There are a number of different techniques that are routinely used in the biopharmaceutical discovery and development workflow, including single cell analysis, sorting, imaging and dispensing into individual wells of microtitre plates. Traditionally, different items of equipment would be required for each technique, resulting in a costly and time-consuming process that uses up valuable lab space and increases risk of sample contamination. 
 
Our Cyto-Mine® technology is the first integrated device to be able to automatically perform all of these crucial techniques in a single compact system. This high-throughput instrument uses picodroplet technology and microfluidics to process upto 10 million heterogeneous mammalian cells in less than half a day. Each cell is encapsulated in a picodroplet containing growth media, which acts as a bioreactor to compartmentalise the cell and let it grow; eventually trapping secreted molecules such as antibodies. The unique workflow enables selective screening of single cells to find rare lead candidates.