NemaMetrix Introduces Fluorescent Staining Kits for Improved Phenotyping in model organism C. elegans

Oregon, USA, 6^th June 2017: NemaMetrix, a company developing nematode-based drug development and screening technologies, today announced the launch of its first series of RediStain™ fluorescent kits for improved visualization of C. elegans’ structure and function in phenotyping studies. These kits expand the toolkit of C. elegans research to include the ability to perform structural and functional assays that are standard in cell biology.

Used with the company’s ScreenChip System, the new staining kits provide a more efficient way to study nematode phenotypes and their directly-related underlying genotypes, which would not be possible with non-fluorescent techniques.

NemaMetrix has developed the ScreenChip System, a first-in-class automatic screening and phenotyping platform utilizing C. elegans as the model organism, which acquires and displays neuromuscular data in real time. The technology allows researchers to rapidly generate and collect precise whole-animal data via quick and reliable assessment of neuronal and physiological responses to genetic mutations, ...