Although two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures have long been the standard for drug development and tumor research, 3D spheroids or tumor cell aggregates more accurately resemble characteristics of tumors growing in vivo.

Angiogenesis (vascularization) is the physiological process through which new capillary blood vessels are formed in the body. Angiogenesis plays an essential role in normal development, reproduction, and the formation of granulation tissue and wound healing.

Apoptosis, a genetically directed process of programmed cell death, is required for the regulation of physiological functions and the maintenance of tissue homeostasis.

Cell proliferation is the process that results in the increase of cells and requires cell growth and division. A fine balance exists between cell division and cell loss. In normal tissue, cell proliferation is tightly controlled so that only certain cells are dividing.

Quality control is an important aspect of cell and tissue culture. Remotely monitor cell culture quality control within your incubator. Analyze and optimize cell culture growth conditions, cell morphology, and observe time-dependent transient events without user intervention.

In biomedical research, determining the rate of change and viability of cell tissue is critical to monitoring the bioprocess. Cell growth monitoring using live cell time-lapse imaging simplifies the task.

Image stitching is the process of combining multiple photographic images to produce a mosaic of high resolution image of an entire well or slide.

Although technically more challenging, live cell imaging enables researchers to explore the complex mechanisms of cellular biology which normally can not be visualized in fixed specimens.

Commonly used in molecular biology, biomedical, and pharmaceutical research, reporter gene assays are an invaluable tool for studying gene expression. Reporter genes, because of the visually identifiable characteristics they induce enable the detection or measurement of gene expression.

Stem cells have the potential to treat a wide variety of diseases, therefore, understanding the physiological mechanisms regulating stem cells and their molecular transitions is critical in regenerative medicine, cancer research, and cellular biology.

Wound healing is especially useful for studying the effect of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions on cell migration.