Maestro Z

Track cell proliferation, viability, morphology, and immune cell-mediated killing with the Maestro Z™. Axion BioSystems Maestro Z platform offers impedance-based cell analysis for real-time, continuous, label-free monitoring of your cells. Continuous data reveals the kinetics of cell-cell interactions and cell-drug responses for better mechanistic understanding without the time- and cost-intensive process of repeating multiple endpoint assays. Now with a smartphone app allowing you to check on your experiment from outside the lab.

KEY FEATURES

• Monitor your experiments from outside the lab — The new Maestro Z App allows you to check in on your cells and experiment to ensure everything is running smoothly while you are away from the lab.
• Precisely control the cell environment — There is no need for an additional cell culture incubator, saving valuable lab space and money. Maestro Z’s smart environmental chamber finely controls temperature and CO₂ while rejecting electrical noise and mechanical vibrations.
• Continuous cell monitoring — 96 simultaneous live recordings from your cells. The Maestro Z system performs noninvasive electrical measurements from the cultured cell population, circumventing the use of dyes/reporters that can perturb your cell model and confound results. Track activity over hours and weeks from the same population of cells label-free and in real time.
• See your cells — Maestro Z’s transparent CytoView-Z™ 96-well plates have a viewing window in each well, allowing for cell visualization and assay multiplexing.
• Start your assay with the push of a button — “One button setup,” means temperature and CO₂ levels automatically adjust on plate docking. Plate usage is logged via an integrated plate barcode scanner for convenient experiment tracking.
• Review your results faster — The Impedance module with AxIS Z™ software provides a simplified approach to the setup, execution, and analysis of experiments.
• Increase throughput with multiple Maestros — Continuously monitor multiple plates automatically and simultaneously with multiple Maestro support. Save space in your lab by controlling multiple Maestro systems using a single computer.

Multiplex your assay: Maestro + Omni™

• Platform cross-compatibility lets you view live-cell imaging alongside real-time, functional data to enhance your analysis.
• Monitor electrode coverage and cell morphology to ensure consistent, quality results.
• Experience no-hassle tracking — the Axion Portal automatically links data via barcode.

SOFTWARE

The Maestro Z system is available with two software modules: Impedance and GxP Impedance. Select the software modules to match your assay needs:

• Impedance – Track cell proliferation, morphology, and viability label-free and in real-time. Ideal for immuno-oncology, cytotoxicity, virology, cell migration, cell proliferation, GPCR assays, and many more.
• GxP Impedance – Achieve FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance in GMP/GLP labs with this version of the Impedance Software Module.

CONSUMABLES

The Maestro Z system is compatible with the 96-well impedance assay plate.

• CytoView-Z™ – The Maestro impedance plate with a transparent well bottom for cell visualization and assay multiplexing. Available in a 96-well plate format.

CROSS-COMPATIBLE PLATFORMS

The Maestro Z system has cross-compatibility with:

• Omni – Compliment your impedance assays with whole-plate images of your cultures. View electrode coverage and culture health over time with just a few clicks in AxIS Z. Compatible with the Omni and Omni Pro 12™ systems.