Cell counter selection - Huaqiang Electronic Network

Manual counting not only wastes most of the researcher's time, but the tedious counting process is often dizzying, affecting the enthusiasm of the researchers, and the feeling of being overkill. Many researchers have raised their cell counts and shook their heads frequently, which is not only time-consuming and laborious, boring, and has no sense of accomplishment. At the same time, the subjectiveness of manual counting is strong, resulting in greatly reduced reliability of the counting results and poor repeatability. The results of counting between different operators are inconsistent and incomparable, resulting in experimental results often failing to reproduce.

Nowadays, society is a fast-developing society. Automation replaces the manual society. Speed ​​and efficiency are the focus of social attention. The automatic cell counting analyzer is also compliant with the requirements of the times and should be listed by the needs of researchers and scientific fields. The fully automated cell counting analyzer gets rid of the pain and annoyance of manually counting cells. At the same time, the results are more accurate and objective, the operation is quick and easy, and the repeatability is good. In particular, we save valuable time and enable researchers to put more energy into more important work.

At present, there are also a variety of brand automatic cell counters on the market, based on cell images, but also based on the coulter principle, but the main purpose is to free the manual from the tedious manual counting, to rule out the operator's subjectivity.

Xiaobian believes that the choice of cell counter should follow several points:

Consider the cost-effectiveness of the cell counter: If your purpose is to replace manual counting, save the operator's time, and operate easily, there is no need to spend hundreds of thousands to buy a device that can only count cells, and spend a lot of money to do small things. Consider the stability and repeatability of the cell counter: If you have high accuracy and repeatability for cell counting, the high performance and stability of the instrument are the primary considerations, and the stability of the instrument hardware and supporting software must be considered. Can not blindly pursue low prices. Consider choosing the right model for your cell type: If your sample is a primary cell with a complex background and severe red blood cell and platelet contamination, you want to quickly and accurately count nucleated cells and perform accurate cell viability analysis. Affect the success and reproducibility of subsequent experiments. Then don't yell at your money at this time, the dual fluorescent cell count & vitality analyzer will be worth your blood. Consider the multi-functional testing needs of the laboratory: if the cell counting and viability analysis is only part of the laboratory requirements, and the laboratory is still performing functional tests such as apoptosis, cell cycle, GFP, etc., and the laboratory has no supporting instruments, then The lab is equipped with a versatile cell counter that is the best choice for you to go to other labs for help, to get around, and to get the desired results easily, simply, and at your own pace.