Labdeers

Labdeers is a private Czech company founded in 2016 by plant scientist Mgr. Tereza Dobisova, Ph.D., and based in Boskovice, Czech Republic. It operates at the intersection of plant science and laboratory instrumentation, developing devices and services that make seed handling and seed phenotyping more precise, gentle and automated. The company describes itself as a startup created by plant scientists for plant science, motivated by the everyday limitations of laboratory routine and the lack of suitable technologies for working with very small seeds. Labdeers' product line centres on two instruments. GentleGrab is a suction-tweezers laboratory tool for gentle, sensitive and non-invasive manipulation of dry samples ranging from about 150 microns to tens of millimetres, suitable for seeds, tissues and micro-particles. Boxeed is a fully automated laboratory device for non-invasive, sterile manipulation of seeds and particles between stock and working areas; it is primarily aimed at plant research and automated seeding to plates, placing individual seeds into multiple plate formats for phenotyping, genotyping and downstream analytical processes, and can handle dry objects from about 80 microns. The company also offers a Seed Phenotyping Centre and related services, including seed counting, phenotyping and single-seed tests, and fluorescence seed selection. Its services cover Arabidopsis and other seeds up to about 3 mm, with reported throughput of up to 150,000 seeds per week and calculated parameters such as partial 3D seed phenotype, seed size, surface shape, shape, length and width. Labdeers positions itself as a technology-driven partner for plant research, breeding and publication workflows. It argues that phenotyping and seed sorting reduce the total cost of achieving research, breeding and publication results, and that automation saves human labour not only in seed handling but also in subsequent experiments such as growth analysis and biochemical, proteomic and genomic testing during germination and early postembryonic development. The company markets its Seed Phenotyping Centre under the slogan "The day you Sow, you already Know". Although rooted in plant science, Labdeers states that its devices can also be used in other fields requiring precise, non-destructive and non-invasive manipulation of micro-particles and micro-materials, including medicine, chemical laboratories and human research. The company emphasises an interdisciplinary team combining plant science with electro engineering, construction engineering and software programming, and says it is open to cooperation with innovative companies and universities nationally and internationally. It continues to educate and expand its team to create new methods and technologies. Labdeers remains a private company and does not appear to be listed on a stock exchange.

Labdeers was founded in 2016 as a private Czech startup by plant scientist Mgr. Tereza Dobisova, Ph.D. The company's origin story is rooted in laboratory practice: the founder's knowledge of everyday laboratory routine and long-standing experience in molecular biology and genetics made her aware of missing technologies for precise, gentle handling of very small seeds and particles. Labdeers describes itself as being created by plant scientists for plant science, with the aim of improving scientific routine through better instrumentation. After roughly two years of intensive research and testing, the company presented its first inventions: two prototypes, the GentleGrab laboratory tool and Boxeed. GentleGrab was conceived as a suction-tweezers device for gentle, sensitive and non-invasive manipulation of dry samples from about 150 microns to tens of millimetres, intended for seeds, tissues and micro-particles. Boxeed was developed as a fully automated laboratory device for non-invasive, sterile manipulation of seeds and particles between stock and working areas, primarily for plant research and automated seeding to plates, with the ability to place individual seeds into multiple plate formats for phenotyping, genotyping and downstream analytical processes, handling dry objects from about 80 microns. Alongside hardware, Labdeers built a service offering around seed phenotyping. Its Seed Phenotyping Centre provides seed phenotyping data and advanced seed sorting, covering Arabidopsis and other seeds up to about 3 mm, with reported throughput of up to 150,000 seeds per week. Calculated parameters include partial 3D seed phenotype, seed size in px/mm, seed surface shape, seed shape, seed length and seed width. Related services include precise seed counting into aliquots or duplicates using statistically random selection from a stock, phenotyping and single-seed tests with placement into 96-well or 384-well plates, and fluorescence seed selection to separate GFP/RFP seeds based on signal quality and intensity. The company markets the centre with the slogan "The day you Sow, you already Know". Labdeers has emphasised an interdisciplinary approach, combining the long-term experience of specialists from different backgrounds. Its international team includes specialists in electro engineering, construction engineering and software programming, and the company views common interdisciplinary understanding as key to realising project ideas that improve scientific routine. It states that it is open to cooperation on projects with innovative companies and universities on national or international levels, and that it continues in education and expansion of its team to create new methods and technologies and bring high-tech products to market. The company also notes that its devices can be used beyond plant science in fields requiring precise, non-destructive and non-invasive manipulation of micro-particles and micro-materials, such as medicine, chemical laboratories and human research. Labdeers remains a private company based in Boskovice, Czech Republic.

• 2018

  After about two years of research and testing, Labdeers presents its first inventions: prototypes of the GentleGrab laboratory tool and Boxeed.

• 2016

  Labdeers founded as a private Czech startup by plant scientist Mgr. Tereza Dobisova, Ph.D.

Technology-driven plant science partner offering gentle, non-invasive and automated seed handling and phenotyping for research, breeding and publication workflows.

• GentleGrab

  A unique laboratory tool based on suction tweezers for gentle, sensitive and non-invasive manipulation of dry samples from about 150 microns to tens of millimetres, suitable for seeds, tissues and micro-particles.

• Boxeed

  A fully automated laboratory device for non-invasive, sterile manipulation of seeds and particles between stock and working areas; primarily for plant research and automated seeding to plates, placing individual seeds into multiple plate formats for phenotyping, genotyping and downstream analysis, handling dry objects from about 80 microns.

• Seed Phenotyping Centre

  A service centre providing seed phenotyping data and advanced seed sorting for Arabidopsis and other seeds up to about 3 mm, with reported throughput of up to 150,000 seeds per week and parameters including partial 3D seed phenotype, seed size, surface shape, shape, length and width.

• Seed Counting

  Precise counting of seeds from a provided sample into aliquots or duplicates, using statistically random selection of seeds from a stock.

• Phenotyping & single seed tests

  Single-seed phenotypical analysis followed by placement into 96-well or 384-well plates, with partial 3D image analysis and comprehensive morphological analysis for each seed.

• Fluorescence seed selection

  Phenotypical analysis and sorting of samples containing fluorescent selection markers in the seed coat, separating GFP/RFP seeds based on signal quality and intensity.

• The day you Sow, you already Know

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