Countstar Castor:

Supercharging High Throughput Cell Analysis

With AI-Powered Insights

Key Features and Benefits

AI-Powered Cell Analysis

Leveraging deep learning-based image recognition to accurately segments and classifies target cells and organoids, enabling unbiased and deeper insights.

Ultrafast Z-Stack Imaging

Captures ten 2D images per well in just 4 minutes for a 96-well plate, significantly boosting your throughput and accelerate your discovery.

Rapid Autofocusing

Scans each well in milliseconds, adapting to variations in consumables to ensure pinpoint accuracy and consistent results.

Uniform Whole Well Imaging

Innovative concave meniscus illumination technology ensures uniform image quality across the entire well, enabling accurate identification and analysis of every single cell.

Compliance Ready

Offers robust data management and is fully compliant with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ensuring the highest data integrity and reliability for your critical assays.

Automation Integration Ready

Seamlessly integrating with your existing automation solutions to dramatically increase the number of samples you can process.

See the Difference in Organoids

Our AI platform accurately identifies and classifies 3D organoid structures, providing comprehensive phenotypic data for unprecedented insights.

Capture 3D Insights in Minutes

Scanning a full 96 well in 4 minutes

Colorectal cancer organoids
Hepatic cancer organoids
Gastric cancer organoids

Streamline Your Cell Analysis Workflow

Application-based interface and customizable BioApps streamline workflows and allow easy expansion. While comprehensive data review tools provides powerful insights.

Key Applications

Organoid Analysis

  • Organoid /Spheroid culture quality control
  • Label-free organoid drug response test
  • Organoid fluorescence viability analysis
  • Cytotoxicity analysis for tumor organoid-based co-culture assay

Drug Discovery

  • Hybridoma clone screening
  • Single B cell clone counting
  • GFP/RFP cell transfection
  • Confluence analysis
  • Cell proliferation, apoptosis, toxicity

Virus Titer Detection

  • Plaque assay
  • Virus titer detection by immunostaining (brown or blue spots)

Cell Line Development

  • Assurance of monoclonality
  • GFP/RFP cell transfection
  • Label free cell counting
  • Viability analysis
  • Confluence analysis

Specifications

Optical magnifications4x objective lens (NA=0.2)
10x objective lens (NA=0.3)
Imaging element16-bit, 10-megapixel, cooled CMOS color camera
Fluorescence channelsEx: 395/15nm, EM: 460/20nm
EX: 480/30nm, EM: 535/40nm

EX: 545/15nm, EM: 590/25nm
Light sourcesHigh performance LEDs
Focusing modeLaser ranging auto-focus
Scope of Z-axis scanning0-7.8mm
Maximum path length of XY motor stageX: 115mm Y: 220mm
Allowed Consumables6-384 well plates, microscope glass slides,
culture dishes, cell culture T-flasks
Consumable load1 multiwell plate / tray / t-flask / petri dish per
analysis
Computer configurationi7 processor, 64G RAM, 1650S NVIDEA 4GB
graphics card, MS-Win 11 operating system
Storage capacity2TB SSD + 4TB HDD
Power inputAC110-240V, 50/60Hz, 1.5A
Analyzer dimensions (W*D*H)21.8in×21.3in×19in (555mm × 540mm × 482mm)
Computer dimensions (W*D*H)6.7in×11.8in×14.5 in (169mm × 300mm × 367mm)
System weight
(Analyzer, CPU, and Monitor)
80.4lbs (36.5kg)

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