April 23, 2019
Cell Microsystems Receives New NIH Grants for Automating CRISPR Workflows
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools for single cell research, announced today it has received two NIH Small Business Innovation and Research awards totaling $1.9M to automate CRISPR workflows using its proprietary CellRaft Technology. These grants will accelerate our on-going work toward automating CRISPR workflows on the CellRaft AIR™ System that will provide a more efficient alternative to other cloning and sorting technologies. Culturing viable, single cells on the CytoSort™ Array after applying guide RNAs, then tracking clonal colony formation and other phenotypes for screening, gives the CellRaft AIR System tremendous value in CRISPR workflows.
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September 19, 2018
James Kane Joins Cell Microsystems as Director of Sales
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, announced today that James Kane has joined the Company as Director of Sales. Mr. Kane, an industry veteran, will lead the commercial activity at Cell Microsystems for all Engineered and Array Products, bringing a depth of experience in building out sales and internal commercial processes in biotech markets.
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September 6, 2018
UNC Cure Center and Cell Microsystems Receive NIH Contract for Single Cell HIV Diagnostic Assay
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, and the UNC HIV Cure Center announced today they have received an approximately $283K 12-month Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) contract from the National Institutes of Health to develop an automated platform to quantify the latent HIV reservoir. Cell Microsystems’ proprietary products, the CytoSort™ Array and CellRaft AIR™ System, will use automated image analysis to screen and isolate cells in order to detect emergence of HIV after exposure to potential therapeutics. The platform is likely to offer a rapid means of testing new drugs for latency reversal.
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August 22, 2018
Cell Microsystems Announces First Commercial Sale of Automated AIR™ System for Single Cell Imaging, Sorting and Isolation
Cell Microsystems announced today the first commercial sale of its automated AIR™ System for the imaging, sorting and isolation of single cells and small colonies. Albert Einstein College of Medicine investigator Jan Vijg, PhD, acquired the system as a component of Einstein’s already extensive core facilities and their recent foray into single cell genomic technology. The AIR™ System is based on the core CellRaft™ Technology which allows single cells to be cultured in an array of thousands of microwells contained in the proprietary CytoSort™ Array consumable. After imaging each cell using the system’s 3-channel fluorescence and brightfield capabilities, users can select cells for subsequent isolation and downstream molecular analysis or culture of clonal colonies. The system is generally utilized by researchers focused on single cell genomic analysis or genome editing methods such as CRISPR.
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April 19, 2018
Cell Microsystems to Present at the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities’ Annual Meeting
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, announced today that it will present at the annual meeting of The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF), taking place in Myrtle Beach, SC, on April 22-25, 2018. Cell Microsystems will participate as both an exhibitor and a “Giga Sponsor” of the Satellite Workshop: “Bridging the Gap: Isolation to Translation (Single Cell RNA-Seq),” taking place on Sunday, April 22 from 8:00a – 4:00p. Steve Gebhart, Ph.D., Director of Engineering, and Nick Trotta, Ph.D., Director of Product Applications and Market Development, will give a presentation during the workshop regarding the unique benefits of the CellRaft Technology for single cell genomics and genome editing workflows.
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Click Here to see the benefits of adding The CellRaft AIR System to your flow cytometry, genomics, or gene-editing core facility.
February 20, 2018
Cell Microsystems to Present at CED Life Science Conference
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, is one of 70 entrepreneurial companies selected to present at the 27th annual CED Life Science Conference, taking place February 27-28, 2018 in Raleigh, NC.
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January 23, 2018
Cell Microsystems continues momentum with $1.5M NIH grant for innovative single-cell RNA-Seq platform
Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, announced it has been awarded a $1.5 million grant under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR program. The proposed system integrates Cell Microsystems’ proprietary CellRaft Technology and novel approaches to tracking single cells with optical barcodes developed by Peter Sims, PhD of Columbia University, collaborator on the program. The goal of the project is to develop a fully-integrated system capable of imaging thousands of single cells and prepare them for genomic analysis. Since February 2016, the Company has been awarded a total of $6.8 million in NIH funding, resulting in the commercial launch of instruments such as the CellRaft System for Inverted Microscopes, the automated AIR™ System and several versions of the consumable CytoSort™ Array compatible with both instrument platforms. Among other milestones achieved in 2017, the company recorded its second consecutive profitable year.
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Click Here to view the statement from Columbia University’s Department of Systems Biology on our collaboration with them on this project.
December 18, 2017
Cell Microsystems Expands Availability of CellRaft Products and Technology
The CellRaft™ Technology, which allows researchers to easily sort cells under standard culture conditions resulting in unperturbed phenotypes and high viability, will now be available to researchers and laboratories from multiple sources. Previously, products based on the CellRaft Technology were sold exclusively by QIAGEN under the terms of a 2015 agreement. Going forward, Cell Microsystems will independently commercialize new and existing products and systems that provide optimal application-specific performance to meet the needs of researchers for both RNA/DNA sequencing and clonal propagation applications such as CRISPR/Cas9 transfection.
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Click Here for answers to Frequently Asked Questions concerning the new relationship with QIAGEN.
December 14, 2017
Webinar – Single Nucleus Sequencing Enabled by the CellRaft Technology
Cell Microsystems is hosting a webinar on recent sample preparation advances for CellRaft-based isolation of nuclei for downstream genomic analysis by Dr. Mike McConnell of the University of Virginia.
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November 9, 2017
Cell Microsystems Workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cell Microsystems is holding a workshop at the 2017 Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Single Cell Analyses on November 9th, 2017. The workshop will include an introduction to the CellRaft Technology, a demonstration of the new CellRaft AIR™ System, and hands-on time with the AIR™ System and the manual CellRaft System.
Also included will be scientific presentations by current users of the CellRaft Technology:
William Marzluff, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Transfection and clonal propagation for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing using the CellRaft Technology
Xiao Dong, PhD, Albert Einstein Medical College – Single cell genomics applications using the CellRaft Technology
2017 Single Cell Analyses Meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
June 8, 2016
Single Cell Analysis Course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cell Microsystems is pleased to be invited to participate in this leading scientific course for the 4th consecutive year. The course will be held on June 8-21, 2016.
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SciTech Now made a video piece in 2015 about the anniversary of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In it, Dr. Mike McConnell, a participant in the Early Adopter Program, is shown using the CellRaft System as part of the Single Cell Analysis Course that year.
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December 3, 2014
Cell Microsystems receives grant through One North Carolina Small Business Fund
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