Nanolive launches the live cell imaging tool

The two year-old Swiss spin-off company – which this year has already received several innovation awards, including the R&D100, The Scientist’s Top 10 and the Microscopy Today Innovation Awards, is now ready to address the worldwide market with the launch of the 3D Cell Explorer, which will be exhibited during the ASCB2015 event at the San Diego Convention Center on Monday 14 December 2015.

The 3D Cell Explorer is a high speed, high resolution and non-invasive microscope that allows for real-time exploration of living cells, fixed cells and tissues, in 3D. Through a combination of holography and rotational scanning, the system detects changes to light as it propagates through the cell, namely the 4D distribution of the physical refractive index (RI). The RI distribution within the cell is measured at each voxel and the researcher can decide which parts of the cell to visualize by digitally staining them in contrasting colours without interfering with the cell’s normal physiology.With the 3D Cell Explorer, researchers, students and medical doctors are able to directly experience what happens inside the living cell - in real time.

The 3D Explorer is also a result of years of hard work, innovation and an obsessive attention to detail. The product can also be purchased online.

Yann Cotte, Nanolive’s CEO and inventor of the technology, will hold a keynote lecture during the ASCB15 event. He has stated that Nanolive’s microscope has the potential to fundamentally change research in cell biology at all levels: education, universities, cosmetics, hospitals and pharma industry.  “We designed the 3D Cell Explorer to enable your dreams: Unlimited live cell imaging in 3D at every second, preparation-free and non-invasive. Since it measures the cell’s own physical properties, it opens the door for fundamental scientific discoveries in cell biology. It truly is THE Ultimate Live Cell Imaging Tool for everyone”

(RAN)