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Images every 5 minutes. No manual timepoints. No incubator disruption.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"ztl-btns\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/zencellowl.com\/live-remotedemo\/\" class=\"ztl-btn-main\">\u9884\u7ea6\u514d\u8d39\u6f14\u793a<\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/zencellowl.com\/scratch-assay\/\" class=\"ztl-btn-ghost\">Scratch Assay Protocol<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ztl-stats\">\n        <div class=\"ztl-stat\"><div class=\"ztl-stat-n\">5\u5206\u949f<\/div><div class=\"ztl-stat-l\">Minimum imaging interval<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"ztl-stat\"><div class=\"ztl-stat-n\">24<\/div><div class=\"ztl-stat-l\">Wells simultaneously<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"ztl-stat\"><div class=\"ztl-stat-n\">14 days<\/div><div class=\"ztl-stat-l\">Maximum experiment duration<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"ztl-stat\"><div class=\"ztl-stat-n\">500\u4e07\u50cf\u7d20<\/div><div class=\"ztl-stat-l\">Brightfield resolution<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ztl-hero-right\">\n      <div class=\"ztl-hero-img\">\n        <div class=\"ztl-hero-badge\">zenCELL \u732b\u5934\u9e70 \u00b7 <span>Time-Lapse \u00b7 Brightfield \u00b7 24-channel<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ztl-thumb-row\">\n        <div class=\"ztl-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/zencellowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Scratch-Assay.png')\">\n          <div class=\"ztl-thumb-label\">Scratch Assay Time-Lapse<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ztl-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/zencellowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/L929-fibroblasr-cell-line-mouse-recording-after-48-hours.png')\">\n          <div class=\"ztl-thumb-label\">Cell Migration 48h<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"ztl-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/zencellowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LS.png')\">\n          <div class=\"ztl-thumb-label\">Spheroid Growth<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- WHAT IS TIME-LAPSE -->\n<div class=\"ztl ztl-what\">\n  <div class=\"ztl-what-in\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"ztl-kicker\">What is Time-Lapse Cell Imaging?<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"ztl-h2\">Capture Cell Dynamics <span>Over Time \u2014 Not Just Snapshots<\/span><\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ztl-body\">Time-lapse cell imaging captures sequential brightfield images of living cells at defined intervals \u2014 from minutes to hours \u2014 over the course of an entire experiment. 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