The Evotec team in Hamburg, Germany and the Improvision team in the United Kingdom will stay in place however, making this a long-distance relationship more than a marriage, though Duseau points out PerkinElmer is already a global company, with "terrific processes in place to work globally." Hamburg will thus become PerkinElmer's R&D Center for Excellence in the area of cellular imaging, while Coventry will becomes its R&D Center for Excellence in the area of cellular imaging analysis.
Improvision's flagship offering is Volocity, a high-performance, high-throughput 3D and 4D imaging software solution that allows users to capture, visualize and analyze images of dynamic cell-based processes, as well as integrated software and hardware solutions for the control and analysis of microscopy systems. Volocity is said to complement PerkinElmer's UltraVIEW Live Cell Imaging system, which captures high-speed, high-resolution, multi-dimensional images of live biological samples including cultured cells, tissues and embryos. Additionally, Improvision provides integrated software and hardware solutions for microscopy systems control and data analysis.
