Sartorius has launched the new Incucyte SX5 Live-Cell Analysis System with new capabilities, including novel optics, a new line of paired reagents, and purpose-built software to help enable researchers to gain greater insight from live cell experiments.

According to the company, the Incucyte SX5 offers up to five different fluorescence channels, up to three at a time, extending the applications and cell models that can be explored. The fluorescence configuration, plus HD phase optics, allows for more data to be generated from every imaging session, enabling insights from complex cell models. Also, three color channels allow users to ask more of their cell models. For instance, co-cultures can be explored, with two channels used to identify attributes of two cell types, plus a third channel to detect health or function. The Incucyte SX5 can address up to six independent microplate experiments in parallel, streamlining live-cell imaging and analysis in lab settings where multiple individuals are using the instrument concurrently.

Very sensitive cell types can be imaged and analyzed in the Incucyte SX5 for days or months without ever being removed from the incubator. The instrument keeps cell stationary and in a physiologically relevant for the duration of an experiment, and integrated software analyzes the results in real time.