An enclosure for maintaining biological matter therein under controlled conditions can include a main body, which has an interior space and a door through which the interior space is accessible, one or more light emitter panels that illuminate the interior space, a base that receives the main body thereon and comprises a cooling system. The cooling system can have a container, a fluid inlet for introducing a fluid into the container, and a fluid outlet for removing the fluid from the container; and a top section that is removably attached to a top surface of the main body. Such an enclosure is capable of maintaining a temperature within the interior space between about 14° C. and about 30° C.

A system for growing and reproducing microorganisms that includes a basin system that includes a number of basins, where each basin has a vertical meandering system which is formed by partitions and which can be illuminated, each basin is filled with a nutrient suspension, at least one outer wall of each basin is double-walled such that a cavity is formed, a temperature control medium for controlling the temperature of the nutrient suspension can flow through the cavity.

Methods and devices are provided for simultaneous irradiation of a target, such as mammalian cells and/or nanostructures. The target is simultaneously exposed to optical irradiation and oscillating magnetic field radiation. The simultaneous optical irradiation and oscillating magnetic field radiation occur within an incubator-actuator device. The incubator-actuator device includes a sample chamber, a magnetic field generating coil, and, a light-emitting diode (LED) placement cage.

A radiation-emitting optoelectronic component may include a semiconductor chip or a semiconductor laser which, in operation of the component, emits a primary radiation in the UV region or in the blue region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The optoelectronic component may further include a conversion element comprising a first phosphor configured to convert the primary radiation at least partly to a first secondary radiation having a peak wavelength in the green region of the electromagnetic spectrum between 475 nm and 500 nm inclusive. The first phosphor may be or include BaSi.sub.4Al.sub.3N.sub.9, SrSiAl.sub.2O.sub.3N.sub.2, BaSi.sub.2N.sub.2O.sub.2, ALi.sub.3XO.sub.4, M*.sub.(1-x*.sub.-y*.sub.-z*)Z*.sub.z*[A*.sub.a*B*.sub.b*C*.sub.c*D*.sub.d*E*.sub.e*N.sub.4-n*O.sub.n*], and combinations thereof.

Devices and methods for sorting cells are provided that use a holder with cells adherent to a material whose adhesive properties are affected by light, a pixelated light-generating array, and a pixelated photosensitive array. Selected cells can be released from the adhesive layer after illumination of the adhesive layer by the light-generating array.

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 purpose of the present invention is to provide an incubator device and the like capable of performing measurements in a manner such as to minimize changes in the state of a medium. The incubator device is designed to control the cell culture environment and includes an airtight housing, a light source for irradiating a medium containing seeded cells with light, a light measurement unit for measuring the intensity of light from the medium, and a light guide member for guiding the light from the medium to the light measurement unit. The light source unit, the light measurement unit and the light guide member are placed within the housing.

Exemplary embodiments provide systems, devices and methods for simultaneously measuring mechanical and electrophysiological tissue responses (e.g., contractile function, or the like).

The microorganism culture system includes: flat carriers to which microorganisms are to be attached; a culture solution supply unit that supplies a culture solution to the carriers from above the carriers; and an effluent tank that stores a culture solution containing the microorganisms flowing out of the carriers. The plurality of carriers are arranged so that surfaces of the carriers are directly opposed to each other or obliquely face each other at an angle. Light irradiation units are installed between the carriers and in at least a part of an outside of the carriers in a horizontal direction and an outside thereof in a vertical direction when viewed in an arrangement direction of the carriers.

A system and method of growing and harvesting algae provided whereby the system encompasses incubation tanks, internal lighting, chilled air diffusers, and an inline incubation tank for continuous batch processing. A centrifuge separates algae from growth media, and the media is processed through a series of reclamation steps so that cleaned water is reused for fresh media.