Millipore DCI Digital Cell Imager

 

Advanced imaging tool supports a wide range of cell types and formats
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Description

The Millicell DCI Digital Cell Imager is designed to enhance the efficiency of cell culture labs by providing quick and objective assessments of cell culture parameters. This advanced imaging tool supports a wide range of cell types and formats, making it an essential instrument for modern cell culture techniques. The instrument can perform cell counts and confluency checks in a variety of flasks and haemocytometers. Data collected on this instrument is also backed up and an online cloud-based platform called Millicellâ Cloud that can track the health and viability of your cells over multiple passages.

Specifications

  • Measurement Parameters: Confluency, cell count, morphology
  • Supported Cell Types: Adherent cells, cell lines, spheroids, organoids.
  • Data Interface: Web-based application for data analysis, sorting, and archiving (Millicellâ Cloud).
  • Image Capture: Two-click image capture with adjustable magnification, focus, and contrast.
  • Analysis Tools: Slide bars for cell size and masking area adjustments, automatic grid finders
  • Focusing mode: Manual focusing with fast and slow operation.
  • Supported Culture vessels: Flasks – T25, T75, T175. Culture plates 6well, 12 well, 24 well, 48well, 96well. Haemocytometers with grid line identification.

Publishing Data Acquired on the Millipore DCI Digital Cell Imager

      • Cell name

      • Cell passage number

      • Culture vessel

      • Viability solution dilution factor 

      • Culture type (suspension, adherent, spheroid

      • Manufacturer: Millipore

      • Model: DCI

      • Type: Cell Counter
      • Measurement parameters (confluency, cell count, morphology, viability)

      • Adjustments to contrast/brightness

      • Protocol parameters ( Size, roundness, dilution factor, noise reduction, delustering).

    Acknowledgement:

    “The authors acknowledge the facilities and the scientific and technical assistance of Cell Culture Facility (CCF) within the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre (MWAC) at UNSW Sydney.”

    Credit MWAC CCF staff: Feel free to mention MWAC CCF staff who have assisted you with your work! If staff have been involved with your work beyond basic training and support (e.g., project design, complex data/image processing, independent imaging/analysis, manuscript preparation), it may be appropriate to discuss co-authorship with the relevant staff and your supervisor.

Applications

  • Cell culture monitoring
  • Live cell observation
  • Image capture
  • Haemocytometer cell counting
  • Cell counting through image averaging

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Instrument location

MWAC Cell Culture Facility

Laboratory 524D Science and Engineering Building (SEB) – E8
Kensington, UNSW, Sydney,
NSW, 2052

Email: CCFAdmin@unsw.edu.au

Access

For access to the MWAC Cell Culture Facility
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    CCFAdmin@unsw.edu.au

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