GelCount™
The leading colony counter platform for cancer biologists

Product overview
GelCount™ is an integrated, dedicated colony counter for processing tumour colony forming assays. GelCount is conceived to rapidly and accurately count as well as characterize mammalian cell colonies. Colonies can be adherent (stained), or non-adherent in 3-D semi-solid matrices such as soft agar or spheroids in suspension. Non-adherent cell colonies do not typically require staining.

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KEY FEATURES

Throughput
Less than 15 minutes for imaging and processing of four 6-well plates.*

No more microscope!
Banish fatigue and discomfort due to tedious counting of non-adherent colonies under a microscope. High-resolution, high depth-of-field imaging allows single-pass detection of colonies as small as 30 µm (diameter) in medium layers of up to 4 mm in depth.

Versatility
Suitable both for the detection and analysis of adherent (typically stained) colonies or of non-adherent (typically unstained) colonies in semi solid media (e.g. soft agar, methylcellulose, etc.) or spheroids in suspension.

Flexibility
Compatible with multi-well plates (6-, 12-, 24-, 48- and 96-well), with Petri dishes (35 mm, 50 mm and 100 mm) and with T25 flasks**.

2-year product warranty
GelCount is supplied with a 24-month comprehensive ‘peace of mind’ product warranty.

Dedicated and user-friendly
GelCount is provided with dedicated, highly sophisticated imaging and image analysis software featuring an intuitive, efficient and flexible user interface.

More than just a colony count!
Colony counting with GelCount also yields detailed colony size distribution/outputs, plus other statistical parameters such as colony OD and theoretical colony ‘volume’.

Objective and consistent 'machine' counting
A second-generation ‘CHARM’ algorithm objectively applies definable colony detection rules while distinguishing overlapping colonies and suppressing false positives due to contamination or staining/agar artifacts.

Inclusion / exclusion of colonies based on size, and more
GelCount software allows extensive user-optimization of colony detection including inclusion/exclusion of colonies based on size, optical density or colony shape, as well as providing global sensitivity controls.

Automated Excel® exportation of numerical data
Direct exportation of numerical count and statistical colony data to Microsoft® Excel®.

Digital archiving of colony cultures
Save images in raw digital format for a permanent archive of colony samples and/or unlimited ‘off-line’ processing/re-processing.

Generic image format output
Save colony images in a generic bitmap format for printing, presentations, etc.

High-resolution on-screen view
Entire wells or Petri dishes can be conveniently viewed on-screen at high resolution.

Unlimited software licenses/installations
GelCount software may be installed on any number of workstations, allowing users to save colony images and to process them at their own convenience!

Unlimited software updates
Our customer-focused service includes free and unlimited availability of software updates, fixes and enhancements for the lifetime of the product.

*Resolution-dependent; quoted example is for typical high-resolution imaging of soft agar colonies.
**Currently Sarstedt® T25 flasks (model 83.1810).