Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader wins Silver Edison Award

The Edison Awards™ recently honoured BioTek’s Cytation™ 3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader with a Silver Edison Award in the Lab Diagnostics, Science/Medical category at the 2014 Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in San Francisco, CA. The awards, named after US inventor Thomas Alva Edison, symbolise outstanding product innovations with lasting impact and value for users.

“Cytation 3 is at the leading edge of today’s complex research applications,” noted Peter Weith, BioTek Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Service. “We’ve already seen the positive difference it’s made for our customers around the world, and we’re honoured that these achievements are also independently recognised by the distinguished judging panel at the Edison Awards.”

The Silver Edison Award is the fourth award bestowed upon Cytation 3 since its 2013 launch. Additional awards include Fisher Scientific’s Outstanding New Product Line Award, MipTec New Product Innovation Award and the SelectScience ‘Scientists’ Choice Award for Best Drug Discovery Product’.

Patent-pending Cytation 3 combines automated digital fluorescence microscopy and conventional multi-mode microplate detection to provide both rich phenotypic and well-based quantitative analyses in a streamlined and upgradable workflow. This unique, parallel data acquisition platform is ideal for biochemical assays and is especially suited for live cell assays where temperature control, variable shaking and available gas control support an ideal environment for growing, imaging, counting and analysing cells in microplates and other sample vessels.