Furukawa Electric Single Cell Hunter

Furukawa Electric has launched the Single Cell Hunter, a microchip-based automated live cell high-throughput screening system. Single Cell Hunter analyzes live cells on a microchip within a temperature-adjustable chamber to catch the responses of stimulated cells under near-physiological conditions and identify them in a time-lapse mode, which enables accurate evaluation of the real potential of each cell. The system features standard, pre-coated microchips for dynamic identification and recovery of fluorescence-labeled cells, or for fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assays for the identification of the cells that have an ability to secrete antibodies or specific antigen proteins. The platform also features multi-color screening, and AI-based high-precision cell-friendly pick-up and drop-off technology, which enables recovery of even a single yeast cell as small as 3 μm in diameter from a 10-μm microwell.