December 6: CellASIC presents microfluidics advances at the American Society for Cell Biology meeting in San Diego, CA

CellASIC presented two posters at the ASCB meeting: "Microfluidic Array for Live Cell Culture & Imaging" and "Microfluidic Array for 3D lrECM Culture of Cancer Cells." This work describes the latest advances to the company's industry leading microfluidic cell culture technology. For copies of the posters, please email info@cellasic.com

October 17: CellASIC presents at the North American Hepatocyte Research Association meeting at ISSX, Baltimore, MD

Dr. Philip Lee of CellASIC was selected as one of 5 speakers to present at the symposium entitled "New Culture Systems and Platforms for Hepatocytes." This meeting highlighted the demand in the pharmaceutical industry for improved hepatocyte culture tools that are more predictive of the physiologic environment.

CellASIC is addressing this problem by developing a microfluidic liver array capable of maintaining isolated hepatocytes in a liver like configuration for long periods of time with reduced cost and improved throughput. The company is honored to be recognized by this industry group as one of the leaders in the future of hepatocyte research.

October 2: MIT Lab Publishes Paper in PLoS Genetics Using ONIX Perfusion System

Professor Narendra Maheshri of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering publishes a paper titled: "Epigenetic and Conventional Regulation Is Distributed among Activators of FLO11 Allowing Tuning of Population-Level Heterogeneity in Its Expression" in the scientific journal PLoS Genetics.

The work details important new findings on how cell populations regulate phenotype. The work was conducted with the model yeast S. cerevisiae. The ONIX microfluidic perfusion system enabled the researchers to quantify expression states of individual cells over time during population growth, a type of experiment poorly addressed with existing methods.

September 14: New M16 Multiplexed Mammalian Cell Microfluidic Plate Released

CellASIC is now shipping the M16 microfluidic perfusion plate. This is a major advance over previous versions, allowing 16 simultaneous perfusion experiments to be performed with programmable solution exchange. Similar to the M1 and M2 plates, the M16 enables cell biologists to precisely control the cell environment during live cell imaging experiments on high-end microscopes. By utilizing innovative microfluidics technology, the M series plates provide a superior method for maintaining live cells on the microscope stage-- allowing researchers to dig deeper into the inner functions of living cells like never before.

"This new iteration of the M16 and M2 microfluidic plates is a significant advance for live cell imaging research," claims Philip Lee, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of CellASIC. "In addition to the industry leading technology we've been pioneering over the past 5 years, this new microfluidic product is incredibly easy to use. We improved the plate operation such that anyone comfortable with a pipet can now run complex microfluidic cell culture experiments with confidence."

The M16 microfluidic plate is used with the CellASIC ONIX Perfusion System, the first-of-its kind instrument for microfluidic cell culture control. To experience this product for yourself, contact CellASIC for a free trial.

July 7: ONIX Platform featured in New Products by Photonics.com

Photonics.com includes the ONIX Microfluidic Perfusion Platform in their July New Products section, highlighting the cutting-edge live cell imaging capabilities enabled by this technology. Click here to see the spot.

May 2: CellASIC sponsors the Bay Area Yeast Symposium, Stanford, CA, May 2

CellASIC is proud to sponsor the 2nd semiannual Bay Area Yeast and Other Fungi Symposium. This one day event featured talks from leading researchers at Stanford, UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego. The presentations highlighted the importance of yeast cells as useful models for investigating fundamental pathways and mechanisms in biology. CellASIC is honored to be recognized by this esteemed group as a leading technology provider for live cell imaging.

April 18: CellASIC introduces an improved ONIX microincubation system

CellASIC launched the newest version of the ONIX microfluidic perfusion system at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Denver. As with the previous version, this product enables industry leading flow control and media switching during live cell imaging experiments.

Key upgrades include the implementation of a novel microincubation method, whereby temperature and CO2 are directly controlled on the microfluidic plate, eliminating the need for bulky enclosure or stage-top systems. The new microfluidic culture plates also provide a higher quality environment for mammalian cells, allow switching between 3 medium solutions, and enable the generation of a stable concentration gradient.

January 27: CellASIC presents "Automation Compatible Microfluidic Cell Culture System" at the Association for Laboratory Automation 2009 Meeting, Palm Springs, CA