In the field of research, the use of automated systems makes it possible to facilitate, accelerate and standardize the acquisition and quantification of immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry or contrast.

Within the BICeL, you have the possibility to automate your plate and slide acquisitions.

The scanners are made up of components similar to those of the most powerful motorized microscopes, but the eyepieces and the manual control tools for positioning and focusing have been removed. It has a single aperture that can accommodate up to a hundred samples. It generally uses a 20x objective with a large numerical aperture allowing a very good resolution of the final images. It is also possible to install a real 40x lens. They are therefore particularly adapted to users with large volumes of slides and dedicated and standardized digitization problems. These systems help scientists to evaluate the molecular expression of markers, their location within their sample and to standardize the score attributed to the signal intensity observed on slides.

The impossibility of long-term preservation of immunofluorescent markings disappears thanks to this technology which allows not only the digitization of an entire immunofluorescence image in a few minutes, but also its almost indefinite preservation.