IUL Instruments FLASH & GO Automatic Colony Counter with High-Resolution CMOS Imaging

The IUL Instruments FLASH & GO Automatic Colony Counter is designed for precise quantification of microbial colonies on pour plates and spiral spreading media. It features a USB 2.0 high-resolution CMOS camera with a fixed focus lens, enabling true color image capture at 1536×1536 pixels resolution over a 97×97 mm field. The system supports colony detection with a minimum size of 0.06 mm, making it suitable for detailed microbial analysis in microbiology and biotechnology laboratories.

Key features include:

• Ring of 54 white LEDs for reflected lighting and two High Flux LEDs for transmitted lighting, optimizing colony contrast with selectable dark or bright background fields.
• Complete instrument with a centering holder adaptable for various Petri dish sizes, facilitating compatibility with standard microbiological workflows.
• Included colony counting software compatible with multiple media types, enhancing automation in molecular diagnostics, microbiological quality control, and bioprocessing applications.
• Compact dimensions of 180 x 360 x 220 mm and lightweight design at 5.4 kg, supporting benchtop use in clinical diagnostics and biopharmaceutical research environments.

This colony counter system is essential for laboratories engaged in synthetic biology, gene editing, and microbial strain development, providing reproducible and high-throughput colony analysis critical for biomanufacturing and molecular cloning workflows.