Developmental Biology
The study of how organisms develop is crucial to the study of human disease, both as an analogue to human development diseases, but also as a handle on the fundamental issues of development in living objects in general. Imaging methods provide a powerful tool that allows the user to visualise in real time complex processes and our powerful multiplexing systems allow many experiments to be run concurrently. Our systems are used to study everything from chick and mouse embryo development, through to cellular studies using C.Elegans and Drosophila as model systems. Professor Claudio Stern of University College London uses two Digital Pixel systems to study chick embryo development. The first system was supplied new is based on an Olympus IX71 microscope. For the second system Digital Pixel supplied a new camera and light source and used existing automation on the microscope to bring the system fully up to date.
Chick Embryo Development