Research Applications

Cell Sorting… Simplified with Highway1!

At Cellular Highways, we built the Highway1 for every lab, combining ease-of-use with fast, gentle and sterile sorting.

  • Your Own Lab Totally unlike conventional sorters. Extremely usable by any cell biologist. Walk away operation. No maintenance
  • Biosafety Our enclosed cartridges keep the cells sterile, and keep you safe from biohazards
  • Fragile Cells Much gentler than the conventional tech. Sort live, functional cells that you never thought possible to sort

Highway1: Cell Sorting for Every Lab

The Highway1 Cell Sorting System simplifies sorting into a one-touch operation, whilst preserving sample integrity & sterility. The extremely gentle sorting technology sorts many kinds of live cells that were impossible to sort by conventional methods.

Biosafety Built-In

Single use cartridges make handling infectious material easy. The novel sorting technology generates no aerosols, and no sample touches the instrument. The hazardous material is completely enclosed within the cartridge protecting the operator. The instrument can also be put in a standard biosafety hood for extra containment, and the surfaces of the instrument are designed for cleanability. This makes Highway the sorter of choice for BSL / CL ≥ 2.

Extremely Gentle for Fragile cells

Recover more of your cells with our gentle technology, sort cell types that are impossible to sort with a conventional instrument. Our VACSTM technology gently deflects cells, which are subjected to 10x lower mechanical stress than conventional sorters.

Easy-to-Use, Fully Automated

Highway1 has been automated to be as user friendly as possible for any cell biologist. No maintenance of fluidics! The user simply loads the cells, draws gates, and walks away. mAIviSTM, our machine vision system continuously calibrates and monitors the sort process so you don’t have to.

  • All Applications Such as cell line development, fragile cell types (stem cells, neurons), `omics research, infection disease research & more
  • Reduce Your Prep Time by running cells at up to 36 million cells/hr in Purity mode and 130 million cells/hr in Enrichment mode
  • Incredibly Small Much smaller than any other high-speed cell sorter. Fits on narrow benchspace. Fits in a standard biosafety hood.

Featured Resources

Examples of sorting fragile and challenging cells on Highway1:

Sorting of Neutrophils (Application-note-Neutrophils.pdf)

Cell Sorting from Bone Marrow (Application-Note-fast-cell-sorting-from-bone-marrow.pdf)

View our Webinar — Introducing Highway1 for Every Lab:

Ever since I switched to using Highway1, my life is much easier. It’s a very convenient benchtop equipment and very easily accessible and user friendly as well.

— Ada Sera Kurt,
PhD Student,
Kings College London