Bionomous provides the EggSorter, an automated platform that combines high‑resolution bright‑field and fluorescence imaging with AI‑driven classification to screen, sort, and dispense individual small biological entities such as fish embryos, 3D cell cultures, and plant seeds. The system isolates each sample on a rotary wheel, analyzes it in real time against user‑defined criteria, and deposits it into tubes, dishes, or multi‑well plates with 95–99% accuracy, delivering reproducible, high‑throughput results for life‑science research labs and biotech facilities.
Funding
$3.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Researchers manually sort and plate small biological entities such as fish embryos, 3D cell cultures, or seeds, a process that is time‑consuming, labor‑intensive, and prone to variability between operators. This limits throughput, reproducibility, and the scalability of experiments that rely on precise handling of tiny samples.
Solution
Bionomous offers an automated platform—named the EggSorter—that combines high‑resolution bright‑field and fluorescence imaging with AI‑driven classification to screen, sort, and dispense individual small biological entities. Samples are gently isolated on a rotary wheel, imaged, and analyzed in real time against user‑defined criteria such as size, morphology, or fluorescence markers, eliminating subjective judgment. The system then dispenses each entity into tubes, dishes, or multi‑well plates with controlled handling to preserve viability. By integrating sampling, imaging, AI classification, and plating in a single workflow, the platform delivers 95–99 % accuracy and consistent results across assays and research teams, freeing lab personnel for higher‑value tasks.
Target Audience
Primary customers are life‑science research laboratories and biotech facilities that require high‑throughput, reproducible handling of small biological samples, such as academic labs working with fish embryos or companies developing 3D cell‑culture assays.
Features
- Rotary wheel sampling that isolates individual entities with gentle, precise handling
- Dual bright‑field and fluorescence cameras for high‑resolution imaging of each sample
- AI algorithms that classify entities based on customizable criteria (size, morphology, fluorescence) with 95–99 % accuracy
- Automated dispensing into tubes, dishes, or multi‑well plates while maintaining sample viability
- Fully integrated workflow from sampling through plating for nonstop, hands‑free operation
- Adaptable to a range of small biological entities, including zebrafish, killifish, medaka embryos, 3D cell cultures, and plant seeds