Cellomics

Cellomics

Cellomics is a privately held company which is the self-described inventor of high-content screening (HCS).ref|intro "Cellomics" is also a neologism, which the company coined to mean "the study of cells" or "the knowledge of cellular phenotype and function".ref|defs Cellomics provides to customers analysis platforms designed to facilitate the study of cells in culture, particularly their responses to potentially therapeutic drug-like molecules.

Products

One type of product provided by Cellomics allows the monitoring of cell shape or the localization of intracellular labels in response to stimuli. Reported uses of this product type include assessment of neurite outgrowth from neurons treated with drug compounds and assay for nuclear translocation of labeled proteins.ref|Seronouses Cellomics also provides data-mining software for extracting information from high-content screening data.

Notes


# [http://www.cellomics.com/content/menu/About_Us/ Cellomics corporate facts] . Retrieved 4 July, 2005.
# [http://www.cellomics.com/content/menu/Definitions/ Cellomics definitions page] . Retrieved 4 July, 2005.
# Aldridge, Susan (March 15, 2005). "Screening technology challenges". "Genetic Engineering News", 25(6):16.
# [http://www.cellomics.com/content/menu/Board_of_Directors/ Cellomics Board of Directors] . Retrieved 4 July, 2005.

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