Singer Instruments

Introducing PIXL Max: our fastest automated colony picker yet with AI powered detection and analysis of both microbes and zones of inhibition. And super hi-res optics to detect the tiniest details of your colony morphologies. 🤖👩‍🔬 #LabAutomation #Microbiology

What’s hiding in the "Dark Matter" of your samples? Cultivation bottlenecks are a big hurdle in #microbiome research. In 7 days, Profs. Lindsay Hall and James Chong show us how to break through. 📍 24 Feb, 2PM GMT Register here: tinyurl.com/xr58eb28 #Research @BiologyatYork

Profs. James Chong & Lindsay Hall will be delivering you their key insights on how to culture the unculturable direct from their many years of struggle with the “Dark matter” of the microbiome. Register here 🧪tinyurl.com/xr58eb28🧫 @BiologyatYork

Prof. James Chong studies #microbiome communities in human waste, filtering the essential species from the coasters. With his 60 5L anaerobic digestion systems and a PIXL Dark🤖, James automates his characterisation. The goal is to form a renewable stable source of biogas fuel🧪

Our BizDev Manager, had a great time this week at the Somerset Sustainable Futures event hosted by Somerset EBP. He meet students and teachers from local schools, to promote green education, sustainability, and careers. #STEM #Sustainability

The volume of baby poop in Prof. Lindsay Hall’s freezers is incredible. 💩 Lindsay is highly regarded in human microbiome research and a leader in infant gut #microbiome research. Register for the webinar here🧪tinyurl.com/xr58eb28🧫

Our mission is powered by the brilliant women on our team. 🧪 Today, we’re celebrating their contributions to science while advocating for the pay, recognition, and career equity they deserve. We couldn't do it without them! #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInSTEM

We’ll dive into: 🧫 Overcoming cultivation hurdles 🦠 New insights from human waste samples 👩‍🔬 Research strategies from the experts 📅 24 Feb 2026 | 2PM GMT Register here: tinyurl.com/xr58eb28 #microbiome #Webinar #research

What’s hiding in the "Dark Matter" of the #microbiome ? We know it's there, but "unculturable" samples are a huge bottleneck in research. We’re hosting Prof. Lindsay Hall & Prof. James Chong to discuss how to break through. 🧵👇

High-throughput synthetic genomics comes to the @EarlhamInst ! 🧬 Prof. @PatrickCai shared updates on the #Sc20 project to rewrite the yeast genome from scratch. An outstanding example of using automation like the PIXL in #synbio.

Who wants to struggle with ImageJ thresholds? Simple tools fall short on irregular or filamentous morphologies. Automatically detect, quantify and isolate a diverse array of colonies with PIXL Max AI colony detection & morphological classification - perfect for the #microbiome.

We're a finalist for the Somerset Business Awards 2026 Employer of the Year! thank you to everyone a who's worked so hard this year and especially to those who spoke to the judges about what life is like as a certified NERD 🤖. #SBA2026 @somersetchamber @StephensScown

Project Manager Ayo and Scientist Emmy recently participated in the Castle School's mock interview session. The experience provided students with a realistic taste of professional life through targeted questions on teamwork and resilience.

No more unspoken words. 🗣️ It’s #TimeToTalkDay. We’re joining @MindCharity to encourage everyone to brave the big conversations. Let someone know they’re being heard today. Be the reason someone feels seen this #TimeToTalkDay.

The most expensive lab instrument? The one gathering dust because only the retired tech knew the “dark art” of using it. We build tech that you can actually use. You can master 90% of PIXL Max’s functionality in under 10 minutes! Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/95jbjekv

Colony detection is easy when you have eyes - but computers have algorithms that look for patterns. Microbiology almost never fits a perfect pattern. PIXL Max AI colony detection, with its high definition camera, can isolate colonies down to 0.2 mm and classify their morphology!

Speed doesn’t matter, unless you’re the bottleneck in a high-throughput lab. 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬We’ve spent the last year quietly slaving away to please the speed queens with the PIXL Max at 3000 colonies/hour. Of course we added a few side quests as well - what else is new? #LabAutomation

@ProfTomEllis After the troubled teens comes the years of discovering who we really are. Could be interesting. We've just created a BlueSky account - seems like that's where all the cool kids are heading.

Twitter/X anniversary day today. I’ve been posting on this site for 15 years. Safe to say it’s going through depressing troubled teenage years right now after all the wide-eyed optimism and joy of its first 10 years.

It's been <1 week of PIXL Max, and WOW! Published twice - thanks @LabManager & @AMIposts 700+ emails - our inbox is buzzing 🐝 🐝 1000s LinkedIn impressions - we see you watching 👀 1 big celebratory pub sesh - essential to any Singer launch. 🍻🍻 #microbiology #research

Find out more about our faster, smarter, precision microbial colony picker PIXL Max here: singerinstruments.com/solution/pixl-…

My plate didn’t grow? Now I have to do it all over again…AGAIN! 98% transfer efficiency sounds great, but 99.78% is even better when you’re picking the entire 🧪CLiP 2 mutant library🦠(71, 700 colonies). It’s the difference between 1434 missed colonies, and only 148 missed. 🤖