Fluid Imaging offers FlowCam testing services
April 15, 2009
BY Susanne Retka Schill
Web news posted May 6, 2009, at 9:40 a.m. CDT
Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. is introducing a particle testing service that will allow research scientists, process engineers and others in biofuels and microbial biomass development to utilize the company's technology for particle analysis. It is particularly effective in identifying algae species.
The FlowCAM Particle Analysis Lab Testing Service includes a free technical consultation to assess the product or sample and verify any target particles or cells match the instrument's capabilities. This is followed by the development of test specifications, running the sample and reporting the results.
Available on CD or posted privately on the Web, the test results include every image taken along with their measurement data organized in a choice of histograms and scatterplots setup in a simple spreadsheet or detailed laboratory report format as needed. Method development, including establishing sample dilution and magnification requirements, and filter development such as devising statistical pattern recognition filters are also available along with a range of custom analysis services. Pricing starts at $125.
Fluid Imaging introduced its technology originally developed for ocean research to the ethanol industry last fall for use in quickly monitoring yeast performance. Lew Brown, director of marketing for Maine-based Fluid Imaging, characterized his company's technology as an automated microscope, capable of reducing a procedure that often takes 15 minutes down to 35 seconds. Monitoring yeast in the ethanol process currently requires frequent sampling and manual examination under a microscope, he explained, in order to optimize fermentation conditions. While protocols for sampling and preparation of yeast samples remain the same, he said, Fluid Imaging Technologies' FlowCAM replaces the person who manually counts the yeast under a microscope with an automatic reading device that counts, images and analyzes the yeast cells to determine the number of dead, live and budding yeast cells. "The people we've presented the FlowCam to get excited," Brown said, "even the ones who do the yeast counts."
Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. is introducing a particle testing service that will allow research scientists, process engineers and others in biofuels and microbial biomass development to utilize the company's technology for particle analysis. It is particularly effective in identifying algae species.
The FlowCAM Particle Analysis Lab Testing Service includes a free technical consultation to assess the product or sample and verify any target particles or cells match the instrument's capabilities. This is followed by the development of test specifications, running the sample and reporting the results.
Available on CD or posted privately on the Web, the test results include every image taken along with their measurement data organized in a choice of histograms and scatterplots setup in a simple spreadsheet or detailed laboratory report format as needed. Method development, including establishing sample dilution and magnification requirements, and filter development such as devising statistical pattern recognition filters are also available along with a range of custom analysis services. Pricing starts at $125.
Fluid Imaging introduced its technology originally developed for ocean research to the ethanol industry last fall for use in quickly monitoring yeast performance. Lew Brown, director of marketing for Maine-based Fluid Imaging, characterized his company's technology as an automated microscope, capable of reducing a procedure that often takes 15 minutes down to 35 seconds. Monitoring yeast in the ethanol process currently requires frequent sampling and manual examination under a microscope, he explained, in order to optimize fermentation conditions. While protocols for sampling and preparation of yeast samples remain the same, he said, Fluid Imaging Technologies' FlowCAM replaces the person who manually counts the yeast under a microscope with an automatic reading device that counts, images and analyzes the yeast cells to determine the number of dead, live and budding yeast cells. "The people we've presented the FlowCam to get excited," Brown said, "even the ones who do the yeast counts."
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