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Streamlining Complex Experiments: Microfluidics Powers the Next Generation of Automation
Streamlining Complex Experiments: Microfluidics Powers the Next Generation of Automation
Automating the Future of Life Sciences
Modern life sciences and biomedical laboratories face growing operational challenges, including a shortage of skilled professionals, time-consuming workflows prone to human error, and the high costs of reagents and consumables. To address these challenges, the life sciences sectors are increasingly embracing digital automation and semiconductor innovation. CyteSi is leading this transformation by digitizing and automating biological experiments through proprietary Biological Processing Units (BPUs) and Lab-on-a-Chip systems. By shifting labor-intensive validation into software-controlled workflows powered by microfluidics and artificial intelligence, this technological leap accelerates experimentation, optimizes resource utilization, and delivers greater reproducibility for precision and preventive medicine.
Semiconductor Technology Meets Microfluidics
At the foundation of CyteSi’s hardware platform is JDI’s advanced thin-film transistor (TFT) microfabrication technology on glass substrates, which is used to develop and manufacture backplanes utilizing Electro-Wetting on Dielectric (EWOD) technology. EWOD uses precise electrical voltages across microelectrodes to manipulate tiny droplets on-chip, enabling critical biological processes such as mixing, separation, and reactions to take place automatically without manual handling. This approach substantially reduces validation time, labor requirements, and costly reagent consumption.
Integrating Optics and Edge AI
CyteSi’s ecosystem expands further through a multi-industry collaboration with optical pioneer ZEISS and EDOM to deliver a universal, automated biological laboratory platform. This integrated system condenses complex laboratory workflows into a single, miniaturized benchtop platform powered by an edge computing system. By pairing CyteSi’s microfluidic chip technology with ZEISS’s high-precision industrial lenses and optical inspection systems, the platform delivers real-time edge processing and superior image quality. Analysts can easily configure testing parameters through an intuitive user interface, minimizing manual operating steps, conserving consumables, and maintaining reliable inspection standards.
Enabling Next-Generation Biomedical Applications
Together, these converging partnerships bridge the worlds of semiconductor manufacturing, precision optics, and edge artificial intelligence to reshape modern healthcare. The unified platform enables comprehensive, high-throughput applications across early-stage disease screening, synthetic biology, drug synthesis and discovery, next-generation sequencing, and clinical diagnostics. By eliminating traditional laboratory bottlenecks and moving toward commercial mass production, CyteSi, JDI, ZEISS, and EDOM are providing a faster, more dependable, and cost-effective foundation for next-generation clinical testing and biomedical discovery.
Explore how microfluidics, precision optics, and edge AI come together to automate biological workflows and accelerate the future of life sciences.
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Software-defined Wet Lab
CyteSi
CyteSi’s Bio Processing Unit (BPU) digitizes wet lab workflows through a software-defined architecture that precisely orchestrates droplets as data points. Designed for NGS, drug discovery, and reagent synthesis, it enables AI-ready, high-throughput automation with programmable fluidics, reducing manual effort, reagent consumption, and validation time.
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Dimension® Lenses for Industrial Use
ZEISS
ZEISS Dimension lenses deliver exceptional image quality for demanding industrial applications. Designed for C-mount cameras with sensors up to 4/3", they feature six focal lengths from 8 to 50 mm, a compact aluminum housing, and precision adjustment and locking mechanisms for stable, reliable operation.
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STM32WB5MMG - Ultra-low-power Wireless MCU
STMicroelectronics
STM32WB5MMG is a certified, ultra-low-power 2.4 GHz wireless module based on the STM32WB55VGY microcontroller. Supporting Bluetooth LE, Zigbee 3.0, OpenThread, and 802.15.4 protocols, it delivers excellent RF performance, extended battery life, and compact integration for IoT, wearables, and energy-harvesting applications.
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SEC-TPM™ - Turnkey Security Solutions
SecEdge
SEC-TPM is an Arm TrustZone-integrated firmware TPM (fTPM) compliant with TCG TPM 2.0. Designed for portability, crypto agility, and security standards compliance, it provides a cost-efficient alternative to discrete TPMs while supporting greenfield and brownfield deployments for flexible security upgrades across existing systems.
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