A device for the observation, imaging and uninterrupted culturing of embryos and cells, the device comprising: an incubator; a mixing box located above the incubator; gas sensors located in the mixing box; solenoid valves attached to the mixing box; a first clear panel located on the top of the incubator, and configured to allow one to see into the incubator; a first light source located above the first clear panel, and the first light source configured to provide light into the incubator; a door attached to the incubator, the door configured to provide access to the inside of the incubator, and the door located below the access door; a rotatable platter located below the incubator, the rotatable platter comprising: a first insert configured to removably sit on the platter; a first culture dish configured to removably sit in the first insert; a second insert configured to removably sit on the platter; a second culture dish configured to removably sit in the second insert; a first moveable camera located under the rotatable platter, and configured to view a culture dish located generally directly above the first moveable camera, and the first moveable camera generally in alignment with the first light source; a computer in communication with the first moveable camera, rotatable platter, sensors, solenoid valves, touchscreen display, and light source. A device for the observation, imaging and uninterrupted culturing of embryos and cells, the device comprising: a top portion, the top portion comprising: a housing; a horizontal surface on the housing; an angled surface abutting the horizontal surface; an access door located generally on the housing; a first heating surface located on the horizontal surface; a touch screen display located on the angled surface; a middle portion abutting the top portion; the middle portion comprising: an incubator; a mixing box located above the incubator; gas sensors located in the mixing box; solenoid valves attached to the mixing box; a first clear panel located on the top of the incubator, and configured to allow one to see into the incubator; a first light source located above the first clear panel, and the first light source configured to provide light into the incubator; a door attached to the incubator, the door configured to provide access to the inside of the incubator, and the door located below the access door; a bottom portion abutting the middle portion, the bottom portion comprising: a rotatable platter, the rotatable platter comprising: a first insert configured to removably sit on the platter; a first culture dish configured to removably sit in the first insert; a second insert configured to removably sit on the

A modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation includes: at least one bioreactor for microalgae cultivation, in the form of a vertically arranged transparent tubular column; a supporting structure adapted to integrate and support the base of the at least one bioreactor, and also adapted to internally house a first connection to a system for loading and unloading a cultivation vector fluid into/from the at least one bioreactor, and a second connection to a system for supplying CO2-supplemented air into the at least one bioreactor; multiple modules forming respective frames with internal empty spaces and adapted to be connected to one another to house, in the empty spaces, the at least one bioreactor; the multiple modules being also so shaped as to convey filtered light into the at least one bioreactor.

Bioreactors and methods for cultivating microalgae are provided herein. The bioreactor and methods include features and modifications to improve heterotrophic growth efficiency by providing a light signal.

An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.

The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to an illumination opto-plate configured to specifically light the wells of a culture plate.

Disclosed herein are platforms, systems, and methods including a cell culture system that includes a cell culture container comprising a cell culture, the cell culture receiving input cells, a cell imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of the cell culture, a computing subsystem configured to perform a cell culture process on the cell culture according to the images acquired by the cell imaging subsystem, and a cell editing subsystem configured to edit the cell culture to produce output cell products according to the cell culture process.

The present invention relates to a profile comprising an elongated element extending in a longitudinal direction along a centre line and at least 3 planes extending in the longitudinal direction of the elongated element and surrounding the centre line of the elongated element, wherein at least one light source is placed on at least one of the 3 planes of the elongated element.

Disclosed herein are platforms, systems, and methods including a cell culture system that includes a cell culture container comprising a cell culture, the cell culture receiving input cells, a cell imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of the cell culture, a computing subsystem configured to perform a cell culture process on the cell culture according to the images acquired by the cell imaging subsystem, and a cell editing subsystem configured to edit the cell culture to produce output cell products according to the cell culture process.

A device and method for detecting the level of foam in a reactor vessel monitors the intensity of the light or the movement of the light detected by a camera which monitors at least one light source positioned inside the reactor vessel or viewable through the reactor vessel.

A light supplementation and thermal insulation device for microalgae pipeline cultivation and a method for microalgae pipeline cultivation is provided. The light supplementation and thermal insulation device has a combined light conversion film body, fixing parts located at an upper end and a lower end of the combined light conversion film body, and lifting systems; the combined light conversion film body comprises a bottom opaque film, a middle reflective film, and an upper light conversion film; the bottom opaque film, the middle reflective film, and the upper light conversion film are fixed together as a whole by the fixing parts at the upper end and the lower end; the lifting systems are connected to the fixing parts at the upper end. It solves the problem of difficult light supplementation during the daytime in microalgae pipeline cultivation and also addresses the issue of thermal insulation during the nighttime.