The LemnaTec Scanalyzer HTS (high throughput screening)

High Throughput Screening and High Throughput Phenotyping have become the major methods in research and development of new plant protection compounds and breeding of new traits in agricultural products. These methods are also very important approach for basic research trying to study and understand the functions of different plant genes.

Introducing the new LemnaTec Scanalyzer HTS System, a highly flexible and fully automatic scanning system, which is able to scan adult Arabidopsis rosettes on substrate in trays as well very small seedlings, insects or other organisms in 96 well microtiterplates LemnaTec provides the technology to answer the new challenges. (For very high magnification of 384 well plates LemnaTec provides a second camera system with high precision macro lens and a very high depth of focus.)

With a maximum spatial resolution of 10 microns per pixel the LemnaTec Scanalyzer HTS System is able to image microscopic cell cultures or Nematodes in water as well as Fungi or aphids on leaf disks, microbiologic colonies or Arabidopsis semen, maize kernels or small seedlings up to leaf rosettes with a diameter of 10 cm. The high precision of the robotic x-y-positioning system allows moving the camera to predefined positions to zoom into single wells of a 96 Microtiterplate.

The Illumination System of the LemnaTec Scanalyzer HTS System is completely controlled by the LemnaTec software and adapts automatically to the different applications and objects. Depending on the organism and the different imaging objectives the user can choose between backlight, direct or diffuse top light, Near Infrared light or blue light for Fluorescent imaging. Optional neon lights or far red LEDs can be installed in the top part of the imaging cabin to allow special imaging conditions for the organisms.

See application notes at our website:

•    High content screening of cells and cell aggregations in multi well plates

•    HTS for leaf eating organisms Plutella and ECB

•    HTS Fishembryotest

•    HTS Neurite growth

•    3D imaging of Arabidopsis trays

•    Fungizide testing on leaf discs

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Image 3: Side view on the Scanalyzer HTS