Improved optical performance facilitates microscopic analysis of cellsCell Culture Consumables

Microscopic analysis of cells using an inverted microscope is a daily routine procedure in every cell culture laboratory. Visual examination of cultures is crucial e.g. to assess the degree of confluence of the cell layer and confirm the absence of contaminants. Furthermore a lot of cell culture based assays performed in plate formats are analyzed using manual or automated microscopic techniques. Besides instrumentation, the choice of the consumable strongly influences the microscopic results.