Our mission is to accelerate discoveries with open and scalable bespoke microscopes—making it easier to develop and adopt new methods while scaling your capabilities for high-quality data collection.
Our Core: the Squid+
Squid+ is a fully motorized microscope with a wide field of view (FN 25/26.5), fast laser autofocus, and 5-channel LED or laser epi-illumination for high-performance imaging.
"I have used quite a lot of different imaging softwares in the past year. Yours was really excellent and easy to use. Just enough detail and visually easy to navigate."
Next-Gen Labs, Powered by Cephla
Cephla builds custom platforms that help labs automate, scale, and run connected “lab-in-a-loop” workflows. With smart hardware and open-source tools, we accelerate scientific innovation and discovery.
Example Applications
High Content Screening
3D Cell Culture
Expansion Microscopy Magnify
Spatial Biology
Optical Pooled Screen
Live Cell Imaging (Credit: Tamas Nagy, UCLA)
Microarrays
High Content Screening
3D Cell Culture
Expansion Microscopy Magnify
Spatial Biology
Optical Pooled Screen
Live Cell Imaging (Credit: Tamas Nagy, UCLA)
Microarrays
High Content Screening
3D Cell Culture
Expansion Microscopy Magnify
Spatial Biology
Optical Pooled Screen
Live Cell Imaging (Credit: Tamas Nagy, UCLA)
Microarrays
High Content Screening
Recent Publications from Cephla Users
Single-Frey, Benjamin, et al. "Single-cell morphological profiling reveals insights into cell death." bioRxiv (2025): 2025-01.
Zhang, Nicholas, et al. "Graph-Based Spatial Proximity of Super-Resolved Protein–Protein Interactions Predicts Cancer Drug Responses in Single Cells" Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 17, 467–490, (2024).
Hall, R. Nelson, et al. "A genetic and microscopy toolkit for manipulating and monitoring regeneration in Macrostomum lignano." Cell Reports 43.11 (2024).
Ogunlade, B., et al. (2024). "Rapid, antibiotic incubation-free determination of tuberculosis drug resistance using machine learning and Raman spectroscopy." PNAS.
