EntoLab is an integrated hardware/software system consisting of a compact observation chamber and a Windows software suite.
The EntoLab software suite consists of a range of software programs for video tracking, camera settings optimization, video streaming, and data processing and analysis.
The EntoLab setup is a convenient benchtop system that will enrich your screening facility. The equipment can also be mounted on a cart with integrated computer equipment, providing a mobile setup that can easily move between labs. The EntoLab system includes: With EntoLab, you can standardize your test environment, including multi-arena assay plates and illumination, and collect your data efficiently. The EntoLab Observation Chamber is designed in such a way to maximize image quality, reliability of tracking and throughput. Furthermore, the EntoLab hardware is easy to use and clean. EntoLab offers a modular system of assay plates that can track a variety of insects, plants, and substrates, with up to 300 arenas on a single plate. A key feature is the synchronized release of insects from a cage plate beneath the arena plate, ensuring a uniform start for all trials. The foam assay plates consist of a foam sample support plate and a top arena plate. The support plate cushions test samples like leaf fragments and has 126 holes for insects to emerge into the arena. Depending on the arena plate shape, insects encounter a sample on one side (no-choice) or both sides (choice). Plexiglass assay plates are designed for thicker samples like fruits, stems, or agar. They feature a support plate with chambers for the samples and 126 holes for insects to emerge. Insects will find either a single sample (no-choice) or two different samples (2-choice) after being released. The EntoLab system comes with EthoVision XT, the renowned computer vision and video tracking software. EthoVision XT processes each high-resolution image in the digital video file, detects the insect against the background in each arena, extracts its body center, and generates a track file for each arena. Due to its superior object detection algorithms, EthoVision XT can handle the most challenging insect-plant combinations. EthoVision XT can process a single video file or a batch of files originating from multiple EntoLab chambers, in a fully automated fashion. Track files are imported into EthoAnalysis, a specialized software package developed for the analysis of insect behavior recorded with EthoVision XT. Based on various user settings, which can be specific for an insect species, EthoAnalysis translates the raw track data into series of zone-specific behaviors of three categories: halting, moving, and not-detected. From these time series, various behavior statistics are computed, either for the complete trial or per zone, per hour, or per behavior category, including duration (short/medium/long) or movement velocity (slow/medium/fast). Interested in EntoLab? Want to learn more about setting up EntoLab for your insect behavior research? Contact us for a demo or pricing information. We will get back to you within one business day. We'll get back to you shortly. Please correct the following errors:How do I use EntoLab?
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Which hardware do I need?
EntoLab observation chamber
Assay plates for insect research
Assay plates
Foam assay plates
Plexiglass assay plates
What does the software offer me?
EthoVision XT
EthoAnalysis
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