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Simpler, but more powerful than

flow and imaging cytometry

​Revolutionizing the precision diagnosis of diseases with innovative devices 

With cytoMIST® technique,

  • Dozens of markers at a time

  • Free of tissue autofluorescence

  • Simple handheld device

  • Simple procedure

  • No special instrument

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Cutting-edge technology

Our single-cell omics microdevices are developed with the latest cutting-edge technology coupled with advanced algorithms and visualization programs to ensure maximum throughput, accuracy and efficiency and deliver reliable results.

Portable, affordable all-in-one kit

Only a common fluorescence microscope or imaging instrument is needed. No training is needed. Our portable, disposable devices can be operated anywhere and for most cell samples and tissue specimens. More importantly, it is affordable and accessible!

Quality Assurance

At MIST Bioscience, we are committed to providing the highest quality products to our customers. We have strict quality assurance protocols in place to ensure that our diagnostic devices and biological reagents meet the highest industry standards.

Expert Customer Support

Our team of experts is always available to provide support and answer any questions you may have about our products. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service and support.

Our mission

We provide solutions in human health through new spatial omics tools that rapidly profile many biomarkers on biospecimens. These technologies are otherwise often not accessible and not affordable for the majority of users. Our technologies revolutionize precision diagnosis in the clinics and high-multiplex techniques in the medical fields. Our products are designed to be accurate, efficient, and reliable. We are committed to providing the highest quality products to our customers.

Reasons to choose MIST technology

01.

Rapid assay - same duration as IHC

02.

Single-cell resolution - Large area of tissue or cell culture but no damage

03.

High throughput -

>20 samples/day

04.

High multiplexity - ~30 markers at a time; possibly up to 450

05.

 No special instrument - common microscope or scanner enough

Work flow

Multiplex in situ tagging (MIST) array is based on barcode microbeads to quantitate functional proteins and transcripts through fluorescence reading or sequencing. It copies the in situ biological information from tissue or plated cells.

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Immunostaining of your sample

Overlay MIST device with sample & UV exposure

10 min

Microscopy imaging or scanning

Visualization & analysis with MIST-Explorer

Knowledge tips:

​1. cytoMIST can assay precious cells of small sample size.

Our technology can process a cell sample as small as 1,000 cells. It works for both suspension cells and adherent cells as well as thin tissue sections, as long as the sample is on a flat surface. It doesn't work for 3D culture.

2. cytoMIST doesn't need access of special, expensive instruments.

A common fluorescence microscope that has scanning function of large image is sufficient. The microscope should be able to image bright field and two fluorescence channels. We provide a suite of software to stitch images, data extraction and analysis. 

3. cytoMIST is born for high-content analysis.

​It typically assays 6-30 markers at a time, whereas many high-multiplex methods only image 3-4 colors a time with a few cycles. Thus, cytoMIST shows more advantages with higher multiplexity.

4.  Various sample sources such as FFPE samples from mouse and human are applicable.

As long as your samples can be processed by IHC or IF, they can be analyzed by cytoMIST too. 

5.  Users can freely built their marker panel powered by MISTlinker.

​Scientists often want to analyze the proteins of their own interest. To our best knowledge, no vendor can satisfy such a demand yet. We build a library of hundreds of protein targets and have strictly validated them. You can simply select the targets and compose your own assay panels. The reagents of the custom panel will be shipped to you. 

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