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If large samples are to be analyzed, automation is always a desired feature. This holds especially for quantitative assays commonly used in genotoxicity, mutation research and biological dosimetry. But automation has another advantage: exact settings and well established routines allow for direct comparison of results, and minimize any biases caused by misinterpretation of images ...

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The MetaSystems slide scanning platform Metafer is the perfect tool to automate image analysis in biomonitoring, biological dosimetry, mutagenicity research, and toxicology. The versatile hardware platform hosts several software packages, which cover some of the most important genotoxicology assays ...

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Bio-dosimetry is a well established procedure to assess radiation damage in humans involved in mass radiation accidents. Unfortunately the recent events in Japan showed that even large accidents are possible, and that a proper radiation damage assessment strategy is crucial in the aftermath of such a catastrophy. Several bio-dosimetry assays are available to quantify DNA damage induced by irradiation, all aiming to estimate the body or partial body dose of the victims in order to apply suitable treatments. There are generally two key requirements for any bio-dosimetry assay...

Download the poster recently published at the 19th Nuclear Medical Defence Conference in Munich, Germany.

Multi-disciplinary biodosimetric tools to manage high scale radiological casualties: the EU project MULTIBIODOSE (www.multibiodose.eu).

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The use of forensic DNA analysis has become a crucial tool in identifying perpetrators of sexual assault crimes. However, difficulties in analysis arise primarily due to the interpretation of mixed genotypes, if cell separation of the sexual assailant's sperm and other cells is incomplete. The forensic community ...

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On the 8th International Symposium Advances in Legal Medicine 2011 in Frankfurt/M., Germany Dr. Christian Schunck from MetaSystems presented the recent status for automated detection of sperms in forensic samples.

Download a PDF copy of the talk "Automated Identification of Male Cells on Samples from Victims of Sexual Assault".

In collaboration with Galantos Genetics, the European provider of the Sperm HY-LITER™ Sperm Identification Kit (www.galantos.eu), MetaSystems has adapted the renowned slide scanning platform Metafer to the automated detection of fluorescently labelled sperm cells.

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