Cell Line Development

Cell Metric had the best whole-well imaging capabilities and clonality reports and, when we demoed the instrument, we were convinced by the robustness of the system and very high image quality.

The Solentim ecosystem, [VIPS , Cell Metric, ICON], allowed Wheeler to rapidly develop and launch a standardized cell line development service that is integrated with a scalable drug substance process.

[With the VIPS PRO], we can trace back the data to the single cell, select from our top 48 cell lines, and report all the information – our proof of monoclonality is already in there, and that’s really nice.

The VIPS™ system and software has helped our company to deliver a high-quality data-package that meets global regulatory standards...The ease of use and reliability of the VIPS freed up valuable time.

The VIPS™ is unique, being the only single cell cloning system on the market that tracks a single cell’s arrival in the actual well with high resolution (z-stack) imaging and to support the subsequent daily whole well imaging provided by the Cell Metric.

Before this instrument, all our clonal analysis was done manually. We used to spend hours on the microscope looking for wells containing colonies possibly derived from single cells. Now, everything is automated, we since we can track the cell growth over time, we can be absolutely sure that a particular clones is derived from a single cell.

Very easy to use and produces good quality cell images, which are essential when monitoring outgrowth after limiting dilutions. The 10 plate cassette with automatic loading is very helpful for high throughput experiments, and the versatility of plate type makes the cell metric even more useful.

The Cell Metric was designed with the end user in mind. Setup and use are easy and the ability to generate a clonality report at the end of a project is fantastic. I would highly recommend taking a very close look at the Cell Metric before adding any imaging system to a CLD workflow.

The Solentim Cell metric has become a crucial instrument in our cell line development process. The instrument has allowed us to create reliable and consistent data which in turn results in us being able to track our cell lines and compare them to each other with ease. Images produced by this instrument are always of high quality, and it is easy to train new member of the team on this platform as the system is very user-friendly! ...The instrument is certainly worth the money we paid as it has allowed us to determine monoclonality and track colony growth ...

The Enhanced Clonality Reports easily generated by the VIPS/Cell Metric software allows us to track both cells and potential debris from first inception of the single cell in the well, to full-grown colonies enabling us to provide our customers with full traceability and audit trail of each cell line we produce for them with a single, well-crafted document.

The VIPS system allowed us to shave off a few months from our development timeline and select highly stable single clones for manufacturing purposes.

During expansion, we use InstiSHAKE CHO to support the adaptation of our clones to shaking culture. Thanks to InstiSHAKE CHO, we have significantly reduced the number of clones lost (by 90%) and have reduced the amount of time taken for cells to reach our desired viable cell density and viability by 7 days.  Taken together, the combined use of InstiGRO CHO and InstiSHAKE CHO can accelerate our CLD workflow up to 3 weeks with little compromise to productivity. 

We use InstiGRO CHO to improve the efficiency of our cloning projects. The supplement has helped us achieve clonal outgrowth >80% and has reduced the time taken for clones to reach our desired confluence by 2 weeks! Taken together, the combined use of InstiGRO CHO and InstiSHAKE CHO can accelerate our CLD workflow up to 3 weeks with little compromise to productivity. 

The Artel PCS makes checking the pipetting proficiency of new hires quick and easy. It's also great for checking pipettes that may not be functioning properly.

The Artel MVS has been a huge help for our lab in validating volumes on new automated liquid handlers. Always gives consistent results, easy to use, software is extremely straightforward, and any time we have an issue, it's super easy to get help from the Artel team. Thank you!

The MVS system is extremely useful for periodic performance QC testing of high-throughput liquid handlers, high-throughput liquid handler calibration, and various liquid handler/single channel pipette tip type/lot QC. The MVS system requires minimal maintenance and MVS manager software is intuitive to use and flexible to set up various plate layouts to meet user’s need. The customer service is very responsive and helpful. They provide a notification for calibrator plate re-certification annually ...

The [Artel MVS] product is accurate and reliable. With the addition of the pre-owned models of MVS readers, it also becomes affordable. The expansion of the dye solutions to include MasterMix and Serum along with their original aqueous offering makes Artel a definitive liquid class setup solution. The FSE performing setup and the account manager were on-time, responsive, and supportive during install and (most importantly) afterwards.

The Artel application scientist is easy to work with, knowledgeable about interpreting test data and giving advice, and flexible to help onsite if needed. I would recommend the Artel MVS because it saves time and material cost. Most important is having a standard method to calibrate different pipettes and optimize liquid class on automated liquid handlers while managing the sources of variability systematically.

Equipment was easy to set up and easy to use. The [OsmoTECH HT] runs reliably and is great to have for running many samples.

The Artel PCS fulfills our requirements on ISO compliant pipette calibration and testing. Results are reproducible and variance is lower than in manual process. Personnel is easily trained on the device. Process is faster than manual process.

The MVS system is fairly intuitive to use. Not only can we use this for our internal automated liquid handler volume verification, tip test and calibration work, we have been using the system to offer external volume verification service to our collaborators. The system is very durable without significant issues and easy to maintain. MVS reagent orders are always processed and delivered in a timely manner. Our regional specialist periodically checks in to ask if the system is working as expected.

The [Artel MVS] is easy to use, gives accurate and reliable results. It's a great way to quickly determine the functioning of the automation systems that we install and maintain.

The STUDIUS® software is very intuitive and user-friendly. The images are of very good quality with the different focus planes. Overall, using the VIPS PRO is very intuitive.

The Artel MVS simplifies fluid verification of all automated liquid handlers and multichannel pipettes. The system is fast, calculates all plate and well statistics (Relative Inaccuracy, Coefficient of Variation, Standard Deviation and Mean) and it is simple to set up and use. For all of its capabilities and low-cost point...the MVS is one of the best value purchases I have ever made for my lab.

The Artel MVS makes it so easy to do a monthly verification that the 96 channel CORE head on my Hamilton Vantage is dispensing the correct volumes. Doing the confirmation gravimetrically would be so time consuming, but using the Artel dyes and the MVS makes it something one person can do in a single morning. The software is easy to use, and the instrument has not had any maintenance issues.

We use the PCS pipette calibration system. It has always been super reliable and accurate, and we have never had a single issue in the 8 years I have worked with it. The kits containing the solutions for the PCS are customizable, so you don't have to buy solutions you don't need. We do performance checks on our pipettes on a daily basis, so we could not live without it! It makes our jobs so much easier too!

Once we brought [the Artel MVS] into the lab, we realized we could push to small volumes. We typically work beyond the liquid handler’s specifications, and we can do this because we have Artel to verify their performance.

The Artel MVS System has greatly improved our laboratory quality processes, not only streamlining instrument qualifications but accelerating verification and validations.

We rely on the MVS for verifications and liquid class development and optimization…

The [Artel MVS] simplified and streamlined our QC process…

The MVS system has been vital to our lab operations.