ibidi extends partnership with Applied Biophysics

ibidi GmbH, a supplier for solutions for BioMicroscopy, announced the extension of its partnership with Applied BioPhysics, Inc.

Under the terms of the agreement ibidi will exclusively distribute the products of Applied Biophysics in Germany. With this partnership ibidi further strengthens its position as a service provider for system biology.

Applied BioPhysics, who already distribute ibidi´s µ-Slides in the US, is focused on the ECIS technology. ECIS allows measurement of the capacity and/or the impedance of a cell layer.

“The product lines of ibidi and Applied BioPhysics complement each another excellently”, commented Dr. Ulf Rädler, director of the sales division at ibidi. “Together with ibidi´s µ-Slides, the user now can visualize a certain process using optical methods and also can follow the same process in an impedance measurement”. And Dr. Rädler adds: “The new and outstanding product line of Applied Biophysics allows us to support our customers even better”. ECIS (Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing) is an electrical method to study, in real time, many of the activities of animal cells when grown in tissue culture. These include morphological changes, cell locomotion, and other behaviors directed by the cell’s cytoskeleton. ECIS can be used in cell-based assays, such as toxicological screenings or pharmacokinetics, and permits many possible applications in the pharmaceutical industry.