variety of Plate Vessels

Scan wells of any size using automated image stitching that can view and quantify cells and colonies in vessels up to 6-well plates and 10 cm dishes.

Example of 12-well plate acquisitionExample of 96-well plate acquisition

Examples of a 12-well and 96-well plate acquisition using Celigo Imaging Cytometer.

Accurately Quantify Cells and Colonies

Accurately quantify every cell and colony in the well even if they do not grow uniformly across a well.

Brightfield image of a well on a 96-well microplate

Brightfield image of a well on a 96-well microplate showing counted cell colonies across the well.

Accurately Measure Adherent Cells without Trypsinization

Analyze your cell sample without trypsinization to avoid losing cells and look at cells right where they grow over multiple scan times.

Brightfield image 96-well microplate showing counted adherent cells.

Brightfield image of a well on a 96-well microplate showing counted adherent cells.

Brightfield and Four Fluorescent Channels (UV to Far Red) for Analyzing & Quantifying Multiplex Assays

Brightfield and Multi-Channel Fluorescence Imaging

Use a combination of brightfield and fluorescent imaging allowing the development of multicolor assays ranging from UV to Far Red.

Fluorescent images acquired with Celigo Imaging Cytometer

Fluorescent images acquired with Celigo Imaging Cytometer of (a) Tubulin, Phalloidin, and DAPI, (b) Phospho-ERK and Hoechst, and (c) GFP and mCherry.

Clear Visualization of Image and Data Correlation

Correlate the cell populations identified in gates with the cells visualized in the image using color-coding overlays.

Correlation of gated scatter plot data to counted cells on acquired images

Correlation of gated scatter plot data to counted cells on acquired images.

Powerful Image Analysis Software

Flow-like data analysis

Flow-like data analysis and presentation generated by Celigo Imaging Cytometer. Fluorescence intensity (a) histogram and (b) scatter plot.

Convenient Data Visualization Environment that Facilitates Data Interpretation

Simple At-a-Glance Plate-Based Data Review and Growth Curves

Quickly identify cells from well to well, easily evaluate data, and generate time course growth curves to be easily displayed in a plate overview for at-a-glance data review for each plate.

384-well plate view of wells showing cell confluency384-well plate view of wells showing cell confluency

384-well plate view of wells showing cell confluency on the plate. Time-course data plot generated by Celigo Imaging Cytometer.

Easy Brightfield and Fluorescent Image Navigation

Navigate between plates, wells, and time points to look at your cells growing in specific well locations.

Brightfield image of a single cell colony

Brightfield image of a single cell colony observed at the same location of a well on a 96-well plate.

Application Programming Interface (API) and Data Management Solution for Integration into Automated Workflows

Integrate with Robotics

Automate your assays by running the Celigo under the control of scheduling software and integrate with robotic arms, plate stackers, automated incubators, and liquid handlers.

Automated System for High-throughput Integrated Data Acquisition and Analysis

Acquire images and data analysis of hundreds of plates 24/7 automatically.

Time-saving Data Processing Method

Get data on the fly by acquiring and analyzing images simultaneously.

Flexible Data Analysis Method for Multiple Users

Analyze large data sets off the Celigo instrument using the Celigo Satellite Workstation and free up Celigo time to acquire more plates.

Series of Customized Applications for Each Assay – Ready to Use, Does Not Require Any Image Analysis Expertise

Label-Free Brightfield Cell Analysis

Take advantage of label-free brightfield applications to avoid staining cells with toxic dyes or transfecting with fluorescent reporters.
brightfield cell counting, cell growth curve

Label-free brightfield cell counting and from (a) low count to (b) high cell count which can be used to directly generate (c) a cell growth curve

Numerous Cell Characterization Assays

Live cell analysis of images for cell counting, confluence, colonies, and 3D-spheroids.

spheroids, cell counting, confluence percentage

Label-free brightfield cell counting of (a) spheroids, (b) cell counting, or (c) confluence percentage.

Ability to Export Brightfield and Fluorescent Images for Publications

Capitalize on the Celigo brightfield and fluorescent image quality to take images of your cells for your records and strengthen your publications.

Easily Access and Manage Data using Celigo Network Database

Facilitate access to your imaging data using the Celigo network database and connect multiple instruments and satellite workstations to seamlessly acquire and analyze your data from a convenient centralized location.

Easy-to-Use Preset Assay Parameters for Quick Data Analysis

Perform Celigo assays using pre-defined parameters that require very few modifications from the researchers.

Simple and Intuitive Software User Interface

Benefit from a simple and intuitive four-step software workflow to run all your assays.

Celigo Express with 21 CFR Part 11 Module

Celigo Express offers a 21 CFR Part 11 module that is compliant with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 Part 11 − Electronic Records: Electronic Signatures published by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This module ensures that an organization’s use of electronic records and digital signatures in place of traditional paper-based documentation complies with current FDA regulations.

The newly developed Celigo Express software works with the 21 CFR Part 11 ready module to simplify the data acquisition process by allowing researchers to use projects imported from Celigo Pro (v5.4) and quickly run them to collect sample data. With a few clicks of the mouse, run a scan using Celigo Express:

  • Select the project to run
  • Click on Start Scan
  • View your data
Celigo Express Option for 21 CFR Part 11

Key elements of the 21 CFR Part 11 module are:

  • Electronic Signatures are captured during the counting and analysis workflow using e-Sign/e-Unsign buttons and include the name of an authorized user, the date/time when the signature was executed, and the meaning of the signature (i.e., indicating either Approval or Rejection of an action).
  • An Audit Trail assures the integrity of an electronic record and continually monitors all users performing actions, the type of actions being performed, and the date/time associated with user actions.
  • User Roles allows for specialized access control to the varying levels of Celigo Express functionality to specified groups. When creating a role, subsets of privileges can be selected to apply to users performing common or specialized tasks.
  • A Close-looped Database System ensures the integrity of the data generated.

Understanding User Role Privileges

  • Data − Controls whether users can create, delete, export/import, and approve/reject data during the counting and analysis workflow.
  • Settings − Controls whether users can access the Projects screen functionality available under the Manage tab to allow them to update, delete, and import/export projects.
  • Users, Roles, or Audits − Controls whether users can access the 21 CFR Part 11 module Users, Roles, or Audits options under the Manage tab to allow them to create, update, and delete Celigo Express users/roles, or monitor and export the audit trail automatically generated by the system after the module is enabled.
21 CFR user roles

Expand Your Lab’s Image Analysis & Data Management Capabilities

Storing, managing and sharing large volumes of image data can be a challenge. That’s why we’ve made the Signals Image Artist™ image analysis and management platform* from Revvity compatible with Celigo image data for use alongside the Celigo system’s own powerful acquisition, visualization and analysis software.

With the addition of the Signals Image Artist platform to your lab, you’ll be able to quickly process, store, and share all your image data from the Celigo image cytometer and other major cell imaging systems in a single central location. Its powerful image processing capabilities and ready-made analysis building blocks will provide you with more options for exploring your data and gaining new insights. ​Benefit from machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to train the software to develop analysis algorithms – and get answers faster. You can even access data and perform analysis remotely via the browser login.

  • Compatible with Celigo image cytometer and major cell imaging systems
  • A central location to store and access all your image data from the lab, office, or remotely
  • Advanced image analysis capabilities, including machine learning and AI
  • Multi-user solution that can support your entire lab without compromising performance
  • Scalable data storage to expand with your labs needs over time
  • Easy IT management with single system and installation across image data types
  • Cloud and on-premise options to choose from
  • Web browser application to access data and perform analysis remotely

Contact us via the request form for more details.

*Signals Image Artist platform is sold separately – it is not sold as part of the Celigo system.

signal image artist platform

Monitoring the effects of a drug panel on invasion of U87MG Glioblastoma MCTS into Basement Membrane Extract (BME) Matrigel. Signals Image Artist’s “Find Image Region” building block is used on the brightfield channel to segment the membrane region of spheroids.

Take Your Analysis to the Next Level, Automation!

Celigo automation

Stacker Automation: No Need to ‘Baby-Sit’ Your Plates

With the simple integration of the plate stacker, you are free to work on other tasks while Celigo screens your stack of plates.

  • Up to 50 plate capacity
  • 15-sec transfer rate between plates
  • Data exports automatically for each plate
  • Handles plates with or without lids
  • Accommodates from 6-well up to 1536-well plate formats
  • Fits on a standard lab bench
  • Ideal for endpoint assays
  • Easy to add on to existing Celigo instruments

Video: Watch the Celigo with integrated Plate Stacker 

Celigo stacker automation

Parameter Specification
Celigo only Dimensions 19 inch wide x 29 inch long x 17 inch high (with plate holder extended)
Celigo + Stacker Dimensions 25 inch wide x 44 inch long x 40 inch high (Total)
Electrical Power 5 Electrical outlets needed at 100-240VAC 50/60Hz (30Amps Total)
Compressor (sold with Stacker) 1.2 CFM @ 90 PSI with 1 gallon tank
Operating Temperature 15 ºC to 25 ºC
Operating Humidity 10% to 90% RH, non-condensing
Instrument Shipping & Storage Temperature -18 ºC to 65 ºC
Instrument Shipping & Storage Humidity 10% to 90% RH, non-condensing
Manufacturer Nexcelom Bioscience, LLC.
360 Merrimack St., Building 9
Lawrence, MA 01843Kbiosystems Limited
Units 5 to 10 Paycocke Close
Basildon, Essex, UK, SS143HS
Distributor/Support Obtain information at https://www.nexcelom.com/purchase or contact support@nexcelom.com

Applications

Imaging Vessels

Plate Name Manufacturer Well Type Compatibles
6-Well BD Falcon™ 353046 Plate Corning Clear 353224, 353934, 353846, 351146, 353502
6-Well Corning™ 3516 Plate Corning Clear 3471, 3506, 3335
6-Well CytoOne® CC7682-7506 Plate CytoOne Clear
6-Well Greiner™ 657160 Plate Greiner Clear 657185, 657165
6-Well Nunc™ 140675 Plate Thermo Clear
12-Well BD Falcon™ 353043 Plate Corning Clear 353224, 351143, 353503
12-Well Corning™ 3513 Plate Corning Clear 3336, 3512
12-Well CytoOne® CC7682-7512 Plate CytoOne Clear
24-Well BD Falcon 353047 Plate Corning Clear 353226, 353935, 353847, 351147, 358115,354723, 356723, 354775,
356775, 353504
24-Well Corning 3524 Plate Corning Clear 3337, 3526, 3527, 3573
24-Well CytoOne CC7682-7524 Plate CytoOne Clear
24-Well Greiner 662160 Plate Greiner Clear 662102, 622165
24-Well Visiplate 1450606 Plate Revvity Black
24-Well Seahorse XF24 Plate Seahorse Biosciences Clear
48-Well Corning 3548 Plate Corning Clear
48-Well Greiner 677180 Plate Greiner Clear 677102, 677165
96-Well BD Falcon 353219 Plate Corning Black, White 353377
96-Well BD Falcon 354640 Plate Corning Black, White 354650, 356650, 354651, 356651, 356701, 356693, 354649, 356649, 356640, 356700, 356692, 356717
96-Well BD Falcon 356717 Plate Corning Black 354717
96-Well BD Falcon 351177 U-Bottom Plate Corning Clear, Round Bottom ULA
96-Well BD Falcon 353072 Plate Corning Clear 353916, 353936, 353075, 351172, 354407, 354429, 354461, 356461,
354516, 356516, 354607, 356698, 356690, 354689, 356689, 354409, 354410,
354670, 354596, 354657
96-Well BD Falcon 353219 Plate Corning Black, White 353377
96-Well BD Falcon 354640 Plate Corning Black, White 354650, 356650, 354651, 356651, 356701, 356693, 354649, 356649,
356640, 356700, 356692, 356717
96-Well BD Falcon 356717 Plate Corning Black 354717
96-Well BD Falcon 351177 U-Bottom Plate Corning Clear, Round Bottom
96-Well Corning 3596 Plate Corning Clear 3300, 3474, 3595, 3598, 3599, 3585, 3595, 3628, 3841
96-Well Corning 3596 Plate Corning Clear 3300, 3474, 3595, 3598, 3599, 3585, 3595, 3628, 3841
96-Well Corning 3603 Plate Corning Black, White 3604, 3610, 3631, 3632, 3651, 3843, 3842, 3903, 3904, 3601,
3635, 3340, 3842, 3843
96-Well Corning 3696 Plate Corning Half Area, Black 3686, 3688, 3690, 3693, 3694, 3695, 3696, 3697
96-Well Corning 7007 U-Bottom Plate Corning Clear, Round Bottom 3366, 3797, 3360, 3367, 3788, 3795, 3798, 3605, 3789, 3792,
3799
96-Well Greiner 655090 Plate Greiner Black, White 655087, 655097, 655946, 655948, 655936, 655956, 655098,
655094, 655944
96-Well Greiner 655087 Plate Greiner Black 655088
96-Well Greiner 655161 Plate Greiner Clear 655101, 655192
96-Well Greiner 655180 Plate Greiner Clear, chimney 655182, 655185, 655940, 655930, 655950
96-Well Greiner 675986 Plate Greiner Half Area, Black 67509x
96-Well Greiner 650185 U-Bottom Plate Greiner Clear, Round Bottom ULA
96-well ULA-96U Plate Revvity Clear, Round Bottom, ULA
96-Well Nunc 167008 Plate Thermo Clear
96-Well Viewplate 6005225 Plate Revvity Black
96-Well Isoplate 6005050 Plate Revvity Black
96-Well Seahorse FX96 Plate Seahorse Bioscience Black
384-well ULA-384U Plate Revvity Clear, Round Bottom, ULA
384-Well BD Falcon 353962 Plate Corning Clear
384-Well Corning 3542 Plate Corning Low volume, Black 3540
384-Well Corning 3680 Plate Corning Clear 3640, 3844, 3700, 3701, 3702, 3844
384-Well Corning 3712 Plate Corning Black, White 3653, 3655, 3846, 3845, 3706, 3707, 3711, 3683, 3845, 3846
384-Well Corning 3827 Plate Corning Low attach
384-Well Greiner 781182 Plate Greiner Clear 781185, 781186, 781061, 781940, 781930, 781950
384-Well Greiner 781091 Plate Greiner Black 781098, 781095, 781094, 781944, 781090, 781096, 781097, 781946, 781948, 781936, 781956
1536-Well Corning 3838 Plate Corning Black, White 3833, 3836, 3893
1536-Well BD Falcon 356771 Plate Corning Black
1536-Well Greiner 789866 Plate Greiner Black 789896
1-Well Nunc Omnitray Thermo Fisher Clear 242811
T25 Greiner 690175 Flask Greiner Clear
T25 Greiner 690175 Flask – Single View Greiner Clear
T25 BD Falcon 353014 Flask Corning Clear
T25 BD Falcon 353014 Flask – Single View Corning Clear
T75 BD Falcon 353136 Flask Corning Clear
T75 BD Falcon 353136 Flask – Single View Corning Clear
10cm Dish BD Falcon 353003 Dish Corning Clear 353803
1-Slide Holder (2/3 cover slip) Revvity Clear
1-Slide Holder (square cover slip) Revvity Clear
4-Slide Holder (2/3 cover slip) Revvity Clear
4-Slide Holder (square cover slip) Revvity Clear

Celigo Specifications

Software

  • Proprietary image acquisition and processing software
  • Powerful analysis software/Dell Precision computer
  • Windows 10

Illumination/Optics

  • 1 LED-based enhanced brightfield imaging channel with uniform well illumination
  • 4 LED-based fluorescent channels
  • Proprietary F-theta lens with superior well edge-to-edge contrast
  • Galvanometric mirrors for fast imaging of large areas
  • Large chip CCD camera (2024 x 2024 pixels)
  • 1, 2, 4 or 8 μm/pixel resolution

Fluorescent Channels

Channel Excitation Dichroic Emission Typical Dyes
Blue 377/50 409 470/22 Hoechst, DAPI
Green 483/32 506 536/40 FITC, Calcein, GFP,
AlexaFluor® 488
Red 531/40 593 629/53 R-PE, PI, Texas Red, AlexaFluor® 568
Far-Red 628/40 660 688/31 DRAQ5®, AlexaFluor® 647

Plate Compatibility

  • 6, 12, 24 48, 96, 384, 1536 well plates (black, white and clear wall plates)
  • T-25 and T-75 flasks
  • Slides and cell arrays plate profiles available upon request

High-Speed Imaging

  • Less than 2 minutes per 384-well plate

Weight and Dimensions

  • Dimensions: 19.5″W x 16″H x 24″D (49.5cm x 40cm x 61cm)
  • Weight: 117 lbs. (53 kg)

Power Requirements

  • 110-220 VAC 50-60 Hz

Regulatory Compliance

  • CE marking

Celigo Products

Celigo S Imaging Cytometer
Celigo S Brightfield Only
Celigo S with Automation License
Celigo S Brightfield Only with Automation License
Celigo S Satellite Workstation
Celigo Imaging Cytometer – 5 Channels
Celigo Imaging Cytometer – 5 Channels with Automation License

Part Numbers

200-BFFL-S
200-BF-S
200-BFFL-S-AUTO
200-BF-S-AUTO
200-CSW-S
200-BFFL-5C
200-BFFL-5C-AUTO

Celigo Service & Upgrades

Celigo Automation Upgrade
Celigo S Upgrade
Celigo Fluorescent Upgrade
Celigo Software Upgrade
Celigo Service Contract
Celigo Brightfield Only Service Contract

Part Numbers

200-AUTO-UPG
200-S-UPG
200-FL-UPG

Accessories

Celigo 1 Slide Holder
Celigo 4 Slides Holder
Celigo 10 cm Dish Holder

Part Numbers

200-1SL-HLDR
200-4SL-HLDR
200-10CM-HLDR

Reagents

Application Product Name Description Product Number
Apoptosis ViaStain™ Live Caspase 3/7 Detection for 2D/3D Culture Measure apoptosis in 2D and 3D cultures to perform both real-time kinetic and end point assays. CS1-V0002-1
Apoptosis ViaStain™ Live Caspase 3/7 Detection for 2D/3D Culture with Hoechst Measure apoptosis in 2D and 3D cultures for end point assays with Hoechst staining. CSK-V0003-1
Apoptosis ViaStain™ No-Wash Annexin V-FITC Kit for Celigo A no-wash assay designed to discriminate between healthy, apoptotic, dead cells by simultaneously staining the cells with Annexin V, propidium iodide (PI) and Hoechst CSK-V0007-1
Proliferation/Tracer ViaStain™ CFSE A green cell tracer dye used for labeling live cells and monitoring proliferation over multiple generations. CS1-P0002-1
Proliferation/Tracer ViaStain™ CMFDA A green cell tracer dye used for labeling live cells and is retained in the cells over several generations. CS1-P0001-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Tracer Blue A dye used for labeling live cells. Once it enters the cells, the blue color dye is retained inside live cells. CS1-P0003-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Dead Cell Nuclear Blue Bright blue dye designed to detect dead nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0015-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Dead Cell Nuclear Far Red Bright far red dye designed to detect dead nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0014-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Dead Cell Nuclear Green Bright green dye designed to detect dead nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0012-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Dead Cell Nuclear Red Bright red dye designed to detect dead nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0013-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Total Cell Nuclear Far Red Bright blue dye designed to detect nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0010-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Total Cell Nuclear Green Bright green dye designed to detect nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0008-1
Tracer ViaStain™ Total Cell Nuclear Red Bright red dye designed to detect nucleated cells in an end point assay. No wash step, add and read assay. CSK-V0009-1
Viability DAPI A fluorescent dye that binds to DNA. Excited by UV light, and may be used to stain fixed cells. CS1-0127-2mL
Viability Hoechst 33342 A fluorescent dye, excited by UV light, that binds to DNA.  More cell membrane permeable than other Hoechst dyes, and can be used to stain live cells. CS1-0128-5mL
Viability ViaStain™ Calcein AM/Hoechst/PI Viability kit Live and metabolically active cells are labled with Calcein, dead cells are labeled with PI, and total number of cells is determined by Hoechst. CSK-V0006-1
Viability ViaStain™ Hoechst/PI A no wash assay kit designed to determine cell viability by staining dead cells with PI and all cell with Hoechst 33342 CSK-V0005-1
Viability ViaStain™ PI Staining Solution Propidium Iodide: a membrane impermeable staining solution for the staining of dead nucleated cells. CS1-0109-5mL
Viability ViaStain™ AO Staining Solution Acridine Orange: a membrane permeable staining solution for the detection of nucleated cells. CS1-0108-5mL
Viability ViaStain™ AOPI Staining Solution A staining solution for the detection of live and dead nucleated mammalian  cells. CS2-0106-5mL
CS2-0106-25mL

Resources

Manuals

Literature

Videos

Scientific Posters

Application Notes

Training Webinars

Proliferation Experiments

Setting up the Celigo for Successful Proliferation Experiments using Confluence Measurement

Apoptosis Assay

How to Run an Apoptosis Assay on the Celigo Using Annexin V PI Hoechst

Growth Tracking

How to Create and Use Project Mode for Growth Tracking with Direct Cell Counting on the Celigo

Manage Data on Celigo

How to Better Manage Your Data on Celigo

Celigo Gating Tab

Getting Better Acquainted with the Celigo Gating Tab

Celigo Analyze Tab

Getting to Know the Celigo Analyze Tab Parameters Better

Customer Publications using Celigo

Customer Reviews

Associate Director of the Flow Cytometry facility at The Broad Institute, Patricia Rogers, has worked with a wide range of instrumentation and vendors in her fifteen plus years in Flow Cytometry. Patricia knows the value of great customer service and support and she believes that great instrumentation must go hand-in-hand with rapid reacting customer service to truly be exceptional. Luckily, we here at Nexcelom value the same principles and we are proud to offer excellent customer service and support to all our customers.

Watch the video to see what she says about the Celigo Image Cytometer.

“Anytime I have a problem you guys are always there to help me figure out a solution so you know, the service has really been more like a partnership and I’m really happy with it.”

Patricia Rogers, Associate Director of the Flow Cytometry facility, The Broad Institute

Unmatched & irreplaceable

The excellent cell segmentation abilities of the Celigo are unmatched. Our trust in the Celigo has lead it to be an irreplaceable part of our workflow, and has saved us a huge amount of time.

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Unmatched & irreplaceable

The excellent cell segmentation abilities of the Celigo are unmatched. Our trust in the Celigo has lead it to be an irreplaceable part of our workflow, and has saved us a huge amount of time.

Accuracy

The Celigo has allowed us to implement a Calcein AM cell killing test that uses less transgenic T cells than our previous assays. These cells are precious so using less cells per test means we can implement more experimental conditions than ever before. The accuracy of the cell counting capability has decreased variability between biological replicates.

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Robert Chain

Accuracy

The Celigo has allowed us to implement a Calcein AM cell killing test that uses less transgenic T cells than our previous assays. These cells are precious so using less cells per test means we can implement more experimental conditions than ever before. The accuracy of the cell counting capability has decreased variability between biological replicates.

Robert Chain

Wonderful tool

The Celigo has increased our research output and has dramatically sped up our discovery process because of its ease and simplicity of use. It is a wonderful tool for our institution to have.

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Franciscan University

Daniel Kuebler

Wonderful tool

The Celigo has increased our research output and has dramatically sped up our discovery process because of its ease and simplicity of use. It is a wonderful tool for our institution to have.

Franciscan University

Daniel Kuebler

Very useful

Celigo works really well in determining cell numbers and doing migration assay. The image from Celigo can also be used for presentation. It is a very useful instrument.

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Elstar therapeutics

Jian Tang

Very useful

Celigo works really well in determining cell numbers and doing migration assay. The image from Celigo can also be used for presentation. It is a very useful instrument.

Elstar therapeutics

Jian Tang

I would recommend it!

The Celigo is a great instrument for fluorescent tumorsphere counting and even fluorescent colony counting. I would recommend it!

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Northwestern University

I would recommend it!

The Celigo is a great instrument for fluorescent tumorsphere counting and even fluorescent colony counting. I would recommend it!

Northwestern University

Efficient and reliable

The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is efficient and reliable and it has helped both expedite the research process as well as give me peace of mind of its reliability!

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Efficient and reliable

The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is efficient and reliable and it has helped both expedite the research process as well as give me peace of mind of its reliability!

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The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is efficient and reliable and it has helped both expedite the research process as well as give me peace of mind of its reliability!

The Celigo is a great instrument for fluorescent tumor sphere counting and even fluorescent colony counting. I would recommend it! – Deepak Kanojia, Northwestern University

The Celigo is an interesting instrument to use. I enjoyed looking at the images to see immune cell killing. Working with our representative from Nexcelom was great! He was incredibly helpful and available at all times of the day!

The Celigo is capable of accurately counting cells and greatly assists in assays that involve cell death and migration.

I worked with our local Nexcelom representative to set up a Celigo seminar presentation/demo for my lab and some others from neighboring labs. He was very accommodating to our incredibly busy schedule and even brought us lunch, with plenty of dessert! The presentation was very informative and the Nexcelom team has been very present in the lab this week to demo and answer any questions!

We had the chance to have a quick mini demo with the Celigo Imaging Cytometer, with a full-length Celigo demo scheduled for the upcoming weeks. The Celigo was great, reasonably easy to use once the settings were dialed in and allowed us to visualize the cells and their action in ways not previously possible.

The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is very convenient and makes the work less labor-intensive. This instrument is very user-friendly and accurate!

The aspects of being able to image proliferation are key to our experiments. The Celigo Imaging Cytometer is very user friendly and the support staff is outstanding! – Pam Bogert, Mayo Clinic

We have three super heavy users for the Celigo who are becoming experts, and about four more using the Celigo on a weekly basis. So far we are all very impressed with the results! – UCLA Institute for Geno & Proteo

With the Celigo, we are performing proliferation experiments on cultured cells with ease, compared to previous methods. We can look at cyst growth and quantitate proliferation rates.

The optics on the Celigo are better than I expected, and the instrument is easy to calibrate!

I have been using the Celigo for 3D tumorsphere assays in 384 well plates and for 2D growth tracking in 6 well plates. The Celigo is relatively easy to use and the manual that comes with the software is extremely useful. The machine has allowed me to quickly analyze growth of cells in different conditions, both 2D and 3D, over time. The images taken by the instrument are crisp. Furthermore, the ability of the machine to accurately measure spheroid size and migration allows me to perform experiments in 384 well plates with ease!

The best part of working with Celigo is its ability to run analysis on the fly. Also, the assay-specific algorithms that come with the program are very useful, e.g. the wound healing analysis method with a well mask is the most convenient method I’ve used among multiple instruments and analysis software packages.

We love the Celigo as it is providing us many new ways to test and confirm our assays. It also provides us with live images of our cells post-sort and enables us to generate growth charts. – Mehrnoosh Abshari, NIH – NIDCR

The Celigo helps count many plates of adhesion cells in a quick time frame.

I liked the AOPI stain application and the rapid counting of the desired population. We are also interested in the Celigo. We just had a great Celigo seminar last week and we look forward to the in-lab demo this week! – Mahwish Natalia, Pfizer Inc.

Thanks to the Celigo, we are now performing and monitoring 3D tumor spheroid growth inhibition routinely and easily. The multiplexing capacities of the machine are used regularly for organelles visualization, apoptosis and cell cycle assays; which highly decreases our use of a standard flow cytometer and increases our throughput by using mostly 96 and 384 well plates. Overall, the Celigo is very user friendly and we are very happy with our acquisition.

One of the main cell lines for my project is pretty difficult to work with. I’m still in the early stages with the Celigo, but its confluence and apoptosis assays seem promising in helping move my project forward. It’s really nice to not have to trypsinize my cells every time I want to perform an assay with them. – Caitlin Nichols, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

It’s relatively simple to use – it’s selfexplaining actually, reliable, and the images you get out of it are really nice, underlining your results and you can make nice presentations with the Celigo images.

The Celigo is our “go to” for low resolution high speed scans. Particularly spheroid biology. I spoke highly of the system at the Cambridge HCA talk. – Steven Titus, NIH NCATS

The automation feature on the Celigo has greatly increased our work efficiency by integrating the imager to our robotic system. – Mandy Yim, Genentech

Every night we’re scanning between 50-100 plates. You can’t look at 50-100 plates by eye, so we just come in and review the scans and data each morning. The Celigo makes everyone more efficient.

We really utilize the high-throughput aspect of the Celigo. You get really nice statistics. You get a lot of data points. Instead of only having 3 data points you get 96 data points. You can look at small changes and actually get some statistical significance out of it.

The Celigo is really multifunctional – it can do an awful lot. If you want to track growth rates, it will do it perfectly. If you want to do large analysis, like [embryoid bodies], it will be perfect.

The Celigo has allowed our department to standardize and centralize the work within the institution.