Image Analyst MKII provides complex image processing tasks in a biologist-friendly manner.

Fluorescence microscopy image analysis
automation - time series - physiology

Release of version 4.2.7

  • Improved Nikon *.nd2 handling
  • ROI tools
  • Imporved z-stabilizer
  • and more...

Image Analyst MKII Pipelines on GitHub

Release of version 4.2.5

  • Bright field Color Deconvolution with PCA
  • AI Create Training Set
  • GitHub support
  • More ROI annotation handling
  • and more...

Release of version 4.2.2

  • AI-based segmentation and ROI drawing using Cellpose
  • Improved Bio-Formats support, and pyramidal format handling
  • Use Frame Labels, ROI annotations and edit time points
  • Updated histometry/cytometry pipelines
  • and more...
Publication Alert

Integrating AI cell segmentation to find cells based on NADH autofluorescence
Site IQ in mitochondrial complex I generates S1QEL-sensitive superoxide/hydrogen peroxide in both the reverse and forward reactions. In Biochem J.

  • Automated ROI-based time lapse analysis using Cellpose
  • Pipeline integration for Elastix through command line execution

Publication Alert

The complete protocol for ΔψM, ΔψP and mito:cell volume fraction assays have been published:
Unbiased Millivolts Assay of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Intact Cells. In Methods in Molecular Biology

  • Sample and media preparation
  • Fluorescence microscopy recording
  • Image and data analysis
  • Troubleshooting

Release of version 4.1.1

  • New features and improvements under the hood
  • New histometry/cytometry, foci & aggregates, micro densitometry pipelines
  • New interactive analysis protocols
  • and more...

Publication Alert

The mitochondrial permeability transition pore activates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response and promotes aging. eLife 2021;10:e63453

  • Mitochondrial shape changes were visualized and analyzed

Publication Alert

Superoxide produced by mitochondrial site IQ inactivates cardiac succinate dehydrogenase and induces hepatic steatosis in Sod2 knockout mice. Free Radic Biol Med . 2021 Feb 20;164:223-232

  • The pipeline optimize was used to create a sensitive quantification of fat droplets
  • Succinate dehydrogenase activity was analyzed using micro densitometry

Publication Alert

Natural Genetic Variation in Yeast Reveals That NEDD4 Is a Conserved Modifier of Mutant Polyglutamine Aggregation. G3 (Bethesda). 2018 Nov 6;8(11):3421-3431

  • Automated analysis of microplate imaging data set
  • Measurement of protein aggregation

 

Feature highlight

Pipeline Optimizer: The Pipeline Optimizer finds optimal parameters of a pipeline that achieve a user defined goal.


 

Feature highlight

Pipeline Optimizer: The Pipeline Optimizer finds optimal parameters of a pipeline that achieve a user defined goal.


Release of version 4.0.0

  • Batch pipeline processor - automate with simple Excel tables
  • Pipeline Optimizer
  • MOV, MP4, H.264 import and export
  • and more...

Publication Alert

Natural Genetic Variation in Yeast Reveals That NEDD4 Is a Conserved Modifier of Mutant Polyglutamine Aggregation. G3 (Bethesda). 2018 Nov 6;8(11):3421-3431

  • Automated analysis of microplate imaging data set
  • Measurement of protein aggregation

International distributor

  • Image Analyst MKII is available worldwide through our international distributor, 2Checkout (formerly Avangate).

 

Feature highlight

Interactive protocol: Measure fluorescence intensity or ratio in time courses

  • A step-by step guide how to choose and set up an analysis pipeline

 

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Pipeline Optimizer: The Pipeline Optimizer finds optimal parameters of a pipeline that achieve a user defined goal.


 

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Batch Pipeline Processor: It uses an Excel table to define what image files to open and which pipelines with what parameters to run on them, and where to export results.


Release of version 3.5.5

  • New interactive protocols and pipelines
  • Improvements for smoother operation

Publication Alert

Metabolic activation-driven mitochondrial hyperpolarization predicts insulin secretion in human pancreatic beta-cells. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2018

  • Mitochondrial membrane potential and volume fraction assay
  • Normalization of respirometry data with cell counting

Release of version 3.5.3

  • About 20 improvements


Release of version 3.5.1

  • Going 64-bit
  • Organize technical and experimental replicates of time courses directly in Graphpad Prism files
  • Interactive Primer including analysis protocols
  • Loads of convenience features for easier and faster analysis


Publication Alert

ROS Control Mitochondrial Motility through p38 and the Motor Adaptor Miro/Trak. Cell Rep. 2017 Nov 7;21(6):1667-1680

  • Mitochondrial motility assaying with Optical Flow using Image Analyst MKII


Publication Alert

Suppressors of Superoxide-H2O2 Production at Site IQ of Mitochondrial Complex I Protect against Stem Cell Hyperplasia and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Cell Metabolism 2016 Oct 11;24(4):582-592

  • In situ succinate dehydrogenase activity assay with microscopic densitometry in multiwell plates


Publication Alert

Measurement of the Absolute Magnitude and Time Courses of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Primary and Clonal Pancreatic Beta-Cells, PLoS One. 2016;11(7):e0159199.

  • ΔψM and ΔψP in intact cells
  • Mitochondria:Cell volume fraction
  • Single-cell analysis


Publication Alert

Alterations in voltage-sensing of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in ANT1-deficient cells, Sci Rep. 2016 May 25;6:26700

  • ΔψM and ΔψP in intact cells
  • Mitochondrial swelling with thinness ratio


Release of version 3.2.0

  • High DPI display support
  • TIFF folder open


March Newsletter:

Mitochondrial Morphology & Dynamics





February Newsletter

NAD(P)H Autofluorescence Analysis



The new website is launched.





December Newsletter



Release of version 3.1.0



November Newsletter



October Newsletter