Speed

High content screening needs to be faster.

 
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What is Speed?

Speed is a rate of progress, the time to do a task, or the number of tasks accomplished per timepoint. We all know we want to do things faster, but what does that mean in high content screening (HCS) and analysis?

HCS is not standardized. Manufacturers often quote speed, but parameters (resolution, fields, channels) often vary and prevent controlled comparison.

Like you, we know time is our most valuable asset, and we designed the Araceli Endeavor® to accelerate high content screening with no compromises.

4
minutes or less

How long does your scan take?

High Content Imaging with Maximized Well Coverage

At Araceli, we aim to provide realistic performance metrics that reflect the demands of high-content screening workflows. Rather than reporting imaging times based on reduced acquisition conditions, our benchmarks are based on maximized well coverage under commonly used screening settings:

○ Standard plate formats: 96, 384, and 1536

○ Imaging across the majority of the well, not limited to sub-sampled regions

○ Acquisition of 4 fluorescence channels + Transmitted Light

High-resolution imaging at 0.27 microns per pixel

These parameters represent typical high-content imaging use cases and are intended to give a clearer picture of system performance under practical, multi-channel, high-resolution conditions—without relying on minimal settings to achieve faster imaging times.

Eliminating Compromise

Before the Endeavor, a 4-minute high content image acquisition required dropping the number of channels, sample coverage, or image resolution.

These compromises result in the loss of 90% of data from the well or analysis difficulties from poor image quality.

Our team spent years inventing Endeavor's patented technology, so you no longer have to choose between valuable data and time in the lab.

5
more data
6
more speed

Endeavor

Araceli Complete Scan (HCS) 9x9 Microscope Scan

Others

Stop the compromise, start power screening

So How Much Faster Are We?

Instrument A

Instrument B

Instrument C

Endeavor

Competitor B - 1560 min

100%

Competitor C - 660 min

55%

Competitor D - 120 min

29%

Araceli Endeavor - 4 min

1%

1560 min

360 min

120 min

4 min

The data above highlights the true imaging speed of Endeavor under conditions of maximized well coverage, compared to other instruments. Traditional HCS systems have seen only incremental changes, often prioritizing cost over innovation.

At Araceli, we’re focused on rethinking imaging technology to help accelerate drug discovery, not just refine the status quo.