Environment Control Option Operations
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Doing Timelapse Experiments
The ImageXpress Environment Control option incubates live cells,
enabling imaging experiments to be performed over hours or days. Wells
can be imaged repeatedly at fixed time intervals, and movies can be
constructed from a series of images.
To Set Up a Timelapse Experiment
1.
In the MetaXpress software, click
Screening
>
Plate Acquisition
Setup
.
2.
In the
Plate Acquisition Setup
dialog, in the
Configure
tab, open
the Acquisition tab. See
.
Figure 1-12:
Acquire Time Series
3.
Select
Acquire Time Series
.
Note:
In a timelapse experiment, the time starts when the first well is
acquired. If the acquisition time exceeds the time specified for the
timelapse experiment, the system proceeds as fast as possible. As a
result, the time between time points might not match the time
specified, but timestamps on images are accurate.
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