Phenotype Screening(美國)
Phenotype Screening Corporation
美國PhenotypeScreening公司(PSC) www.phenotypescreening.comPSC公司成立于2004年,2年后其首款產(chǎn)品植物根系X-光掃描成像分析系統(tǒng)RootVizFS面世,并獲得2006年度美國R&D100大獎(jiǎng)。RootVizFS是款可對根系進(jìn)行X-光掃描成像分析的系統(tǒng),具有原位、非破壞性、可控性、效率高等優(yōu)點(diǎn),是繼根視系統(tǒng)后植物根系研究領(lǐng)域最激動(dòng)人心的發(fā)
明。美國R&D100大獎(jiǎng)被稱為“發(fā)明界的奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)”,RootVizFS剛一面世即獲此大獎(jiǎng),足見其影響力之大。PhenotypeScreeningCorporationisyourone-stoppartnerforplantrootsystemresearch.UnderfundingfromtheUSDepartmentofEnergy’sInventionsandInnovationsProgram,wehavedevelopedanovel,high-throughput,highresolutionandnon-destructivesystemtoimageandcharacterizeplantroots.Thisisthemostexcitingnewdevelopmentinplantrootresearchsincetheinventionoftherhizotron.Unlikearhizotron,oursystemallowsforfullsurfacetoroottipvisualizationofallroots.Sinceoursystemisnon-destructivethesameplantcanbeimagedatdifferenttimesinitsdevelopmentalgrowthcycle.Additionallythesameplantcanbemonitoredforplantr