FACS OFF! Autonomous & High Throughput Single Cell Cloning

  July 1, 2024 | CELLENION x BIOSERO WEBINAR

B-cell cloning is an industry standard method for reliable and reproducible production of monoclonal antibodies (mAb). A typical journey in mAb development involves B cells isolation prior to screening. For years, FACS has been the method of choice for semi-automated seeding of single cells into microwell plates. However, this method suffers from low throughput due to inherent difficulties to automate start up, calibration, sample/target exchange processes. Furthermore, FACS is labour-intensive as it requires continuous presence of skilled operator to monitor and troubleshoot the process. Hence, the need of an alternative approach that addresses the aforementioned shortcomings that are: throughput, clonability, and high operating costs.

In this webinar, we will present how cellenONE HT, an image-based single cell isolation platform, is fully automated using Green Button Go Scheduler so that it operates continuously without the need for an operator, effectively enabling 24/7 unattended single cell plating from one or multiple samples.

Mathieu Bennet

Mathieu Bennet

CTO
Cellenion

Dustin Whitson

Dustin Whitson

Applications Consulting Scientist
Biosero

FAQs

Yes, the CellenONE HT is equipped with fluorescence, so you can have a usual red/green marker, which allows you to sort. So if you want to sort only live cells, you can do that.

Yes, samples can be placed in 384 well plates.

This is thanks to Cellenion's proprietary dispensing technology based on a very gentle piezo-acoustic stimuli to generate the drops.

The dead volume of the sample container is less than 2 µL and we recommend a cell density of around 150 cells/µL. For isolating cells in 4 x 384 well plates we recommend a volume of around 15 µL.

The drop volume is around 350 pL and the CV below 2%.

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